The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-13

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 12.-Samuel
Bancroft, editor of Every Evening, has
received a letter from United States AM
bassador Bayard. dated London, Septem-
Der 80. Mr.. Bayard repudiates the Chi
cage platform and nominees and supports
Palmer and Buckner. The letter in part
says:
1T seems scarcely possible that any
one could be in doubt in relation to my
personal opinion upon the serious issue
now placed before our countrymen by the
machinery of the several political organ
lZations. When a citizen, processing him
self to be q Democrat, is called upon by
many or few to change his convictions
and assent to the doctrine that congress
has the power and can rightfully exercise
1t by its legislative fiat to create values,
and, regardless of their intrinsic CONNER
cial value, invest one or the other of the
earth's metals with arbitrary power as
money and override and alter, at the leg
islative will or caprice the ratio of ex-
change-ability of such metal, regardless
of the impairment of obligations of con-
tracts, his answer should be that such
claim to power is not consistent with the
governments limited powers as defined
by the constitution, but contains the
QUINTEsSENCE OF TYRANNY,
dishonesty and absolutism, and is de-
structive of that morality which IS es-
lied society. 1t is in plain words a prop
os3ion to destroy the institution of prop
cry and break down every legal defense
for its protection. This one question, and
it has been answered sufficiently, justifies
the prompt and absolute refusal of a con-
stitutional Democrat to support in any
degree the nominees Of the Chicago con-
vent.on and the preposterous claims con-
tanned in their platform, under which the
credit of the nation and peace and order
OF society Womb inevitably perIsh.
"On the other hand, we have a Re
publican organization whose measures
such ticket and such propositions as
were presented at Chicago. While
COMPELLED TO RECoIL
from the policy Of compulsory purchase
and coinage of silver as unlimited legal
tender, yet it is insistently proposed 10
employ and intensity the profound pow
ers of public taxation, to prohibit com
merce with other countries and thereby
prevent revenue from coming into the
public treasury; to levy taxes which shall
prevent the payment and collection of
other taxes necessary for the support of
the government whose powers are. ex-
erted directly and personally over each in
dividual citizen and over every part of
land and water within its national boun-
daries.
Every, constitutional Democrat can
truly reply to such propositions that they
are fraught with such gross inequity be-
tween man and man as is inconsistent
with public safety, because it employs
the most far-reaching and sovereign
power known to government to impov-
erish the working man and poorer mem
bers of society (who form the great ma
jority), and aggrandize those already
financially stronger Every Democrat,
faithful to the principles of his party.
can properly refuse to aid the selection OF
candidates avowing principles and policies
that have SO plainly
LED TO OUR PRESENT DANGERS,
and which are manifestly fatal to the well
fare of our country.
But happily there remains a citadel
and an asylum for the political conscience
of any man honestly convinced that the
path of duty leads him to keep steadily
in view the great purposes for which our
fathers ordained the constitution for the
formation of a more perfect union and
insurance of domestic tranquility; a pro-
vision for our common defense, promoting
the general welfare and security of lib
erty to ourselves and our posterity. Hap
PLY candidates are presented upon clear
and unambiguouS platform, that assures
safety to the financial honor of our coun-
try; to the honest business transactions
of al its citizens without discrimination
of race, age, sex, occupation or fortune
1.-THE personal reputation of the candi-
dates of the National Constitutional De
mocracy, AIessrs. Palmer arid Buckner, is
unsullied and guarantees their fidelity to
their pledges and their election would sc
far to re-establish the national health OF
our country.
Il hope and trust that in every state
of the Union an electoral and congress
sional ticket will be placed before the
people, and that every citizen may have
the opportunity of recording his vote ac-
cording to his conscientious belief and ir
support Of those principles essential tC
the maintenance of the government OF
our birth and dearest hopes.''
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