The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30


senator who was not sound on the
silver question, and declared that the
object of Weber's questions was to re-
fleet on Bolitho and the other Repub-
lican legislative nominees.
WHIPPLE DEALS IN FACTS"
Mr.. Whipple then announced that he
had devoted 80 minutes to answering
Weber's assertions and questions, and
would now proceed to discuss the vital
issues of the campaign Silver" said
he. would. not alone produce the re-
suits the Democrats say it will bur
he believed, with the Democrats, that
the United States were strong enough
to maintain silver without the inter-
vention of any other nation The
highest production of silver in any
one year was SCI 900 600. There was
S61S, 600 in gold and S625. 900 in
silver. Add only 10 per cent to the
circulating medium and you will add
only S60,0O0,000 to the $1,000, 900. 900. i
admit that increasing the circulating
medium will increase the value of
products. Hard times were caused by
the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman bill. Since Grover Cleve-
land went into power p railroads have
gone into the hands of receivers; your
lead mines have been blocked; banks
have taken place all over the land.
The trouble was not due to the de-
monetization of silver alone, but was
helped by a lack of confidence on the
part of the people. There ought to be
protection. If there was, every lead
mine would be opened up and every
industry would be strengthened. The
people of Utah would save 100000
year on sugar; the sheep owners have
lost S1,O50,000 because of the industry
not being protected. and the lead
$991,S3 The loss to the people Of
Utah for one year was $2,641 S33. If the
people could keep all that the money
represented it would give every man,
woman and child in Utah $40 apiece.
Protection he said in conclusion lis
as good as a silver bill. Don't it give
you more money than any silver bill
can give you? But we want both
silver and tariff.
WEBER ROUNDS UP THE MKIN-
LEYITE..
Weber had fifteen minutes in which
to close. "Whipple,'' said he, might
be a silver man, but he talks like a
goldbug. He was as consistent as the
Maine man who favored prohibition,
but opposed its enforcement. So far
as his figures are concerned" said the
speaker. Il have not sufficient time
at my command to answer them, but
it is sufficient to say that Jerry Simp-
son was right when he said that fig-
ures never lie, but that d-n liars some
times figure
Weber, in reply to Whipple's asser-
lions anent Cleveland, declared Cleve-
land to be traitor; that he had been
kicked out of the Democratic party;
that he was now aligned with Hanna,
Mckinley and Sherman; that his pol
icy was but a continuation OF the
Republican policy, and that Mckinney
was endorsing him almost daily from
the veranda of his home in Canton.
He belongs to the Repupllcan party,
exclaimed Weber, and the Democratic
party can no longer be held response
BILE for his administration.
Weber denied that Altgeld had ever
used the words ascribed to him by
Whipple. and said that Whipple was
defending Cleveland for calling out
troops during the Chicago labor
troubles. The Democratic party pc
lieves in arbitrating differences be-
tween labor and capital, while the
Republican party was committed to q
sword and bayonet policy. The DEM
ocratic plank denouncing the arbitrary
interference by federal authorities in
local affairs is right" said he. 1T
is against the constitution, crime
against free institutions, menace to
the liberty of the people and IN FAVOR
of the classes as against the masses.
ssWhipple says he favors but one
plank in the Democratic PLATFORM anu
denounces the others. The Democratic
nlatform denounces the issuance of
DEMONSTRATING bonds in times OF
peace. but Thomas B. Reed, the Re-
nublicar leader, was the champion OF
Cleveland in that matter and hau eAc
pressed himself as being in favor OF
granting power to the secretary OF
the treasury to issue gold bonds.
ION the question of natlonal udlnhs
the Republican party was snent, salI
Weber. "Thalt party was in favor on
them. and always had been. The DEM
ocratic party believes that congress
alone has the power to coin and issue
money and denounces the practice OF
issuing notes intended to circulate as
money as in defiance of the constitu-
ton.
Another plank that Whipple de-
continued Weber, IS that
which relates to trusts and pools. Inc
Democratic party is opposed to trusts
and nionopolies and believes that the
government should exercise a stricter
control over them than has been the
case in the past. The Democratic party
is also in favor of an income tax; the
Republican party opposes it. So far
as the supreme court decision on the
subject was concerned one or the
Judges changed his opinion within 80
DAYS, and voted to decide the law I'M
1t was a. just tax, and
the Democratic party, Bryan and Alt
geld were not as severe in their strict
ures as were the minority of the SUI
preme court. Justice Harlan, in a dis
senting opinion, had said that the eff
feet of the decision was to give certain
nroperty a position of favoritiSm and
was inconsistent with American prin-
ciples.'' Weber declared that the de-
cision was subversive OF American
principles; that it was in the interest
of the money power, and that 1T was
another step toward building up
money plutocracy at the expense Of the
people,
Weber then discussed Whipple's as
sertion that hard times followed the
repeal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman bill. by doing So" said
Weber, ''Whipple confessed that the
hard times were not due to the Wilson
tariff bill, which became a law year
later"
Time pressed Weber, and although
his tongue wagged like a trip hammer
he could not answer Whipples asser-
tions as fully as he desired.
In concluding, Weber asked the audi
ence if Whipple had answered any of
the questions he had propounded. He
has not told you" said he, where Bo-
litlno and Morrill, stand. Morrill, is for
silver He will not vote for Arthur
Brown. If Brown is the caucus nopi-
nee he will bolt the caucus, and if