Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-07
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A o5iompliafy ciUvgsly points oul
tina, the g6.i standard i0fces are curl
outiy itcklrg 30 tho confidence Chat
ought 10 belong to Io3rlo entIaHsd no'
only 9Th the justice u their Cause p'i
also with tho common sou1s oiiho
matsea Who BRO expected O. support w.
They arc cited 90 ON example OF lht
necessary kim Of confidence, 10 the
conduct OF the Romans, who, during
the PuuIc ware, and When nothing
but dssuuoll5n stared them iu the face
put up tor sale tho piece oigrouui oc'
cupiod ns camp by Hauu.tal ard
bic invading host, and received the
usual price Tor 10 Unohason faith o.
10 the outcome o. that great struggle
was thus shown, net les BY those who
were willing At that supreme moment
to guarantee tho title and owutfnhip Of
the plot Of ground 10 question, than by
thots who had tho nerve TO buy and
pay Tor H. IT'S 10 be observed that The
gold standard people Of tho United
States arc deficient, " their oJn'
duct indicates their soniImenl,
both in the courage Of the Roman
senators who sold, and In The
confidence Of the RlmsnIpairlolu who
purchased, the spot from which the
naughty and oonqueTlng CaTihagin'
ian hoped 10 effect the nnal oH,lu'
gulahmsnt OF tho "Eicfnal cliyi"
glory. Ono does net observe very
much Of the hsrOioally mistaken IN
tho ranks Of tho believers In gold
mon msIalliim.
On the contrary there arc numerous
evidences Of their discrimination 10
trim their fAilt TO the new bfetEe, Of
which hoy have suddenly become
very col soioua. Every day or two
tome Of them, locally and elsewhere
show sigma Of "hedginRp on the main
issue In tho coming campaign, From
tho iar East CONS letters ffom ardent
gold.meu Aihlng how they may Invest
some Of iheir\ yueals In silver proper
llet-uot always With view 10 puf'
chase outright, but generally with d
notion Of securing "opllons" on such
property In preparation for the an.iel'
pAtsd revival Of Industry and and the
Increase Of values II Mt. Bryan shall
DO elected. with the averago tpoc1.
lAiof thert IL no such thing ~ sonli'
fnsnij he gots ON Iudgmonl"
ana with tho sole purpose Of
making money out Of tue shTowi
exercise thereof No matter
how much he may dtalro a cgilain
political result, he lnvesls bic money
In accordance with what he thiutf
that result h likely % bs-and iFc-
ouonly II Il quite different from what
his own preference would have togu.
Events show that very many lhJu'
tandt who hope Tor tie success Of The
sold platform are ia doubt as % their
hopes being reallE1d--io much 80 that
they are In ono tanso gambling on en-
exactly opposite result.
Now, We DO not consider II al all o.
sign ofn3und ooufIeuot-3rat least a
huSs omen oiEu approaching result
that men should be willing 10 bet Ia q
certain way upJu A. Nevertheless q
isa slraw p8iuting the direction Of
popular thought AMI what seems o.
~ particularly significant 10 tHaI
whereas slg months ago no ono could
DO found fo0lharIy enough 20 question
tho Triumphant election OF MI ne
kinIoy, there Gfs today hundreds of
thousands OF his watmu'l supporter
who admit tbft ,hrHfWEgl0 will uo .
close one and mat they oaunat sGsu
10 throw away any chances