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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
THE MEXICAN DOLLAR.

It seems that the Mexican dollar is
to have an important part to play in
the present presidential campaign.
Those who are opposed to free coin
age in the United States are seeking
many reasons why the Mexican dollar
is so good in Mexico, and why silver
would not be SO good in the United
States, that is, if we were on a free
coinage basis. Thus we find the Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun writing to that paper why the
Mexican dollar has a greater purehas-
ing power in Mexico than its actual
value in gold. He says that in general
it is probably true that the Mexican dol
lar has a considerably greater purchas-
ing power among Mexicans than its
actual value in gold. And then he gives
what he calls perfectly natural rea-
sons why this should be the case. In
the first place, says he, articles Of
fered for sale in Mexico must be
cheaper than in more advanced eoun-
tries, because the average Mexican is
too poor to buy expensive goods. If
In the second place, the Mexican dol
lar represents much more to a Mex
lean than a dollar of greater value
would represent to a people, like our
selves. accustomed to calculate closely
and able to determine what it really
stands for The average Mexican is
so poor that he is glad to get any
ind of do11
he actually receives is the only stand
ard Of value he has ever known. Just
in proportion to the poverty and ig-
norance of a people is the degree of
value which they attach to any kind
of currency. Beads and trinkets are
more precious to savages than any dol
lar. and without unduly rejecting upon
the national character of the Mexicans,
who have many admirable traits as
people, it mist be admitted that the
average of intelligence and education
among them is low. Thus the superior
purchasing power of their dollar
among themselves becomes an indi-
cation of backwardness, not of pro-
gress or increasing prosperity.
That is as ingenius a piece of So
nhistry as has fallen under our notice
for a very long time-things must be
cheaper in Mexico than in more adj
vanced countries because the average
Mexican is too poor to buy expensive
goods Are not all the markets of the
world controlled by those who can
supply the demands of the people at
the cheapest rates? Under the gold
standard in this country all goods have
become expensive, not per Sc, but from
the fact that gold has appreciated so
rapidly and people are able to earn
only little of it, If the American work
ingmen are buying expensive goods be-
cause the United States have the gold
standard, the fact is not reported in
the trade journals.
Then the people of this country have
grown so wealthy and are now enjoy
ing such unprecedented prosperity I'M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

ues supporting commerce and credit
imposed upon gold and silver was, by
the characterization of silver, shifted to
gold alone. The Importance of gold
was increased two-fold as the demands
upon 1t were doubled, and as result
all commodities of the world declined
in value as expressed in golden dollars
The Democratic national convention
in response to the call for help from
the people, has promised 10 reinstate
the money of the Constitution and
thereby lift the golden yoke from
Americas neck. We challenge any man
to Do:at out wherein this promise IS a
violation of Democratic principles. We
defy any man to turn to any page of
Democratic history which records gold
monemetallism as a tenet of Democrat
ic faith.
That the present administration was
unindorsed was not intended to reflect
on any mans honesty or fidelity To
have Endorsed an administration so at
variance with the conventions financial
views would have been a manifest in
consistency.
The greatest convention ever assem-
hled in America needs no defense at
our hands. It's acts have gone into his
tory. Each man will judge for himself
if it is good or bad taste for men who
remained throughout the convention to
now cast asDersions upon il.
We cheerfully accord to every man,
as re assume for ourselves, the right
of independent thought and action, but
we question the prepriety of men made
great by a great party of deliberately
seeking to ruin that party when they
car no longer run it.
We respectfully submit to the voters
n WiSnnn in
of the crime of having thought and
acted in accord with over tWo-thirds of
the delegates of the national Democratic
convention, and we confidently await
your verdict on that conventions
course. We take the occasion to say
to the Democrats of Wisconsin that an
expression of their will in the coming
state convention, to be held on Sep
TENDER ?, can only be obtained by their
attending the primaries which select the
delegates to the various county con-
ventions, which in turn select delegates
to the state convention.
This communication is signed by E.
j. Dockery, Amos Helgate, W. A. Sy-
non, A. C. Larson and ]. E. Malone.
It is a complete answer to the criti-
cisms of the boilers upon the Chicago
convention. They simply wanted an
excuse for not supporting the Chicago
platform and ticket and they found it.
TIC talk about the action of the con-
yen.ion in not accepting Senator Hill
as the temporary chairman is puerile
in the extreme.
1t is a good thing that this address
has been put forth; it will show how
weak itae cause of Bragg, Villas and
other boilers is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
SENATOR clAsNoN,s ApDaEss.

senator Cannon has made an address
to the Republicans of Utah, through
the medium of a communication to the
Salt Lake Tribune. 1t deals with the
question which now confronts the Re
publicans OF this state; whether their
coming state convention shall admit
only those who accept the St. Louis
piapform in toto, or shall also admit
those who accept all it's declarations
save the one upon the financial ques-
tlon This question is dealt with prin-
clpally through a discussion of silver
and what is the duty of Republicans
toward electors in favor of silver.
Senator Cannon's address sets at
rest all question as to where he stands
as regards supporting Mckinley or
Bryan. He positively declares that he
cannot and will not support Mckinley.
and says he will do all in his power
to carry this state for electors pledged
to Bryan. Nothing less than this has
been expected of him, and once more
he has shown that he has the courage
of his convictions.
AS to what should or should not be
the tests for admission to a Republican
state convention we have nothing to
say; that is matter which concerns
our Republican friends, and no doubt
they will decide it to suit themselves.
Senator Cannon states that there is
one supreme issue presented to the
people Of the United States in this
year of 1886, and that issue is the sim
gle gold standard against bimetallism
in our national finances. He further
states that between these two extremes
there is no middle ground No one but
a dullard or a bastard will dissent
from that statement. 1t is the issue,
and will be the issue until it is settled,
and it will not be settled until this
country has silver restored to its pro-
per place in our monetary system.
As the senator sees so plainly and
states so clearly what the issue is this
year, he in like manner brushes away
all cobwebs and bubbles about the
Chicago convention, the men who
composed it and the methods thus pur-
sued, and boldly says that the great
point is, thar convention sincerely de-
clared the paramount consideration to
be the restoration of the money of the
constitution That is the paramount
consideration, and all the other planks
of both platforms are of very minor
Importance compared with it.
The address cannot. fail to receive
the careful consideration of all Repub-
licans in the state, while it will be
read with interest by all. If the voters
of the state Will but get the facts con-
corning the issue this year firmly fixed
in their minds, and if they really wish
the restoration Of silvsr, they will find
no difficulty in voting for Bryan and
Sewall electors though they be on
Democratic ticket. There is no con-
test this year over the acceptance or
rejection of the general doctrines of
either party, for they are all subordi-
mated to the one paramount issue-the
financial question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Glsr the gold standard that they do not
regard dollar with such awe as the
poor AIexicans do. Gold is SO abundant
that Americans just throw dollars
away.
The Mexican dollar represents much
more to a Mexican than a dollar of
greater value would represent to peo-
pie, like ourselves, accustomed to cal
cuiate closely and able to determine
what it really stands for" Put in plain
language, this means that a thrifty,
business-like people do not know the
value of a dollar nearly so well as a
thriftiess, unbusness-like people! A
contradiction of the experience of man
kind the world over.
The purchasing power of a dollar
shows the backwardness of a people!
That is a new discovery in political
economy. If that be so, then the
United States should hasten to reduce
the purchasing power of American dol
lars forthwith, else we shall be a very
backward nation.
And by such arguments as this from
the Baltimore Sun is the gold stand
ard upheld.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
urs con. HIS ANSWER.

Mr. Phil May knows more of draw
ing than he does of cricket, as you
will perceive by looking carefully at
his pictures of a cricket match in
.sPunch's Almanack.' The drawings
so preyed upon the nerves of Dr. w.
G. Grace that he determined to pro-
test So, when Phil May arrived at
the punch" dinner the other evening
he found a telegram awaiting him:
why, oh, why! does square-leg
wear housekeeping gloves?
'fW. G. GRACE"
About midnight Phil May came out
into Fleet street and thought he would
send an answer. So he went to the
telegraph Office and wrote it. The
clerk, seeing the address, remarked
that it was some miles from Bristol,
and a special messenger would be re-
CURED
IAN right" SAID May, send it off at
once
And at about 2:90 on a bleak Decem-
Der morning the champion was awak-
ened from his first sleep and dug from
his bed to read the reply:
ITO keep his hands warm.
PHIL MAY"
London Tid-bits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
fluctuations OF AN OLD FISHER.
MAN.


You waves, though you dance by nv feet
like children a play,
Though you glow and you glance and
you dart;
In the Junes that were warmer than these
are, the waves were more gay,
When l was boy with never a crack
in my heart.
The herring. are not in the tides as they
We're of old:
My sorrow! For many creak gave the
creel in the cart
sold,
When was a boy with never crack
in my heart.
And, all you proud maiden, you are not
so fair when his oar
Is heard on the water, as they were, the
proud and apart,
Who paced in the eve by the nets on the
pebbly shore,
When I was boy with never crack
in my heart.
From Poems by w. B. Yeats.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
NANsEN.

Fair is the sword, weapon of delight!
But fairest when the flashing blade obeys
a practiced hand, an arm of giant might
Swift as a meteor flaming through the
night,
With irresistible force it falls and Stays.
More fair than sword of steel, most ex-
quisite,
When mans the instrument whose deeds
requte
The perfect work of many patient days
Hail Nansen, crowned with courage fit to
Thine iron frame, and stern, heroic face
Go, wrest her secret from the arctic
cline!
GLADDEN. all hearts, and like star sub
lime,
illuminate the abysmal gulf of time.
W. H. NJ. in the Spectator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
TALES OF THE DAY.
Congressman Culnerson Plays n
Practical Joke Upon Tom Will
liams.

The story of the Alabama lawsuit in
volving a jack, sin which Congressman
Tom Williams of Alabama and Judge Gull
berson OF Texas appeared upon opposite
sides, and the use the former made of
it in a campaign, has hSen published, but
the sequel never was, says the Washing
ton Star.
Congressman Williams and Robert G.
Ingersoll resemble each other very close
ly, the only point of very noticeable dis
similarity being a slight scar upon Colo
mel Ingersoll's face. When Congressman
Williams told the lawsuit story Judge
Culberson concluded TO get even. Pro-
curing two dozen Autographs of Ingersol,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Governor Wells refuses to grant
Theide resrite until the next meet
ing of the board Of pardons. His ex-
cellency made thorough investigation
into the case and the grounds upon
which the respite was asked. After
doing so he decided there were no good
grounds for granting the request. The
community will uphold Governor Wells
in his decision. for it knows that had
there been any merit in Theide's case
he would have given it due recognition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

The Butte Inter-Mountain says that
ex-senator Powers proposition TO ex-
clude the silver Republicans from the
Republican state convention does not
seem to have been received with the
wild reclamation which usually follows
the distinguished gentleman's sugges-
t;ons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Senator Cannon terms the Republi-
can national platform adopted by the
ST. Louis convention a ''coereed. pur-
chased, suborned and falsifying plat
form" 1t is a, very just characterize
lion. What honest silver Republican
in Utah can support it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Senator wolcott says: 1T is not for
us who do not own or control newspa-
ners. and are not in the business of
throwing mud, etc" Does he not, in
his intimation that mud throwing is
the business of newspapers, himself
throw mud?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

John Sherman is to take the stump
against silver. This is proper as he
was very active in 1923 in securing
the decentralization Of silver. and to be
consistent should do all in his power
TO prevent its reconciliation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

In his address tic the voters of the
state of Colorado, Senator Woleott said:
1--WE are one of forty-six states in the
union, each free and sovereign" Where
is that forty-sixth state to be found?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Lillian Russell will bestride Z, black
steed in her new opera. 1t may be that
this is the man on horseback whose
appearance in this country has been so
long predicted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

There isn't a Mckinley man in Utah
who can answer Senator Cannon's ar
gument why Republicans who believe
in silver should not vote for Bryan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Republican papers are saying that
tom Reed is himself again" For a
very long while Tom didn't know who
nor where he was.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

An exchange says that Reed has
sounded a keynote. A man who has a
reed instrument should be able to Sound
onR
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Tarentia, Cicero's wife, was the origi-
sal boomer girl. AT least Plutarch
CNorth's translation says she wore her
husbands breaches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

An Armenian was robbed of $500 at
Topeka, Kan, the other day. This
should not be credited to the account
Of the sublime porte.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

A Winona, Mimi, egg firm has failed
for $4,000. Its business must have
been very rotten.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Tom Watson has short hair and a
smooth face. He may be Populist at
heart, but he isn't in appearance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Hanna is preparing to bring out his
frying pan and the people will try and
save their bacon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

The Philadelphia Times says that free
silver is naked reputation. Then it
ought to be covered up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Careful investigation proves that
our revolutionary fathers had more
sense than dollars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

The first duty of the people is to see
that a silver president and congress
are elected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Mr.. Mark Hanna has a very Brown
hosting works taste in his mouth again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

This boiling business will have the
effect to separate the wheat from the
fares.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Senator Cannon has set Senator
Brown a good example, but we doubt
whether he follows it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

That M on McKinley's chapeau
stands for nit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

If one-half of the stories told Of Chi
oago by the papers of that city be true,
81 is the most corrupt city in The world
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

One hundred delightfully."- cool, large,
pleasant rooms, north frontage, facing
Temple square, old tizhing houses
and grounds; continual canyon breeze.
HOTEL TEMPLETON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Hanna, with his frying pan, believes
in rendering" unto Mckinley the
things that are Caesars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

1t is easier to cast McKinley's horo-
scope than his kaleidoscope.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Nowadays the eminent citizen is the
one who bolts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Progressive Finance Brown Suppose
they did coin silver dollars at the ratio of
sixteen to one What would be the next
step?" Robinson-''Why then we could
punch holes in them and declare them
worth as much as they were BEFORE
Puck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Win a, child's heart and you will have
something that will brighten two Lives
yours and his.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

a Sorrowful Forecas Electricity is
driving horses out of employment" ~ 3"
And women are crowding men out of all
the good jobs Yes" well, after a
while there won't be anything left but
women and trolley cars. Chicago Record
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Politician arranging for music at politi-
cal meeting)-"Isn't that big price? You
may not have to play half-a-dozen times
during the whole evening" Brass-band
Leader-"But, my dear sir, we have to sit
there and listen to the speeches '-Puek.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Now that the work of reformation is be-
gun at Grippe Creek, ii should never stop
until the rascally town marshal and po-
ice magistrate who have done so much
TO bring discredit upon that great camp
ana removed from the positions they dis
grace and brought to punishment for their
many past offenses.-DenVer Republican
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
HUsIoR OF THE HOUR.

After a Long MISUNDERSTANDING
''Well, old man, l hope you won't find
marriage a failure" Newwed-"I sincerely
hope not. For the courtship came near
bankrupting me."-Truth.
The Source of Supply-'I see it speaks
in the paper, husband about a town
where there are 5,0OO-odd inhabitants -
THAT must be the place where all the
freaks come from. Detroit Free Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Major A1ckinleys master announces that
ne Is ready 10 consult with anybody that
knows more than he does Early in
NogemDer Mr. Hanna viii find that sew
eral million American voters know more
lnan ne GOES about who ought to be presi-
dent.-Atlanta Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

There's one thing remarked Willie
Washington, that l have made up my
mind to- Really" responded Miss
Cayenne, with languid interest. Yes. L
shall never be a man of one idea" Don't
say that. You are still too young to be
discouraged. Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Mrs. Yarde-Buller is not the first, and
III ali human probability will not be the
last american heiress to suffer abuse,
Flllhcation and humiliation at the hands of
an dI1slocratlc husband. In point of tacL
majority of the marriages between Euro
pean titles and dissipation and American
beauty and money have been rank fail
ures and will continue to be- The marriage
relation cannot be made a matter of barter
ana sale consistently with it's noble pur-
poses, and it is idle to expect from such
sslllsh marriages any OF the happiness
that lovers have reason to expect who are
attracted 10 each other by higher mo-
uVes.-Pittsburg Dispatch
Some of the godbugs in Massachusetts
started in TO have fun with George Fred
Williams but they are not enjoying them
selves near as We'll as they thought they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

The boilers from the Chicago cenven-
ton have made pretty mesh of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

After free silver coinage is once begun
mere VIII be no reason why gold should
now out of the country. Foreigners will
then have no cause TO sell their american
securities, and the usual balance of trade
IN our favor will more than counterfeit the
dram by tourists and freights.-Kansas
CITY Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

National Democratic Ticket.
For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska.
For Vice President,
ARTHUR SEWALL
OF Maine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Dukane-"I thought that hostilities in
Cuba would cease when the rainy season
came on. The rainy season began there
several weeks ago, but there are plenty
of reports of sanguinary fights" Gaswell
well, you see, the rainy season does not
stop the cable from working. "-Pittsburg
ChronicIe-Teiegrap
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

Shut Him Up-Gad after tyring var1-
Gus means to draw young lady into con-
versaton)-"Can you oblige with the
timer Young LADY, really don
know" Cad-"But, WEAKLY, just saw you
looking at your watch Young Lady
Yes. I was looking to see if it was
re.''-World's Comic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Colonel Wilbur f. Sanders has received
an invitation to make some campaign
speeches for Mckinley This looks like an
Intentional sllgnt of Colonel Tnomas
henry Carter, VINO has certainly given the
Republican managers TO cause for it
butte Miner