The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-20

Washington, Nov. 19.-TspaeiaLl-
The chief interest in political circles in
Washington at the present time cen
ters upon the Presidents message. All
realize that this is a critical time in
the history of the nation and That it
behooves the President to make some
radical recommendations on the money
question III order to meet the demands
of Increasing business and bring order
out of chaos on that question. Under
z yhese circumstances rumors have been
flying about for some time as to what
VIII be the tenor of the Presidents
message. Some CT the wise acres who
pretend to hold the wool of politics in
their hands say, with convincing ear
nestness that there will be a recon-
mendation for an entire change in the
monetary system of the government
Enough the nature of the expected
5cfS2nge is not divulged
However, one thing is certain. There
yeill be a strong effort on the part Of
gle silver men at this session of Con-
Gress to pass a free silver bill and have
the President take action on it. It is
by no means certain. however, that
such measure could run the gaunt-
let Of the gold bugs in the Senate.
They have looked upon the Republican
party as the conservative" or gold
the people OF the west voted for that
party they Immediately congratulated
themselves on the death of the silver
sentiment in what they considered its
stronghold. Therefore, the Republi-
cans, more thar ever, are aligning
themselves against justice to the White
metal
Made a Mistake.
The people of the west, whose every
Iaterest is bound up with the cause of
the white metal, whose mills are shut
down, whose crops sell for a song and
whose labor is curtailed, made a great
mistake when they declined TO vote
with the Democrats this time. They
might have had some cause for griey-
ance because of the circumstances sur
rounding the passage of the tariff bill
and they might also have partaken of
the feeling that always makes an ad-
7ninistration unpopular in an off year.
But they should have had more con-
sideration for their bread and butter
than to rush blindly on and place in
power a party that cannot do them any
good and must certainly do them a
i-great deal of harm
= Their action has practically assured
the Republicans of victory in 1895 IN
less the Democrats of the west and
south can force the nomination Of a
free silver candidate by their party
As it is, the gold bug Democrats, as
well as the bold bug Republicans, are
thinking that the silver sentiment is
lying out and that now it is only held
by few bloated bondholders who own
mines in the west. They cannot re-
alIze that it is a living issue in which
the very life blood of the debtor west
ern states is bound up. They only
know that their own golden store is
made more valuable by the keeping Of
silver out Of its proper place, and now
that they have been encouraged by the
returns from the silver states they see
no necessity fur surrender. They
mean to make the fight in both of the
old parties and try to hold their con-
ventions.
Prosperity and Silver.
/ However, it is really doubtful
whether the Democrats of the west
and south can be beaten in their en-
deavors to pledge the party to a west
ern and q free silver man for the pres
idency. The men Of the south know
that their people have been brought to
a realization that their prosperity is
bound up in The silver question. They
know that their plantations have de-
creased in value and their debts be-
cokne more burdensome since the Re-
publican crime of 1873 and they are
determined to have free silver one
way or the other. The break in the
solid south in this last election was
made because of this determine ton.
The gold bug Democrats tried to con-
troll things in Missouri, Texas. North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and
soc9e Of the other states Of the south,
and the people simply rose up and
hit them. The astute politicians know
well thai this is no small blow. The
people meant it and they will repeat
It unless the party favors free silver
, = it is hardly possible that the south
ern Democrats will be found favoring
Nthe gold standard in the next cnnven-
zion, though Wall street is now max
3pg every effort to have the admins