The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30


to become of this intelligent band of
children? Where is the bread and but
ter coming from? The colonies broke
away from the letters of Europe, and
the new republic grew rich until the
crime of 1873 was perpetrated, which
substituted for the bimetailic financial
policy of Washington, Jefferson and
Hamilton the monometallic policy rec
commended by European bondholders,
ana was directly the conspiracy OF the
bankers.
Since that time the party which
works for gold has framed other disas-
trous measures against silver, with
these results-an appreciation of gold,
fan OF prices in commodities and con-
tracted currency, which made the
pondholder more wealthy, but the pro
Queer and the farmer poorer.
Now. with our silver mines closed
down, beggarly prices for wheat, con-
tracted currency, what hope IS there
Tor the solution of the problem of self
support by our children? What hope is
there for them TO rise above poverty
that gnaws out the heart of hope, dead
ems the SensibilitieS and letters Win
degradation chains the Ereat soul and
drags it down to darkness and de-
spair?
Oh, my friends, pause at the door of
financial slavery towards which the
American people are being drawn by
the whip Of the Mark Hannas.
If we are indeed to be a free people,
If Providence really meant that the
producers OF wealth should guide the
ship of state, it is necessary beyond my
power OF expressing that you exercise
the wisdom that is yours, and, being
strong in this great emergency, correct
the abuses of government by the bal
lot.
IF tho ,,avt oono-,asc oa1 1orino m
gether enough gold men, that infamous
measure known as the Gage bill will
become a law, and more completely
turn us over to the tolls of the banker
and the single gold standard; and you
know. and L know, if that is consurn-
mated. we will be sold in financial
bondage that will never be thrown off,
except by a revolution of slaves against
masters.
But in the pride 1 feel for my coun-
try, for which my ancestors fought in
the revolution, for the pride I fee lfor
my native state, within the borders OF
which my grandfather helped to raise
the first American flag; in the pride
l feel for the wisdom and intelligence;
in the purity and uprightness, and in
the patriotism of the men and women
OF Utah, believe You will recognize the
Importance of your ballot.
The Democratic party is pledged to
silver; the state Democratic party is
pledged to silver: the national Repub-
lican party is for the single gold stand
ard and is opposed to silver; the state
Republican party cannot be the friend
of silver when it approves of Mckinley
policies or the candidacy of Mr.. Ell
dredge, who is a Mckinley ReDub-
hcan.
Can you afford to vote for the Repub-
Ican nominee for congress, or for 4
member of the Republican legislaturH
which will send monometallist to to
senate?
The election of such men would mean
two more Republicans in congress in
favor of Mckinley policies, which are
gold, gold, gold. Can you afford to let
il go before the Democracy of this ma
ton, that Utah-herself q. great silver
producing state-has accepted mono
metallism as final and deserted the
champion of the silver cause, or will
you, like our noble Twentyf fourth,
when it made that memorable charge
up San Juan hill, carry the banner of
bimetalliSm to the very door of the
monometallists, an dtheir fire shall only
make US more patriotic and more de-
termined in the cause of the money
given us by our sacred constitution, and
the Tribune to the contrary notwith-
standing, elect the capable and brainy
nominee to congress, the man who viii
be unqualifiedly for silver, and there
the peer of them all in oratory and elo-
quence-B. II. Roberts-will he the
leader in the cause the Democracy has
espoused.
Ladies, recognize the Importance of
the issues involved in this campaign.
Do not neglect to register on the first
of November. Turn out on election day
and vote the straight Democratic
ticket
ALICE SMITH MERRILL HORNE.
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