The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-22

The knights of Labor and the board
of labor have united in sending out
series of questions to the nominees
for governor and congressman OIL tne
! three parties now in the field, WHICH
have been answered and handed IN tof
publication. The questions are con-
! tanned in the following letters TO MI
! Roberts. a copy of which, with rev
changes, was sent to each one OF the
candidates. The correspondence Is
self-explanatory, the letters being as
! follows:
Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. IA, 1895.
Hon p II Roberts. Democratic Nomi-
nee for Representative to Congress-
Dean sir-As the Representative to
! Congress from Utah is supposed 10
reflect the views of a majority OF us
citizens ON the prominent national IS
/ sues of the day, we, as laboring men
and voters in the coming state cleo
! ton, depending upon labor for the
/ support of ourselves and families, ana
believing the money question to be the
! paramount issue affecting the pro-
duclng classes, respectfully ask your
/ views on the following questions:
/ First-Are you in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver at the present legal ratio of l6
to l and restoring the silver dollar as
! the unit of value in our money system
and making it a full legal tender as 1t
was previous to the demonetization
/ act of 1873, regardless Of the action OF
any other nation or of your own po-
litical party?
! Second-Do you consider the present
amount of money per capita In this
country sufficient to enable the people
/ to pay their debts, employ labor and
/ meet the business demands Of an IN
! creasing population?
Third-Ara you in favor of the gov
| eminent calling in and cancelling the
| greenbacks and Sherman treasury
notes, and issuing Understanding
4 bonds as a basis for national or state
! banks to issue paper money to the
/ people? Would you oppose your own
/ political party should it favor this
( proposition?
| F'ourth-Are you in favor of the sec
! rotary of the treasury keeping gold
and silver on a. parity by using the
! option given him under the law to pay
out either coin in. payment of demand
! against the United States treasury?
Fifth-Are you in favor of eight
! hours as a legal days work?
The same questions have been pro-
/ pounded to the nominees of the Popu-
/ list and Republican party candidates
! for governor and Representative to
/ Congress, and we viii be pleased to
! have your answer by October IS,
when all of the replies win be handed
! to the editors of the Tribune and Her
! aid for publication without the knowl-
| edge of either of the nominees as to
| the contents of same. Yours very re-
! specially, A. E. GRAHAM.
President Utah Board of Labor.
STEPHEN TYNE,
Secretary.
p. o. HAGAN.
| Master Workman Knights of Labor,
W. 1. BARNETT,
Secretary.
Mr.. Roberts Anawer.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. II.
Messrs. Graham, Hagan, Barnett, Salt
Lake City, Utah:
! Gentlemen-Your favor of 14th inst
propounding several questions to me
! bearing upon the national financial
! problems and requesting reply by the
! 18th inst, was duly received AS Won
! have numbered the questions I n&mber
my answers thereto.
( Question Yes; only let me add that
] recognize in the free coinage ques-
ton the elements of a great party is
/ sue, and that the Democratic party
now is and will continue TO be the free
| silver party.
Question NO
Question 81 recognize the difficulty
which the $500 900, 900 of greenbacks and
| treasury notes presents to our govern
ment so long as ne present financial
/ policy is continued, and if it is to be
| followed indefinitely I believe the gov
/ eminent would be under the necessity
of retiring the greenbacks and treasury
J notes in some way or other, for under
! present laws they are made redeem
! able in gold, and then instead of being
| cancelled are reissued only to be
! brought back again for redemption. and
they afford means by which the gold
! in the treasury is constantly invaded
| Of course l believe that the true SOlu-
ton of our financial perplexity is in
| the free coinage of silver under which
primary money would be so increased
| in volume that the greenbacks and
! treasury notes would cease to be a
| menace to the treasury, and could re-
main outstanding until the volume of
| primary money would so increase in
amount that they could be redeemed
| ana CdHceIIeu WIlHOUC mourning the
| danger of contraction. I am not in
| favor of issuing interest bearing bonds
| to take the place of the greenbacks,
| and treasury notes, and would oppose
even my own party in any effort to
bring the banks into the governing bus
! mess.
Question 4Yes.
| Question 5-Yes.
Very respectfully yours,
3. II. ROBERTS.
P SIN relation to answer 5 I
| ought to say that 1 hear it is reported
! among workingmen that I opposed the
| eight-hour proposition for a legal
| days work in the constitutional con-
| vention. I did so on the ground that
! it was not a proper subject for con-
| stitutional provision, but should be left
| for legislative enactment. B. H. r.
Mr.. Gaines Reply.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Oct. IS.
Messrs. Graham, Tyne, Hogan and
Barnett. Salt Lake City, Utah:
Gentlemen-Your favor of the 18th
inst. is at hand. I desire in answer to
your questions, to say that I have read
the answers of Mr.. B. H. Roberts,
and as they fully express my views.
adopt them as my own. Respectfully