The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-26
HEAR THIS.


There isn't any doubt about the feel
fngs of Utah people respecting silver;
there's no occasion for any bumptious
demonstration in regard to the matter
Just now; there's no doubt where we
shall all be found at the proper time;
there's no reason why anybody here
should jump into the ring with whoop
to fight imaginary foes in the noun
tain country, for there are no foes to
silver here; there's no reason why
anyone should adorn himself with sill
yer feathers and strut about as the
special champion of silver, in the en-
deaYor to steal the thunder of those
who were silver champions before the
later mouth-servers heard of the ques-
ton. Let's all keep cool, be alert, and
strike when the right time comes, not
before
The above is from the Salt Lake Tri-
bune, and sounds very much like an
i'll natured snarL What's the matter
with our after-tariff silver neighbor?
These pleasant mid-Winter days that
more resemble the sunlit-days of May
than days in February ought to pro-
duce more sweetness of disposition
surely than is manifested in that ILL
natured snarL Some one, too, in the
opinion of the writer of the above,
has been endeavoring to steal its sill
yer thunderl Worse and worse. for
that sounds not only il1-natured but
positively childish. Has our friend, the
Tribune, corner on the discussion of
the silver question, that others, who
ever they may be, must not intrude
into the discussion lest they be
charged with stealing the Tribune'S
silver thunder? We were of opinion
that the silver question was not only
national but even an international
question; and that discussion of it
was not only free for all, but
desirable by all, and the more talk
there was of it the better. But alas!.
How ignorant we were! Silver argu-
ment is the Tribune's thunder, and per-
haps we may have trespassed upon
its special preserves. How Inundated
one feels when caught in such a pre-
dicament, But then our neighbour
should have announced it's patented
rights on the question. How were we
to know. that is if we are
among those who have been
guilty of the trespas@llow were
we to know that in this land of
supposed free speech and free for all
discussion that any one had secured
a corner on the discussion of the silver
question? We thought a discussion
of the subject was to be as free and
unlimited as we hope the coinage of
silver ultimately will be; and as fruit
full Of as much good. So we say the
Tribune is partly to blame if any part
Of its thunder on this subject has been
stolen. 1t ought to have put up notice
of its claim.
And we are to keep still until the
proper time comes! That's the spirit
of the note quoted. '"There isn't any
doubt about the feelings of Utah peo-
pie respecting silver; there's no occa-
sion for any bumptious demonstration
in regard to the matter just now"
Now then, you Utah papers, do you
hear what the ''boss' says? Get to
your kennel, and let's hear no more sid
yer talk out of yes till the BOSS" says
the time has come to talk, and then
see to lit that yes only echo what the
''boss" says, and that you give
due credit in the legal number
Of quotation marks or woe be to you,
for the boss" has a corner on the
discussion of the silver question-do
yes hear that? Well, then, yes do
heart