The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
From The Sunday Herald.

From The Sunday Herald.
The lines of battle for the great polit-
zeal campaign of 1896 are now drawn.
On the one hand the Republican party
has declared, without disguise, for the
gold standard. This is, in effect a dec
Iaration in favor of a continuance Of
the steady and paralyzing fall of
sprices, that for many years has de-
vpressed business, destroyed industrial
enterprise, filed the country Will COM
mercial distress and carried actual suf-
fering into the homes of millions of our
fellow citizens.
On the other hand, he Democratic
party has pronounced in unmistakable
terms for 8. complete restoration of the
money of the constitution-silver and
gold, both freely coined and both full
legal tender after they have been
coined.
This policy, if successful, will, in our
Judgment arrest the fall of prices and
give them an upward movement, thus
stimulating productive industry on
every line, and restoring TO the country
a large measure of the prosperity that
was lost when one of the great money
metals was cl7ndestinely stricken down
in 1873. 1t gives assurance of a return
TO the former par Of exchange between
IsG countries of the advantages
(Which they now enjoy in the European
market, forcing the American producer
to sell in competition with them at sill
Yer prices, while paying taxes, debts.
interest and all fixed charges in gold.
Not only this, but it will prevent the
undermining ana capture of the Ameri-
can market itself by the silver using
nations OF Asia, producing and selling
their goods and fabrics upon a silver
basis.
THE VICTORY.
The victory Of the silver forces in the
Democratic party means even more
than a restoration of business prosper
ity. That victory was won over the
combined money power of the country
and the world. 1t proves that the
Democratic party has broken the gid
ed chains that have bound 1T for years,
and made itself once more the party of
Jefferson and Jackson and the people.
In the achLeVemnt of this glorious re-
suit the American Bimetallic union has
been a most important factor. This or
-ganization is d consolidation OF all the
non-partisan bimetal.ic organizations
OF the country, and its work has been
conducted on purely educational lines.
With it's Office at Chicago. Illinois,
and branch offices at Washington, D.
c. and San Francisco, California, it
-Thas. during the last year, literally
flooded the country with bimetalhc lit
erature of the highest and best type.
1t has sent into all parts of the country
millions of speeches. pamphlets, leaf
lets and monographs bearing upon I'M
pOrtant phases of the question In
every part of the country it has or
ganized local unions for study and dis
cussion, and for eight months II has
been issuing weekly from its Chicago
a ct
leading bi7netallic journal of the United
Nearly all of this enormous amount
of work performed in molding public
thought has been gratuitous the
money having been voluntarily con-
tributed by friends of the cause iE dit
ferent sections Of the country.
GREATER EFFORT NEEDED.
The time has now come for the put
ting forth of still greater effort. The
Democratic party in its present attl-
tude is unqUestionably the friend OF the
lpeople against the baleful and destIuc-
Alive power of plutocracy everywhere,
and it should receive in this campaign
al least. the hearty support Of every
voter who desires the prosperity of the
country and the happiness of its peo-
pie.
should be multiplied manifold during
The next three months to the end that
fha voice of the people may ind fun
EXPRESSION at the polls and a president
he elected who viii be their servant
aud non the servile instrument of the
,omnev power of both continents.
If ie this money power that we
,n4,st fight. and it is possessed Of prac-
tically unlimited means. which Will be
,1sed without scruple and without con-
science. to retain the unrighteous adj
vantage it now holds.
Therefore the people must them
selves unite and contribute Of their
e1,-aIi means such sums as they can
Individuality afford to carry this cam
-aafgr, to a triumphant end. We must
have sneakers in the field. We must
circulate our litera Ire. We must fur-
1,ssh ii era cautiously to those who are
TOD moor to pay for it. We therefore
aopeal to friends of the cause every
Ashere TO contribute such sums as they
may feel able to give for this great
work assuring them that ii shall be
carefully expended, and with all the
Intelligence that can be brought to
bear.
hope that victory will attend our eff
forts. and that for any contributions
thus made the givers will find an ample
rer5rn in the future prosperity of our
common country
The Hon. Thomas G. Merrill, treas
urer Of the American Bimetallic union,
has been duly constituted the financial
agent OF the union, and ali contribu-
tfons may be forwarded to him at Salt
Lake City. Utah.
(Signed)
Secretary.
A. ]. WARNER,
President.