The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29
FROM "A WOrIAN'S
POINT OF VIEW.

The time is rapidly approaching when
the Democratic party will place itself on
record by adopting such measures as will
cause the country to resume its wonted
activity. 1t will not be long before the
various mills will be in full operation and
working men who are willing TO work
will not have to be idle. To begin with,
Democracy advocates and enforces free
speech, free press. free labor and free
schools. We all know that where free
speech prevails no abuses creep in and
remain for any length of time, because
criticism of a severe nature will arise
when any deed occurs. that is not up.
right or is to the prejudice OF the comr1u-
nifty. Then free speech being backed by
free press form a powerful com
D1natlon, for the press can send forth
the news so rapidly that almost as soon
as any event of interest happens 1t is
chronlcled so that it is known every
where. This is an age when dark and
mysterious crimes cannot take place with
out being unearthed at some time or
other.
Then our free schools are the bulwarks
OF our country. They teach the children
that patriotism, that love of country and
that devotion to right principles which
guide them through lite so that they
benefit the communities in which they
live. Children from homes where there is
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humble cottage meet day after day on
the same level and listen to the same in
struction, so that pure democracy is
taught to a child on the very outset of
his career.
! Labor is the greatest factor in our re-
gime of life. 1t produces our wealth and
also gives a healthful tone to the mind.
An idler can never be happy So the i'm
portance of labor cannot be over-esti-
mated and hence the laboring mans in
terests should receive due regard. De-
mocraCy aims to legislate SO that the
laboring man will be fully protected in
every respect.
The property of the country has been
steadily decreasing in value Tor the last
| twenty years on account of the demone-
t1ZatlOn OF silver. In the last ten years
the depreciation can be rated at from %
to 80 per cent. This shows that the total
decrease is not less than fifty billions.
| The question which comes to a person
who reasons at all is: Can we afford to
lose this sum of money in ten years, or,
in fact, in any number of years? Such a
loss affects every Individual, therefore it
is not at all surprising that there is such
a scarcity of money in the land. For
this loss the Republican ADMINISTRATORS
should receive credit, as they were the
first to demonetize silver and treat the
country to a dose of sound money.
Sound money has such euphonious ring.
Yes, be sure that every dollar is without
a crack or dent of any kind; then it viii
surely be a sound dollar. At a period
when the people are on the qul ViVe as
to the outcome of the greatest question
which has yet been before the world, the
Republicans add such a plank to their
platform.
I'VE proclaim our unqualified condem-
nation of the uncivilized and barbarous
practice, well known as lynching."
If the people are given work TO do and
a fair compensation for their labor the
fathers will not have 10 deliberate about
! lynching. History shows that poverty
breeds crimes, while prosperity lessons
all tendencies which are in those direc-
lions. If people have happy homes and a
reasonable amount of healthful recrea-
ton prisons will not have to receive so
much attention. OF course, not all beings
will become angelic, even If fortune
smiles, but the tendency will be to go
onward and upward, rather than back
ward. Having a gold standard as their
basis it is well for the Republicans to
consider the barbarity of lynchings at
!! the same time.