The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-07
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.

The consciousness among silver Dem
ocrats that their allies in Michigan
were caught mapping, and, if not in
duced to make a positive declaration
in favor of the gold standard, at least
lost the state to the cause of free sill
ver is having the effect of arousing
the free silver press of the party, and
will doubtless also arouse silver Dem
ocrats generally to more determined
effort They will be on their guard
against the wiles of the adversary, and
in that event less liable to allow a
silver state to send single gold stand
ard men to the national convention.
That Michigan has put Ohio on it's
guard is plainly evident from an able
editorial on the subject in the Cincinna-
ii Enquirer:
The object lesson conveyed by the
result in Michigan is that when the sill
yer delegates of Ohio choose delegates
to the county conventions they must
be careful to vote only for men who
are sound on the silver question and
who cannot be changed after they get
to the county convention. Then the
silver delegates in the county conven-
ton must vote for no state delegates
who are wanting in backbone or in
common sense They should be men
who. when they arrive at the state
convention will counsel with their
friends instead of their enemies. There
will be large silver majority in the
Ohio state convention. There will be
a very enterprising minority in favor of
the gold standard and of Cleveland as
its chief apostle. In this minority there
will be some men who win understand
sharp tricks and they will also have
to aid them a powerful gold lobby I'M
der pay, who will be there with money
in their pockets and promises of large
contingent fees in case of success. SEN
ator Brice will also be there. He will
be very much in favor of harmony on
a gold basis. He will think it a shame
to see the Democratic party divided
unless it declares for free silver coin
age.
There suggestions made to the silver
Democrats of Ohio might well be ex-
tended to all the states yet to choose
delegates to the national convention;
for the same conditions that will sur
round the state convention in Ohio will
surround the conventions of other
states; and, for matter of that, will
surround the national convention at
Chicago. only in the latter case every
thing will be on larger scale.
The following advice also-from the
same source-could as well be suggest
ed to the delegates of the national con-
vention as to those of Ohio:
The only safe course for the. silver
delegates is to hold no private con-
ferences with their opponents. Let the
silver delegates caucus together and
keep in touch with each other. They
should always refuse to commit them
selves until the question has been act
ed upon by those OF the free silver per-
suasion. The leaders of the silver side
should have roomy headquarters and
see that every arriving silver delegate
finds his way there. The delegates
from each county should appoint
leaders, and those leaders should confer
together at the earliest possible time
and inform each other of the silver
strength of their respective counties
Frequent meetings of these county
leaders would enable each one to
show his own associates how firmly
their brethren in the other counties
are standing up to the fight. BY these
methods cur silver coinage majority
can control the convention and thus
send iron-clad free silver coinage del |
egates to the national convention.
Just strike out county and substitute
state in the above and change the closing