The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-21

not been for the Democratic party--if
it had not been for the free coinage
sentiment of the masses of the De-
mocracy developed and directed by able
Democratic leaders.
But if there is any lesson to be
learned from the action OF the FIVE
senators it is certainly not in support
Of our contemporary proposition thas,
free coinage men should support can
didates Of the anti-free coinage party.
Who were the five senator's? They
were Teller, Carter. Dubois. Cannon
and Pettigrew.
Where do the five senators stand to-.
day?
Teller Is cut Of the Republican party,
and is the candidate OF all parties in
Colorado except the Republican. for
reelection to the senate.
Pettigrew is out Of the Republican
party and is fighting it at every
point.
Dubois is out Of the party and is at
the head Of an independent party in
his state struggling for reelection.
Carter has wavered in the faith and
is supporting the gold standard can
didate.
Cannon, alone of the five, is endeav-
oring TO carry water on both shoulders.
The Tribune further says Republican
senators from the western states would
be of greater benefit to the silver
cause, as hey could do much more
effective work with eastern Republic
ans.
Anyone who expects assistance from
eastern Republicans, is sadly deceiv-
ing HIMSELF eastern Republicans are
doing their best TO defeat Teller and
Dubois If those senators return they
will not expect and will not receive
any consideration from eastern mem
bers. If the west follows the Tribune's
plan and sends men who will seek to
cooperate with those eastern Repub-
licans, they win have TO begin with a
display of subserviency, thus tying
their own hands and making them
selves useless 70 the free coinage
cause-as The Herald has heretofore
pointed out.
But the Tribune thinks ii would be
a good thing to have Republican SEN
ators in Washington in the event of
McKinley's election because they
could so to the president and urge
upon him the carrying out of the
plank in the platform which promises
an effort to bring around international
bimetallism'
1t would be an inspiring spectacle,
ploring the president 20 do something
which, they know-if the belief of west
ern silver Republicans is correct as it
no doubt is--that neither he nor his
party contemplates. We in the west
know full well, and silver Republicans
proclaim it from the housetops. that
the international agreement plank in
the st. Louis platform is q transparent
fraud; and yet the Tribune wants SEN
ators sent to Washington who would
go to Mckinley and ask him to take
that plank seriously. Does the Tribune
suppose that even Republican would
place himself in such a Illuminating
position?
And the reply to the Tribune's argu-
a man in the senate who will make a
Straightforward. manly. consistent
fight in the interest of bimetallism,
doing. the right thing at all times, but
compromising neither them nor him
self under any circumstances what
ever
Finally, our contemporary finds that
a Republican legislature should be
elected in the interest of the state. On
this point is says:
There IS another feature of it. This
coming legislature will have 10 deal
with vast sections of the pufolic do
main. They will have to adopt some
irrigation system by which works can
be established through which vast
areas of land can be irrigated. For
that work. a Republican legislature,
working in harmony with the Repub
lican governor, is absolutely essential.
1t seems to The Herald that. if 1T had
been thought necessary TO have the
legislative and executive departments
Of the state government in political
accord, the constitutional convention
would have made some move TO secure
it; it certainly would not have provided
for biennial elections for the legislature
while establishing the governor in
Office for five years, thus increasing the
probability of having the two branches
under different political control. We
rather think the convention assumed
that the governor would have patriot
ism enough to deal fairly with the rep
resentatives coming fresh from the
people and maintain sufficiently cordial
relations with them to insure the de-
cent and orderly dispatch of public
business.
1t has never been conceded and The
Herald does not think the Republicans
will claim that Republican legislators
are the only ones fitted to deal with
Irrigation problems. or any other ques-
ton coming up for consideration; but
if it We're granted that Democratic
legislators were inherently incompetent
to deal with matters of state, it would
still remain true that the overshadow-
ing importance of the financial ques-
ton makes it necessary for this STATE
to elect a senator this winter who will |
be in political accord with the presi-
dent, If Bryan is elected. and who will, |
in any event, be free to make a consist |
ent fight for bimetallism, who viii not |
be hampered by unfriendly party alli- |
arces and who will not be subjected |
to constant anti-silver Establishments !
among those with whom he shall be
politically affiliated