The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-02

of the party nationally, specifically
promises it.
Chairman Hanna of the currency
commission has written the following
letter to trusted Republicans in every
congressional district in the country:
Dear Sir-The wide differences in
conditions of business and labor be-
tween this year and 1896 is ample rea-
son why every American citizen who
loves his country and his people should
work and vote for sound money ma
jority in congress, in order to obtain
such legislation as will give an endur-
ing basis to the present employment of
! labor, demand for farm products, and
consequent prosperity for the merchant
and manufacturer.
| In congress there are practically but
two parties. The one stands commit
ted to IAN honest dollar and the chance
to earn it." The other stands commit
ted to free silver. So powerful is the
party caucus in congress that very few
members can hold out against it, no
| matter what individual views they may
have expressed in the past.
Hence it is important that you I'M
derstand fully and make known widely
the attitude of the candidate for whom
you are asked to vote.
Will he vote for a free silver candi-
| date for speaker of the house?
Will he vote for any measures look
hing toward the free courage of silver?
viii he vote upon questions Of
finance with his party caucus?
With such information in your pos
session you should have no difficulty
in making up your mind as to how to
vote. Where a senator is to be elected,
the sentiments of candidates for the
legislature should be just as closely
looked into.
Very truly yours,
H. e. HANNA Chairman.
The letter is dated at indianapolis,
AMI the Sentinel of that city says:
There is no possibility of misunder-
standing this language. The Republic
an party in congress is committed TO
the Overstreet bill or its equivalent,
and every new Republican member
will have to come to that position, or
bolt his party caucus. There is very
little prospect that any of them viii DO
that, under the pressure that will be
brought to bear. The Hanna currency
reformers have investigated the situa-
ton fully and carefully. They are sure
of their position, and in consequence
they are straining every nerve to elect
Republican congressman and Republic
an members of the legislature. They
know what the result will be if they
succeed in this election. 1t will be the
equivalent"
But in silver states Republicans, al
though pledged to Mckinley's p Nj les,
are not openly discussing currency re-
form. Every MCKinleyite favors this
policy of the president, and every for
mer supporter Of Bryan who returns to
the regular Republican organization, IS
trying to deceive the people into allow
ing the gold standard to be a little
nv a
reform project inaugurated by Secre-
tary Gage and approved by President
Mckinley.
Even the Salt Lake Tribune, which
has pretended in the past to support
silver from principle, now asks:
."What vantage for silver will be the
election of any candidate on any
ticket in Utah this year? What is the
congressman elected in Utah this year
to do for silver?"
The answer comes from every gold
bug organ in the east. They want as
many Mckinley men in the next con-
gress as possible. The great goldbug
champion of st. Louis answers: The
more Republicans we have in the next
congress, the feebler will be the silver
talk"
The Chicago Times Herald, an ardent
advocate of McKinley's policies, calls
attention of Republicans everywhere
to tie fact that 'silvc:. while no longer
disturbing element in the Republican
party, is, nevertheless, the vital issue
between the parties in the present ,:4m-
paign." And it says further:
Every congressional district is now
field of battle, and no effort must be
spared to secure the election of men
who endorse McKinley's policies"
Mr. Eldredge is pledged to this poll
icy of currency reform. He endorses
and applauds I'LL Of McKinley's policies.
Every Republican candidate for the
legislature, if elected is sure to cast
his vote for United States senator for
man who is pledged to this currency
reform project.
Currency reform legislation will oc-
cupy more attention in the national
congress during the next few years
than any other party question. 1t is
proposed as is shown by the synopsis
of the measures pending, and to which
McKinleyites in congress are pledged,
to make our coined silver dollars re-
deemable in gold-today they are
standard and full legal tender. They
also intend to contract our colume of
standard money, increasing the ex-
change value of gold, debasing silver
still further, and reducing it to a lower
plane even than it occupies today.
Why isn't Mr.. Eldredge discussing
currency reform? Doesn't he know
anything about it? Or is he playing
too hard for the support of both gold
ties and silverites to touch upon so
delicate a matter?