The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-23

form. 1t was a sacrifice which no ether
party ever made. 1t rejected the great
influences to which men bow. 1t made
one of the most remarkable campaigns
ever made. and with the w0rtingmen
coerced into voting for Mckinley. with
the sons of toll deceived by false /,Om-
lSeS; with all the hosts of money work
/ ing to compass its defeat. the candi-
( date. polled more votes than any candi-
date who ever ran for the office before
the people of this country.
What was the result? The ReDub-
licans saw the great Democratic party
had touched the mighty heart of the
people. They saw the issue should be
blinded and others brought in, in order
to distract the attention of the voters.
and they have dragged in tariff and
reciprocity. The scheme is being work
ed today. and is in operation here in
this state, where orators and speakers
are going about telling the voters the
real issue IS not the money issue, but
the tariff.
We who hold to the belief that the
silver issue is the main issue should
stand firm. The simple question is
whether we will stand by the verdict
we recorded in 1886. Shall we abandon
the principle we adopted. and with our
votes seek for a continuation of the
policy we adepted at Chicago?
REPUBLICAN ISSUES"
The Republicans want to secure the
election this year. and among other
matters are declaring the war to be an
issue. They have added here TO that
issue. silver, protection and reciprocity.
They say the platform means all these.
They are like the shopkeeper who sells
you goods. If you 90 not like one thing
he has another for you. They endorse
Mckinley in one paragraph, and silver
in another.
ELDREDGE AND HIS PLATFORM.
Down in Provo the other night, when
Mr.. Kellogg arose and asked Mr.. Ell
dredge, if elected if he would vote for
silver, the reply he made was that 'he
would stand on the platform on which
he was nominated" That was diplo
matte answer. 1t shows that whatever
Mr.. Eldredge may be otherwise, he is
q diplomat and entitled to rank with
those on the commission seeking to set
tie the difficulty with Spain. He would
stand on the platform. OF course.
Then, if he voted against silver and
came home to be reproached by any
one of the men who are supporting him
now, he could say TO them, L stood on
the platform" and point to the plank
endorsing the splendid administration
of William Mckinley.
Ine election when Will be held mere
this fall will have an effect on the
people of the east. Presume that You
will be absent from the state at the
coming election; that you are in New
York on election day. Suppose in the
evening you go down to the bulletin
boards where the returns are posted
and note a bulletin announcing that
Utah has gone Republican by 5000 and
elected a man on a platform endorsing
the administration. Do you think that
bit of information would have any ef-
feet on the silver cause in the east?
What are the questions which con-
front is? They say the tariff. 1t is
a bad time to say anything about tar
if, when the people are paying in
creased taxes on nearly everything for
the cost of this war. No one gives with
regret; all. regardless of politics, con-
tribute their tax. No one was opposed
to the war. but. on the contrary when
this administration asked for funds, all
parties. without exception voted unani-
mously for the appropriation of money
with which to carry it on. They say
the war is an issue, because it kas been