The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
But this is not ALL, The address con-
DEMOCRACY UNSAFE.

But this Is not ALL. The address con-
tinues:
DEMOCRACY UNSAFE.
We are not ready to believe that the peo-
pie of Utah who through praise and blame
through periods of suffering and sorrow.
have clung with unswerving loyalty 10
the Constitution and to a government OF
law, are ready to espouse the sociaiistic
ideas which now dominate the Demo-
cratic party and have dictated its candi-
date. That party was rendered desperate
by the certainty of a coming defeat and
has now entered upon a servle bidding
for Populistic support. True to its his
tory, it is now, as 1t has always been
ready to make any promises for votes and
to forsake it's time honored principles
for power. In its last plat form that party
pledged itself to the silver cause and re-
deemed its promise by the repeal OF the
Sherman purchasing law and by rejecting
a free coinage bill. 1T now promises
economy in public expenditures, but We
remember that once before, after de-
nouncing Republican congresses for eX-
travagances. it furnished the only billion
dollar congress in our history. 1t has once
before promised fair dealing to the veter-
ans of the nation. and it redeemed that
promise by the bitterest hostility to ev-
cry deserving Union soldier. 1t promised
under free trade tariff. with the sad
results known to the people. So, today,
1t pledges itself to free silver. but true to
the history of the Democratic party. We
believe that that promise. like its other
promises, will never be redeemed. Under
the banner of protection and free silver
we made this state Republican. That ban
ner We are not ready to cast aside. We
are pledged to the people of Utah to re-
store a protective tariff. No true Repub-
lcan can give his suffrage to party
which bitterly assailed our wool tariff,
our lead tariff. car sugar bounty, whether
granted by STATE or national aid. Aside
from a national policy of protection our
local mineral, agricultural, fruit and stock
interests especially need the benefits of
protection, isolated and far removed as
we are from the seaboard markets. On
the Industries Of wool raising and lead
alone. our people are losers by millions
through the senseless change in the tariff
law which William J. Bryan supported
by voice and vote and which has benefited
no one save the owners of foreign flocks
and foreign factories and foreign produce
ers. These examples alone make clear
how necessary for Utah's prosperity it is
to have the nation and the state under
Republican rule.
Concerning the silver question the
address says
THE SILVER ISSUE.
The important question of free silver
coinage at the ratio OF 16 TO |, Will, In
all probability, first have to be settled
by the American nation. In the accom-
plishment of this most desirable result,
there are many important ana iar-
reachihS interests 10 ne cohsiuereu' YER
fanny, IL cannot De dehieu TINS VIII re-
qulre the ald OF the most Intelligent
thought or the nation as sllVers cause
must not De weighted down or injured
by unwise Legislation. In common win
many western RepubllcanS, the Repupi-
cans or Ctah regret the adoption OF the
financial plank OF the national platform,
ana utter our protest against the raila-
cious theory that the solution or the great
question OF luii recoshitioh' py our gov
ernment, OF silver as a money metal. can
ohiy De ohtaihed by lh'ernat'onai aSreo-
meht. We feariessly advocate lhe res'of-
atloh OF silver TO ltS coiiStitutionai ElSht
to have redeeming power coordinate
with gold. We re-atlirm with emphasis
the belief OF ttah Republicans, promui-
gated at their convention I'm bimetnl-
lism which Is the iuil rccoSnitlon ahke
OF gold ana silver ana their tree coinage
IN the mihts OF the nation at the ra'1o ol
III to !, but furlher enter our protest
against the propositlon that iree siiVer
III ana OF ltselI, VIII give inns hatloh the
neeced rehei from present depioraDie ana
ulstreSslhS conditions we agree thit itS
fehaoiltatioh Wouid aleEiate oohdi'ioh
greatly, nut thefc are othef ana potent
economies lhat must 20 manu- III hahu WIN
TINS 'ssue III orner TO opt am 'hat pros
perlty so earnestly des'red py all Con-
serva''Ve statesmanship Is necessary IN
our present emergencies. ana above all,