The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12


ton threatens the country With
DESTRUCTION OF SOCIAL ORDER,
with. lawlcssness and anarchy. The
Discrimination OF law and OF aociai
order in America IS in our courts snd
the promise OF safety 10 our Tree m
stitutions Is the prompt obedience 10
those courts, and new the courts are 10
be shorn II their power and sAotn OF II
for mohs bent on flotfng ar The de-
structian of property,
We especially object SAYS the
Chicago platform. 10 government ny
Injunction, aS a new and highly dan
Eereus form az eppteSSien,' Here re-
ference is made 10 the action OF the
courts d0s-sng thc Chsease riots, with
out which action there is no calculating
now much ruin should have come 20
the city. The palladium or American
liberties is the supreme court az Wash
ington, the counterpart Of which in
majesty and III power 10 enforce anSo-
lutte Justice does not exist among the
nations OF Christendom. But as far as
it is possible. human ingenuity outside
of partisan politics, independent OF all
political influences through their life
tenure of Office. the judges of this conrt
rule congress and president state and
nation, and expoun6 the law in all its
infiexibility, nc matter who must yield
TO ii. And. now a convention speaks
of the supreme court as il may be here
after constituted. intimating unmis-
takably the intention, If the party re-
presented in that convention come to
power. to constitute the courts by the
popular election of the judges, by the
shortening of their term of Office or
otherwise, as to make ii insensibie to
THE STERN VOICE OF LAW
and responsive to the passing whims Of
political parties. Worse TO my mind
than all this, is the spirit of socialism
that permeates the whole movement
which has issued from the convention
at Chicago. 1t is the socialism of
Europe, now taking body in America.
OF this one cannot but be convinced
when the movement is closely observed,
the shibboleth of its adherents listened
TO. the discourSes of its orators care
fully examined. The war of class
against class is upon US, the war OF the
proletariat against the property holder.
No other meaning than this can be
given to the appeals to the common
people, to the laborer,' to the poor
and downtrodden,' and to the denun
Citations against plutocrats' and cor
poratiens and money grabbers,' and
bankers.
MANY adherents of the movement
do not perceive its full meaning: but
torches which, borne in hands of reck-
less men. may light up in this country
the lurid fires of a commune. Amer
lea. heretofore, has been free from So
cialistic hatred and warfare; it has
been a. country Of opportunities for all
men. and it has given TO the laaoorers
a livelihood higher and better than IS
Afforded him in any other country of
the world. Is This all to be changed?
Is social chaos,
GLOATING OVER RUINS,
10 oe a method of the social elevation
of the masses? There may be room
in some things for peaceful ameliora-
ton through well informed public opin-
ion and orderly legislation, but class
hatred and aIsssTy passion never led 10
2ught buS general misery and suffering
The people Of America must today look
warily around, guard against catch
words and misleading war cries, avoid
giving any countenance to socialistic or
sJnafchlstIc tendencies, and know that
The first condition Of prosperity to any
and all classes Of the people is a peace
1ui commonwealth and assured social
order. The monetary question indeed
IS only secondary issue in the cam
paign. 1 have, however, my convictions
IN this matter The free and unlimited
coinage Of silver dollars, at a ratio of
10 To by the United States indepen-
Gently Of other great commercial ma
tons, into dollars which shall be made
legal tender, viii disturb the whole
peace OF the country and bring upon il
q financial depression far beyond any
ming we are TOW experiencing. [ am
confronted with the pamphlet of Arch
bishop Walsh, OF Dublin, on 'bimetaj-
hsm,' as reply 10 my objection to the
silver resolution of the Chicago con-
Nentlon. The pamphlet of Archbishop
Walsh has no bear!l e whatever on the
situation in America. The archbishop
discusses 'bimetallism vs. monometai-
EsIn, and that only from one point Of
view. the effect Of recommendation upon
Tie farmers contracts under the land
purchase acts In Ireland. He expresses
u" opinion as 10 the ratio at which sill
sSr Is 10 be coined. and he maaifestly
presupposes that bimetallism would he
brought about by an international
agreement. He alleges that India. was
unable 20 keep a silver currency in
uependenTly Of European nations. If
was impossible for India to obtain the
loans that are absolutely necessary for
the development of the country and
the reason was the fluctuations in the
relative value of the rusee.'
1t is the silver currency of China 5,
he ADDS. that stops the MAKING If
railways IN thar country WaIsh's
pamphlet is throughout solid argl1-
Isent against the Chicago platform
TO what ne says he might add shat
France and ali the countries of The
L4S4n union today were ultimately COM
PEELED tc give up bimetallism; SO long
as other countries of Europe wouJd nor
cooperate with them.
The question before the people of
America today is the coinage of silver
py THIS country. Independently Of great
commercial nations of the world Al
the ratio Of 10 to /. This ratio is
double that of the present commercial
value of silver. The consequences of
unlimited coinage under these circuno-
stances are easily proved. The
ONE HOPE OF THE SILVER
PARTY
is 'tafat under free coinage we viii raise
the value Of silver 10 S1.29 an ounce.
measured in gold.
on what authority is this said? On
THAI Of the mere word of the men that
make the assertion. The experiences
OF cur own country contradicts the as
eertion The purchasing of $500, OOO. 900
worth of bullion lunder the Sherman
act) was not able to prevent the fall
in the value of silver from over a dol
lar an ounce to its present low value.
The experience of France contra diets
the assertion; France, with all the
countries Of the Latin union had to
give up the coinage of silver lest. over
loaded with the silver Of the world. it
should lose its gold. Common sense
is against the assertion Silver is now
produced in such quantities at such
small expense Of production that its
value cannot be kept up to its former
standard And is the whole business