The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-12
THE SILVER QUESTION IS IN
ISSUE.


Some say that the silver question has
no proper connection with the local
campaign. and no doubt they wish it
not TO have. but it has very decided
connection. The question for the peo-
pie is whether they shall stu. show
their faith in silver by making it a test
for all candidates or whether they shall
let the question be ignored. If the ques-
ton Were settled for all time and no
one expected that fight would be
made for silver at any future time, it
might be well enough to ignore it in the
campaign. But it will be up right here
IN salt Lake City year hence when
members of the next legislature are to
be chosen. VIII it not be desirable next
year that none but silver men be re
turned to the legislature that silver
senator may be chosen? Why divide
the silver forces now when it will make
it go much The harder to reunite them?
If silver is ignored now She people may
be certain that every effort VIII be
made year hence to have it ignored;
and TO ignore it now would be paving
the way TO ignore it then. The friends
OF silver must not forget the fact that
the gold men viii make tremendous ef-
forts to capture Utah next fall. for they
| want goldbug, anti-silyer, Mckinley
man sent to the United States senate.
Last summer there was held in this
{ city session Of the Trans Mississippi
congress That gathering passed re
solution in favor OF free silver There
was some opposition to this in the con-
( gress, those opposing it declaring it had
! no proper place in the proceedings of
| that body; they urged very largely the
same arguments against the congress
| making any declaration on the silver
question that those who oppose its in
| PRODUCTION into the local campaign are
urging. but was there q delegate from
! Utah in that congress, or a paper in
Utah that did not say that the con-
! gress had done the proper thing7 Did
not the action of the congress on this
subject find an echo in the hearts of
the people of Utah? It certainly did.
If silver has no proper place in a
! municipal campaign. why is it that
Senator Foraker Of Ohio introduced the
subject in a political speech in New
! York City, Why does he say that
! Henry Georges candidacy stands for
free silver? Why is 1t that the whole
! nation, which is watching the munich
pal campaign in New York City. looks
upon She outcome of it as being fraught
with momentous consequences TO the
! country SO far as the silver question is
/ concerned? Why is it that the London
| papers which have discussed the NUM-
cipal campaign in New York City have
| discussed it from the standpoint of it's
bearing on the silver issue?
In the campaign IN this city the sill
yer question is distinct issue from the
! simple fact that the Democrats have
! made it so by the declarations Of their
platform; ard it can't be eliminated.
Of course it has no business in a cam
paiga With those who think that ma
tionai parties themselves have no BUSH
ness TO participate in municipal cam
paig1. but to those who believe that
political parties should participate in
municipal campaigns as well as in all
others. the silver issue has q very
proper place. The opposition to in
| Producing silver into our local cam
paign comes chiefly from those who are
opposed to silver 1t is most important
10 the silver cause that in all silver
states only the friends and advocates of
free coinage be elected to Office, Whe-
Their the office be municipal state or
| national.