Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-28

doubt to exist anywhere concerning the
stability and integrity Of its currency
or the inviolabllity of Its obligations of
every kind. This II my Interpretation
of that victory. Whatever effort there's
fore, IL required to maze the settle>
ment of this vital question clear and
conclusive for all time, we are bound
In good conscience to undertake, and IL
possible realize.
REFORM IN CURRENCY.
THAT Ia our commission-our present
charter from the people. II will not
suffice for citizens nowadays to say
simply that they are In favor of sound
money. That Is not enough. The peo,,
pies purpose must be given the vital
effort with failure than the avoiding
of SO plain and commanding a duty.
"The difficulties In the path of a sat
isfactory reform are. 1t must be nd
mitted neither few In numbers nor light
in degree, but progress cannot fail to
be made with a fair and. thorough trial.
An honest attempt, will be the best
proof of sincerity of purpose. Discus
sion cannot hurt, 1t will only help the
cause.
LET us have full and free discussion.
We are the last to avoid or evade It.
Intelligent discussion viii strengthen
the Indifferent and encourage the
friends of stable system of finance.
Half-hcartedness never won q battle.
Nations and parties without abiding
principles and stern resolution to en-
force them even II it costs contnu-
Gus struggle to do 80 and temporary
sacrifice are never In the highest de-
gree successful leaders in the progress
of mankind. 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.
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sound money for their battles of the
future.
AGAINST FREE COINAGE.
"rhe 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 1t was adopted and promulgated
Happily, the tarifr part of the plat
form has already been ongrafted into
rublic statute. But that other plank
not already builded into our Constitu-
ton is binding force upon us. What
is 1t? .,
ly for sound money. II caused the
enactment of the law providing Tor
the resumption of specie payments IN
1879: since then every doiiar mas peei'
as good as gold.
eve are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impuir the credit of our coun-
try. A.. .,,o
1--WE are. therefore. opposed to the
free coinage of silver, except by inter
national agreement with the Leading
commercial nations of the world whicil
we pledge ourselves to promote, ana
until such agreement can be optaiheu
the existing gold standard must pc
preserved. .o,,,,,
t,,tn inc
gold and we favor all measures ue-
si,ned to maintain inviolably the opii.
nations of the United states, ana az,
our money whether coin or paper. AZ
The present standard, the standard Oh
.he enlightened nations or tne ear Ill
..rht. 10 In reality command from
tho neopIe. who gave the admlnlstra
ton to the party now in power ahn
who arc still anxiously waiting ior the
execution of their free and omnipoten'
viii by those of us who hold commis-
sions from that supreme tripuhal.
"I have tonight spoken In a some.
what serious strain because believe II
is due. both to the membership OF TINS
association and to the conditions unuei
which this assemblage has met IN.
| conferences and Systematic eHorts ol
! such n body of men as this are capapie
of infinite good to the Respective CON- 'i,,-
munities in which the members i've
and to the nation at large.
"The country Is now emerging from
| irving conditions. 1t Is only Just be-
| ginning to RECOVER from the depression
| 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 n Just patience
| and one which in time will surely bring
Its own high reward.
NO FEAR OFtTHE FUTURE.
81 have no fear for the future of oui
! beloved country. While l discern In
| its present condition the necessity that
always exists for the faithful devotion
| of its citizens, the history of its past Is
assurance to me that 1t will be as II
has always been through every strug-
gle and emergency, still onward and
upward, II has never suffered from
any trial or been unequal to any task
Founded upon right principles we have
nothing to fear from the vicissitudes
which may lie across our pathway.
1.-THE nation. founded by the fathers
upon principles ut virtue. education
freedom and human rights. nodded by
the great discussions which established
Its sovereignty, tried In the crucible OF
civil war, its integrity confirmed by tbs
results OF reconstruction with a unior
stronger and better than ever before
| stands today, not upon shifting sands
but upon immovqhlc foundations,
Let us resolve by our laws and by
our administration of them to maintain
the rights of the citizen. to cement the
union by still closer bonds, to exal
the standards of American civilization
encourage the promotion of thrift. In
dustry and economy and the homel!
virtues which have cnnobled our PEG
pie, uphold the stability of our currenc,
and credit and illustrate the purity q
our national and municipal govern