The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-19
SILVER MEN ONLY.

In considering the situation with the
silvery light that is shining in the
West and which will penetrate to the
East, even to the dullest cities on the
Atlantic coast, it is clear to The Her
aid that in advising Democrats to
fight their battles for silver within the
lines Of their party it has given good
counsel.
People who come into the Bimetallic
Union, by adopting it's doctrines and
! joining in its pledges, do not agree to
forsake their respective political par
ties, But they do promise to place sill
yer first in their political allegiance.
They will not vote for men to national
Office who are not in favor of free and
unlimited silver coinage at the stand
ard ratio, and that without waiting for
the action Of other nations. They can
act up to that agreement and remain
Democrats to the fullest party extent.
But if a man should be nominated
for President or for Congress who is
not true bimetallist. it will become
the duty Of members of the Bimetallic
Union to abstain from supporting such
a candidate. No such bimetallist as
Cleveland or Harrison. Carlisle or Nc
Kinley. Morton or Reed can receive
the suffrages of a Bimetallic Union
voter. That, however. need not change
his personal political opinions.
The restoration Of silver is Of pri-
mary Importance. That is the leading
idea. AS to candidates for Congress.
there is no fear that any but silver
men will be nominated by either party
in Utah, unless it should happen that
a bogus bimetallic plank should be in
corporated in the platform of a ma
tional party, and Utah candidates en-
dorse that platform. In such a case
those candidates ought to be rejected
by true silver men.
We do not believe the National
Democratic party will attempt to
dodge this question. We believe the
Republican party will The support of
the latter comes chiefly from the gold
lite interest. There are strong silver
men in the Republican party, but there
are not enough of them to carry a free
silver resolution. The financial Ques-
ton will be straddled, once more by
the Republicans, unless greater
change shall take place than we an
ticipate.
We do believe there will be a suffl-
cient majority among the Democrats
to control the national party in the
interest of true bimetallism. 1t is
Democratic doctrine. 1t is the financial
policy of the founders of the party. |
1t is the constitutional money principle. |
The sentiment for it is growing in the
party. The Democrats of the West |
must see to it that a solid union is
formed on it with the South, and that |
the silver propaganda is carried on in |
the east.
A silver President must be nomin-
ated by the Democratic party, with |
Vice-President of the same COM
plexion. They will draw support from
both the Republican and Populist
ranks. That will not make Democrats
of either. They will merely vote for
silver men to stand at the head of ma
tional affairs. They can continue to
contend for their respective theories
Of government and political economy.
Democrats should remain to all in
tents and purposes Democrats. And
their influence should be eSerted to
men Of their own party of
the necessity Of supporting silver men
to office, and particularly to the
Presidency. The bimetallic policy once
fully and lsnestly adopted in the Dem
ocratic party it can win the next
Presidential fight. Without it-well
there is no need to say what will be
the consequences.