The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-07-10
PROVO CITY. JULY 10. l8'
THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK.

1t is urged, AMI strongly urged too,
that Steph. B. Elkins is the repuoll-
can man for vice. president. Now this
nomination is strongly catchpenny,
and fit is made it will be one which
will indicate that the republicans have
no other or stronger man and the ex-
animation of his weaknesses and short
comings will be in place fully and un-
eouivocally. Steph Elkins has, it is
not TO be controverted, made his jack
in the west on "a free silver basis.
There is no doubt OF it. Steph ElKins
and Tom Catron of New Mexico made
many millions each in manipulating
Mexican land grants, They are illus
trious in that line of human industry,
and while vice-president OF the
United States might owe his elevation
to such circumstance, there is no
rood reason why bis fellow citizens
should lose their heads and place him
in the position. The New Mexican
people would want to enquire why
Don Estephan should come to the front
when his wealth and consideration
depended solely upon the fact that he
and Don Tomas (CatTon) had won all
they have in few adroit dealings
with the aboriginies of the land when
Coronado spread the farmers of cen
quest only three or four hundred
wears ago over the country. 20
down to New Mexico and make
these inquiries and you will soon
see that Stephen B. Elkins cannot be
yice-president of the United States,
either the next nor at any future
term, Added to all this, Stephen,
since he has gone east, has allied him
self with the gold bug majority
there. He has no sympathy
with the struggling free silver
people of the region on which his
former constituency is located. He
saws to them and us OF the entire west,
'tNo sir, we must carry out our single
standard theories even if the policy en-
tails eternal poverty upon you. The
east has the majority and we must
bow to it though the west is destroyed.
This is Stephen B. Elkins, and now
we wonder how the salt Lake Irloune
and other republican organs will re-
ceiye the order to support him. That
they will do it, we have not the shadow
of doubt, because they are and have
ever been, more republican than free
silver. Stephen B. Elkins has never
been free silver only as his own private
interests haYe pointed the way.
This is the man selected for the re-
publican candidate for the vlce-presl-
dency. Will he answer to the western
demands? We think not, and there is
not a doubt that the eastern republi-
cans will receive Stephen with a
great amount of enthusiasm, Stephen
is a sort of lost cause republican who
may get it or may not, and the general
result will not be very much affected
by it.
He is a sort of Isaac Trumbo in this
thing, although he is one with vast
amount of animal magnetism and a
big purse. If he concludes to put the
purse into the campaign there is no
telling just where we will come out at.
Stephen is sstute and rich, and he is
an expert in the use of money in all of
his political enterprises. Now the
matter will depend upon both this ex-
pert use of money and upon the per
sonal magnitism we have named. II |
both jump together ice-president |
Elkins will be no better aud no worse
than his fellows who have gone before |
him.