The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-20

ana the claim that we FAVOR SOUND
money does not lessen the burden OF
life, nor convince those who toll from
early morning till darkening evening
that they are not being despoiled OF
! their rightful share of the products
and the wealth which their labor is
ever yielding to the world.
eff we would maintain the prestige
of the party and continue the love
for it so long expressed by the ballots
of the people of the United States,
then we shall give to the peoples the
relief they ask for and restore to
them the bimetallic standard under
which they SO long prospered.
Mass Meeting.
A mass melting was held tonight in
the music hall, at which prominent
orators made addresses Ex-Gover-
nor D. Russell Brown, of Rhode Island,
first reviewed the past two years I'M
der Democratic rule and stated that
the policy pursued had been un,Amerl-
can and unpatriotic. He charged
the administration with having caused
a paralysis of business and so changed
the nations credit that 3% per cent
had actually been paid on long time
bonds, while under the administra-
ton just preceding per cent was
deemed a fair rate.
But change is coming" he said.
Already the thanks of the people are
ascending to heaven because the fifty
third Congress has passed away and
the presidents hands are weighted
against further mischief"
Party Before Anything.
Hon. A S. Cumins, of Iowa, pre-
scented an eloquent argument in favor
of party allegiance for protection and
said that the tariff formed the cor
ner stone and only safety of the
workingmen of America. Upon the
silver question, he said the Republi-
can party stood firmly upon the prin-
ciples laid down in the Minneapolis
platform-that every dollar in circu-
lation should have an equal purchas-
ing power, and favored ratio of 10
to 1. He said:
Mr. President and gentlemen of the
convention, l am less belligerent than
L was a year ago. 1t is hard to pre-
serve the fighting mood before the
stricken mob once known as the Dem
ocratic party. There are depths of
distress so infinite that attack is cru
city and criticism is disarmed.
Humanity has tr, nSformed US from
an army of soldiers into corps OF
surgeons. We will be in at the death,
but it will be with the prayer book,
not the sword, in our hands.
The coroner's inquest is ordered and
the verdict is already written-excusa-
BILE suicide.
The paralyzed statesmen over whom
| Grover Cleveland has presided with
such distinguished success and bene-
ficient results, have given the most
eminent satisfaction to every country
but their own; they are fleeing before
the just anger of the people like a
naked sinner before the wrath of God.
Afraid of the Issue.
We have been so much engaged
during the last year in disputing
about gold and silver that we are in
! danger of substituting the controversy
over the currency for one of vastly
deeper import and of infinitely wider
significance. I do not deprecate the
necessity of a sound financial system,
but we shall commit grave mistake
| if we permit the contest over the coin
age of silver to take the first rank in
the problems of government. A bad
| monetary system may hamper the
energies of the people, but good one
cannot create those emergencies. The
origin of the prosperity lies deeper
than an inquiry as to the true relation
of gold and silver. With sound econ
omic conditions almost any currency is
good with a vicious and un-American
policy. any currency is bad.
While l have no disposition to stife
the discussion which is raging around
us, do believe that in great meas
| ure the problem will solve itself with
the restoration of the Republican
party to complete power and the
proclamation that henceforth Ameri-
can markets shall not be invaded by
the products Of unrestricted competi-
Recognizes the Gravity.
It is probably true that no man has
a right to touch upon public affairs
! No Il SAVING SOOnpflin o.
about silver. We all recognize the
gravity of the situation and the chief
value of bringing before our conven-
ton is in gathering the concensus of
opinion. I believe [ understand the
/ position of the Republicans of Iowa.
| Candor compels me to say that we
are of many minds with respect to
what the government should do in the
coinage of silver, but we are of one
mind with respect to what the govern
ment should not do: We believe I'M
alterably that this government should
| not alone ordain the free coinage of
silver at the ratio Of l6 to 1. We do
not believe in commercial revolutions.
! We have beer practically upon a gold
| basis for sixty years, and every phase
/ of our business Is adjusted to it. For
seventeen years, during the period of
| our greatest development and our
most marvellous growth, we pursued
/ the path which the most eminent in
/ telligence of the nation cleared away
/ for us; and now in 1895, with $1,000, 900
/ Of people who have bought and sold,
/ loaned and borrowed. saved and in
/ vested upon a gold basis, to attempt
/ to retrace the journey of twenty-five
years, and in a single day transform
all values from a gold to a silver
basis, would be, in my humble judg-
ment, the most stupendous act of
confiscation the world has ever seen.
Granting that the financial departure
! of 1873 was unwise, conceding that it
rectified. There are some errors which
cannot be undone.
! We have simply determined that we
will not debase the currency as to ex-
! listing obligations. We have still to
say whether silver shall be a SUBJ
| sidiary coin, whether it shall be sus-
| tanned by the force of an international
! agreement, or whether we shall bring
/ 1t up to the gold basis and establish
it as primary money.
These are perpleXing inquiries. and
the time has not yet come for the Re-
publican party to announce its views
upon them.
Thurston Stirs Up the Animals.
| enator-elect John NJ Thurston, of
! Nebraska, delivered the most stirring
speech of the meeting. He reviewed
the history of the present administra-
ton and arraigned it for much Of the
distress which has prevailed during
the past two years. He discussed the
tariff, and said that the Republican
party would never rest until the ques-