The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-30
DEMOCRATS AND SILVER RE
PUBLIcANS IN 1896.

Did people weary of well doing, The
Herald long since would have wearied
of exposing the inconsistencies and
misstatements of the Tribune, blu so
long as Inconsistencies and misstate-
ments are made and repeated by our
contemporary. just so long will it be
u duty to expose them. 1t made sew
eral misstatements yesterday morning;
we select one for r%efutation his morn
ing.
More. it is a party absolutely with
out gratitude. as is shown by the way
it distributed the fruits of its vic
tory two years ago. Silver Republicans
lifted It uD when it's face was in the
dust. and ave it a triumph SO mex
pected and marvellous that its breath
NaS fairly taken away, n il was
loud in its professions of gratitude.
Where are any evidences of that graft
tude now? Let The Herald and Mr..
Dunbar answer.
In 1896 there were two classes of sIl-
yer Republicans: those who left their
old party and acted with the Democ-
racy, and those who joined hands with
the regular Republican organization.
The latter class did all in their power
to defeat and destroy the Democracy.
Did the Democracy " them any
thing?
In 1896 these silver Republicans put
UP a complete county and legislative
ticket in. Sal Lake county. The county
ticket was nominated in a convention
in which the regulars independents
(fhese silver Republicans called them
selves Independents" in 1886. sat and
worked together. The silver wing of
the Republican party was in over
wheIming control OF Yesterdays con
vention." was h statement in our
contemporaries account of that cor
vention.
Was this aiding the Democracy?
Yesterday morning the Tribune said
the silver Republicans lifted uD the
Democracy when its face was in the
dust. and gave it an unexpected and
marvellous triumph. The face of the
Democracy was not in. the dust, nor
was it appraised by the silver ReDub-
leans. The Tribune is saying this
now. but it was telling the silver Re-
puhlicans in 1896 defeat and destroy
the Democracy: in that year it was
supporting the Republican county and
legislative tickets, and advising all Re
pubIcans to do the same. aside from
the electoral ticket said the Tribune.
we shall expect every Republican,
after due consideration, to vote the
ticket of his party, for no Republican
desires to see such a legislature elected
here as will oppose the principles which
the great mass of the men and women
of Utah believe in"
That is the kind of aid the Democrats
got from the silver Republicans in
1896. the same silver Republicans who
are standing shoulder to shoulder with
the regular or Mckinley Republicans
today.
Where are n evidences of that graf
itude [of Democratsl now?" asks the
Tribune in simulated triumph. Tell The
Herald and MI. Dunbar where are the
evidences of silver or independent Re
publican aid in 1896, and the evidences
of Democratic gratitude for the same
will be Immediately forthcoming.
The record in the case shows that
the silver, or Independent, Republicans,
as an organization. did all in their
power to defeat the Democrats, not
only in this county, but throughout the
state. The Democrats have shown them
no ingratitude. for the Democrats owed
them nothing.