The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29

cess, as such, when that party is OPP
posed to the prosperity of the entirsi
taken as whole, are indeed
poor advisers, and should not
| be considered of any value. We must,
as silver men, use the same mode and
/ implements of warfare as the opposi-
ton. That being the case, under pres
ent conditions, whatever may be adj
vised by the monometallists with re-
gard to party preservation, must be
antagoniStic to the interests of the BIZ
metalliStS We have. as is well known,
been given sop" for many years by
the two old parties, and in the last
four years we have beheld the spec
tacle of both the Democrats and Re
publicans at different times being in
full control of both houses of the ma
tional legislature. But the only thing
done as regards silver legislation has
been further assassination of the
white metal, and also al a time when
the government was compelled to issue
interest bearing bonds far in excess of
/ the actual needs of it's departments
for the only reason that its gold the
cries are not in accordance with ac-
knowledged and correct economics.
This and much more might be cited
for the purpose of proving the absolute
fallacy of any expectation of relief
from old party councils. But we will
pass to the next phase of this Ques-
ton.
DEMOCRATS WILL CONCEDE.
1t has been stated upon good au-
thority that the silver Democrats are
willing to concede much of their econ
omic views for the sake of silver.
Many prominent Prohibitionists have
expressed the same Willingness. There
are Republicans who can be placed in
the same category. And the national
committee of the Populist party has
expressed it's Willingness to concede
something. Now is there not enough
substance in the above factors to form
nucleus around which may gather
the entire horde of bimetallists?
IT CAN BE DONE.
This proposition can be accom-
plished, for it is believed that the free
silver forces are patriotic men, willing
to mutually concede one to another for
the benefit of their cause, and 1t is fur
Their confidently believed that a full.
free and untrammeled expression of
the masses would solve this question
overwhelmingly in favor of bimetal-
lism. AS stated by Senator Pugh of
Alabama, the silver advocates at this
time are fighting among themselves
and the statement is very true and
very timely, and is a further evidence
that a new battle-ground should be Sc
lected in order that an alignment may
be made with the enemy in their pro-
per place, adopting also the usual
mode of procedure with regard to
traitors. The latter element has cost
bimetalhsm more than any other one
thing. And for example we need only
refer to the course of the newly cleo
ted Utah senators. These senators.
upon the floor of the Utah legislative
chamber, pledged in burning words
their fidelity to the cause of silver,
saying, in substance. that every pro-
position should be subordinated to it.
But even before the legislature adj
journs which elected them these same
senator's are condemned by their own
former viva voce utterances, and en-
deavor again to mislead and beguile
their honest constituents by a resort
to the press with explanations replete
with incongruities when their speeches
of acceptance are considered. Instances
of this character have been frequent
in the past, and cases have been
known of Republicans making the race
for congressional honorS in these west
ern silver states in the late elections,
who have refused to sign the 'bimetal-