The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

so was Jacksons, so was Lincolns; they
did their work.
Too many people, even Republicans,
overlook the fact that the party of
Hanna and Mckinley is committed to
the bank trust that proposes to still
further contract the currency, to de-
stroy the legal tender value silver still
retains, and to turn the issuance OF
paper money over to the banks entirely
to issue or destroy the notes at will, to
inflate or contract as their private in
terests suggest. Mr.. Williams sounds
a timely warning concerning this dan
ger when he says:
The issues of 1896 were not made by Mr.
Bryan: they made him. They made him
lead and they were not mistaken me
money issue came from the loins of the
people. jefferson and Jackson taught
them that they who control the money
can control them. can snatch wages from
their hands. bread from their mouths.
Such is the meaning of the cry for the
free coinage of silver. Free coinage is
mere avenue of approach. one or seVeraI'
but it leads straight to the enemy camp.
The enemy testified to that in 1895. Free
coinage is precious as the symbol or Il
purpose: as we advance it Will seem
mild protest.
tho whole currency system into their
hands. If they wish to continue the
money contest to a decisive battle, so be
it. The silver issue will look small before
the fight is over. Let hem not forget
that the stamp act protest of 1II6 in ten
years brought independence. the fall of
tyranny. the birth of a republic Lincoln
said in 1861: II have no purpose to inter-
fere with the institution of slavery; in
1862 he put slavery to death.
1t is doubtful if the thin-skinned gen
tlemen who could not endure the silver
issue are fitted for the Titan struggle
which the banks are hurrying. But this
much is sure, we shall not for their
peace of mind shade our doctrines. much
less change our leader. Bryan suits us
ard the cause. He has passed through the
ordeal of fire jefferson tells us that for
his zeal against banks of issue he was
derided as maniac by the tribe OF pank-
the public their swindling and barren
gains Whewi Mr.. Bryan has not stud
led adjectives. jefferson protested that
this bank in time would override the gov
errment The time came when its presi-
dent told Andrew Jackson that his bank
controlled the business men of the coun-
nominations and elections of the people
jackson answered: IF your bank can
make and unmake presidents. governors
and congressman, that is damned sight
too much power for any one man or in
stitution to hold" Mr.. Bryan does not
swear: do the banks which heaped abuse
upon him in 1896 believe in their hearts
that, with gentler tongue, the unrelent-
ing purpose of Jefferson or Jackson is
wanting? We think so. and for that rea-
son we want him.
He concludes by referring to the sneer
of eastern writer's. Yes, he is still
harping on the old string, God bless
him.,
And as long as government by inJunc-
ton continues to grow, as long az trusts
defy the people and break the law, as
long as the principle of self-govern-
ment is trampled upon and the pledges
of the nation are disregarded by those
in power, as long as aggregated wealth
ensiaves labor and Wall street bankers
are permitted to control the volume of
circulating medium in the country
that long should the old strings be
made to vibrate and the old warning
be repeated For ii is the old danger
that threatens the republic.