The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
SILVER REPUBLICANS AND GOLD
DEMOCRATS.

1t IS admitted by all that the one
great and paramount issue before the
American people this year is that of
money; all others pale before 1t. The
tariff, so far as i. is an issue, is
very minor and subordinate one; no
effort can force it to The front. Such
being the case why should men hest
tate as to where they will align them
selves in the ensuing campaign, hav-
ing made up their minds on the one
important and overwhelming question?
The platforms of both the two great
parties having caused divisions within
them, and over the same question,
those who cannot remain in their
parties because OF the financial planks
should not find any difficulty in allying
themselves with that party which they
have opposed in the past. We realize
that old political associations are hard
to break away from, that it is diff
cult thing. to surrender political preju-
dices. but when people believe that a
party has struck fatal blow at that
which they hold to be vitality essential
to the prosperity and happiness of the
country, they should not find it a hard
matter to break away from it, at least
temporarily and until .uch times as
their party shall return to it's funda-
mental doctrines as they see them.
Those Republicans who hold the free
and unlimited coinage of silver to be
of first Importance TO the country, and
such is the belief of the very great ma
jority of them in Utah and the west,
should find it an easy matter to sup
port and work for the election OF Mr..
Bryan. The platform upon which he
stands is conservative upon those mat
ters which Republicans are generally
thought to hold most dear. The declar-
alton upon the tariff is such that any
Republican. who is not a protectionist
to the extent of prohibition of foreign
trade, can accept Those who were in
strumental in framing it and having it
adopted by the Chicago convention say
that reasonable construction of it
would permit of tariff upon wool and
lead. Could any Republican ask for
or make a stronger condemnation of
the issuing of bonds in time of peace
than that in the Chicago platform?
They could not. The Republicans of
Utah, as a duty to their state and the
interests of all its people, should sup
port Mr.. Bryan in this campaign.
AS we have pointed out why Repub-
licans should support Mr.. Bryan, so it
is an easy matter to see why those
Democrats who refuse to accept the
Chicago platform and nominee should
support Major Mckinley. They refuse
to support the Chicago platform and
Mr. Bryan because the platform de-
clares for revolution and anarchy"
they say, and because Mr.. Bryan is the
leader of ali the forces that desire these
things If they believe what they say,
then they should rally to the standard
Of Major Mckinley to increase the
forces arrayed against anarchy and
revolution" and not to divide them. To
save their homes. their honor and
their country, they should certainly be
willing to overlook McKinleys tariff
record and the tariff plank in the St
Louis platform. If they will not do
this, they should cease to call them
selves patriots and acknowledge
themselves Draters.
Let silver Republicans support Mr.
Bryan; let gold Democrats who refuse
to support Mr.. Bryan rally to Major
McKinley's standard