Show THEY BELIEVE IN SILVER A silver Republican v ho neglected to send In his name as an evidence of good faith makes a statement to which attention is called for the reason that it shows how an honest silverite maybe may-be misled by the county call signed by Arthur L Thomas chairman and George A Smith secretary The correspondent says Under the terms of the call of the Salt Lake county committee no one I who endorses the St Louis platform is entitled to take any part in the Republican I Re-publican primaries or county convention conven-tion whatever The call specifically makes the belief in free coinage of silver sil-ver the basis of taking part in this convention or the primaries Such innocence is amazing The more Ei because it s evidently sincere l Where could anyone get the idea that AI a call issued by and over the signatures of two McKinley officeholders two Republicans who supported the St i Louis ticket and platform would exclude ex-clude others who endorsed that platform t plat-form Let us see if the call makes belief I in free coinage of silver the test of jones j-ones right to take part In the county primaries and convention It says All who believe in silver protection and reciprocity and in working for these vital Interests within the Republican Repub-lican party and who endorse the magnificent J mag-nificent record of President William I of public affairs McKinley in his conduct i fairs are invited to participate in the j primaries Every gold Republican in the United States can endorse that They all believe be-lieve in silver as well as in gold just as the oldfashioned Methodist believed in the devil as well as the Deity The goldbugs believe too in a certain cer-tain use of silver They always have They never denied it But they do not believe in the free and unlimited coinage coin-age of silver Neither dots Arthur L Thomas Neither does George A Smith Nor dos the call so state 1 |