The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1898-09-14
THE UTAH STATE JOURNALS
POSITION.

The last issue Of the Utah State
journal of Ogden contains the follow
Ing notice Of our paper, coupled with
an objection to our classification of
the position Of that journal. 1t says;
ave have received Fred Nelson's
UTAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT, the new
paper recently started at Provo. AS
its name indicates, it Is Democratic
and, also, but not of course, for silver.
Its proper classification Is, probably,
silver Democratic. although its editor
does not seem to realize that mighty
host Of Utah Democrats are straight
out-and-out gold men. Our breezy
contemporary chooses. for some reason
best known to its editor, to misrspre-
sent the position OF The State Journal
and Its editor. There is no reasonable
excuse for Its doing 50, The Democrat
says that notwithstanding our obiec-
tions TO the g. o. p. (meaning the ma
tional Republican party we 'still adj
here to that party, although insisting
on the inconsistent prefix silver. +"
The editor OF the Democrat knows
better than that. We are not in any
manner connected with any political
organization except the National Silver
Republican party, and that is separate
aud distinct from tie national Repub-
lican organization. You do not call
gold Democrats silver men. Why
should you call silver men Rerubli-
cans. or gold men. as you do when you
class silver Republicans az membe of
the q. o. p? Re honest, and don't
bubble. We acknowledge that the
national Democratic party is silver
party; that the national Republican
party Is gold party. Why can you
not be fair and admit what you know
to be true, that the silver Republican
party is silver party and all silver
Republicans are silver men and wo-
mens Yon know, because you are in.
telligent and well posted, that the sill
yer Republican party is not responsible
for the perpetuation of the gold stand
ard; Is not responsible for the farcial
junketing OF Senator Wolcott under
pretense OF a desire for international
blmetallism; Is not responsible for the
disgraceful Dingley law. nor for the
unnecessary issue OF interest bearing
bonds. nor for any OF the acts of the
Mckinley gold standard administers
tlon.'
We are OF course grateful for what
eyer Is complimentary to us in the
above. We however object to the
statement Of the Journal that sit
meaning us) is Democratic and, also,
but not of course, for silver" Brother
Littlefleld well knows that the Demo.
cratic party is for silver, and that we
could not be Democratic without being
that way. His attempted sarcasm in
the mot Of course" is therefore out of
place and lost. II the journal means
what 1t says ''that q mighty host OF
Utah Democrats are straight out-and-
out gold men, then 1t knows that the
same Democrats" are as much out Of
place as are the so-called silver Re-
publicans.' Democracy now means
silver, along with other reforms In
favor of the people, and the Journals
talented editor well knows that fact.
The Journal in its article says that we
say that II still adheres to the Repub-
lican party, although insisting on the
inconsistent prefix silver 1t then
denies our statement and Immediately
afterward proves 1t by admitting allie
glance to the National Silver Repub-
hcan party" whatever that may be.
There is only one Republican party.
and that Is for gold only, There is