The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-13


There is another argument to which
1 ask your attention. Some of the moro
jealous opponents of free coinage point
to the fact that thirteen months elapse
between the election and the first con-
vening of Congress and assert that dur
ing that time in case the people de-
clare themselves i'm favor of free coin
age all
LOANS WILL BE WITHDRAWN
and all mortgages foreclosed. If these
are merely prophecies INDUCED in by
those who have forgotten the provisions
of the constitution, it will be sufficient
to remind them that the president is
empowered TO convene Congress in
extraordinary session whenever the
public good requires such action.
IF, in November, the people, by their
ballots, declare themselves in favor
of the immediate restoration of bimet-
allisrr. the system can be inaugurated
within a few months If, however, the
assertion that loans will be withdrawn
and mortgages foreelosed is made to
prevent such political action as the
people may believe to be necessary for
the preservation of their rights, then
new and vital question is raised. When
ever it is necessary for the people, as
a whole, to obtain consent from the
owners of money and the changers
money before they can legislate upon
financial questions, we shall have
passed from democracy to a plutoc-
racy. But that time has not yet ar
rived. Threats and intimidation will
be of no avail The people who, in ITS,
rejected the doctrine that kings rule
by right divine, will not, in this gen
Grafton, subscribe to a doctrine that
money is omnipotent.
I'm conclusion, permit me to say
word in regard to international ol-
metallisn. We are not opposed to an
International agreement looking to the
restoration of bimetallism throughout
the world The advocates of free coin
age have on all occasions shown their
willingness to cooperate With other
nations in the reinstatement of silver,
but they are not willing to await the
pleasure of other governments, when
Immediate relief is needed by the peo-
pie of the United States, and they fur
their believe that independent action
OFFERS BETTER ASSURANCE
of international bimetailism than SER
vile dependence upon foreign aid. For
more than twenty years we have in
vited the assistance of European ma
tons, but all progress in the direction
of international bimetallism has been
blocked by the opposition of those who
derive a pecuniary benefit from the
appreciation of gold. How long must
we wait for bimetailism to be brought
to US by those who profit by monomet-
allism? If the double standard will
bring benefits 10 our people, who will
deny them the right to enjoy these
benefits? If our opponents would ad-
NIT the right, the ability, and the
questions without the assistance and
regardless of
the wishes of other nations, and then
propose the remedial legislation which
they consider sufficient we could meet
them in the field of honorable debate,
but when they assert that this nation
is helpless to protect the rights of its
own citizens, we challenge them to sub
nit the issue to the people, whose pat
riotism has never been appealed 10 in
vain. We shall not offend other ma
tons when we declare the right of the
American people to govern themselves
and, without let or hindrance from
without, decide upon every question
presented for their consideration. In
taking this position, we simply main
tain the dignity of seventy million citi-
zeus. who are second to none in their
capacity for self-government
1.-THE gold standard has compelled the
American people TO pay an ever-increas-
ing tribute to the creditor nations of
the world; a tribute which go one dares
to defend I assert that national honor
requires the United States to secure
Justice for all it's citizens, as we'll as to
do justice to all its citizens. For
people like ours, blest with natural
resources of surprising richness, to pro-
claim themselves impotenG to frame
financial system suited to its needs is
hunniliating beyond the power of lam
guage to describe We cannot enforce
respect for our foreign policy, SO long
as we confess ourselves unable to frame
our financial policy.
HONEST DIFFERENCES OF OPIN-
ION
have always existed, and will ever ex-
list as to the legislation best calculated
to promote the public veal; but, when
it is seriously asserted that this nation
must bow TO the dictation of other ma
tions and accept the policies which
they insist upon, the right of self-gov-
eminent is assailed, and until that ques-
ton is settled all other questions are
Insignificant.
Citizens of New York: I have trav-
eled from the center of the continent to
the seaboard that I might, in the very
beginning of the campaign, bring you
greeting from the people of the west
and south, and assure you that their
intention is not to destroy, but to build
up. They invite you to accept the prin
ciples of a. living faith, rather than lis
ten to those who preach the gospel of
despair and advise endurance of the
ills you have.
The advocates of free coinage be-
lieve that in striving to secure the
immediate restoration of bimetallism
they are laboring in your behalf as
well as in their own behalf. A few
of yoI1r resnr,Ia NAV rrOene1s Under. r1reS-