The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-01
Washington Office of The Herald,
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washington, d. c., Sept. 26.-The
Wyoming heelers are to be rallied this
year with the old slogan of Doodle. The
money comes out of the Hanna chest,
and the sum is said to be expressed in
five figures. There was a large sum of
money left over in the treasury of the
Republican national committee after
the campaign of 1886 The total corrup-
ton fund raised and eXtorted by Hanna
in that year closely Appropriated the
huge sum of 500, DOC, 0G0. OF this amount
about $1,500,000 was not expended.
Hanna made heavy drafts on this fund
in his own desperate fight for re-elec-
ton in Ohio, but there was still, accord
ing to the best advices, a cool million
in the fund when that fight was over.
Politicians from all states have been
trying to get at this money, but gen
orally without success 1t is subject
of remark here that the mountain state
Republicans have had better luck in
getting at it than those from the mid
die states, Boss HaRna's pet ambition
is to break the silver strength in these
states. in pursuit of this desire he has
aided the Mckinley Republicans in all
these states. Senator Wolcott is alb
sorbing quite a large sum in his effort
to convert Colorado into a rotten pocket
borough for his family. Only a small
amount went to Utah. 1t was util-
lied in the swift conversion of touch
able" newspaper from an original silver
advocate to a fawning friend of the
gold standard.
But these sums were mere bagatelles
to the bundle that has just gone into
Wyoming to help Senator Clark and
Frank Mondell. The senator came here
in person and secured it after an ear
nest representation of the dire straits
of the party in Wyoming. Chairman
Van Orsdale made an effort some time
ago to raise the wind, but he was sig
nally unsuccessful. In fact his failure
is said TO have angered the managing
politicians so much that Senator Clark
was dispatched here at once to get the
money.
The Republican leaders have grown
fearful of the next senate since the ter
rible aftermath of the war. They have
heretofore been complacently anticipat-
ing a majority of ten or more in that
body. This faith has been based on
the expectation that there would be
Republican gains in New York, New
Jersey, Indiana and Wisconsin. All of
these states are now considered very
hopeful for the Democrats, and the Re-
publican managers have determined to
pay closer attention to Nebraska and
Wyoming. This is the explanation of
the dispatch of the boodle-b bags by spe-
cial couriers to Cheyenne. The money
can be said to be the price of perfidy,
for it goes to help two public men who
left Wyoming loyal friends of silver,
but who return there ardent adherentS
of the gold standard administration.
The Democratic congressional COM
mittee has just completed the prepara-
ton of the campaign handbook. 1t is
-. h rr10 n n
John E. Osborne. The handbook is one
of the best that has been issued for
years, and is full of meat for cam
paign speakers and newspapers.
On picking up the book the first thing
to meet the eye S a quotation from
Jefferson as follows:
Let the hands that do a nations
work, that produces a nations wealth.
also guide a nations government, and
all Will be Well"
Opening the book the inside title page
discloses ex-Postmaster General John
Wanamaker's structure on Quayism, in
which he says:
Il have been a Republican since 1860,
but my party stinks in the nostrils of
decent men"
This statement comes with great
force and peculiar effect just now,
when the country is teeming with the
scandals of the war and political cor
ruption.
The first pages of the book are taken
up with the Chicago platform and the
fundamental principles of Democracy
defined as in 1896. Then follows a JEFF
fersonian article on the centenary of
Democracy, showing the history of the
two early parties and the formation of
the Democratic party. From the writ
ings of Thomas Jefferson it is shown
that the Democracy, at that time, as
we'll as the present, favored bimetal-
lism, opposed a public debt and favored
economy, favored the annexation OF
Cuba, urged the necessity of a navy to
prevent insults, opposed foreign alll-
ances, a nominal aristocracy and banks
of issue.
Under the head of the money ques-
ton it is pointed out there is no divis
ion among the people upon the subject
of war, except as it may affect our
domestic finances. The financial ques-
ton must therefore, remain the domi
nant issue of the coming campaign.
In an article entitled quantity of
gold inadequate to justify a gold stand
ard of valuation" it is proven the poll
icy of the Republican party, as now
declared, is to commit the country more
thoroughly to the gold standard by re-
firing standard silver dollars. silver
certificates and treasury notes. sug-
costing that we look to the mines for a
sufficient yearly quantity of gold to
supply the growing demands of trade.
The present ratio of money to wealth
in the United States is less than l to
So. The increase in production of gold
is not sufficient to meet the increased
demands of trade and the loss by abra-
sion.
The article ON silver and wheat points
out their relation and proves that eco
nomic laws do not change; conditions,
however. do. That with continued de-
monetization of silver and gaunt fam
inc in foreign countries, wheat and sill
yer prices diverged for a time. But
when the minis of India were open 10
silver and India had wheat TO export,
silver and wheat kept close together,
as they always have. Tables to sub
stantiate this are shown in wheat, cot
ton, oats, corn and other cereals.
The quantity of money is given and