The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-04

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be forgotten that this tariff bill-the
first for fifty years enacted in the in
tereSt of the people-waS passed after
a desperate struggle. Since the repeal
of the corn laws in England, the world
has witnessed no such parliamentary
struggle against monopoly and privi-
lege. 1t was literally
A STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE
against the monopoly and greed fos-
tered and made powerful by more than
thirty years Of Republican legislat ion.
The combinations" and trusts" now
the curse of the American people have
only been made possible by the bad
financial legislation and the high pro-
tective tariffs which have enriched the
few ct the expense of the many. The
return of the Republican PARTY to
power means the repeal of the Wilson
tariff law 1t means the re-enactment
OF the Mckinley law or one even yet
j more odious in its provisions The
financial question:, however, overshad-
ows all others in the present contest.
| Believing as l do that gold and silver
find equal recognition in the constitu-
ton Of the United States, that by their
| joint use in effecting the exchange and
| performing the functions of money we
| have prospered in the past and
/ that the evil days now befall-
ing us are in no small meas
ure the result of the demonetiza-
ton of silver, I have no hesitation in
maintaining my party alliance and
casting my vote for Bryan and Sewai,
the nominees of the Democratic con-
vention. | deeply regret that many of
those with whom l have been associated
in former contests should now oppose
| the election of the candidates non1i-
mated in accordance with the
TIME-HoNORED METHODS AND
USAGEs
of the Democratic party. Without
questioning their sincerity, the inquiry
is significant: What is there in the at
titude of the Democratic party upon
the monetary question to justly it's
abandonment by those who have long
! shared in its counsels and who have
been the recipients of its rewards and
its honor? AS the parting of the ways
has been reached, it is we'll to inquire
is their path or is ours the true one?
Are we recreant TO Democratic faith
and traditions in standing by the his
toric organization or they in aiding
directly or indirectly in the triumph
OF its great antagonist?' BY the con-
stitution Of the United States the con-
-
money, regulate the value thereof and
OF foreign coins, and fix the standard
OF weights and measures and it fur
ther provides that no state shall coin
money or make anything but gold and
silver coin q legal tender in payment of
debts The system of bimetallism is
here established. Gold and silver coin
here find equal recognition.
AS Democrats, we believe in honest
money, the money Of the constitution.
We attach deep Importance to the
words of Thomas Jefferson. 4 concur
with you that the unit must stand on
botn metals L would recall the
ADMINISTRATION OF WASHING
and his great secretary of the
treasury, Alexander idamilton. who
once said, TO anauI the use
OF either OF the two metals
as sound money is to abridge the
quantity of the circulating medium
and is liable to all tzSe objections that
arise from a comparison OF the benefits
of full, with the evils of z. scant cir
culation.
Have we, in the advocacy of bimet-
allism, departed from Democratic
teachings from the Democratic faith
on this question: Mr.. Stevenson then
went on to show that the platform of
the Democratic national convention of
1880 declared for honest money, con
sisting of gold and silver and paper
convertible into coin on demand" and
in 1884 Mr.. Cleveland was nominated
and subsequently elected upon the de-
claration, I'VE believe in honest money
the gold and silver coinage of the con-
Stitution and the circulating medium
convertible into such money without
loss"
In 1888. the platform of the last pre-
ceding convention was unanimously
reaffirmed and in 1892 the platform de-
clared for The use of both gold and
silver as a standard money of the
country
This declaration" continued Mr..
Stevenson, met with my earnest ap-
prevail then as it does now. Can it
be that those of US, who, four years
later. still hold to the use of both
metals as standard money of the
country, have abandoned the faith and
are no longer worthy to be called
Democrats? Is it too much to claim
that, in giving our support to the
are keeping the faith? The
CHARGE OF RECREANCY
to our party does not lie at our doors.
1t is well now to inquire what has
been and what is the attitude of the
Republican party upon this question.
The financial plank Of the Republican
national convention of 1892 declared in
favor of bimetallism and demanded
the use of both gold and silver as a
standard money. In 1892, both parties
favored bimetallism and demanded
gold and silver as the standard money
of no try n r11q f.
form of 1886, is departure from that
Of 1892 1t read We are, therefore
opposed to the free coinage Of silver
established except by international
agreement with the leading COM
mercial nations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and I'M
til such agreement can be obtained the
existing gold standard must be pre- /
served
ton for the gold standard. This Is an
undisguised declaration-the first of
any national convention-in favor of
gold as our standard money. BY this
declaration, the /
REPUBLICAN PARTY STANDS
PLEDGED
to the maintenance at all hazards, of !
the gold standard, unless, py internal I
uOnal agreement, the leadiaS CONNER
cial nations OF the world will consent !
to return to bimetailism. In what |
party platform at any period in cur
history can there be so humiliating a !
proposition? Did the Republican lead
ers who formulated that declaration |
really expect England, the leading
commercial nation of the world to
consent to an international agreement /
looking to the establishment OF BIZ
metallism in the two great srGiish-
speaking nations? Or was this propo- I