The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
THEY ARE mixed.
The Provo Enquirer a goldbug al
ministration organ, said the other day:


ministration organ, said the other day:
The action of the state Democratic
convention of Pennsylvania, in re-
fusing to endorse The Chicago platform
is receiving much attention by the
press Of the east as surely indicating
! that the Democratic party is forsaking
! the so-called Organism of the last
/ presidential election.
Not wishing to contradict an irascible
contemporary. The Herald merely
quoted from the New York Mail and
Express, which is probably as anti
Bryan and as Hannaized as the En-
quirer is. The Mail and Express
stated:
The gentleman whom that assem-
bIage nominated fer governor of the
keystone state was chosen because the
Nebraska leader declared that he
should be; the platform upon which
the candidate stands was prepared I'M
der orders from The same quarter, and
the whole work of the convention was
dominated from beginning to end by
the influences which controlled the Chi
cago convention of 1896.
But the Enquirer comes back with
repetition of its statement that the
delegates expressed their friendship for
Mr. Bryan, but by a vote of 23S to
1S4 thought best not to take upon
themselves the burdens of the Chicago
platform.
And the Enquirer wants to know if
The Herald endorses the stand taken
by the Pennsylvania. Democrats in ig-
noring the Chicago platform?'
The Herald is inclined to believe that
the Washington Star has sized up the
Pennsylvania situation little better
than the Enquirer has. It says:
The mention of Mr.. Bryans name
evoked the only hearty cheering that
was heard. MIR. jerks, who won the
gubernatoIial nomination easily, can
vassed the state for Mr.. Bryan two
years ago. The platform does not
mention ny name the Chicago platform,
but all the same that deliverance was
endorsed.
Therefore, since the Democrats of
Pennsylvania, an eastern state, with
many factions to unite in opposition to
Republican corruption, with gold men
of both parties clamoring for permis-
sion to help the Democrats down Quay,
with a local fight of great magnitude
against criminal politicians OF the
Hanna class, really endorsed the Chi
cage platform; nominated well known
silver men for Office, cheered Bryan,
and followed his instructions in max
ing the platform, The Herald is not
disposed to find fault with them.
The Enquirer admits that Bryan's
friends controlled the convention, but
repudiated BfyanismA 1t is not exactly
clear what would induce Bryan's
friends to reject his platform. But the
Enquirer ought to be willing to learn
from the Mail and Express, which
tells how the Pennsylvania platform
was made 1t says:
Colonel Bryan sent a letter two or
three weeks ago to Co q Eel Guffey, his
chief henchman in Pennsylvania, CIV
ing full Instructions for the work TO be
performed None hut loyal, outspoken
16 to 1 men must be Tlaced on guard.
The nominee for governor must be one
who had conSpicuOusly and earnestly
supported the free coinage cause two
years ago. But then, having placed
such a man at the head of the ticket
the platform must let national issues
slide and devote itself exclusively TO ,
state QueSllOnS. men, ana not pflR-
ciples, must be the game-making sure
of course, that the men should be zeal
Gus believers in the principles of
Organism. These instructions were fol-
lowed TO the letter.
AS The Herald suggested before,
goldbUgs should set together, and while |
they may never be able to devise a
consistent argument, they might agree
upon the statement of alleged fact.