The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-08
PROVO CITY.
THE ILLINOIS SILVER MEN.

The democratic executive committee
of Illinois has a good chairman as we'll
as the right kind of nerve for these
troubulous times when the keen f1ashes
of the gold barons is found to be so eX-
ceedinglY powerful as well as seductive;
The Illinois democracy has been very
patient for long time. 1t has been
for free coinage all the time but In
Difference to the wishes and fears OF lUs
old leadership it has stood back mod
estly Just as long as 1t can. Under the
vigorous leadership of Mr.. w. ID. Hin
richsen, the chairman Of the Demo
cratic executive committee, 1t has
lately taken a step. full of gallantry,
full of promise and full Of meaning. 1t
serves notice on the state, on the west,
and upon the entire nation, that at
least its day Of triAing on the silver
question has passed forever. Mr.. him
richsen called convention OF the
state democracy to meet at Springfield
on the 5th, 30 take action on the Sill
yer question. The brave true
democrats nobly answered the call.
Their action is before the country
and we do not propose to do anything
save to urge similar action by the dem
ocrats of all the states.
Let similar conventions assemble at
as early day as is at all practlcabie
and let the plutocrats OF the east see
for once the vast majority OF demo
Gratis in the nation who really are true
out and out free silver men, free coin
age men, double standard men-bl
metalliste indeed. Mr.. Cleveland nor
any other leader of the national demo-
cracy, including even Senator Palmer,
had any idea, even the remotest, that
there was such majority In the Him
ois democracy for free coinage as wed
nesday's convention fully Indicated
The same is true, equally, OF the party
in Ohio, in Indiana, in Missouri, IN
Iowa, in Nebraska, in the Dakotas, ln
Kansas, in Kentucky, in Pen nsylvanls,
in New York, in all the New England
states, and in short In all the states
of the union. In fact and, In short,
the party is dlstinctiyely in favor OF
free coinage and Immediate and inde-
pendent action. The unfortunate TACT
that Mr.. Cleveland and few strong
eastern democrats took the gold
schultz, has served to throw doubt
over the attitude OF the democracy.
This Illinois convention and few
others following it, will sool indicate
the position of the party and how badly
it has been misrepresented by Jew OF
its unworthy and misleading leaders.
1t will be but q short time now until
the entire devotion of democracy to
the good old time democratic doctrine OF
hard money on the double standard plan
will be so well and so broadly under
stood and established that no number OF
men-eYen its most illustrious leaders
Chu 0NoE again u1AoASPASoShO Va AAe
lead it in any particular on this point.
All that is necessary to be done is to
establish fully and clearly this one
great truth, and the victory in '96 has
already been won beyond q peradVen-
ture. Ali this has been developed by
this wonderful result In Illinois. Con-
ditions are the same in all the states
we have named above, and when q
similar result is scored by the demo
cratic conventions of each, the ques-
ton is settled, and in such way that
neither Mr.. CleYeland nor all the gold |
bugs and all their money and its bale |
ful power can reverse the dietum of a
free people terribly in earnest to save
not only the jewel of its uncontamin-
ated democracy, but the liberty and
the prosperity which has made the
United States illustrious among the
nations of the earth and which has won
for her place in history to which no
other nation, ancient or modern, can
aspire.
The day for work has come and the
sure triumph to come from it is already
perfectly apparent to all.