The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-19
CONDlCT FOR SILVER
Thinks Free Coinage will Benefit
the Country.
W. H. KING FOR CONGRESS
HAD A CONFERENCE YESTERDAY
WITH DAVID EVANS.
looks as Though There Would BE Il
Battle Royal in the Convention
National Chairman Jones Urges
All FL lends of Silver to Unite on
Presidential Electors.

In these days of corporations espous-
ing the cause of gold and exerting
their influence to defeat the Demo-
cratic ticket in favor of the gold stand
ard, even to coercing their employees
into supporting Mckinley, it is refresh
ing to find one representative of large
corporate interests who is taking his
stand with the people and who is not
afraid to declare his personal convic-
tons. There are doubtless a great many
whose sympathies are with the people.
but there are few of them these days
who are willing to assert their indie
pendence.
]. Elliot Condict, director and vice
president in the Salt Lake & Ogden
Gas and Electric Light company, is
one whose convictions lead him to sup
port the cause and who believes every
citizen should be willing to assert him
self Mr. Condict has been an extern
sive traveller and has spent a great
deal of time in most of the great cities
of Europe and America and has always
been an earnest student of political
economy. He early espoused the cause
residence in London became one of the
most active members of the Bimetallic
League of that city. In conversation
with a Herald reporter yesterday on
political topics, Mr.. Condfct said:
Every citizen should be willing to
state his position on existing political
subjects. 1 am and have been for
years, a. bimetallist. I am now in ia
vor Of the United States taking an in
dependent position in favor of free
coinage of gold and silver without
waiting for international agreement.
The platform of the Republicans at St.
Louis says 'bimetalhsm by information
al agreement The Chicago platform
says bimeta1lism Immediately without
waiting for other nations. To wait for
international cooperation would be
like waiting for the call Of the angel
Gabriel. Unless the United States take
the initiative, there will be no bimetal-
lism in this generation. The Repubh-
can party takes a cowardly and syco-
phantic position. The Democratic
party takes a positive and Independent
position. The bimetallists of Europe
will be encouraged by the action of
the people of the United States and L
believe will compel the government of
England, France. Germany and other
nations to adopt bimetallism If the
United States takes the initiative. Free
coinage of gold and silver is the cause
of the people throughout the whole
world gold monometallism is in the
interests of the few. What true man
can hesitate to adopt the cause of the
people am q. member of the Bimetal-
lie League of London, having been a
resident of that city for several years,
and I know that many of the best
bankers of England are bimetalNsts.
/ believe should the question be left to
the great body Of people of Great Brit
ain that a majority of the votes would
favor free coinage of gold and silver.
Free coinage means prosperity for
Utah, prosperity for every western
state, prosperity for every southern
state, and that means prosperity for
the whole United States from Maine
to California. The greatest good for
the greatest number means the adop-
ton of free coinage of gold and silver.
1.-The subject of corporations coercing
employees has been frequently men
toned of late. 1 believe that corpora
tons have no right to interfere with
the free expression of opinion at the
ballot box of their employees. Any
employee Of mine or of any company
in which I am interested Is entitled to
and shall have full privilege to vote
as he pleases.
1t is important that the next congress
should be a free coinage congress.
Utah should send her best men. My
personal preference for congressman
from Utah would be the Hon. Fisher S.
Harris. He is a worthy citizen, true
patriot and thoroughly sound on the
question that in my mind is the most
important that has arisen in this gen
eration-the free coinage of gold and
silver
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Since the announcement that Judge
w. H. King had decided to permit his
name to be used in connection with
the Democratic nomination for con-
gress, considera BILE interest has CEN
tered in the contest for that nominal
ton, as it is apparent that the item
of chief interest in the Democratic con-
vention will be that contest, since
Judge Kings castor is in the ring, or
if not literally in as yet, that 1t is
practically certain it will be SHE'D in
before the campaign is much older.
The announcement that Judge King |
is a candidate has disturbed the plans |
of the supporters of Hon. David Evans