The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
REPUBLICANS REJECT sILvER.

In view of the declaration of princi-
pies enuneiated by the Republican par
ty of Pennsylvania on the same day as
the framing of of the platform of the
Republicans of Utah, what figure
above a cipher does the latter cut in the
politics Of the times? The true atti-
tude of the Republican party of the
United States is made clear by the
light shed upon it from the Pennsyl-
vania Republican convention.
Some of the silver Republicans of the
West are under the impression that the
plank in the Republican platform of
1892 is sound on the question Of bimetal-
lism, because it demands 'the use of
both gold and silver money with such
restrictions and under such provisions,
to be determined by legislation, as will
secure the maintenance of the parity
Of values of the two metals" But the
Pennsylvania supporters of that decla-
ration give the following explanation
Of it's meaning:
Faithful to the Republican party,
and believing it to be the doctrine of
the party that the honor of the nation
and the interest Of it's citizens require
the maintenance of the National cur
rency, every dollar of which, whether
in gold, silver or notes, shall be of sta
BILE value and of equal purchasing pow
er, we hereby declare our opposition
to the debasement of the National cur
rency by the admission of silver to
free and unlimited coinage at the ar
bitrary ratio Of 16 to /. ~
vince the people of Utah that Republi-
can bimetallism is Of the bogus kind.
1t does not mean what we of the West
understand by the term. While ap-
pearing to favor the silver cause it is
really in deadly opposition to it. This
might be expected from the party
which demonetized silver in 1873, and
during twenty years of full opportuni-
ty to undo that great wrong not only
refused to make any reparation, but
voted down every proposition made by
Democrats in Congress to restore the
white metal.
Lest there might be any remnant of
faith left in Republican hearts as to
the position of the national party as
an enemy of silver, Congressman Dali
zeH, at the Republican convention,
made these emphatic remarks:
There are thousands of Republicans
west of the Mississippi river who claim
that the Republican platform as adopt
ed at Minneapolis means the free and
unlimited coinage of silver I want to
get rid Of that impression. In order
that there may be no straddling, in
order that no man can stand up and
say Pennsylvania Republicans are
seeking to catch votes by straddling
the free silver question, add to your
platform that the Republican party of
Pennsylvania declares itself opposed to
at any other ratio than that fixed by
international agreement"
1t is useless. therefore, in the face of
these enunciations to attempt to make
the voters Of Utah believe that there is
any hope for free silver in the Repub-
lcan party. The feeble toot from the
horn of the Utah convention, is like
whistling against the bowling hurri.
cane Of Republican sentiment (which
has the force of a continuous blast in
the one direction for a quarter of a cen.
tury. Republicans and free silver are
opposite and discordant elements. II
the West expects anything in aid OF
silver from the Republican party, its
anticipations are based on a quicksand
and will go down overwhelmed by the
waves of modification and disappoint-
ment. All attempts to mislead the Deo.
pie of Utah on this question are a
shameful delusion and unmitigated
| fraud.