The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-23

ST. LOUIS. July 22.-Deiegates to the
national silver organization were slow
in assembling at the Grand Music hall.
and there were not enough spectators
to fill the galleries when j. J. Mott,
chairman of the national committee,
called the convention to order 1t was
long after 10 when he stepped to the
platform and raped for order. The
hall had been attractively decorated.
When Chairman Mott came forward,
to call the convention to order dele
gates for a moment ceased to use the
fans and were reused from the torpor
caused by the awful heat They in
dulged in some enthusiastic cheering.
Prayer was offered, after which Miss
Lille B. Hirsh of this city read the
Declaration of Independence. causing
another Outburst of applause.
When the call for the convention had
been read, Newlands Of Nevada was
introduced by Chairman Mott as tenn
pOraTy chairman. Though the CALLER
les were almost vacant the delegates
gave him a vigorous reception.
In taking the chair Mr.. Newlands
said:
The National Silver party meets to-
day to determine what course will
best advance the cause which we have
at heart. The Republican party has
declared for the gold standard, save
so far as its disastrous consequences
may be averted by an international
adjustment with the leading CONNER
cial nations of the world. Practically
this means gold recommendation. for
under the system of finance inaugura-
ted by Harrison and continued by
Cleveland. silver is denied its time
honored use as redemption money,
and has become simply the material
upon which is stamped a gold promise
And so our greenbacks, our treasury
notes and silver certificates, instead
of being money have been
TURNED INTO A GOLD DEBT
and the primary money of the country
is confined to the limited amount of
gold, Appropriated at $500, 600 900,
which an adverse balance of trade is
constantly depicting with all the at
tendant evils Of continuing bond issues.
The Democratic party has declared
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 without
waiting for international action
Whilst it has made other declarations
in its platform, it has announced that
the silver question is the paramount
other questions are to be subordinateG.
1t has nominated a candidate of I'M
impeachable character, Of exalted abil-
ity. of infiexible integrity, of high pur-
pose, who has
NEVER FALTERED FOR A MO-
MENT
in his devotion to- the cause of BIZ
metaIlism. Firm, but not headstrong;
to the people, but not demagOgic; de-
termined for reform. yet without a
single incendiary speech or paSsiOnal
utterance tC mar his record; possessing
a happy combination of the oTatOTicaI
and logical qualities; young, courage
Gus and enthusiastic, yet deliberate
and wise-he stands as the ideal can
didate of a movement which, though
termed a movement for reform, really
means a return to the wise cOnservat-
ism of our fathers.
The issue has been presented by a
party which has been recently dis
credited before the country by the
financial and industrial disturbances
which it has created through the repeal
of the Sherman act and by threatened
and actual tariff legislation Dragged
into financial agitation by the deter
mined will of an executive, whom it
has since repudiated, it proposes not
merely to
REVERSE EXISTING LEGISLATION
already enacted, but to go further and
to declare for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and besides it pro-
poses to guarantee to the country
against further industrial disturbance
and any agitation for further changes
in the tariff law, except such as are
necessary to make up the deficit Of
revenue The latter announcement is
particularly gratifying to many of us
who believe that the silver question
and moderate protection are. twin is
sues; that the former means protection
to the American farmer against the
disastrous competition of silver coun-
tries; that the latter means protection
to the manufacturer and his en-
ployees against the disastrous compe-
tition of cheap foreign labor, and that
it is only by the union of the produce
tive forces of the country, whether in
the field or the factory, for mutual
protection that the reTnorseless power
of monetary contraction can be stayed.
Whilst it would have been wiser to
con9ine the Democratic platform to the
issues concerning which bimetailiSts
would not differ, thus securing the