The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-13


beyond the sea, joined in by less than
fifty bankers on this side, and carried
out by one or two corrupt so-cailed
statesmen" and the "accursed money
power" has been able TO hold this
republic for tWenty-one years IN It's
clutches"
Now it is material at this point to
enquire what this "accUrsed money
power was that united less than one
hundred bankers and one or two cor
rupt so-called statesmen in a consplr-
acy. to subvert the liberties of the
people. and when and where it origin
ated, and by what means it acquired
such power? 1t certainly did not
originate under Democratic rule. nor
by means Of Democratic legislation.
In my former article | showed be-
yond dispute, from Mr.. Blaine's his
tory of Twenty Years in Congress,
that under the Democratic tariff law
OF 1916 the country, up to the time the
Republican party took control, was
not only prosperous, but highly so.
l also showed that Mr.. Lincoln, as ear
~ as February, 1865. warned the
people against the approach Of the
money power which he predicted
would appeal to the prejudiceS OF the
war, and by such means get control
of the government. and use its power
SAAO
into the hands Of a few men. also
called attention to the speech of John
Sherman, made in the Congress of the
United States as early as 1872, wherein
he stated in substance that excessive
protection" use his exact language
was creating and would create mo-
nOpolies whereby the laboring classes
Of the country would be 1t the mercy
OF their masters. protected monopoly
= IN ln,-, M
but one year prior to the fatal leg
islation which was enacted by Re-
publican congress and signed by a
Republican president, resulting in the
decentralization of silver and reducing
the country to the gold standard,
whereby the "accursed money power. 3"
which had been built up under Re
publican legislation. was able TO form
d conspiracy including less than one
hundred bankers, and one or two cor
rupt so-called statesmen of the Re-
publican party, and accomplish the
destruction of the liberties of the peo-
pie by holding this republic for tWen-
ty-One years in its clutches"
The people of Utah, both in the
mining camp and upon the farm, ought
to be able to see this. From March
4, 1861, to March 4. 1898. the Demo
cratic party passed no law; for at no
time during that period Of thirty-two
years did that party have control of
the government. The most untu-ored
in search of the truth can plainly see
/ that whatever money power that
came into existence was the product
of Republican rule Not only this. but
the conspiracy" whereby this power
| could use less than one hundred bank
ers in Lombard and Wall streets tC
corrupt the Republican ''so-called
statesmen and by that means pass
an act demone tizing silver and hold
] this republic for twenty-one years in
/ its clutches" was in like manner the
I gift Of the Republican party to the
country.
Is there any man in the Republican
party in Utah so blind by partisanshiY
/ that he cannot see this? He can il
he will. VIII one Republican speaker
( one Republican candidate for Office, OF
/ one Republican newspaper in Utah OF
! out of it, point out 10 the people g
! single law passed by a Democratic
4 congress and signed by a Democratic
president that had any effect. remote
/ ~ or otherwise. in bringing this
money power into existence, or t.
enable it by a conspiracy with one
] hundred bankers or any one else, Il
! corrupt a congress and thereby pas!
a law demonetizing silver and put tn,
republic in its clutches" and hold i
for twenty-One years. I repeat: Cal
it be done? If so, let the truth com,
so that the responsibility may be pu
where it belongs.
But our Republican friends While ad
hitting that their party did this, turf
upon the Democrats and gravely ask
"Why did not Mr.. Cleveland and tn
Democratic congress remedy the wron;
when they had a chance?' The re
; ply that naturally comes to this queS
ton is: That the Republican part.
passed the act demonetizing silver il
the early part of 1913. and this sam
party was in power until March, 1895
period Of twenty years, and why di
it not right the wrong? | believe tina
a rational and satisfactory answer ca
be given to both inquiries.
The reason why the Republican par
ty did not right the wrong is not diff
cult to find nor difficult to understand
That party brought into existence an
built up this money power and tn
creature took control of the crea tor
the servant became the master. TIL
Republican party is not and never ha
been able to get from under the con
troll OF this money power" and, wha
is worse. it has not the disposition t
do SO. Of course there are thousand
of honest patriotic men in that part
that deplore this condition; but the
should remember that effect follow
cause with unerring certainty. LIE
any political party advocate and pU
into operation laws and practice
which create and foster certain classe
and but one result can come fror
such a system of injustice. You ma
call it rocking the cradle of 'infar
industries" by enacting protective tai
ifs or by bounties given in the NOR
direct way of collecting money frol
the people and giving it to the Unfair
( industries" but all the same the il
FAINT viii get grown after while, an
if you do not continue to rock tn
cradle ii viii get out and kick you,
as Robert Ingersoll said. This infar
of the Republican party attained ii
j growth about the year 1873, and ha
make her rock the cradle
! think it is plain why the Republ
can party has not undone this wron'
by placing silver where the Democrat
left it when they went out of power.
To the question why AIR. Clevelan
and the Democratic party have ne
righted the wrong committed by tt
, Republican party in 1873 by the demon
citation of silver, [ believe a ration;
answer can be given which will sa
/ isfy the mind of any man who is seel
ing the truth. However. in answerin
this question, it is necessary to loo
i, into the condition of the country whe
Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated pres
dent and to see what effect the r
: publican legislation on the finance
had produced, and thereby. if we ma
ascertain the difficulties which COZ