Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-04

If the value of the American dollar; am
those WHO wish 10 vote American Won
men out of employment can all I'D
bring about the conditions when they
covpt. by voting the Democratic uchtI
CON the other hand. all those VINO
t,ieh tho FLAG OF our country 20 iloot
,thar,y,t our soldiers and sailors have
PLANTED its standards all those VINO
meier that the coin Of our country
shall continue 10 rig the music Oh
s5lycncy and honor upon the counters
of the money marts OF the world aI
those who desire that the la00rers OF
our country shall go forth as now ea,hl
dav 10 uninterrupted and well-paid ioll
win promote the purposes which they
desire To accomplish by voting the he-
publican ticket
THE MAIN ISSUES.
"rbe issues presented by the Demo
Gratis 10 the country are anti-imPelIaI'
ism. free coinage " silver. ana inc Is'
neal of the Dlnglev tariff law l. 90
hot include hostility % trusts. since
that cannot be classed as an issue b',
cause both parties oppose them' ahl
neither party suggests any pracl'eal
method of dealing with them
DIFFERENT IN THE EAST,
east Of Chicago the Democratic
press and orators insist that there is
but one paramount issue-lmpenallsm'
they assert that 'tariu reduction Us no
longer commander of the DemocIaue
army. and they claim that free coinage
is deed The eastern mugVump7' VINO
four years ago opposed Mr. Bryan ue-
cause the doctrine OF free silver colhabe
was as they declared, an assault upon
common honesty and menace TO ila-
tinnal sOlveucy.' now assert that iree
coinage Is "a dead ONE and that 20
ought 90 be damned and the New lolk
Journal declares that 81 IS morihund'
and not well embalmed for its remains
need deCdor!zin-.
Free Coinage might have been as
dead officially as 10 ls actually, but Tor
The efforts at Kansas City of an eX-
subject Of ey-Queeu LiHolkalanl--a
gentleman who two years ago Woull
have been designated by our Demo-
cratic friends as "a leprous hanaha'
hut who came into the convention
cradentialed as @ Democratic delegate
from Hawaii. and by his single vote
cast as IL is said in consequence OF the
earnest ms.stcnCe Of Mr.. Bryan-made
up the majority Of one, by which free
coinage was again placed In the Demo-
cratic platform.
with his heart cheered by this UNI
expected lease of life, poor old sixteen
to one started east. one by one the
lnhospitable doors OF Democratic wig
vans were slammed IN his face. lie
was denied as a c1dayer ana ne was
cordially invited 20 keep on Walk'ns ID
order To- save his funeral expenses
Foot-sore and weary he limpei along
to INDIANAPOLIS t0 listen 90 the speech
MI acceptancc. that be supposed would
iupart new vigor 90 his wasted frame.
He attirpd himself zoo resurrection gar
ments. and mounted the Democrale
grand stand and presented his card
| while the band played Rise up william
Riley and Come Along with Me.
FRIENDS DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
But alas and alas. his old friends
| turned him down. They SAID to him'
| Go back into your grave or go 20
| Colorado. or Idaho, or Titan, Where inc
| fool-killer has not yet put IN an ap-
! pearance. go west old stiu, go west
! And then sixteen 10 one cried out In his
/ agony TO Mr.. Bryan, william said ne,
don't YOU know me% And William re-
plied i think that we may have met
/ before. but / can't afford 20 be seen
| talking 20 you e-please go traNeI
! toward the sunset. until after election.
/ II commiserate Utah Democrats toI
! their enforced efforts TO keep alive the
/ free coinage issue They are burning
! midnight candles in their search tol
| reasons for continued advocacy or q
/ cause which events have buried BE-
meath the need or help Of advocacy
| like the unsagacious dog they are
barking and tearing away az the WIN
tcr's snow drifts, trying TO ma the hoi,
| In the wall through which a squire
escaped the previous summer
FAvoRs BIMETALLIsM
oIp common with most western men Of
whatever party. / have always favored
! bImetalism. but l never could approve
| Mir Rryans plan OF substituting silyeI
! uono-metalsm for gold mOnO-metal'
/ ISM: and such would now be The IN
| evltable result of opening our minis q
| tho free coinage OF silver upon a bash
| OF sixteen TO one. without the cooper
alton OF any European nation. do MOI
| cav that the United States Ia not strons
| enough Co defy the commercial word
and adjust It's vast and complcateg
| business interests 90 a silver standard
But | do say that no possible good re-
| suits could come from such "a change
| and the transition period would De
| period OF inconceiyable disaster. Their
| Is good sailing at Niagara, both above
/ and below the cataract but II would b
hell going over the falls.
In years gone We favored free coin
age of silver on various pleas but th
most logical and sufficient reason eve
! Given for us re-establishment was tina
there was not enough gold produced 10
! the world 10 meet the Increasing de
| mands Of commerce for metallic money
and 80 long as this condition existed, j
seemed wrong 10 the debtors OF th
land TO continue the decentralization o.
| silver
"But God was good 10 HIS nations
and He gave them relief from the evil
that an Inadequate supply OF standar,
money might have entailed. The worl,
needed more gold IN order 20 save 10
| business from construction, and ever
as Moses of old smote the rock OF Ho
rcb and caused the NE giving watou
DOB flow. so ala the dauntless energy o.
the saxon pioneers bring the colder
stream 90 the thirsty lips Of industry
they struck the rocks OF South Africl
with pick and drill and cried, Civ,
forth They pushed forward under M
cruel heats Of West Australia ana SAID
to the arid gulches Give forth. The!
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