The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-13
STUNG BY THE BEE.
To the Editor of The Herald:

| To the Editor of The Herald:
| l see that the Hanna organ of this city
the Tribune, misrepresents the Sacra-
mento Bee in replying to its accusations
| of treachery and venality. Inasmuch as
the Bees exposure of the Tribune s
hypocrisy is pretty complete, and shows
how all advocates of bimetallism regard
the present attitude of c. c. Goodwin
and P. H. Lannan, 1 desire to call at
tention to portions of the Bees editor
ial which YOU omitted.
! Among the excuses offered by the
Tribune for it's treachery to the silver
cause are these: That the election of
Bryan would produce a panic, just as
| the goldbugs said in 1896; that the
election of Bryan would be unpatriotic,
just as the goldbugS have always main
tanned; that the bankers of the United
States do not want free silver; that
the people of Great Britain are over
whelmingly opposed to bimetaliiSm
that in the event of Bryans election
silver would be Shipped here and
dumped by the tens of millions of
ounces" that the fatal mile square OF
London is stronger than all combined,
and has declared against free silver"
The Sacramento Bee says that the
Tribune's argument is "either nonsen-
steal or cowardly," and 1t gives the fol-
lowing reasons for thinking SO:
IF the argument of the Tribune be
correct, then it is the height of cow
ardice on its part to desert a cause in
which it declares it still believes, and
throw it overheard, because the forces
that are fighting against it are so pow
erful. Had that spirit animated the
fathers. the United States would not
now be free and independent. And had
the same desertion of principle in the
face of mighty odds been INDUCED in
by the Tribune in its personal battles
it would not today be the great power
it undoubtedly is in the state of Utah.
Just think of it, This nation of
so. 100000 people, the richest on the
face of the globe, cannot have bimetal-
ism, because the bankers of London
say nayi And if it should accidentally
turn to bimetallissn. it will also plunge
into bankruptcy And this from an
intelligent and an able journal, which
but a short time ago declared that this
nation was great enough, strong
enough, rich enough. to place itself
upon a bimetallic basis, regardless of
the acts of other nations-and that il
it did so place itself other nations
would have to follow. For bimetailism
would be the harbinger of better times
for the United States, and prosperity
would smile upon the nation as she had
never smiled before. And now, after a
few snort moons, we are told that Dl-
metallism. if it be not impossible, spells
panic and bankruptcy.
Not If the United states co lducts her
own finances. Not if this government
is really made a government of the
people. for the people and by the peo-
pie, and not a government of bankers,
for bankers and by bankers. Bimetal-
Iism never injured this country when
it was our financial basis Gor nearly 100
years. Panics have been nourished and
precipitated by gamblers in the money
of the people. me very men who wish
to force this nation to a gold standard:
and the very men whose arguments the
Tribune is using today in the face OF
its own arguments of less than a year
ago.
And if London and American bank
ers can precipitate panic whenever
the nation and the people desire to
take themselves out of their clutches.
then has it indeed struck the high hour
of noon when the government should
strip every institution but itself of the
last vestige of national financial au-
thority. And that viii be done when
the silver cause is victorious.
That is not the mere dogmatic asser-
ton of the Bee. That was declared
and argued times gu. of memory during
the campaign of 1896. IL was so de-