The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-19
BUT ONE ISSUE.
UINTA COUNTY DEMOCRATS DE-
CLARE FOR SILVER.
Delegates Instructed to Go to Lara
ME and Uphold, to the Bitter
End, the Cause of the White
Metal.
Especial to The Herald.)

EVANSTON, Wyo., May lS.-lne
Democrats of Uinta county held their
convention in the court house today,
and elected strong silver delegation
to represent the county at the state
convention to be held at Laramie, Wyo-
ming, on the 21st inst.
The convention was called to order
by ]. W. Salmon, who was also made
temporary chairman, with John R. Ar
mold as temporary secretary.
On permanent organization, W. j.
Cashin was elected chairman and John
Chara secretary. The delegates elect
ed to go to Laramie are as follows;
David Miller, Ralph Friend, j. w.
Salmon, James Downs. w. A. Hooker,
Andrew Wallwork, ]. K. Graft, j. C..
Hamm, Alex Nesbitt. A. L. Hale, Mat
thew Morrow and George Snyder.
These delegates were explicitly in
structed by the convention to go to
Laramie and uphold
TO THE BITTER END
the one great issue now before the
people, 1.-The constitutional standard of
money at ratio of sixteen to one"
The convention further instructed the
delegates to use all honorable means to
secure The election of j. W. Salmon as
delegates from Uinta county to the
Chicago convention on July Z. 1t was
the sense of the convention and the
preamble of the resolutions which it
adopted that the present depressed
condition of the country and shrlnkage
of values are entirely due to the finan-
ciaI system which has controlled this
nation for twenty-three years, and that
this system was forced upon the ma
ton by the Republican party by the act
of 1873, dictated by panic-breeding cor
porations of Wall steet. New York, and
Lombard steet. London, and winked at
by every administration I'D to the
present time The Democracy of Uin-
ia county, therefore,
Resolved, That we hold that the
paramount issue now before the peo-
pie of the United States relates to the
monetary system to be adopted by this
country and upon that issue we declare
that the federal constitution names
silver and gold together as the money
metals of the United States. Duty to
the people requires that the party Of
the people continue to battle for bimet-
allism until its efforts are crowned
with success. Therefore. we demand
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer ard gold at the ratio Of 16 to l,
without waiting for the action or ap-
prevail of any other government.
Resolved, That we favor the rigid
enforcement of the Monroe doctrine to-
wards all nations, and heartily endorse
President Cleveland courage and
honesty in this direction.
Resolved that the delegates select
ed by this convention to represent the
Democracy of Uinta county are hereby
instructed to cast their votes and use
their influence for the adoption of the
sentiments above expressed.
Resolved, That we deem it our
duty to warn voters of our county
against supporting any party seek
ing support under color or name of
protection, reciprocity. sound money, or
international agreement. There is but
one issue before the people at this
time, the constitutional standard of
money at a ratio of 16 to l. All 9TH
ers are subterfuges and intended to de-
ceive.
"Resolved. That we, the Democrats
of Uinta county, in convention assem-
bled do pledge ourselves and our con-
stituency to the support of the above
and foregoing sentiments"
The convention further instructed
that in the event of the election of a
| Uinta county man to the national con-
vention he should cast his vote for a
silver candidate for president of the
ITpited States