Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-21

1HE TWO HORNS.
Asthc time draws near for holding
he national conventions Of the varIoui
5oHtlcaI rartics, speculation grove RE
,sto the outcome Of the imrendiny
,onlstt. From the point Of view now
utainablc, there appears 10 be outlined
rith degree " dialinctnoss the chioi
sfues to be presented by the CREST
political parties thst IL u both proceed
win SOLID iron, to the contest; and from
be nearer observation that we now
rave. II 10 apparent that instead o'
ho three or more fat,ica in the Held
.ha, soumcd nEcly few weeks ago,
here o. strong probability that there
viii be only two Of any Importance.
There il harIly doubt rs TO what
will be the platform and candidate %
no Republican convention. 10 ihe
anaucial plank ID will be the bimrih''
Ism Of the "sounI money" advlonic''
commonly known % the gold STANDARD
sith candidate agreeable thereto.
" the Democratic position tatro is
rot 90 much certainty, sltncugh
indications are very pramalls that
nifee silver" viii DC toe slogan
u that party in the financial Iatl o.
ne discussion. 10 this be the case %
Il, almost certain that the aunouuce'
nent oJncttuing the ropulisls DO
Indians will 10 carried into etec
whether or noi there is the under
standing referred 10, 10 sisted IN cur
dispatches last evening, the si,uation is
that n the Democrats nominate a free
illver candidate on free silver plat
'otm, the Pouulisl vote viii 10 soIldiy
In that direction ~ the only moaus q
making II effective on ihv financial
Idea Of that parry. Yet while the
ptospec, /. good for the Chicago con.
yeniion to afford this opportunity Tor
The Populisis TO unite with u IN
this election, there IL a5melhing Of an
impending danger that that c9nven-
lion may DO split ~ wide open on the
financial issue az the 1850 convention
u the same party was on a different
proposition. SUI, there were prospects
Of n Rrpublioon convention split sons
time ago, nnd IL may DO tina. danger
oi possible division will pass by a.
readily as In the other case, before the
ID imoofatic convention meets.
IL tho big parties 70 as now
seems probable II they hold to-
gether entire, the dilemma that
presents itself before the voter
will be OF a rather remarkable nature.
Il will have but two maiu horns, Il is
true; but each Of theae horns also
has two, on which TO puzzle the voter
In his choice. The Republican horn
will bei protection ana thu gold stand.
ard; q a o. the Democracy: tres trade
Tres silver; At lsas, that In the way
they will be paraphrasei In po-
lillcal discussions. The Republican
voters who believe In free silver and
protection viii be In hx AZ TO
whether or not II is better to
throw their tariff Ideas over for
The hope In silver; the Democratic
voters who uphold the gold standard
will be sorely puzzled as to whether OF
not a protective tarifi should DO en-
dorsed by them In preference to sub
hitting to the "silver craze" a. they
term It. And thus tue choice il log.
ually forced back to the tar.ii propo.
titiop.
The problem IL mighty interest.
Ing" to say the least, and will get
more 90 a. II IL worried ut. II the
voters Of tho country merely had 20
select rs between a solid Democratic
OF a solid Republican horn, the result
might be easy to forolell; but when
each party Is divided as 70 more dili.
cult choice between two horns IN IL
own afiair, the situation becomes
complicated. And on the principle
that "a house divided against itself
cannot stand" II IL barely possible
that the choosing In the coming Pfesi-
dental election may lead to read
lusiment OF party liues not altogether
unauticipaled but a. ye, not definitely
Get forth,