The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-06

A great deal has been said, and is
yet being said, concerning the action
which should be taken in this state this
coming election. Some are urging
fusion of all parties under the name OF
the Silver Party, or something of that
sort, while others maintain there is no
need of anything of the sort. The
feeling which has prevailed, and is still
prevailing in the Democratic party. is
that the organization should stand firm
in the position it has taken as the
friend of silver. That no fusion is nee
essary whatever.
The Herald has been at the pains of
interviewing some of the thinking men
of the city on this point. care being
taken to avoid obtaining expressions
from those who would be likely to be
designated as politicians, with motives
of their own.
Among these are Hon. W. H. Dick
SON, Hon. c. S. Varian, Hon. Frank B.
Stephens and Hon. James II. Moyle.
w. H. DICKSON.
Judge Dickson said, in response to a
question: do you think the Demo-
cratic party should stand on the prin-
ciples of the Chicago platform in the
coming campaign and as the Demo-
cratic party, extend an invitation to
all friends of silver to unite with it, or
should it not?"
His reply was: There are some
things in the Chicago platform which
do not endorse. What they are I do
not care to state. but I presume there
are others who are situated the same
as I am. In order to obtain unity of
action, I believe it to be the duty of
the Democratic party in this state to
adopt the bimetallic plank of the Chi
cago platform, and ask the co-opera-
ton of all silver men in an effort to Sc
cure its enactment into law. OF course
the money question is one of great i'm
portance to us. There are other re-
forms to be accomplished, but this
overshadows all others at this time.
We out here are unit on the question,
whereas we are divided on some 9TH
ers. Then why not unite on the one
question we are agreed upon, and. after
winning victory on that one, leave the
others to be settled as time pro-
gresses?"
HON. C. S. VARIAN.
Hon. C. S. Varian said he was little
delicate about expressing himself in
any advice to the Democratic party, of
which he had been a member but a
short time. 1t might seem presumptu-
Gus to some But in reply to the ques-
ton, he would say this: Il believe that
the reforms hoped for can only be ac-
complished through the Democratic
PARTY. The condition confronting us is
one of absolute war; on the one side is
the money power, on the other the peo-
pie. There seems to be no place for a
third party, and all who believe in the
principles of the Chicago platform may
properly follow the party which first
made, and now supports, that platform.
There should be, in my judgment,
but one army of attack. which may in
clude all who desire to break the grip
of gold monometallism from this gov
eminent.
official recognition and patronage
are of no possible moment in this crisis.
and the greatest question of the times
should not be belittled by such consid-
eratioas."
HON. F. B. STEPHENS.
Hon. Frank B. Stephens was earnest
in his reply, when he said: Il do mot |
THAI. there is any such thing as a sill
yer Republican. The term is paradox
cal. A silver man is a Democrat, and
a gold man is Republican. l think |
every man should do his duty and get
into the Democratic party, and there |
act. The Republican party is pledged |
to the gold standard. and that is all
there is to it. fail to see why any |
third party should be organized of the |
silver clements of the old parties. The
Democratic party has arisen to the
emergency AMI shown itself to be the
party entitled 20 the respect and conf
dence of the people"
HON. JAMES H. MOYLE.
Hon. James H. Moyle said he believed
the Democratic party had shown that 1t
was entitled to the support of all the