The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-05
SILVER QUESTION
BEFORE THE PEOPLE
Coming Election Will Determine
Where Utah Stands.
Able Address By the Democratic
Candidate For Congress Delivered
at Spanish Fork-All Silver Vot-
ers Belong In the Democratic
Party and the Place For Gold
Standard Voters Is In the Repub-
lican Party.
fsnecial to The Herald.)

Snanish Fork, Utah, Oct. 4.-The Cen
tral meeting house was well filed with
Spanish Fork citizens tonight to near
Hon. B. H. Roberts, who enthused the
large audience and delivered some
sIedee-hammer blows for Democracy.
The address was received with ap-
plause. which increased when Mr.. ROD
erts declared that he would not allow
personal attacks to obscure the issues
of the campaign.
On the platform were seated A ".
Smoot, chairman Of the Utah county
committee; Abel J. Evans of Leh1, can
didate for the senate; Jacob Evans OF
Provo, candidate for county attorney
B. T. Lewis, chairman of the precinct
committee, introduced A. j. Evans or
Lehi as the-first speaker of the even
ing. He referred to the silver question
as being the one great issue OF the
campaign, and declared that II you are
for the gold standard, you should be a
Republican, but if you are for silver,
Won should be a Democrat. We look for
Spanish Fork to roll up big majority
this fall in preparation for the struggle
of 1900. when the fight will be waged
FOR legislation that will assist the Ia
boring-men A Republican told me
last night that enthusiasm would fol-
low the appearance here of b. II. ROD
erts, our standard-bearer. If Alma FL
dredge should come, we won't get any
light for he hasn't any. If you elect
Roberts, you will have one man in con-
gress who will place principle higher
than price, and the reports will come
back that Utah has sent a member TO
congress the peer of any in the United
States.
Hon. B. H. Roberts was introduced
and was received with enthusiasm He
commenced by saying that Democrats
come to the people; favoring the
largest personal liberty compatible
with the peace and security of society;
with insistence upon the general gov
eminent being severely restricted
within the limits of the constitution;
with their devotion to the doctrine OF
the right of local elf-government in
state, in county, and city, and precinct;
with their doctrine of equal and exact
Justice to all men and special privileges
TO none with their insistence that the
taxing power of the government shall
be exercised only for the purposes OF
collecting revenue for the government;
with their demand that the government
shall be economically administered and
that a public office shall be regarded as
a public trust.
A SPECIAL ISSUE.
While holding to these doctrines al
ways, and recognizing them as present
n every contest where the Democratic
party is concerned, still Democrats also
recognize the fact that special issues
may arise of particular Importance that
lemand the undivided attention of the
party and of the people until settled
and settled right. Such an issue at
present is what is known as the silver
-. r. I,
the United States Independently shall
attempt to remonetize silver at the ra-
ito of Is to l. On this question the two
great national parties hold distinctly
opposite views; are pledged to two op-
posite policies, and in this electit these
policies are to be-submitted to the peo-
pie of Utah for an, expression of their
judgment.
He briefly reviewed the money ques-
ton from the earliest times, coming
down TO the beginning of the 10Th CEN
fury, when he discussed the circula-
ton of gold and silver up to 1S73 show
ing that during that period of 20 years
the fiuctuation in the ratio between
gold and silver only varied by the diff
ference of benveen 1888 to l and 1929
TO l, which was during a period when
the minis of the United States were
open to the coinage of gold and silver
alike. He referred to the demOnetlza-
ton of silver by European governments
and finally by the United States i'll
1873. Thereby its value had gone down
until the advocates Of the gold stand
ard tell US that the silver in the silver
dollar is worth only SO cents, and that
if we adopt silver We will have a 90
cent instead of 100-cent dollar. He
called attention to the fact that other
things had gone down along with silver
and produced statistics to show that
the relation between the price of silver
and wheat during period of years
has remained about the same. If the
closing Of the minis has brought the
50-cent dollar, it has also brought So
cent wheat. The same condition of a
fall in prices was shown to exist in the
case of As other commodities. 1t is not