The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-19

progress that minorities shall not yield
III the matters of the fundamental truth
The Republican platform OF 1892 affirmed
that the American people from tradition
ana interest favored ~biTnetallism and. de-
inanded the use of both gold and silver
by us as declaration in behalf of the
principle upon which rests the
- INTEREST OF EMERY CITIZEN.
and the safety of the United, States. In
Such terms the PLATFORM was then salts
I factory 10 the believers in bImetallism
Withln cur party because OF eouivocal
construction and evasion has il SINCE been
demonstrated TO be.insuhlcient. The plat
form thlS day adopted in the national Re-
] puphcan convention at ST. Louis says:
AS the declaration of 1892 has been by
d majority OF the patty Construed ~ MS
tify single gold standard for cur none
tary basis, and as the recent trend of the
ohlclai power of the party has been in
mat direction we can but assume that the
money plank of the new platform being
much more favorable to perpetuate gold
monometallism, will be determinediy used
IN oehatf OF that idea The Republican
p parg mas las won its power and re
I hoWh by pursuing its purposes
courageousiy and relentlessly; II is
therefore only in accordance with the
party history to assume that if it shall
S sat 70 present authority in the United
states l. VIII crystalline into law and adj
nlnlstration under this tempting platform
i the perpetual single gold standard in our
finances. This, if long continued will
/ mean
ABSOLUTE RUIN or THE PRODUC-
ERS
OF the country and finally of the nation
The American people not only favor BIZ
fnetaillsm from tradition and interest but
/ from that wise instinct which has always
osel manifest in the affairs of the peo-
PIE destined for the worlds leadership.
! Under the operation of our great demand
TOT advancement we have become to, other
! nations the greatest debtor nation of the
world We pay the vast charges which
every year accumulate against us in
the clearing houses or the world with the
money of the world procured by the dis
poSai of our commodities in the markets
OF the world. We are nation of pro-
uucers. Our creditors are nations of con-
sumers. Any system of International or
national finance which elevates the price
OF human product makes our burdens
lighter anad gives promise of that day
@nen It snail be entirely lifted and our
country freed financially, as it is POLITICAL
ly from the domination of the monarchy
ana foreign autocracy. Any system of
finance which tends to deprecite the price
OF human productions, which we must
/ sell abroad, but in so far adds to the
burden of our debt, and conveys threat
THE PERPETUAL SERvITUDE
the consumers of creditor nations. To US
1t is folly without parallel that this
country or any political party therein
should deliberately accept a money sys-
TEN which enriches others aat our eX
pence. History, philosophy, morals all
join with the comrhonest instinct of self
preservation in demanding that the
| United States have just and substantial
~ and unvarying standard composed of
all available gold and silver and with it
our country will progress to financial en-
REIMBURSEMENT. But with a single gold
standard the country will go on to worse
destruction; TO continued falling prices,
until our people would become the heWerS
of wood and the drawers of water for the
consumers in credit nations OF the earth.
To such an unholy end we will not lend
ourselves. Dear as has been the Republic
can nation to its adherents that name is
not so dear as the faith itself. And we
do not sacrifice one jot or title of the
mighty principles by which Republican
ism has uplifted the world when we say
that at the parting of the ways we cling
to the faith. let the name go where it will.
We hold that this convention has
Seeded FROM THE TRUTHS;
that the triumph of such secession would
be the eventual destruction of our free
dom and our civilization To that end
the people will not knowingly follow any
political party; and, we choose to take
our place in the ranks of the great mass
of citizens who realize that the hour has
less important to humanity, we would
yield, since the associations of all our 20
iitical lives have been intertwined with
the men and the measures of this party
of past mighty achievements But the
CRY ALOUD FOR RELIEF,
they are bending beneath burden grow
ing heavier with the passing hours; en-
deavor no longer brings its just reward
fearfulness takes the place OF, courage
and despair usurps the throne of hope
and, unless the laws of the country and
the policies of political parties shall be
converted into mediums of redress, the
effect of human desperation may some
time be witnessed here as in other lands
and in other ages.
Accepting the fiat of this convention as
the present purpose of the party, we
withdraw from this convention TO return
to our constituents the authority with
which they invested us believing we had
better discharge their trust by this action
which destores to them authority unsul-
lied than by giving cowardly and lnsln-
cere endorsement to the greatest wrong
ever wilfully attempted within the Re
publican pssrty-once redeemer Of the peo-
pie. but now about to become their oo-
pressor, unless providentially restrained
by the votes of freedom.
This document was signed by Senator
Teller. of Colorado; Dubois, of Idaho. and
Cannon, of Utah. Congressman Hartman,
of Montana, and Mr. Cleveland, of Ne
spective states on the committee on reso-
lutons.
SAYS HE is A TRAITOR.
When the senator reached that por-
ton of the address in which reference
is made to the Republican party,
.'once the redeemer of the people, but
now about to become their oppressor
unless restrained" he was interrupted
by a perfect whirlwind of Kisses. cries
Of mo. no, no." and shouts of traitor
and Democrat"
The chairman raped for order, and
when quiet had been partially re-
stored. said:
"The chair suggests to this conven-
ton that the Republican party
Again the voices of the occupants of
the big hall were raised, but this time
in commentator of the chairman's
anticipated stand.
The Chairman-The chair suggests to
this convention that the Republican
party in convention need not fear any
declaration-
For the first time since the converting
of the convention the raftsrs rang with
an uninterrupted, unrestricted, I'M
comfortable round of applause. Dele
gates rose upon their chairs, handker-
chiefs fans and hats were waved en-
Enthusiastically. and it was some min
utes before the chairman could restore
order sufficient TO be heard. Having
at length accomplished this, he pro-
ceeded:
And the chair further suggests, in
th.a interests of the party, that what
ever is said within reasonable limits
by those who can no longer remain
in our organization ought TO be lis
tened to with respectful attention, be-
lieving that full answer to all such