The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-17
REPUBLICAN DETECTION.

REPUBLICAN, DETECTION.
There is some detection in the Demo-
cratic party because of the Chicago
platform, but there is equally as
much in the Republican party because
of the St Louis platform Only some
twelve or fourteen days ago very
considerable number of Minnesota Re
publicans. bolted the presidential
ticket and pledged themselves to work
for free silver candidate without re-
gard to his past party affiliations.
Among those so boiling were the lieu
tenant-governor of the state, a con-
gresham. an ex-congressman and sew
eral state senators.
But Minnesota is not the only state
where the Republicans are boiling.
The other day some two hundred Re
publicans Of Topeka signed an agree
ment to bolt, and organized the Kansas
Free Silver Republican league It has
taken up the free silver propaganda
and will organize societies in every
county in the state. Among many other
things, the league platform declares:
We believe that the Republican par
ty was right when it declared in its
national platform of 1883 that the Re
publican party is in favor of the use
of both gold and silver money and
condemns the policy of the Democrat
&c administration in its effort to de
moralize silver
We believe that the Republican party
was right when, in 1892, it declared
that the American people, from tradi-
ton and interest, favored bimetallism
and the Republican party demanded
the use of both gold and silver as
standard money.
We believe that the Republicans of
kansas have been right in declaring
for the free coinage of silver.
The silver propaganda in Kansas is
destined to accomplish great things
It is said that Republicans who know
the state thoroughly declare that if
something is not done. and that with
out delay, to counteract the efforts of
this new silver league, the state will
be lost to the Republicans in Novem-
Der by 10000 majority
In this platform these Kansas silver
Republicans quote from a speech de-
livered by the late James G. Blaine IN
1880:
1 believe the struggle now going on
in this country and in other countries
for single gold standard would. if
successful, produce widespread disas-
ter in and throughout the commercial
world. The destruction of silver as
money, and establishing gold as the
sole unit of value, must have a ruin
Gus effect on all forms of property ex-
cept those investments which yield a
fixed return in money. Those would be
enormously enhanced in value, and
would gain a disproportionate and I'M
fair advantage over every other species
Of property. If, as the most reliable
statistics affirm, there are nearly 81,
900, 100000 Of coin or bullion in the
world, very equally divided between
gold and silver. it is impossible to
strike silver out of existence as money
without results that will prove dis
tressing to millions and utterly disas-
trous to tens of thousands.
l believe gold and silver coin to be
the money of the constitution; indeed,
the money of the American people an
terror to the constitution, which the
great organic law recognized as quite
dependent of its own existence. No
power was conferred on congress to
declare either metal should not be
money. Congress has, therefore, in
my judgment, no power to demonetize
either If, therefore, silver has been
demonetized. 1 am in favor of remone-
tizing. If its coinage has been pro-
hibited, 1 am in favor of ordering it
to be resumed. I am in favor of hav-
ing it enlarged.
The Minnesota boiling Republicans
do the same.
Such extracts as this from Blaine's
speeches will make it most difficult
matter for the Republican orators to
explain and justify the st. Louis plat
form to the people. Mr.. Blaines name
still exercises a spell over the masses
of the Republican party that no other
mans can. It may be put down as
certain that the detection in the Re
publican party over the question of
free silver will increase rather than
diminish.