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Show It was supposed by many friends of President Cleveland that the expected I financial message would contain a dis tinct silver recommendation, but they look in vain for it. However, the president claims to be a friend of silver. In loosing back over his career as president pres-ident to that letter written before he took his seat the first time, we fail to see where he has ever exhibited friendship friend-ship for the white metal. The "en-t "en-t larged use" is not friendship. That only which contemplates full reetora- Ition can be called friendship. Bonds payable in both gold and silver would be friendship. We will see what we .shall see when congress acts upon the five hundred millions bond suggestion. At least that measure is manly and away from the tinkering tactics of the past. Jcsx now the Tribune ie fiercely attacking at-tacking the commission. It goes without with-out saving that the Tribune is now opposed op-posed to any commission,but while that body was composed of republicans the Tribune was very much in favor of it, but the tune turned promptly as soon as the politics of the appointing power hanged.' All this vaporing goes for j . nothing and we can stand it until the new state is organized. It states boldly that Gov. West stultified himself when he vetoed the bill doing away wiih the commission. Perhaps West will have something to say under this head when he comas back from Washington. Indeed In-deed there is a necessity for a pretty declaration under this head. The record which the Herald occasionally occa-sionally pulls on the Tribune should abash even that thick-skinned sheet, but it doesn't. The Tribune has charged times out of number that the commission commis-sion and every democratic member of t was and is corrupt from the crown of their heads to the sole of their feet. It now, for some purpose or other, wishes it understood that it has charged no such thing. The Herald pitilessly pulls the record and it is perfectly damning sd far as the Tribune's weak denial goes. The Tribune boldly charges that a conepiracy exists which reaches down from the governor through a democratic demo-cratic legislature including "the courts (we presume) to the commission, to defeat the will of the people. Is this only licenEe, or is it the liberty of the press, which ia so much lauded in this country? If the latter, it ought to be crushed, a bit. New Yokk bankers are Bending money back to London which had been sent here for investment. The excuse is the wild cat methods in vogue in the west which render their securities practicallv unsafe. This and Grover's message does up silver with a vengeance. ven-geance. Little Cottonwood gold field is panning out bravely. There seems to be plenty of gold there for all, probably proba-bly enough to take up the president's gold bonds, if he will only wait until it ia mined and ready for speculation. Tile Tribune's corruption fund gathered from resident party adherents, adher-ents, is just six hundred dollarsWhat will be done with it now that all the trouble is over? We wait with infinite interest an expression ex-pression from congress on the president's presi-dent's extraordinary recommendation as to issuing fiye hundred millions in bonds. Five hundred millions carries with it the suggestion of war times, when they used to talk of billions. Five hundred millions is a half billion. bil-lion. It is no compliment to this nation to be told that London is ready and willing wil-ling to buy our five hundred millions of gold bonds. Today the Sanpete cases were argued in the supreme court. We will give the result tomorrow,, if one iB reached. On February 5th the certificates of election to the constitutional convention conven-tion will be signed. |