The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
HOW WILL 1T BE DONE:

If the people of the states of Mon
tana. Idaho. Utah and Colorado will
stand behind their senators on the pro-
position of bimetallism and protection,
one and indivisible, the cause of silver
will be won; and with that winning
will come a better protective tariff
than the west has ever had. But if the
people of these states shall choose to
reject the proposition, the fight for sill
yer is lost until the Rothschilds and
the money changers shall see some
gain to themselves in permitting the
rehabilitation of the money of the peo-
pie. I therefore respectfully ask the
Republican party of Utah to meet the
issue squarely by resolution when it
shall in convention assemble.
The above is from the letter of Sena-
tor Cannon. published in yesterdays
Tribune. We would like TO ask our
Republican friends how the fight for
free silver can be won by the people
of the states named above standing
behind the five senators named, who
voted against taking up tariff unless
a free coinage provision was coupled
with it
The sentiment against the free coin
age of silver in the Republican party is
so strong outside of the western states
named in the quotation above, that
we co not believe that the ST. Louis
convention will devote one hour to the
free coinage proposition. If perchance
it is brought into one of the side doors
of that convention it will be hustled
out of the front door in short order.
Suppose that the Republican party ig-
noring the free coinage proposition in
their national convention, as they I'M
doubtedly will, and suppose they are
successful-in the pending election, what
then will be the prospect as to silver?
Why this, according to the five western
senator's; general tariff bill on high
er protective lines than those on which
the present law is drawn will be in
troduced and on reaching the senate
these five senators will say to the ma
jorfty of their feEow serators-This bill
cannot pass unless you will agree to q
free coinage bill; and as Democrats
and perhaps Populists could be relied
upon to vote against such a tariff bill
without free silver. all tariff legislation
would be effectually blocked until free
coinage was granted.
That is, these five senators are to
make all the other Republican senators
surrender Four western states are to
signal all the other Republican states
to surrender and they will obey, The
tail is 20 wag the dog! Something
more than a mountain is to come to
Mohammed, He calls for whole
range of mountains to be plucked UP
and tumble down at his feet. And sup
posedly grave and reverend senators
with serious faces tell US that it will
be done,
Was ever a proposition so absurd
seriously entertained? 1t is just so
much nonsense. The east will do no
such thing The Republican senators
from the east will never surrender to
the five senators from the west. If this
is the only hope there is for silver, we
may as we'll give up the cause of BIZ
metallism so far as legislation is con-
cerned and await the actions of natu-
raj forces to secure that which there
seems little prospect of gaining through
any agency that the Republican party
can exert.