The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1898-10-26


the single gold standard permanently.
In Utah. while the Republicans have
endorsed the policies" OF Mckinley.
which cannot mean anything but the
perpetuation Of the gold standard, they
have still adopted hibrid platform,
which may mean something or nothing
for the silver probably the latter. Mr..
yarian says:
Senator Brown was chairman of that
convention and his influence appears
To have dominatet IL. His interpreta-
ton OF Republicanism IN Utdh may lie
accepted as authoritative. lie holds
that the restoration of the country of
Iimetallsnl must be deferred until
through the operation Of tn tariff
laws the country is able to pay of It's
private indebtedness. and that the
greatest obs. acle To the free coinage OF
silver Is the paper money in circua-
tion. which must be replaced by silver.
This, he infers. must be- done through
the silver thai Is to be mined, for which
reason the job will take ten Years.
Docs Senator Brown anticipate time
In all eternity when the private in
debteduess OF the people will be liqui-
dated? Does he understand the true
relation between the money volume of
the Nation and the debts of labor?
The indebtedness OF this country, pub
lie and private, must all be paid by
the labor Of the people, and month by
month, year by year, with restricted
money volume aud increasing popula-
tiOn and necessities, the money With
which the debts must be paid is appre-
ciating In value.
We may say here that the Salt Lake
Tribune in replying to Mr.. Varian dis
claims tnat ex-senator Brown repre-
sente the Republican party or that he
is authorized to speak for IL. Also says
that The BROWN has never opened his
mouth about silver that he has not en-
phasized the fact that he knows nothing
about it," Now, isn't that rather an
absurd proposition in view of the fact
that Mr. Brown was chosen chairman
Of the Republican State convention,
that he is being sent ont by the State
Republican committee to speak for and
represent The party? lie evidently
knows enough about the silver ques.
lion to cooperate with the other
agents of Eanna in hoodwinking some
of the people, and we believe we are
safe in saying that he represents vastly
more Of the Utah Republicans than
does the Tribune. The Tribune an
swers one Of Mr.. Varian's inquiries by
denying that 1t endorses ex-senator
Browns position on the silver q1es-
ton, but 1t utterly fails TO show why,
when IL could not support the st. Louis
platform in 1896, 1t can now swallow
all that platform. although 1t is nov
Interpreted by the National Republican
leaders to mean SIMPLY the gold stang.
ard. Mr.. Varlan refers TO the fact that
the great Republican leaders who
spent years TO bring that party 10
sound financial principles have abau-
doned II ia despair. while the Tribune
asserts that "lhere Is no silver issue
between the parties in Utah. AS Mr..
Varian says, Gage aud Hanna have
decided that the question is settled and
are attempting TO make the tariff
question the dominating one. AS to
Utah Republicans, Mr.. Varlan says:
There is no question as to the atti-
tude Of the Republican party every
where but In Utah. But here IS an
atmosphere of deceit and double deal
ing. Why, my Republican friends, do
you not come out into the open and
declare your principles, even as your
great and honored Marcus A. Hanna
urged you to dnY Do you feel that you
can enjoy the fruits OF victory oh
tained by means of false pretensesY
And yet, n victory won upon the can
vass you are making will not be an
honest one. because YOU do not submit
the great issue to the test OF the PEG,
pie. With evasive aud dishonest utter
ance you declaim your allegiance To
the cause of humanity. but your party
and platform are against you. viii
your candidate for Congress, your can
didates for the Senate. say upon their
honor as men that II exalted TO those
high stations they will vote and labor
for free coinage billH
These questions are not answered by
the Tribune or 10y anyone else. but the
policy OF the Republican party in Utah
Is TO so fur as possible ignore the great
oyershadowing issue OF free silver.
Several Republican journals In Utah
have repeatedly asserted that Utah
should elect a Republican representa-
tive who will be 'in sympathy with
the administration" In TINT case
then the representative must be gold
bug, for q. Mr.. varlan says:
A Republican who shall go to Con-
gress pledged TO the free coinage OF