The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-28

favor o. SOUND money mat Is not
enough. The peoples purpose must be
given the vitality of public law. Better
an honest effort with failure, than the
avoiding of so plain and commanding
duty. The Difficulties in the path OF
satisfactory reform are, it must be
admitted, neither few in numbers or
slight in degree but progress cannot
fail to be made with a fair and thor
ough trial. An honest attempt will be
the best proof of sincerity of purpose
Discussion cannot hurt, it viii only
help the cause. For US to attempt moth
ing in the face of the present fallacies
and the constant effort to spread them,
is TO lose valuable ground already won,
and practically weaken the forces of
sound money for their battles of the
future.
PLATFORM IS BINDING.
1.-The financial plank of the st. Louis
platform is still as commanding upon
Republicans and those who served with
them in the last campaign as on the
day it was adopted and promulgated.
Happily, the tariff part of the platform
has already been engrafted into public
statute. But that other plank not al
ready builded into our constitution has
binding force upon us. What is it2
The Republican party is unreServ-
eddy for sound money. 1t caused the
enactment of the law providing for the
resumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then every dollar has been as
good as gold. We are unalterably OPP
posed to every measure calculated to
debase our currency or impair the
credit of our country. We are there
fore opposed to the free coinage of sill
YER. except by inter national agreement
with the leading commercial nations
of the world, which we pledge ourselves
to promote. and until such agreement
can be obtained the existing gold stand
ard must be preserved. All our silver
and paper currency must be maintained
at a parity with gold and we favor all
measures designed to maintain invio-
lahly the obligations of the United
States, and all our money, whether coin
or paper, at the present standard, the
standard of the enlightened nations of
the earth.
This is in reality a command from
the people. who gave the administra-
ton to the party now in power and who
are still anxiously waiting for the exc
cution of their free and omnipotent will
by those of us who hold commissions
from that supreme tribunal.
RECOVER FROM DEPRESSION.
''The. country is now emerging from
trying conditions. It is only just be-
" IGCONSI HUH the QC ia CsoAoAA
in certain lines of business long con-
tinued and altogether unparalleled.
Progress, therefore, will naturally be
slow. but let us not be impatient.
Rather let us exercise a just patience
and one which in time will surely bring
its own reward.
Let US resolve by our laws and by
our administration of them, to main
tain the rights of the citizen to cement
the union by still closer bonds, TO eXalt
the standards of American civilization,
the promotion of thrift, in |
dustry and economy and the homely |
virtues which have ennObled our peO- |
pie to uphold the stability of our cur
rency and credit and illustrate the pur
ity of our national and municipal gov |
and though the rain descend J
and the floods come and the winds |
blow, the nation will stand, for it is |
founded upon a rock
Senator William P. Frye of Maine, (
who was introduced as one of the |
greatest friends of the merchant ma
rine, made brief address. In speaking !
Of the Nicaragua canal he declared that |
The United States should build it. He /
did not approve of the private owner
ship of the canal by any corporations; |
the government was in the best posi- |
ton to build and operate the canal.
Senator Frye said the Nicaraguan
canal would not be worth a cent with
he Hawaiian islands in the hands of
an enemy. This was received with ap-
OlanSe