The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-03-04
THE SILVER MANIFESTO.

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and the leading men of that party met
in council at Washington On Friday
last and did just what they should
have done two years since, issued
manifesto setting forth the doctrines
of the party and restating its faith and
belief on the subject of the remOne-
tlzation Of silver. Had this been done
as we have have said, we would not
now be sitting, as we are, in the deep
black shadow of defeat, with the party
riven and torn as it is and able to
make head against the foe In no di-
rection. That this was not done is
alone to be ascTibed to mistaken idea
of loyalty to the party in the person OF
the president. Many democrats both
east and west supposed that their
party fealtY was to be indicated first
and foremost by an answering loyalty
to the recognized head of the party,
instead of to the deathless principles
which should rise infinitely above all
personality, above every man and all
possible combinations of men. Mr..
Cleveland's frank acceptance of the
bimetallic declaration of the Chicago
platform and the faith of the party in
that and him, lead men both in and
out Of congress, to crush back their
misgivings and to try him again. The
result was that in the end he has sold
them out most cruelty and hence the
whitening rebuke administered at the
polls on the sixth of last November.
The result then is not ascribable to any
increase or revival of frepublicanism. 1t
is due alone to the absence of demo-
cratic voters from the polls. They re-
fused 10 vote under the mistaken idea
that in that way alone could they put
on record an emphatic protest against
the executive policy. Well, it
can not be denied that it
was effective as rebuke, but
all can new see that it was
dangerous policy to pursue because it
is more than morally certain that the
temporary ascendancy of the repubh-
cans will not benefit the cause of silver,
but on the other hand it is being
pointed at in this country and in Eu-
rope as loud spoken dissent from the
doctrines of the double standard.
This manifesto or declaration is the
first real step taken towards remone-
tizstion since the devilish destruction
of the money functions of silver in '73
by the republican party and its cold
blooded leaders of that day, who are
also its leaders of today. The declara-
tion restates the good old-time faith of
the party on this subject with clearness
and great force. We will now go for
ward in the work of restoration, lead
ers or no leaders, and the next nominee
for the presidency on the democratic
ticket WILDE called upon to subscribe to
and obey much more explicit silver
plank than the one Mr.. Cleveland
proved traitor to. If he happens to be
a man who has good record through
out these days of misery and defeat on
this point, he will be elected by the
most astounding majority which has
ever been cast for any man since the
republic was born. Let the de mocracy
of the west rally under the banner
flung to the breeze in Washington. If
they do, the result can never be doubt
full, Let Us beware of those who sing
other songs than sixteen to one. 1t is
just as easy to get 16 to / as it is to get
20 to l, and the difference is very
marked. Ever miner in this Land
should at once buckle on his armor
and every farmer who prefers to
sell his wheat at 81 90 per bushel to the
meagre 40 cents he is now getting must
go to the side of the miner, and every
merchant, mechanic and tradesman in
the mighty west must follow the
farmer and the miner, for better prices
and sure employment and pay.
The DISPATCH published the man
ifesto on Satu day. Dig it up, paste
1t up in your stores, workshops and
homes. Read it every day, and when
you do, resolve anew that you will give
your time and effort to secure the car
rying out of the benefcent doctrines
there set forth; that you will labor
increasingly until bimetallism, remon-
etization and the double standard are
again the financial policy of this once
proud and pros porous nation. 1t will |
take just this sort of devotion to crys-
talize the doctrines of the manifesto
into laws.
We can no longer follow mere men.
We must mount upon the principles of |
the great Jefferson which were tried for
an hundred years with the result which !
you are all acquainted with. The John
SheImans and Grover CleYelands will
see, upon the adoption of this policy,
that the founders of the republic were
statesmen and not the mere creatures
Of the cruel bankers of New York and
Europe, and they will live to see the
people Of this great nation again pros
porous and happy, and strikes and
mobs only a bitter memory of the
troubled past.
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