The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-19
SILVER CONGRESS-
MEM.

Times-Herald, a paper that usually
speaks by the card on all matters per-
tanning to the administration, solemnly
declared that war was far preferable
to free coinage of silver There ap-
pear to be many of this opinion, while
some go so far as to speak of the sill
Yer men as greater enemies to the coun-
try than the SDaniards One of these
Francis NJ. Morton, writes to the Wash
ington Post on the wickedness of the
silver men. He says:
All viii agree that the silver trust"
is the largest, most formidable. and
most dangerous of any in this country.
Its promoters and defenders at Wash
ington have sought to compel our gov
eminent to continue the purchase of
silver, and upon basis we'll known to
your readers. Some of these silver lead
ers, II would seem, are now bent on OPP
posing the bond provision of the war
revenue bill, thereby blocking the way
of the plans of the administration. and
seriously interfering with the raising
OF the necessary funds for the carrying
on Of the war.
This opposition is promptly forward
ed to the Spanish agents in Europe,
and more weight attached to IL than it
hopes among the enemies of this coun-
try. and the interfering with the ear
nest endeavor of the administratio to
raise funds to carry on the war, tecds
just Sc much to prolong the war, and
TO sQ,dander the blood and money of the
nation.
There is no need of mincirg rsatters.
and these men who propose to seize the
present moment to cram silver down
the threats of the American people
must be brought 10 the ring bolt on the
double-quick. They may talk to their
constituents as much as they please.
but this great nation must rise up in
its might. and. through the press of the
entire country. demand its present and
future life, and its great business in
terests be not imperiled and interfered
with by men having personal interests
and political aggrandiZement at stake.
Our people are very patient, but they
know their rights, and they also know
who are the real enemies of the gov
eminent in this hour of trial, and have
an eye on them.
In the first place. there is not and
never has been silver trust" and for
Mr.. Morton or anyone else to assert
that there is, is TO talk like an ass.
The silver men in the congress have
as the anti-siIver men have to urge
one. That the administration is not the
embodiment of wisdom in revenue mat
ters is shown by the enactment of the
Dingley law.
If false hopes are raised among the
enemies of this country, who cares? Let
them live on false hopes as long as
they can. but it should be distinctly
understood that the silver men in con-
gre=s are not raising any false or other
homes in the country's enemies.
We agree with Mr.. Morton that there
is no need to mince matters. The silver
men are not trying to seize the present
moment to cram silver down the
throats of the American people. so
there is no need for Mr.. Morton or any
of his kind to run the danger of induc-
ing d stroke of apoplexy in his great
haste'to yank the silver meN up to the
ring bolt. eve suggest that in future
he use for metaphor Stumbling post
as silver men. being largely western
men. will more readily understand his
meaning. So. also. will the three regi-
ments OF rough riders.)
Mr.. Morton says the silver men in
congress may talk to their constituents
as much as they please. Surely Sais is
a great privilege he accords them. par
ticulariy as it is one guaranteed by the
constitution: it shows that the gentle
man has not decided t. abolish the
constitution yet, though there is no
telling what he may do.
Our people are very patient" In
deed! and who are our people?" Are
they different from the rest OF the peo-
pie? This little fish is talking like a
great big whale. Have our people"
any rights that the rest of the people
have not? We fancy not.
OF late there has been manifested in
various parts of the country a strong
desire to attack the silver men. and
accuse them of all sorts OF evil mo-
tives. The silver men do not claim vir- /
tues above their fellow citizens. but /
they do lay claim to just as high and {
disinterested a patriotism as any part /
Of the people. They have no desire to /
turn the war into political channels, or |
to make political capital out of it; they
wish for the success of the American |
arms, and are doing all in their power !
to secure it. The silver states have |
furnished volunteers as promptly and |
generously as the gold states have, but /
the volunteers from the states of the |
Union have had no thought of silver or /
gold, or protection or tariff for reve- !
nue. only, or anything but their country. |
Silver men will hold their political /
views in allegiance until the war is
over. and they are fools or knaves who, I
at this juncture, try to asperse the mo-
tives of the silver men