The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29

lie pledge. This pledge binds the
| signers. congressman, to vote only for
! an unequivocal silver man for presi-
dent, irrespective of party, providing.
| of course, the election of the latter
is thrown into the house of represen-
| tatives) This state of affairs should
| be remedied, for it is hardly in line
with consistency when the people
| elect representatives upon a silver
! platform, and almost before the ink
becomes dry upon their certificates of
| election they subordinate their pledges
Tor the perpetuation Of party power.
BIMETALLISTS CAN WIN.
The bimetallists can elect a presi-
dent, providing each and every factor
can meet upon common ground. solid
/ ify their forces and go before the peo-
I pie with silver the leading issue. for it
/ mas been confidently asserted, and
correctly, too, that the great majority
/ Oh the masses of the people are in IA
vor Of gold and silver as our money!
standard. All who are interested in
this issue should be fully prepared to
act Immediately after the deliberations
OF the two great conventions shall
have become known, and If silver re-
ceives no recognition other than it has
received in the past, we should force a
combination of all the above mentioned
factors by petitioning each to concede
something for the other. OF course, We
must use strategy in our movements,
and go into the campaign, not alone
with the idea that we are champions
ing righteous cause, but also with a.
determination that we will use every
honorable means at our command to
win the fight. Also we must find a
suitable candidate-and. more impor-
tant still, the section of country from
which the candidate is to be selected
must be considered, in order to give
us additional vantage ground. A great
many people of the west might desire,
and perhaps do. that a western man
be chosen to lead the silver forces.
From a strategic point of view the
writer is not in favor of a western
man as candidate, because we take
for granted that the west is for silver.
and also that they will support any
man that may be chosen, providing he
is honorable and representative can
didate. This being the case, would
it not be wise act to choose our leader
from some of the eastern states, select
ing a man of strong personality. a man
who is we'll known for his staunchnesS
and also a true representative of our
cause, for in this event we certainly
would have another source of vote
revenue. as the strong personality of
an eastern man would most certainly
attract many peoples votes who are
waverinS at this time.
A POSSIBILITY.
For instance. in order to more thor
oughly explain this proposition, we
will illustrate. as it were: If the third
party movement becomes a reality. and
we select a candidate for president
from Pennsylvania. or to be more ex-
plicit, nominate Hon. Joseph c.. Sib-
ley of Pennsylvania, who has been
prominently mentioned in this connec-
ton. Pennsylvania is not considered a
silver state, but Mr.. Sibley is known as
an unrelenting advocate of our cause.
He has a strong personality, a man
whose private and public character has
always been and is at the present
time of an exceedingly high standard.
and is also largely interested in
the industries of that section.
Now. is it not reasonable that we might
expect from a candidate of this char
acter more. in the ma tier of bringing
votes to our cause. than from western
man? Further, in this same line of ar
gument, Senator Cameron Of Pennsyl-
vania is also staunch silver advocate,
and it cannot but be apparent that