The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-14
THE WYOMING sENAToRsHIP.

THE wyomING sEsAroRsH1p.
The indications are that the choice
of the Wyoming legislature for United
States Senators win settle on Warren
and Clark To the traatorous conduct
Of two or three members of the last
legislature, the Democratic party in
wyoming may charge their loss Of one
member in the United States Senate.
The success of Senator Carey. Of
wyoming, in his anxious attempt TO
succeed himself in the Senate would be
one Of the hardest blows that could be
delivered to silver because it would be
a blow from within the ranks lust at
a Time when conditions are demanding
the utmost harmony. The people of the
west do not seem to realize the intense
satisfaction the late Republican victory.
gave to the gold bugs. But they could
nave asked for nothing better. because
the action taken by the voters Of the
west has made it doubtful whether an
alliance of the silver west and silver
south can be formed in time to be eff
fective in the presidential campaign of
1896, which means another defeat for
the white metal.
More than that, they are loud in the
boast that not only have the Middle
States been purged of all .taint of
silver" but inroads have been made in
the south and they hold that the great
majority of the people of the west are
hike the great majority of those in the
south-desirous only of a greater vol
ume of currency and not caring so
much whether it comes through silver
coinage or not.
The attitude taken by Senator Carey
in his official life has always given
them great satisfaction They liked him
very well when he voted with them.
without making very great display of
his gold views on the floor or around
the small rooms in which much of the
legislation of the country is settled.
But their liking for him amounted to a
great and most lasting enthusiasm
when in the fight for the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman act, he came
out strongly on the side of the gold
men and did as much as any other SEN
.ator for its unconditional repeal.
AT that time there was, in a techni-
cal sense, some excuse on his part for
his action. in view of the fact that he
had never been specially instructed
by his constituents as to their inter-
ests and desires in the matter, and he
honestly believed it would be more to
their interest to have free coinage de-
layed until the thing could be patched
up under an international agreement.
At the time, however, he was told by
several silver senators that his people
would never stand such an action, as
their welfare is bound up to too great
an extent in the cause of silver.
He had an opportunity during the
last campaign to make a, change of
front, and he was advised to do so by
some of the western men. They said he
need not reverse his views ON the mat
ter, but could simply say to his con-
stituents that he would bow to their
will and vote for free coinage at every
opportunity. The chance to do this was
given him by the passage of his party
platform, declaring for silver coinage
at the ratio of 16 to 1. However, he neg
lected to make use of this great oppor-
tunity. He made no statement, and all
through the campaign he was supposed
to be against silver.
There can be no doubt that he is
still against it, except by an interna-
tional agreement. He does not think
there is much good in the fight that is
being made by the western men. He
looks for action across the water, and
lis afraid to let America go it alone
and show the rest of the world that
this country is large enough and strong
enough to take care of itself. This be-
lief would dictate his line of action in
the Senate, and his presence would be a.
continuous example to the fasteners
that the western people have not set
their minds on free coinage to the ex-
clusion of everything else, as they
should do if they have any idea of III
innate victory.
Outside of his silver views, Carey is
one of the ablest men in the Senate
from the west. He is certainly ADLER
than any of the Republicans of the
intermountain region, as a legislator.
In saying this there is no intention of
excluding Senator Teller from the
count, either. Carey is not a fiamboy-
ant man, but he is a quiet, good work
er and has done a great deal for his
state in one way or another. The one
thing against him is that he is not a
western man, thoroughly inbued with
those ideas which lie at the very root
of the interests of the west.
While Warren would not be as good
a man as Carey as a worker for the
people of the state or of the country,
yet there can be no doubt that he
can be relied upon to- vote for silver
first, last and all the time. Warren is
an able man. He was not a very bad
legislator while in the Senate, and if
he had held different views on the
tariff and several other party questions
he might have proved even creditab!e.
But those questions are now being put
into the background to make way for
the all-aibsorbing financial question
which is coming to the front.
OF course, Warren's election would
mean the almost positive defeat of
Carey. The feeling against one city
having all of the official plums is strong
enough in the state to make it almost
impossible to bring the Cow county"
members into line on voting for the
two men from Cheyenne. The fight is ex-
pected to go ON. in the legislature al