Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-17
SILVER ArSr LOUIS

The opening speech &C W. Fair.
tants. temporary chairman Of The 81
Lsuis convention, may be taken %
statement Of the iIoas Of tho conven'
lion maloflty on the subject Of hunnct;
aud the plank which will DO placed in
the PLATFORM ~ merely a oondonspi eN'
preston Of that view. In giving 80
much attention b toe discussion q
gold and silver ~ standards ior coinage
Ia this county, Mr.. Fairbanks's ad'
dfess l. full confession Of what the
weslern men have declared nll
slonE, ana what the eastern men have
denied, namely, that the financial
question 10 the chief istue In the poliii.
cal campaign now on. Up to recently
the eastern expression has been that
the tariff would be made the para
mount subject Of party differences al
the convention, while the western
view has been that finances would be
at the fore Now the convention de.
,iuclly assumes a position Ia accord
with the woslorn opinion.
A. to the particular form Of expires
sion IN the platform concerning coin
age, Il makes but little difference. Il
declaration were made ior free silver,
with the moral certainty that no al Ct
would be given 10 such plank be.
cause OF the sentiment that dominates
In the division Of the c0uniry which
controls congregational action, u would
be worse than valuuless, because Of Ne
dsceptiveneis; and that such thing is
po5hible by political parllca IL shown by
Just that kind OF procedure W
matter Of history. Hence "
IL better that expression oi tho SEXUAL
Intention be made. On the other
hand, II tho declaration Of gold
standard with silver az subsidiary coin
would mean tuiilolout purchase VI
silver 10 give the amount Of circulating
medium necessary, then the mere
wording Of the PLANK Ia that way
would be Of little Consequence. What
Ia wanted Ia the more extended use OF
silver In the national currency, which
IL no. promised In the policy outlined
ut ~. Louit; yet II hr. Fairbanks
expressions were TO DO tahcn
ns stating the. actual intention,
vE TO use silver as 10 wa.
before the repeal Of 1898, ihrt,
would he "a considerable improvement
over present conditions For a time
previous 10 that year the goyurumoul
made annual purcha5c1 u j2,OJO.Q0D
ounces ol silver, which was almts. Toe
whole American output part OF IA,
time, but In the year named the stcfc
tafy VI tho treasury dii not come az
10 this standard anu wac Iollu g0d from
the Requirement. 10 DO 10 by tie repcn
mentioned. a return to the condition
OF ls0l.g would be- inr better than 10 d
now, but how even Mr. Falruanksi
promise on that point eau be- lulliIle.
ON the platform adopted DOES NOT stgiI
clear.
jus, what the delegates from IN
silver states viii DC, Is yet matter O
uncertainty; but % is not hRrly tina
many Of them Will "b3l" the couveu
ton. Such a procedure would save
TOO much Of TaGhuusa and anger, sine
they entered the convention with
pretty thorough understanding tbu
Tree coinage OF silver had nu
"a ghost Of show" and fur.ha
ths; there 10 plenty Of Time 10 get 8.
Eg,hGr in o calm, Gclibonuvu.wa On
tvtuImino ON tue methods 90 be- Col
lowed when the sentiment OF tho
constituents has become s0lidihol
HGsly action usually has an ~ oilo,
when there apponga no pressing nuco
My for DO, II only because II ur0usus
fear Of incOnsldeTalouess SO IA
the silver issue itself is concerned, b
fate is Ter from being settled by the S
Louis conventions action, and
would not DO Ia the nest political tai
i1rIts friends 10 Indulge ia uusgOml
haste, especially since the de,ermiul
ton Of the Chicago convention ma
nnora them 40 opportunity not foil
within reach nj present,