The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-27
JUNE 27. 1895
PROVO CITY.
ALAS KENTUCKY.

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truly surrendered to the gold bugs? 1t
really seems that it has. The Cieve.
land and Carlisle forces Out-voted the
Blackburn free silver forces in the
convention. If this is taken to be the
indication of the real condition of the
democracy in Kentucky, We believe an
Injustice will be done, because we are
perfectly assured that upon direct
test there, unconnected with personal
and administration considerations the
majority of Kentucky democrats will
be found in favor Of the free coinage OF
silver. AS little as we may be in
cllned to concede it, John 6. Carlisle is
a strong man in Kentucky, and this,
Joined to the great strength of the ad-
ministration among the democrats OF
that state, was sufficient to place the
democratic convention in the hands of
the goldites.
1t is severe draught to the western
democrats and indicates palmer than
anything which has yet happened that
the cause of silver is in bad box. The
fight for reconciliation is not won yet.
A hard and close conflict must yet be
waged for many years to come, we fear.
However, poverty and business dis
tress from this on, and these with the
natural predictions of the demo-
cracy for silver will ultimately win the
victory unless revolution sooner steps
in to intervene, in which case free
coinage will come in a night and
the country will return to It's
allegiance to the national au-
thority. 1t is this immediate and
pressing danger of revolution now
which sickens patriots every where.
Sound money is good thing but this
is not the question, 1t is money OF
any kind, or abiect beggary. Ii
one has money at all it is alwaye
well to have sound money. The fault
of the goldites is they affect to believe
and actually teach that there is no
sound money save gold, or gold note.
We of the west and south believe with
equal earnestness that gold and silver
ia hard to beat as money. Kentucky by
her democratic convention only says
that for the present. she throws her vote
for Carlisle and Cleveland, and reserves
the settlement of the money question
for some future day.
This is of course unfortunate in the
light of any possible early settlement
of the great question. AS it is, one
half of our already meagre store of
money is blotted out and there is not
in sight. at least in the west, the trade
and commerce which is necessary in
order that we may keep our wheels
moving until reconciliation comes.
This will give US pinching times for
many long years, or revolution speedy
and sure. However it may be said
that the result in Kentucky does not
actually pTecipitaIe upon us this truly
doleful situation. Many other states
must act as Kentucky has before we
stand in the immediate presence of all
OF these dire evils, zone swallow does
not make summer" and one state
does not fix democratic policy by any
means. 1t is the influence which the
result in Kentucky may haYe on other
neighboring democratic states which
we fear.
If every man, woman and child in
the dark and bloody ground goes to
the side OF the gold bugs, the principle
is not changed In the slightest and it
is our duty to stand and fight all the
more determinedly for the right. 1t
was colossal wrong to demonetize sill
yer in the first place, it will be a SUI
preme right to restore it. This right
is not affected by Kentucky's action,
but somehow we would feel safer to
know that the serried legions of old
Kentucky were fighting by our side
rather than on the other Side and
against us.
The nomination of General Hardin
for governor is bit of comfort to us
in our deep distress. While this gen.
tleman received great strength from
his personal standing and popularity.
yet that was not alone equal to the
task Of his nomination. Part of the
result was induced by his well known
position in favor of free coinage. In
other words, he received the full sup.
port of the free silver men in the CEN
vention and this, with his personal
popularity, was sufficient. "a half
loaf is better than no bread" in politics
as in business.