The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-16
sac Lake city. oct. Is, 1sss.

Senator Proctor, OF Vermont, has
proceeded on his graveyard mission to
San Francisco and Senator Warren, OF
Wyoming, has returned to his home,
no doubt well pleased with the bust
ness record made by his piano estab-
lishment here. Senator Shoup was
not in evidence at the hosiery of the
senatorial visitors today, but it is
barely possible that he will join his
w-conspirators at some convenient
point where they win be free from the
prying eyes of the curious and the
questioned-tipped tongues of reporters.
Senators Proctor and Warren have en-
joyed their visit immensely. This even
ing they admitted that they had, and
in making the admission they broke
the record, for 1t was the first time
either had given a frank reply to a
direct question.
MKINLEY MEN CONFER.
Senator Brown arrived from Chicago
early in the morning and during the
day had several conferences with
Mark Hanna's proxy and the senator
from Wyoming. At one of the con-
ferences John E. Dolly, the Mckinley
mittee: r. H. Campbell and A. L..
Thomas were present, and, SO 1 am
told, the political situation in Utah was
thoroughly reviewed.
During the conference Hon. c. c.
Goodwin and Senator Frank j. Can
non enjoyed each others society in the
rotunda of the hotel and at intervals
discussed the situation, which their
actions plainly showed they believed
TO be a serious one. Lafayette Hol-
brook, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS can
didate for congress, called on Senator
Proctor during a full between con-
ferences and Colonel Jack Daveler was
on hand in the evening to bid them
god-speed and goodbye. Senators
Proctor and Warren dined with Sen
ator Brown, and at $50 p. m. they
returned to the hotel, paid their bills
in sound" money and were then driven
to their train, Senator Brown accom-
panying them. Esd
SENATOR BROWN INTERVIEWED.
Utah's Junior senator was a busy
man during the day. Besides the sew
erai conferences he attended, much of
his time was given to entertaining
callers and henchmen, in directing the
disposition of a carload, more or less,
of campaign literature, which had
just arrived, and in answering Ques-
tons propounded by me. For 1 inter-
viewed Senator Brown and 7 found
him most affable and willing victim.
During my trip "'round the circle" I
had heard many assertions made re-
garding the senator's position on is
sues which it pleased the people of
Utah to call vital issues, and / de-
termined TO give him an opportunity
TO declare for himself his opinions in
order that friend and foe alike could
judge him correctly.
OF course. my first question related
TO silver, and l asked him if he would
define his position on silver, and the
following is his reply:
rs A BIMETALLIsT
'I have very fully defined my posi-
ton in the United States senate in nv
speech upon the silver question when
the prohibition of further issue of
bonds was under discussion. l could
not. in the space of your paper, more
clearly or completely define it. To put
it in brief. / am in favor of bimetal-
lis1n. To accomplish that l am in favor
of the free coinage OF silver at the ratio
of 16 Of silver 10 ! of gold, and at the
same time the preservation of all the
gold that we now have in circulation.
so that the metal money Of this coun-
try shall be more and not less than it
alone, without the aid of other ma
TONS can coin free silver and yet not
drive out or disturb the free circulation
of gold as 1t now exists. To accomplish
this, however, the relative price of
silver as compared with that of gold.
must be raised throughout the world.
Not merely in this country, SO that
one ounce of silver will sell for 81. % in
gold. or in other words. Biz grains of
pure silver shall be equal to 2s.22 grains
Of pure gold To accomplish this by
the United States alone, it is neces-
sary that we should enact high pro-
tective legislation as an auxiliary. The
price of silver can only be raised
by raising the protective tariff"
THE DINGLEY BILL.
Much is being said about the Ding
ley bill by your political opponents.
What was the principal proposition in
volved therein"
The Dingley bill was a compromise
measure of additional tariff Under 1t
the wool industry of Utah would have
been aided three or four hundred thou
sand dollars and the lead industry
from one 20 two hundred thousand dol
lars per annum. 1t, however, was not
a full and complete remedy or a thor
ough protective measure. II was bro
posed by the house Of representatives.
which alone, under the constitution
has the power to initiate legislation of
that character. The treasury was
Showing a daily and monthly def
cheney, certainly from thirty to fifty
million dollars per annum. Reve1u,.
was absolutely demanded. That bill
after coming from the house was pre-
scented to the senate. Under its rules
all such bills are referred TO the finance
committee. The finance committee of
the senate struck out every line Of ii
and added as substitute the bin for
the free coinage OF silver, straight.
free coinage measure, to which no free
silver man has yet presented objec-
tons. When the finance committee
presented this substitute, its chairman
on two occasions moved To take it up
for consideration. 1 voted to consider
IT, The Democrats and five Republi-
cans voted against considering it at
all. My reasons briefly are these: 1t
being the constitutional duty anc ex-
elusive right of the house OF represen-
tatives to initiate measures of revenue.
] believed it the duty of the senate to
ccnsider ezery such measure as 1t
comes. from the houze, good or bad.
whether that body approve OF a line of
ii or not tt lis their duty 10 consider
what is constitutsona1iy presented 20
them. The senate has no right. in my