The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-13
DUTY NOW BEFORE THEM
REPUBLICANS sHoULD BE GIVEN 4
CHANCE.
If the Incoming Administration Can
Keep the Pledges Made to the
People, Every BimetaiIist In
America VIII Be Free to Ac-
knowledge His Error-A Proud
Record Made


To the Bimetallists of the United
States:
The contest of 1896, which for some
months has engaged public attention.
was determined at the ballot box upon
the 3rd ult. for the Republican candi-
date.
While the supporters of Mr.. Bryan
and the great principles which he
/ espoused have no reason to regret the
effort made in his behalf and which he
will renew when occasion requires, it
/ is only the part of wisdom to accent
with the utmost good faith the decision
of the American people upon this or
any other question submitted to their
deliberate judgment, which is always
sure in the end to be correctly de-
cided By that tribunal.
! The struggle was one Of great i'm
/ port to the material interest OF the
contending parties. 1t was from the
very outset one of marked inequality in
point of influence and power. and may
/ we'll be considered, as it has many
I times been justly denominated, con-
I test of might against right, OF the COM
bined influence of wealth against the
I unprotected interests of the common
+ people, and the result of the issue,
considering the inequality of condi-
tions. was such as to challenge the
admiration of every patriotic citizen.
SUPREMELY CONFIDENT.
The cause of bimetallism, which was
/ the watchword of the anti-Republican
forces, has not been abandoned by its
friends and advocates, nor are we dis
+ healtened or dismayed by this tenn
porary defeat: We are as firmly con-
. WINGED now of its ultimate triumph in
: the United States as that the American
flag is the emblem of constitutional
liberty, and while the principle may
for time be overshadoWed by sophis-
try, and truth obscured by the screen
I of deception or intrigue, they will
finally rise. above the darkened horizon
and assume their rightful position as
ment.
Cur position was met and antagon-
I lied by the combined wealth of two
! continents. 1t was sought to be OBJ
! scured b. fei@ned issues, oDprobrious
/ eDithets, dishonest methods and par
tisan zeal. Every intrigue which
/ wealth could inspire or ingenuity sug-
! gest was brought into requisition. The
/ debtor class was threatened by its
! creditors the laboring class by it's en-
! Dloyers. and the patrons of savings
/ banks and insurance COMPANIES were
made the victims OF unscrupulous
/ demagogues wao declared that their
/ investments in these institutions were
! to be sacrificed, if free coinage of SILL
/ yer should be accomplished as the re-
I suit of the election.
DESTINED TO DEFEAT.
! These methods Of political warfare
/ We're as dishonest and unjust as the
! advantage gained is fleeing and des-
/ tined to ultimate defeat No
I success secured by misrepresenta ton
J can have more than a TEMPORARY
| Judgement in the hearts of q generous
and right-thinking people and the re-
! suit Of this election will prove in the
! end more signal victory for those
who went down in apparent defeat
] than for those who are now flushed
with apparent victory.
The safety of government like ours
must de9end upon the free and IN
/ trammeled exercise OF the elective
! franchise, where each citizen shall
! have the right to exercise his choice
without fear or favor, according 10 his
J understandings OF the merits OF the
! contending parties. Every effort which
! appeals to the judgment of the voters
upon the issues to be determined by
their suffra ges is within the legitimate
domain of partisan ethics.
But when resort is had to the pro-
d Hl&dle eA~1elQltuTe OF nOHGX and
! other less questionable but equally
potent methods of inducing the voter
| to abandon his principles, so much in
| evidence in the last cam0aign, it is
| high time for the people TO set their
seal of condemnation Coon these
| practices which are subversive of popu-
lar government and menace TO the
perpetuity Of our free institutions.
NO PERMANENT RELIEF.
But the election has been accom-
! plished and il is now the duty of every
citizen to accept the result in a spirit
OF patriotism unsullied b- partisan
rancor and unembarrassed by factious
agitation of the issues which have
| just been fought out. While we as BIZ
metallists still adhere TO the convic-
| ton that there can be no permanent
relief to the people based u9on the
single gold standard and that time will
| demonstrate the accurac-r of our posi-
| ton, we at the same time regard il as
q duty enioined upon every citizen TO
do everything in his power to assist the
| president-elect in ever effort to pro-
mote the welfare of the people by any
policy which he may consider viii ac-
| complish the result.
To this end we earnestly advise all
our friends and coadjutors throughout
the United States to suspend active
agitation Oh the SUBJECT OF Tree COIN
age of silver arr further than a sim
pie mobilization of the free silver clubs
throughout the Union and the keep
ing up of the club rolls for future serv-
| ice. BY this means we shall furnish
to our adversaries every opportunity to
fulfil the promises which they made to
the people during the campaign of
| restoring to the United States that
measure of prosperity which its re-
sources and commercial standing en-
title it to enjoy among the nations of
The earth and if it shall be demon
strated that the incoming adninistra-
ton shall be able to accomplish this
result for the people we shall have
no reason to regret the outcome of the
issue at the polls.
LET IT BE SHOWN.
If it can be demonstrated by actual
experiment that the theories advanced
| by the Republican party in the recent
election will bring to the people the
promised relief, every bimetallist in the
| United States viii be as free to acz-
nowledge his error as he was candid
in supporting his principles in the past
campaign. But if on the contrary we