The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

TONS 1 have an abiding faith in the
ability of my country to establish and
maintain its own monetary system as
That which ] cherish in Its ability to
defend its own soil from invasion or Its
institutions from assault.
I'm my Judgment, we are as indepen-
dent of foreign dictation or domination
in the one as in the other.
In August, $685. when the bin pro-
posing to repeal the purchasing clause
OF what was known as the Sherman
act was before the Senate, I said, in a
speech then and there that I wanted
the right Of coinage for the silver
metal; and that without limitation;
ponents emanded, ] was willing, not
as matter of fairness, but in a spirit
of compromise, that the government
should take 10 per cent or Is per cent
or 20 per cent. or even % per cent OF
the oliver bullion presented for coin
age; or that if the question Of ratio
was what was troubling, I was willing,
not as a matter of justice, but in a
spirit Of compromise, if Is to / was not
acceptable, to take IL, Is, 10 or even d
ratio Of 20 to l.
Not to Be PIacated.
But the opponents of this metal
were not to be placated by any con-
cessions either on the line of increased
seigniorage or advanced ratio. They
nad destroyed the metal by a process
that has never been, in my opinion,
successfully justified, and from the
hour of its taking effect until now they
have never been wiling that it should
be refnstated. Let those who will seek
10 distort and pervert the issue pend
ing, the effect will fail. The American
people ara not to be hoodwinked or
deceived further They are at last
thinking, and the result Of their in
vestigation will vindicate the right
No employment Of catch phrases will
determine the popular verdict. The
people are rapidly coming. to know tina:
the issue before them IS not gold
recommendation upon the one side and
silver monotetaliism on the other, but
1t is rather a contest between the adj
yocates of single gold standard upon
the one hand, and those who demand
5s1e use of both silver and gold upon
the other.
For one to claim that he Is a binet-
allist coupled with the condition that
o1metallism is to be brought about
only as result of international con-
ference Is a mere evasion Of the sltua-
tion. That is simply the work Of the
lawyer who filed an affidavit for a con-
tinuance. My friends in Kentucky,
am sure, know my position upon this.
and al other public questions, and are
satisfied with it.
Now. II there be one upon the list
OF announced candidates for the Sem
ate who viii avow himself an oppos
nent Of silver coinage and advocate a
single gold standard. or in other words.
who is in accord with the views held
and advocated by your paper. and who
viii so declare himself, will ask and
urge every friend Of mine in Kentucky
nold1nS those views. and who in spite
or that fact is now supporting me, to
WITHDRAW his support from me and
give IL TO the candidate who has been
bold enough to make such a declara-
ton. But I apprehend that no one Of
these worthy gentlemen will make
such an avowal. unless he couples with
1t an announcement of his withdrawal
from the canvass. If this be true-if no
senatorial candidate will espouse or ac-
cept your views-what advantage
comes to you by continuing a war upon
me because of my convictions unless
you are able to find in the list of as
plrants some man who stands on your
PLATFORM"
Carlisle Called Upon.
Senator Blackburn's interview has
called forth an editorial from the Eve
ming Post calling upon Secretary Car
Isle to come out and answer the sena-
tor. The Post says:
Senator Blackburn's challenge to the
the administration is a challenge which
Mr. MoCreaIy cannot meet and which
must be met by the gentleman from
kentucky. who is. by invitation of Mr..
Cleveland. secretary of the treasury.
1T should have been met before.
Under the defiance OF Mr.. Blackburn
and of Mr.. Proctor Knott, the silence
of the secretary saYors too much of
timidity.
The fight for sound principles, for
reason. for Democracy. must be made
and made before the meeting of the
state convention in June.
Hard money Democrats have wait
ed for Mr. Carlisle to speak: they have
waited for some Indication that he was
IN earnest. He is the natural leader in
THIS contest and he cannot open the
campaign too soon, nor put into If too
much of the fighting qualities.
The crisis is upon the Democratic
party IN Kentucky and it cannot be
averted."