The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
SILVER AND PROJECTIONS

"SlLtEH AND FItO11SCJlON."
The Republican party places protec-
ton before silver and all other issues.
Having demonetized silver in 1873 and
always having soughr to make the tar
if higher and higher, nothing else was
to be expected but that it would place
protection before silver
| In his speech at the theatre Thurs
day night, Senator Arthur Brown. a
thoroughly consistent Republican, did
the same thing; in fact. as a Repub-
party, in its national platform, put
protection before al else, and deliber-
ately declared against the free and in
dependent coinage of silver; and Sen
ator Brown, as a Republican, was
bound to do the same; for him to have
done otherwise would have been for
him to have bolted his party.
The Tribune commenting upon Sen
ator Browns speech, yesterday morn
ing said:
Senator Brown makes silver subordin-
ate 10 protection in his speeches, and
insists that the present tariff is free
trade tariff. The present tariff is the
highest protective tariff ever passed
except one. 1t is a tariff that is en-
tirely satisfactory to a good many
branches of manufactures in the east,
1t is not a discriminating tariff, but it
is more highly protective than any
tariff ever passed except the Mckinley
bill. The senator always insists that
while we all feel favorable to free sill
YER. Republicans hold that protection
is the more essential article of faith.
He is frank and fair in his statements
and people can judge from them eX-
acIly how he stands In our judgment,
no tariff in the world can do this coun-
try any good, or begin TO restore pros
perity, that is, prosperity to the masses
of the people, until silver shall be re-
habilitated.
In thar statement is contained all
the arguments why the people of Utah
should elect a Democratic representa-
tive to Congress and a legislature that
viii in its turn elect a Democratic SEN
ador What is that statement?
It says that the WMson-Gorman tar
if is ehe highest protective tariff ever
passed except the Mckinley tariff.
1t says that, in our contemporary
judgment, no tariff in the world can
do this country any good, or begin to
restore prosperity to the masses of the
people until silver shall be rehabEi-
tated.
Our contemporary gives q fiat
denial to the contention of the Re
publicans that the Wilson-Gornan law
is free trade measure, which denial
cannot be successfully controverted. |
Senator Brown, for the purpose of de |
ceivirg the voters, says it is a free
trade measure. His purpose is TO make
them believe that the lack of prosper
ity is owing to lack of protection and |
not to the demonstration of silver.
Our contemporary says there viii be
no restoration of prosperity until silver |
shall be rehabilitated. This statement |
cannot be successfully controverted.
If the people of Utah send to Con-
gross a Republican representative and |
a Republican senator, that representa-
tive and, that senator must abide by
The decision of their party, and aid in
out its policy, or they must
cease to belong to the party. They
sannot be Republicans on the tariff
question and Democrats on the silver
question. If they remain loyal to their
,arty, they must give protection pre-
,edence over silver, thereby betraying
he interests of their constituents who
avor silver.
If they remain loyal to their consIit-
tents, they must place silver before
thereby putting themselves
n direct opposition to. and open hos
il7ty with, their party.
Now. why should the people of Utah
end to Congress a Republican repre-
entative and senator who, if they act
With their party, Will act against silver;
nd who, if they do not act with the
Democratic party, will have no party
o act with?
If silver Republicans will act with
he Democrats on the paramount issue,
low absurd for them to refuse to act
With them on minor questions.
The people of Utah, being for free
liver, the only consistent, self-preserv-
ltion thing for them to do is to send
Democratic representative and sena-
or to Congress. A free silver Repub-
can representative and free silver
senator would be without
onor and without influence in the Re
party in Washington. They
you'd be political nondescripts