The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-03

publican Iicket-RCoseVeIt's Roar.
New York, Nov. EVERY seat in
Carnegie hall was filed tonight soon
after the doors were opened, and a.
great crowd filed the vast hall before
the massmeeting of the Business Mems
Democratic association was called tc
order by Theodore w Myers, former
comptroller of the city of New York.
Ex-senator David B. Hill was the
speaker Of the night and throughout
his speech was greeted with applause
! The gathering was a very enthusiastic
one, and the entrance of Richard Gro
ker while Mr.. Hill was speaking was
/ the occasion of one Of the heartiest
demonstrations of the evening. The
platform was crowded with prominent
| business men, and there was q goodly
sprinkling of ladies in the boxes.
The reading of a letter to the Busi-
ness Mems association from Former
/ President Cleveland, cOngratulating it
for striving to prevent the maladmin-
/ istration and extravaganza of the Re-
publican party was followed by deaf
! ening applause.
Mr. Hill was introduced by the chair
man and at first spoke with some ef-
| fort. AS he went along. however, his
voice became distinct and ringing. and
could be heard in every part of the
hall In the course of his remarks, Mr.
Hill said:
This terrible anxiety, largely affect
| ed, of our Republican friends for fear
that the war may be renewed in case
OF Democratic victory is really pitifuL
1t is also difficult to appreciate the ap-
I EinT of orr. nrfc of
! Democrats may embarrass the presi-
dent in perfeeting his plans for secur-
I ing permanent peace.
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts, in
i a speech in this city last week, in one
of his fights of fancy, said in substance
that if his audience was not in favor of
placing the people of the Philippine
islands back under the rule of SDain's
tyranny they should vote for the Re
publican ticket, canal frauds, Raines
law, Force bill and all. 1 beg to sug-
gest to the distinguished senator that
neither he nor anybody else knows
what the policy of the present admins
tratiOn may be as to the Philippine
islands. That policy has never been
declared; on the contrary, it has been
carefully concealed. The only express
sion heard from any member of the ad-
ministration was from the late secre-
tary of state. Mr.. Day. now one of our
some time ago publicly announced that
he did not favor the retention of these
Islands. Perhaps he spoke the presi-
dents own views: who knows?
The truth seems to be that the
Democratic hostility which is appre-
hended springs from q. Republican fear
that some unduly liberal. ver-generous
terms Of peace, involving a base sur
render of some of the conquered terri
tory. may be approved by the admins
tratiOn. to which Democratic opposition
would naturally be expected. The sus-
picious delay in the peace negotiations,
which viii undoubtedly not be permit
ted to be concluded until after election,
confirms this view of the situation.
Democratic hostility to a. humiliating
compromise with Spain which may be
accepted by q weak and vacillating ad-
minstration is what Republican leaders
fear, rather than Democratic friend
ship or sympathies for anything that
is Spanish.
I Taking up the financial question. ex-
Senator Hill said: Our opponents
seem much disturbed because in this
state campaign we prefer to regard
state issues as paramount. We have
, not repudiated nor abandoned any ma
tional issues, but they have simply been
held in allegiance until more con-
venient season. 1t is a safe rule not
, to cross any bridges until We reach
them-and the national campaign Of
1900 can easily take care of itself
THE SILVER QUESTION.
'The Republican anxiety about the
silver question is very painful, indeed
} They. seem to be borrowing trouble be-
cause of some anticipated or suspected
danger to the country. arising out of
5 the apprehended coinage of silver dol
f lars at some future time. They are
: constantly harping about '50-cent dol
lars as though they did not know that
the silver coinage question has been
5 partially settled-at least, for the time
l being-through the action of the last
+ Republican congress. with the approval
e of President Mckinley. 1t seems to
. have escaped the mind Of the average
i Republican orator that in June last a
e bill was passed by a Republican con-
: gress, and approved by a Republican
5 president, which, among other things,
/ provided as follows:
q Sec 81. That the secretary Of the
d treasury is hereby authorized and di-
J, rected to coin into standard silver dol
9 lars, as rapidly as the public interests
Z NAV require, to an amount, however,
J. of not less than one and One-half mil
: lions of dollars in each month, all of
n the silver bullion now in the treasury,
|, purchased in accordance with the pro-
Z. visions of the act approved July IA,
1880. entitled. etc
'The amount of the silver bullion in
question in the treasury thus required
10 be coined into alleged 'A0-cent dol
: lars. is sufficient to occupy our mints
; in coinage for the next two years, and
= there seems to be no necessity, from
:, a practical standpoint, of getting ex-
/ cited over propositions for additional
" coinage at some future date, which
II may never materialize. Sufficient unto
o the day is the good or evil thereof
le The question is largely exaggerated
d for political effect, and is only pressed
1t now in the hope of disturbing or fright
le ening timid business men. Democratic
congressman should be elected, if fol
no other reason than to prevent the
passage by the Republicans in the next
" congress of another federal election
,e law, which they may attempt to do il
N they obtain a majority sufficiently
! large While perhaps the danger is moi
imminent, am naturally distrustful 0.