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Show THE PROVO POST PAGE TWO -- Published , . - Ajt -- Every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAT Not. 22 24 First West St, Provo, Utah " By The an PRICES IN ADVANCE SUBSCRIPTION - month. .,..1 ,....; $2.S0 Three months l.SOOne month , ... - ar tT rr,76 25 Oents Cents : Nj C. PffcKS, Manager. fi. C. HICKS, Editor mered at the Postofflce of Provo City as second class matter according to Act of Congress. U arch-3,-1- 88 4. , WHERE WAS THE ARGUMENT? Those who heard William jJennings Bi'ya-t-lliOiera IIousc yesterday afternoon had very little opportunity to judge of the issues jif the com in? campaign, for, with all his eloquence, Bryan failed entirely to touch upon the great questions that 'are uppe r most 'Tnt h e minds of the American people,. He was clever in lashing the two i candidates and in showing up what hejclaim to be the faulty of the enemies, but his statements were not backed by i ny. fa ts. His statements that President Taft mistrusted the people were of the old time Worn variety that have practically no bearing on the situation, and are not at all in accordancewith the presidents acts upon all public occasions. The attempt made so adroitly by the Democratic orator to He the president up with Wall Street interests was of the variety used by Jhe Democrats for the past quarter of a een- tnry and will" have about the same weight that this continued effort has always had. ' But as a whole the speech was gopd to have delivered, and good foc-lhinterests of the Hepubliean party, as the time was pleasantly c spent by the Democrats listening to the faults and failings of the Republicans in convention assembled and carrying out the old system of tearing down everything in sight. However, the speaker may have been more convincing had he taken up the real issues of the campaign and given those assembled an idea of what they could expect of the Democratic candidate should he be elected president. If Mr. BryanJeontinues to rehearse the conventions of the respective parties at each stopping place he cannot Hope to give the people much the great issues of the campaign. informatimn r , e - ,Jk F i 4 - ' PLUTARCH AND POLITICS. V is a good time to read Plutarch4!- Lives,-4- but the real Any value of that ancient work is best demonstrated in a campaign year. Plutarch describes the political methods used by the shrewd and able leaders of early days, and one cannot fail to be impressed with the fact that thjf modern politician has made very little progress. In the life of Pericles one finds a good example, Pericles was born of the aristocrats and naturally belonged to them,- - but shrewdly he '"'stepped to the other side of plainly marked line that'divided the d common the aristocracy-anpeople4 of Athens. Cimon was left to bear the banner of aristocracy, and it did not take Pericles long, in vulgar champaign parlance, to get the Cimon goat, Ilis rival was soon banished from Athens, but when Cimon had "made good, away out iu the wild.vwinning several victories overjhejmrbarians; it was the shrewd Pericles who started a movement for his recall, Pericles welcomed him- - home and Pericles later saw that Cimon ended his days as a mere admiral in some far off AthenlarTouTpost. From the moment he took up polities, Pericles refused to appear He did socially, on the ground that familiarity breeds contempt. of a the near but left at relative, marriage hurriedly jo a few appear vs in ns In of state he most important affairs heard the minutes. only affairs, leaving minor details to subordinates. But when he did eon-- , V - te ' descend to speakrall Athens listened and trembled. Pericles had the knack of keeping a great army busy on public hnprovemeuts. The greatest works of Athens were built under his direction but chiefly because it was good political policy not to have -- the town full of idle men. It happened that, with the genius Phidias rs hisdiVeetor, he built imperishable works, but Pericles was chiefly occupied with the thought of keeping himself in office. When public funds ran low Pericles offered to pay for certain great improvements himself but this bluff always hushed any dlamor that Arose, and the people withdrew their complaints and begged Pcrmies . to go ou building at public expense. IIal Pericles copyrighted his system, many modern politician .would be bankrupt of ideas. --The ancient game of polities, 'as Pericles played it in Athens, is being played over and over again in our modern civilization. Evidently the rules of practical politics are ery - old, if Plutarch -- Silver is now selling the highest price reported since 1907; the recent advances having been due in part, says the Engineering and Mining Journal, to speculate vbetivity, and in part to an actual demand for, the metal from, India, and to the probanle increase in the: demand Trom China. The speculative activity has been based largely oif the belief that the Indian ' government-IPouliUsobe obliged to buy largely for coinage purposes, the reserve of silver hav ing 'hevsv drawn ekswu to- - a point which seemed low in view of the probable demand for money to pay for the good crops of the present " . year. This anticipation has proved to be correct, but the result has not been altogether pleasing to the powerful group of eastern speculators which has been carrying heavy stocks of silver in London and in India for some time. It now appears that the Indian government, with unusual shrewdness has been anticipating its need and had been buying silver quietly on the open market for some time. There were some suspicions as to its action, but the fact was not fully known or accepted until a week ago, whe,n. the steamers to Bombay and Calcutta carried out shipments amounting to about 6,050,000 ounces 750,000 on government account." It is understood in London also that further large shipments will be made soon. This movement has caused some surprise, but it has entirely frustrated an attempt by the Indian speculators to eomer the market and force the government to pay a high price for the silver IT needed- ;- ' There need be no surprise at the action of the Indian eouncil, since the supplies of silver on the market have been sufficient for all needs. It ia evident that the government had no diffieultyjn buying all it needed without outside The only surprising assistance. is the purchases were that point carried out so quietly, and that there was no leakage of information, for which the Indian syndion -- ' -- . cate was so anxious. Wha is to become of the heavy stocks carried by the syndicate is rather an interesting problem The supply of the metal is larger than any speculative group can gather in, as has been shown by the result, and it is likely to be increased by the fact that Chinese banks are just now inclined to be sellers rather than buyers. It looks very much as if the syndicate would suffer, that itiias missed the point for which it has waited so long. PRESIDENTS AND VETOES. Mr. Bryan, in criticising Mr. Tafts vetoes, attempts leavin'? an iinpresMondhat Mr. Taft has made ffeefliso of the veto than auv of his predecessors iu office. It is impossible to maintain silence in the face of suehaTdisingenuous attempt, even though criticism nf aiiead mans record must be involved in the answer, After all, it Is history, more than men, we are called to discuss in such a ease. And not) ly knows better than Mr. Bry air that the- - h i gh v jamong our the Democratic to ed the by party in only jpresidentsJulls In ore than half a century, . While Mr. Cleveland .was living U was possible to .speak with freedom of the nature and character of most of his vetoes. They contributed largely to his defeat in 1888, alienating thousands of Northern Democrats who had been loyalists during the mil Wat. It would be w n ge re rous now to criticise them further, bid it Is right and is challenged bv proper, when the record of a Republican president a Democrat in this pointed way, to recall the fact that Mr. Cieve-J- a nds vetoes were as the sands of the seashore for multitude as eom- rd one-dect- iitnlirt " 4J fv-ew'T,nft'voes:--At- el paiVd lh veto power of the president should never he exercised save in vital matters,' also is at variance with the cord of Mr. Cleveland. whoe vetoes covered a wide range of, small matters, and were iiol infrequently couched in small terms. This criticism of the Tafl vetoes rests wholly upon the Vetoing of the Democratic tariff lulls, although Mr. Bryan, for the pwipo.se of concealing that fact, attempts to widen the seope of his cntu-isfar enough to include the veto of the Arizona constitution It is on the tariff vetoes that the Democrats would like to raise and force an issue, ami thev should find little difficulty in doing so. Mi. 'Lift, in fact, raised and forced the issue himself when the vetoes were writ ten. Now that it is up, it is well to recall that Mr. Cleveland did worse than veto the only tariff bill 4 Democratic Congress ha1? uit to a president in more than a generation. Alowing it to become a law without either his signature or veto, he Renounced it as a measure of Such it was, and, being so, the veto power perfidy and dishonor. which the constitution arms the president should have been used with n -- - . -- against it -- 4 i st All Classified A dvertisinglttu be Paid for in Advance. 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