The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-04

will be the solution Of the problem. 1t
is the easiest and simplest method.
Let it be tried.
THE RESULT IN KENTUCKY.
It is difficult to treat with any de-
gree of respect, and without language
expressive of Indignation and disgust
a paper which has no respect for itself
and which in the absence of fact and
argument deliberately and intention
ally lies upon matters of public i'm
portance. Yet we do not wish to
descend to the level of our morning
contemporary and launch upon it the
expletives in which it commonly in
dulges when reused to anger.
Ever since the close OF the Conven-
ton in Kentucky, Of delegates from
different parts of that state, the Tri-
bune has endeavored to falsify the
action as well as to eXaggerate the
Importance of that assembly and its
effects and bearing upon the Demo
cratic party and the cause of silver.
1t was not representative of the ma
tional Democratic party. 1t was but a
state convention. Fairly and justly
it can only be considered in that light.
1t is true that the Louisville Con-
vention was somewhat of disap-
pointment to the advocates Of free
silver coinage. 1t was not believed,
previous to the convention that the in
f1uence brought to bear by Cleveland
fcIa IN
Carthy, would have produced so great
an effect on the Kentucky delegates,
although it was known that those men
were greatly admired in the blue grass
state and that Carlisle for many years
has been their pride and their idol.
But the result is not at all as re-
peatedly proclaimed by our unprinci-
pied contemporary.
Nearly every day since the adjourn
ment of the Convention, that paper
has published, editorially, the false
hood that the resolutions adopted
passed with only two dissenting
votes' This is a deliberate falsehood.
told over and over again with 'the in
tention to deceive the public. The
press dispatches giving particulars of
the final vote were published alike in
The Herald and in the Tribune. We
quote from the latter:
although previous votes showed
that the majority report was over
whelmingly adopted, still the silver
men demanded the call of counties
which proceeded until after p. III.
The vote was announced SAT 1910 ayes;
900 i i'll
great applause"
After publishing these particulars, to
reiterate, editorially. day after day
that there were only two dissenting
votes. exhibits a turpitude so extreme
as to be below the level of. the dirt:est
gutter politics.
The silver men in that convention
made a gallant fight and placed them
selves on record even after they were
certain of defeat But even the 233-
1910 silver votes did not show the full
strength of the silver element in that
convention. There were many dele
gates favorable TO bimetallic policy,
who yet regarded the leaders of the
Democratic party with so much re-
spect that they would not vote against
resolutions endorsing their general Of
fetal course. That was why the ma
jority report received SO large vote
in that convention.
The real strength of the silver ele-
ment was exhibited in the vote on the
nomination for governor General
Hardin was the silver nominee. Clay
was the choice of the sound money"
men. Hardin received 46S14 votes,
Clay S3O14. Hardin received the nomi-
nation and will go before the people
of Kentucky as the free silver candi-
date for the governorship of the state.
These are the facts concerning the
results of the Louisville convention.
They need no distortion. We offer no
apology. We simply state the truth
We regard the result as anything but
a Encouragement to the silver cause
in the Democratic party. Kentucky
is but one state. 1t stands for itself
It's true attitude on silver viii be
found in the votes that shall elect
General Hardin, the silver candidate,
as Governor and also by the kind of
delegates that shall be sent from Ken
lucky to the national convention in
1896