The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29

power, both collectively and individ-
ually. And wherever this party has
achieved victory, in many instances
the opposition has endeavored tC
squelch the organization by falsely rep
resenting its principles and declara-
tons, and also a recort to illogical and
farcical comment, intended to ridicule
rather than an endeavor to rebut by
intelligent argument. In passing this
factor, it may be we'll to mention that
! the Populists were accredited in 1894
with having about 1000, 900 votes, in the
/ face of which it must be admitted that
/ it is a very formidable balance OF
power, and one which, if allied with
any other prominent factor herein men,
! toned that might be amalgamated
Herewith. would certainly make pres
! ent conditions most interesting.
The Republican party, or that part
of it which represents the silver cause,
is a problem, the solution of which is
not an easy task. Cooking through
Republican glasses we see victory in
1850 This last sentence within par
entheses, will undoubtedly have the eff
feet of cutting down materially the
free silver sentiment within the ranks
of Republicanism, for even a normal
consideration demonstrates that a free
silver sentiment cannot lay much
claim to advocacy within the Repub-
lican ranks, with any possible show CT
victory upon any other issue. Conse-
quently. we are obliged to place the
numerals of this factor at or nearly
the foot of the column. And further,
as it is a, patent fact that the vast ma
jority of the Republican party are we'd
ded to the gold standard, it is impro-
bable that the silver forces will attain
any more than passing prominence in
their national convention-and it would
not be surprising to a vast number of the
bimetallic advocates should this ques-
ton be entirely smothered. Therefore
it is plain that in this event this latter
element will be compelled to disregard
party fealty in order to voice their
principles by their ballots
THE BIMETALLIC UNION.
With regard to the National Bime-
tallic union it may be stated that this
organization is composed of men of all
shades of political opinion, and as
sumes to deal but with one economic
principle-that of the free and I'M
limited coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1 by the United
States alone. This organization has
representatives in every state in the
Union. the member of the executive
committee from Utah being the Hon.
r. c. Chambers, now a member of the
Utah legislature in the capacity of
senator. And now the important ques-
ton arises:
How is it possible for each of these
factors to express their fidelity to the
cause of silver, without sacrificing, at
the same time, all other economic ideas
they may adhere tor"
1t is not a problem easy of solution
of how to bring together this hetero-
geneous mass and form a homologous
body of voters. But as my purpose is
to endeavor to demonstrate, should
certain events transpire-and it must
be understood also from a strictly non
partisan standpoint-the manner in
which this may be accomplished, it
will be necessary before proceeding
further to face matters in their true
light. And at this point also I will
say that 1 am. and have been, at all
times, independent in my political
views, and have no ties, party or
otherwise, which | am bound to regard
from the standpoint of conviction,
only in so far as such party or par
ties favor the reconciliation of sill
Yer.
The assumption, however, as gath
cred from the eastern press, and also