The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-08
TIMELY AND TRUE.
Fusion Is Against the Genius of De-
mocracy, Says hEr. FAIR.

Fusion Is Against the Genius of De-
mocracy, Says h-r. FAIR.
To the Editor of The Herald:
! 1t is a matter of much establishment
! that the proposition for fusion should
excite so much diversity of opinion,
/ for if patriotic sentiments are supposed
to be at the basis of the movement so
far as the local situation is concerned,
no good and sufficient reasons exist in
support of it.
The chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee, as well as the dis
tinguished statesman, Mr.. Bryan, ad-
vises amalgamation of all the silver re-
sources throughout the United States,
regardless of party utilization, to the
end that the silver elements may Sc
cure the consolidation of their respec-
tive individualitieS and attain all the
advantages that cooperation may pro-
duce.
Nobody will deny but that the opin-
ion of Mr.. Bryan is entitled to our most
respectful consideration, for he I'M
doubtedly appreciates the political sit
uation thoroughly, occupying position
that eminently qualities him to pass
upon the political chess board of our
state as related to his chances of cleo
ton in the campaign of 1900. But, of
course, we know it is the dream of Mr..
Bryan's life tc become the chief magiS-
trate of a great republic of seventy
millions of the human race. 1t is the
highest and Hottest ambition that can
inspire the breast of an American citi-
zen; and what is further true. Mr..
Bryan, above all other representatives
of the bimetallic idea, is entitled to the
support of the American people to ex
alt him to that station.
The state Democracy, however.
should be opposed to fusion in the man
ner in which it it's prescribed. They
ought to be proud of their history and
traditions and of the gilded category
Of noble and brilliant achievements to
go to the polls and vote a ticket that
is decorated with the emblem of ANAL
gamation. It seems to me at this juno
ture it would be tantamount to an
impeachment of the virtue, power and
supremacy of the principles of De-
mocracy that today challenges the adj
miration Of all liberty-loving and right
thinking people.
party that has preserved its strong
individuality through all the stormy
and heated contests of a. hundred years
Of unequalled history building, cannot
now afford in these, the closing hours
of the nineteenth century, to entertain
for a moment a proposition that looks
toward fusion, and cast a ballot upon
which is inscribed a compromise des-
ignation of party. We have struggled
too long and patiently. to secure the
supremacy and establishment of prin-
ciples that we conceive to lie at the
very foundation of good and stable
government, to- abandon at this juno
ture, even for the purpose of a single
campaign, name that is embossed
in sweet and patriotic memories and
that is the synonym for the latest adj
vances of American craftsmanship.
The history of the past eight years
of the United States has been cfarac-
terized by most remarkable develop
ments, remarkable not only for the
change in public opinion, but for the
pronounced disintegration of parties. 1t
has witnessed the exaltation of the
money question to a place of supreme
Importance in the arena of politics, and
the consequent subordination of all
other national issues. 1t has brought
conspicuously to light the fact siren
uously and confidently maintained by
the Democracy that the Democratic
party was the only true worshiper at
the shrine of bimetallism and that the
Republican party was its most formid-
able and relentless enemy. 1t has de-
veloped the further fact that the Re-
publican party is the servile tool and
trusted ally of the aristocracy. the
enemy of human rights and liberties.
fidy, treachery and. dishonor scarcely
without parallel in history In the
midst of all these manifestations, the
Democracy at once vindicated its dec
larations of the past and championed
the advocacy of the foremost principle
of the nation; and now, having taken
this advanced position, it is the duty
of all who insist upon the paramount
Importance of bimetalism, to align
themselves with the party which has
championed the cause of it's propaga-
ton, and unitedly strive to secure its
establishment as a part of the none
tary policy of our government. If sill
yer Republicans are not willing to do
this, then silver is not the controlling
question with them, and their alleged
fidelity to principle is not what it is
professed to be.
The tariff question that during all
the years of our national history con-
stituted the fundamental line of paral-
lelism between the parties, became sud
denly supplanted with the money
question, and the great Importance
with which it was universally invested