The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-29
BOW 40 REsToRE s1LvER.

low TO RESTORE SILVER.
The Tribune. yesterday morning. at
the close Of an article in answer TO an
article that appeared in The Herald of
Saturday morning. said:
When We see papers in the sill
yer region turning their faces against
ever EFFORT to restore silver, repeat
ihs tne stale falsehpods Of that east
efn press, and telling the people that
HvlAang can be hoped for except under
= particular administration. il makes
Us soi7E and causes US to think that
alter az the thing they hope for most
> A'3t silver restoration but the tri-
ula1,h c. a party. We believe silver
VII be restored but if it is il VIII be
- spite OF the New York financiers and
news papers, and Notwithstanding the
pretended friends of silver who pour
( colu water on every effort to restore it.
What is the use OF saying you have
faith in particular methods for the
restoration Of silver when you haven't?
And because there is nothing 10 w@r-
rant the faith and that fact is recog-
nized, it is folly to say that that is a
setting of the face against every effort
TO restore silver. We have no faith in
the mission Of Messrs. Wolcott, Steven
son and Paine so far as accomplishing
anything substantial for the restoration
Of silver is concerned; we have hope.
but not faith
We stand today where our contem-
Dorary stood on the 18th of last No
vember on this same question OF the
proper way 10 bring about International
bimetallism. On that date. in an article
entitled, TO Restore Silver" it said:
If the United States goes to Europe
begging for another conference, we can
readily understand that it viii meet
with q cool reception. If another con-
ference is appointed and the delegates
from this country are, as President
Harrison made them. a maiorit- Of
them out and out gOldbugs. we can UNI
deTstand that the conference will fail
fat. That is not Inc way 10 bring
around International bimetallism. Our
way would be this: To pass a law the
first section of which should declare
that:
The unit of value being a dollar, it /
shall be represented by 25.S grains of
standard gold, Or 41215 grains OF stand (
ard silver
Then followed a complete scheme for
the free courage Of silver. and then this
comment:
With that done. the United States .
would not go begging to Europe, but
at least Eve of the treat nations of
Europe would, before the six months
would transpire, come TO Us. and silver
would be restored TO where il naturally
belongs as a primary money, equal in
ali respects TO gold.
What are Messrs. Wolcott, Stevenson
ard Paine in Europe for today, unless
It is to beg for another conference? As
our contemporary said, that is not the
way TO bring around international BIZ
metallisin." With the United States
Independent free coinage, at
least five OF the great nations of
Europe would, before the six months
would transpire, come to us, and silver
would be restored to where it naturally
belongs as a primary money, equal in
al respects to gold" And if that was
true on the 18th of November, 1896. why
sn't it true Oh the 29th day of June,
1897. And if, on the 18TH day of No
5emoer, 1886. our contemporary could
readily understand that if the United
States should go to Europe begging for
another conference a cool reception
would be met with, what has happened
'ince then to so radically alter its opin-
on in June, 1897? Surely not the pas ,
sage Of the Whitley resolution by the J
house Of commons, for that was on t
March II, 1896. just six months before. !
The Herald stands today exactly i
Where it did in November last. but our
does not Let it explain ,
Why it, today, sets its face against the c
position 1t took in November last. q