The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-27
CONCERT OF GOLDeUGs.

Some one asked Bryan at Wichita if
he had dropped the silver question: in
view Of other issues now before the
people. He replied, according to the
Associated Press dispatch, as fol-
lows:
New measures ere resting upon US. but
shall never drop the silver question UNI
I'll the little coteries of English financierS
cease to meet in secret and plan the laws
OF this country.
Hanna'S local mOuthpiece tries to
distort this and place the great silver
champion in false light. It twists and
squirms and quotes from the press re-
port. and ADDS:
He further says he shall not drop the
silver question until it is finally settled.
but he plainly says that he proposes
to postpone ii for this year.
Now, the local goldbug organ never
uttered a more vicious or deliberate
falsehood in it's whole crooked career
Its purpose is to place Bryan, as it has
tried to place ex-COngressman Towne.
in false light before its readers. This
is the practice Of Hanra's subsidized
newspapers. It is the way they earn the
price of their shame.
Bryan stated his position on the
financial issue when he was in this city
a month ago. The local soldbug organ
printed it on page of its issue Of
March %. this year, as follows:
You ask me when I am going to drop
TIE silver question. / will tell you that
/ don't intend to drop it until 7G0O0Oo0
of people assert and declare the right to
thrar.
ing the aid or consent of any other ma
ton on earth.
This IS Bryan's attitude on the silver
question. And every attempt of the
goldbug press to misconetrue his utter
ances or to falsify his splendid and con-
s-stent record as a champion of the
white metal viii only result in con-
fusion to the falsifers.
o o o
To show that there is a general move
mert along the goldbug line in this di-
rection, the New York World printed a
purported interview with Senator Teller
the other day. in which he was quoted
as saving that the silver issue is
dead" and to venture an opinion that
silver would be pushed into the back
ground in this campaign, and to sug-
gest that what we should do now is
TO pay attention to the issues OF the
hour"
The Denver News telegraphed the
senator to know if he was correctly
quoted. His reply was as follows:
have not expressed the idea that the
silver question Is dead 1t wiz be the
principal issue in the coming campaign.
PERSONALLY, am as much opposed to the
gold standard and the Republican party
as ! was when ! left that party i'm 1895.
No true friend Of silver can support that
party
Similar liberties have been taken with
ex-Corgressnlan G. A. Towne. which
causes our morning contemporary TO
clap its hands and gleefully exclaim:
Even Charlie TOwne says silver is not
factor any more" Towne has said
nothing Of the kind. He has not said
anything which could be construed to
means that silver is not a factor any
more" On the contrary, Mr.. Towpe
says that the financial issue is of
more importance than any issue to
come before the people in this cam
paign. although the influences which
are behind the gold standard are max
ing insidious attacks from other direc-
tons upon the liberties of the people .
o @ g
AvOwed goldbug newspapers have
been resorting to such despicable cam
paign methods in their desire to injure
the silver cause for the last five years.
But cur morning contemporary, with
the overzealousness of the proselyte.
bids fair to outstrip them all. 1t is
trying tOfwin back the favor it lost by
its deeertion Of the Hanna organization
four years ago. and it wants to drag
some silver champion down to the low
level Of its own treachery. 1t is willing
TO practice any deception, to turn any
sort Of flip-fiOp deemed necessary, as If
nothing it can ever do win add to the
Disgrace in which it is already STEPPED.