The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-19
THE DUPED VOTERS.

1t is beginning to dawn upon the
minds of many who voted for McKin-
ley that they have been duped. They
were duped on the silver question, hav-
| ing been made to believe that the
election of Mckinley meant more for
! silver than the election of Bryan. Since
| the election this pretense of friendliness
! for silver has been more or less gener-
ally pu. aside. and very many papers
that supported Mckinley are rejoicing
over the triumph of the singles gold
standard. All of these that are SO re-
joicing did not pretend that the cleo
ton of Mckinley meant more for silver
than Bryan's election would have
meant.
A few days ago the Springfield, Mass,
Republican gave it as its opinion that
the election had given bimetallism its
death blow. Dr. Washington GLADDEN.
takes exception to this opinion and
writes the Republican from Columbus,
o., as follows:
Your opinion that bimetallism has re-
ceived its coup de grace in the recent
election somewhat aStonishes me. The
st. Louis platform stands distinctly
committed to International bimetallism;
the maintenance of the gold standard
is declared TO be only provisional. 1t
is quite true that many of the argu-
ments of Republican orators and jour-
nalists looked toward the permanent
establishment of single standard; but
the party is not bound by the argu-
ments of its orators. and it ought to
be bound by the clear pledges of its
platform. Mr. Hanna himself is your
I witness that the western states were
carried by convincing the voters that
the Republican party was committed
TO International bimetallism, and would
do its utmost to secure it. L, myself,
know quite a number of voters who
supported Mckinley on the strength
of those pledges, and would never have
voted for him nor any other man on
the gold platform adopted at Indianap
oils. That the country has pronounced
in favor of a single gold standard is
not the fact, as | understand it; and l
can hardly bring myself to believe
that Mr.. Mckinley and his party can
be guilty of deliberately turning their
backs on all their most solemn prom
Uses. If this administration does not
exhaust the resources of diplomacy
in endeavoring to secure the remoneti-
cation of silver it can count on a re-
action within two years that will sweep
it from power.
We should be delighted beyond meas
ure TO have the Mckinley administra-
ton bring about international bimetal-
lism, and if it is done there is not
friend of silver in all the land who will
not rejoice and throw up his hat for
Mckinley. But no friend of free silver
believes for moment that it will be
done. The late election was intended
to be the death blow of silver by those
who triumphed; and having triumphed
they will do all in their power to see
that the silver snake, as they term it,
is killed and not merely scotched
That DR.. GLADDEN. cannot bring him
self TO believe that Mr.. Mckinley and
his party can be guilty of deliberately
turning their backs on their most SOL
emn promises shows that he doesn't
appreciate their history. Compare Mr..
McKinley's Dro-silver speeches in con-
gress with his anti-silver speeches dur
ing the late campaign for evidence of
what he can do in this line.
The incoming administration will not
exhaust the resources of diplomacy in
endedvoring to secure the remonetiza-
ton of silver. 1t won't turn a hand
over to secure il.