The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-15
REPUBLICAN JOURNALS. ENDORSE
M'KINLEY'S SILVER ISSUE

Philadelphia Public Ledger: The
! president recalls the extremely sig1ifi-
oaue PrOciaTnatlon of Mr.. Bryan TO BIZ
( metalilStS, Just after the crushing Dem
ocratic defeat Of 1896, that the warfare
against the gold standard was TO be
/ relentlessly Waged-- Confirmatorv of
TINS the president notes the action of
L the Democratic convention of 1oO0 -,
( demanding the immediate restoration
/ or the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the present ratio of l6 10
Ihe Populist platform adopted at Sioux
rails, May 10, and the platform of the
! SuEer party adopted at Kansas City.
July 3, both of which declare thar no
effort win be spared TO tablish a
monetary system based upon the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. ii is
urged, are also sufficiently conclusive
OF the desperate purpose of the silver
lnhatIonists, united, as they are. under
J MI Bryans candidacy The president
declares that il is not possible that
these consolidated silver parties. if in
trusted with power, would hesitate TO
reVoIutlonize our safe financial system.
New York Tribune: Particularly
noticeable is his treatment of the sill
yer question, proving free silver TO be
She immediate menace which the threa
parties supporting Mr.. Bryan are unit
cd 20 force upon the country. Every
thlnS that was dangerous in the Chi
cago platform is still dangerous for II
mas deem reaffirmeG in soberness and in
me face of the teaching of four years
Everybody who was for sound money in
1896 mas reason TO be for sound money
now, and, in spite of all the demagOgic
cutlery against Imperialism no reason
90 desert the party through which was
round safety for the country then, as it
can alone be found now.
Baltimore American: He is felieitous
IN ueallng with the currency issue
winch, If not paramount he saws is
immediate 1t will admit of no delay
6liu suffer H no postponement- The first
DattIe Tor sound currency was fought
IN 1895. and the same combination of
FORCES invites another The PenuE
ilcan party has established a sound
currency, and this will remain so long
as the government is in charge of that
party The president feels assured thai
the men who overthrow this dangerous
nnanclaI madness at the polls in 1895
VIII come to the rescue of the country
now: or Whenever it lifts its head. and
crush it out.
Omaha Bee: The absolutely correct
loea OF Mr.. Mckinley is that the very
hTSt concern of our people is in regard
70 the character of the financial policy
OF the 1Ut1re rather than what shall he
the policy respecting the new possess
slohs. he recognizes the fact. which
ought TO be plain to everybody. that the
attitude OF the pOpOcratic party forces
a repetition of the battle of four wears
ago for the maintenance of the gold
standard of value and while regret
ting the reopening of this question. de-
hperately made by the Kansas City
convention, under the autocratic die
tatlon of Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Mckinley
says that I'VE accept the issue and
again invite the sound money forces
TO Join in winning another, and we
nope a permanent, triumph for an hon
est financial system which will con-
tlnue inviolable the public faith"
Seattle Observation-Disclosures: AT the
very beginning he insists that no back
ward step be taken in dealing with the
national finances. While attention is
diverted TO other questions that na.y
De styled paramount, he holds that the
opposition parties have been positive in
their declarations in favor of a de-
based coinage, and have demanded in
terms that cannot be misunderstood
the immediate adoption of a financial
policy that was repudiated by the ma
ton four years ago.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: From the
utterances of all the parties which