The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-01

ticle will never stultify. the work of
more than twenty years by accepting
such a platform or any candidate nom
mated on such platform"
Not only did our neighbours prophe-
sizes fail in reference to the two con-
ventions, and the disintegration of the
party that disregarded it's admonitions,
but it couldn't foretell its own course
for few months. But day after day
il continued to make its solemn, mel
ancholy VOWS to the people of Utah and
the west. In another last perform
ance" announcement it said:
I'VE simply wish to have it under
stood that personally the writer of this
article will never support again in all
his life a gold candidate on gold
platform, no matter what party may
present him, or what his claims on
general principles may be, for the
suffrage of the American people,
What a difference there is between
slavery and independence Bronchos
may pitch and buck and bite and
squeal, but an experienced rider, who
sits the saddle like a sack of sand, will
soon have the hack going the gait ne
desires For the author of that never
again" resolve was found two years
later supporting a Mckinley Republic
can on platform that endorsed every
policy put forth and advocated by
President Mckinley" and today we find
him declaring. as the goldbugs have
never ceased to claim, that "silver is
dead ISSUE and that the only hope
for bimetallism is from across the seas.
For a long time some Republicans
hoped. or pretended to hope, for good
results from the Wolcott commission.
Their organ cautioned them TO wait, as
the least favorable action for silver
would have furnished the coveted ex-
cuse for the organ and its kind to re-
turn to the regular Republican organ
ization.
When the Wolcott commission was
abroad the Tribune said: eff Messrs.
Wolcott, Stevenson and Payne succeed
in their present endeavors, so that,
shortly after congress meets in De-
cember, a thoroughly matured pro
gramme for silver reconciliation can
be laid before congress, that will end
the matter. If, however, the work of
the commissioners results in failure,
and the Republican party remains OBJ
stinate in its determination not to do
anything for silver. there viii be but
one thing for such Republicans who be-
lieve in the sovereign Importance of re-
storing silver to do
What did that mean? Did it signify
that they would have to return to the
goldbug party without any excuse,
none being furnished by the wild goose
chase of Wolcott? Republicans pre-
tended to believe in the theory of inter
national bimetallism until finally that
mask was thrown aside and the party
stood forth as the champion of the sin
gle gold standard. International bimet-
aIlism is IAN irridescent dream" &C
cording to the best Republican authori-
ties. And, while convinced of that,
members of the party still professed
great faith in Mckinley and expressed
a confidence that he still had linger-
ing regard for silver.
But when Wolcott's report was rem
dered, our neighbor pronounced it "a
fat failure" and said of McKinleys
attitude upon the issue:
He is the direct enemy of the silver
cause; he is apparently as much we'd
ded to the gold standard, as devout
worshiper of the golden calf as Mr..
Cleveland. Mr. Sherman, Mr.. Gage, or
any other of the breed that destroyed
half the property of this country and
placed it in the keeping of an arts
tocracy of plunderers. The Tribune
had hoped better things of him, but
it does so no longer. President McKin-
ley is less blameless than was Presi-
dent Cleveland"
Our contemporary speaks of the rec
ord. Well, here it is-a part of it-and
there is more to come. For interna-
tional bimetallism. in which our neigh
Dor believes today, was discussed at
length by it before its change of front