The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

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Butler of the Populist national COM
mittee has issued the following:
ITO the People of the United States:
I'm the remarkable campaign just
closed the Peoples party was the only
party that supported solidly and unit
eddy the great and vital issues repre-
scented in the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan.
This was natural, for the Peoples
party came into existence to bring to
the front and press to victory the prin-
ciples of Lincoln and Jefferson, al
ready long discarded by the two old
parties. The money power, feeling red-
sonably sure of its control and dom
ination over the leaders of the Repub-
lican party in 1892. gave its support to
the candidacy of Grover Cleveland for
the special purpose of having him,
through the use of patronage and
otherwise, crush out the silver senti-
ment in the south and make the leaders
of that party as completely Subservient
as those in the Republican party. To
accomplish this purpose four cabinet
ministers were selected from the south
and an unusually large amount of
patronage used on political leaders to
the same end. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Cleveland demanded that the
Democratic senators and congressman
give decisive victory in the interest
of the gold standard, before he would
give out the postoffices. This deep-
laid plan might have succeeded had
not the Peoples party at this juncture
sprung into existence and exposed the
plot, stood in the breach and appealed
to the patriotic hosts of both parties to
oh 10 nf rpnrl1pfS 6n-
spoilers and rally to the common de-
fence. The Peoples party forced the
Democratic organization to repudiate
Clevelandism and return TO correct
fundamental principles. Not only this,
the Peoples party then forced the Re-
publican party to cease hedging and
straddling for the purpose OF deceiving
the people, and drove them to take a
stand on one side of the vital issue at
stake. Now being squarely joined IT
was evident those influences in the
Democratic party which had dominated
and debauched the party for quarter
of a century would be driven to sup
port the party that took position on
the side of trusts, monopolies and
money gamblers. While, on the other
hand, it is evident that large percent
ages of the Republican party favored
the principles now squarely forced to
the front, only a small per cent in this
campaign supported them because
they found them under the Democratic
banner.
CONFIDENCE.
Had it not been for the prejudice
against the Democratic name, as well
as want of confidence in Democratic
promises, for which it must be admit
Ted that the past experience furnishes
ample ground, the majority of the vot-
ers of the country, in spite of the ire
mendous and unparalleled forces put
forward by the Republican managers,
would have cast their votes for finan-
cial reform and independence. A party
with high patriotism and unselfish de-
votion to principle greater than ever
before exhibited by any other party,
stepped outside of its organization TO
throw its two million votes solidly for
Bryan. Had not more than this num-
Der of those who called themselves
Democrats in 1892 given their sup
port to Mr.. Mckinley, the cause of
the people and American principles
would have triumphed this year. This |
class OF Democrats will surely supper,
the party of monopoiies in the future. |
Their places in the ranks of reform |
hosts must be taken by the patriotic !
Republicans. In fact, Bryan would |
nave been excited in this contest had |
even $4,000 silver Republicans come to |
the rescue. The election of Mckinley |
and the triumph of the geld standard |
doss not express the desires and ser'li- |
ments of tae people. The majority OPP |
pose the policy for which he stands |
and will so vote whenever an OppCr- |
tuntty is preserved for proper align |
merf. The remarkable and brilliant |
campaign of Wisl.am j. Bryan would |
have aligned these forces ard marched |
them TO triumphanit victory if any
or 1pader- in Am orsrr7d /
have done so under a Democratic BAN
ner
CANNOT DO IT.
THE administration of Mckinley
cannot bring prosperity to the Ameri-
can people. The mills cannot be kept
open, idle labor given employment and
general prosperity restored and main
tanned until the wealth producers re-
ceive fair returns for Their labor and
are thus enabled TO purchase. Gold
standard and monopoly rule to the
continuation of which Mr.. Mckinley
stands pledged, means four more years
of falling prices, four more years of
lockouts and strikes, four more years
of reduced wages and idle labor. This
will cause the patriotic rank and file
of the Republican party to condemn
and repudiate McKinleyism as the pa
trictic rank and file of the Democratic
party has condemned and repudiated
II cannot believe otherwise, for 1
have ncis less confidence in the patriot
ism of this class of Republicans than
the rank and file Of the Democratic
party has already demonstrated
Therefore a large per cent, who though
not fooled by ambiguous pleas of hon
est money and promised prosperity,
yet who would not in this campaign
fight under the Democratic banner will
surely join hands with the majority
Of the American voters outside the old
parties and overthrow the government
Of trusts and monopolies run in the in
teres't of foreign capitalists. The Peo-