The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16

/ ards os value, has, like the fire bell at
/ night startled and alarmed our peo-
pie. Let US settle it by following the
action of Washington, Hamilton, Jeffer
I son, Benton, Hunter, Lincoln and
Grant; let US maintain silver and gold
at par with each other at the legal
ratio of IS to until a conference among
nations can prescribe some standard
of value. In the meantime let no act
be done, no policy be adopted, no ex-
pertinent resorted to that will tarnish
the honor Of this great republic
THEN CAME FORAKER.
/ When Senator Sherman finished,
Governor Bushnell introduced Senator
elect J. B. Foraker. The cheering
which greeted him lasted two or three
minutes. When he mentioned McKin-
ley's name in his opening remarks,
the scene which followed was for a
short time ike the memora Bile one in
the st. Louis convention when he men
toned McKinley's name in his NOM
mating speech.
Mr.. Foraker said:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
For three years in succession the Re
publican majorities in this state and
throughout the country have been
overwhelming. The years 1898, 1894 and
1885 show an increasing strength for
Republicanism and corresponding
losses for Democracy These election
verdicts have been the peoples con-
demnation of Democratic maladminis-
tration in national affairs. What has
happened since the elections of last
year to change the verdict of the peo-
pie as then recorded? In administra-
ton, nothing. In legislation, nothing
Nobody pretends that Mr.. Cleveland
or anybody else has done anything in
the name of Democracy to redeem it
from the faults on account of which it
was condemned last year. Why, then,
should there be contest for suprem-
acy this year? Why should it be neces-
sary to hold this meeting or any other
meeting for the purpose of debating
whether we shall vote the Republican
or Democratic ticket? Why should
there be any effort to secure the cleo
ton of a Republican president? Why
does not the verdict of last year stand
good for this? The answer is,
THERE IS A NEW ISSUE.
The money question has been
brought to the front and we are to de-
ternline whether or not we will have
free silver. Why has this new issue
been made? What is the nature of it?
What is the right of it? 1t has been
born Of Democratic desperation on the
sue for years. They Were overwhelm-
ingly defeated before the fight COM
menced. Their victory in 1892 proved
to them a great misfortune 1t gave
them an opportunity to present an OBJ
ject lesson to the American people,
Coming into power on the plea of OPP
position to protectic., it was neces-
sary for them to explain accordingly.
They did so and that has worked their
D. ruin BEFORE 1900 10 mi
batable question. Everybody under
STANDS the tariff question now and al
most everybody has become a protec-
ZIONIST
st was because of our political ex-
perience in these regards that the Re
publican party has been triumphing
by such tremendous majorities, and it is
because the end is not yet, because
hard times continue; because men are
still idle; because farmers are still dis
tressed; wage earners still seeking en-
ployment, business paralyzed and the
government revenues insufficient to
meet the government expenses, that it
was seen months ago that in Novem-
Der, 1896,
UPON THE OLD ISSUES,
the Democratic party would be over
Whelmingly defeated. and for that rea-
son it was determined something must
be done to give Democracy a new
/ chance. In other words, if the DINO
cratic party had not seen it's defeat
j ahead on its old issues. it would not
have made this new issue.
But what is this silver question?
Is 1t true that the Democratic party,
! which has been constantly and per
sistently on the wrong side of every
great national question for City years.
is at last and for once right? No; it is
not. On the contrary, it is more wrong
now than ever before since the Union
was saved and slavery abolished.
Democrats themselves so assert Their
most distinguished and trusted lead
ers unsparingly condemn their plat
form and refuse to support their cam
/ dldare. One-nalf of the party is now
| in open revolt. Almost all the leading
Democratic newspapers of the north,
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi-
/ hundreds of them--have denounced and
( refused TO support this platform or the
candidates for the party who stand
/ upon it. In view of this
IT is HARDLY NECESSARY
to resort to argument, and yet when a
] great party puts forth a declaration
! upon an important subject, it Is our
/ duty to examine 1t and dispose Of it
upon its merits. But, before we can
judge of any question we must know
exactly what that question is, and this
is particularly true in the present case.
/ for every effort is being made to cause
1t to appear that the Republican party
has changed its position That is not
| true.
1T stands exactly where it has been
STANDING heretofore. It's ST. Louis plat
+ form is but a repetition of all its pre-
Vious declarations ON the currency
question 1t is more explicit but m
substance and effect, it is precisely
Identical. Briefly and simply stated.
our position is that we propose to
maintain what we have, until we can
get simething better. What we have, is
/ THE SINGLE GOLD STANDARD,
with the use of the largest quantity
of both silver and paper that can be
maintained ON a par with gold What
we want is the double, or bimetallic
standard, under which we can have.
not only the free coinage of both met
ais, but the actual use of both metals
as we now have with the additional use
of silver for redemption purposes. We
propose to secure this by international
agreement-the only possible way to
secure III our Judgment that has yet
been pointed out. Our position is
not, therefore, one of hostility to silver
as has been claimed, but one that de-
mands such authorization and treat
ment Of silver as will maintain it in
honorable parity with gold. We have
now in use not only gold and silver,
but six different kinds of paper money
The grand aggregate amounts to more
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