Show I SILVER AND TBE CITY ELECTION ELEC-TION The Herald cites the issue of the lawful money bonds by the city as proof that the silver question entered Into the city election last year It is however proof of the cortrary for it shows that there is no artisiver sea iment here and that the claim to the contrary was a direct fraudThe Tribune Trib-une The silver Question did enter into the municipal campaign last year The Tribune says that the issue of the lawful law-ful money bonds is proof to the contrary con-trary Then why did the silver Repub Hcan and nonpartisan members of the city council vote in favor of gold honds when the question first came up The Herald sounded the alarm against the proposed treachery to silver and two of the silver Republicans suddenly saw a rrreat light and receded from their position that great light was arising a-rising storm of public indIgnation I After the scheme to betray silver was I exmmosed and two of those in it had I hastened to retrace their steps Qnd the sale o the lawful money bonds had beEn effected our contemporary said The cry that those bonds could not be disposed of except at a serious discount unless they were payable in gold is ef feftiely answered to eve raise that cry was a direct impeachment of the honor of the city which was most undeserved un-deserved I Who but silver Republicans and non partisans who said that the silver I I question did not enter into the must cipal campaign raised the cry that I lawful money honds could not be sold save nt a serious discount And had I it not been for the stand tckea by the i Democratic members of the council who as candidates said the siivCr issue II was involved in the mUllclml campaign paign would not gold bonds have been issued by Salt Lake City I If the silver question does not enter into the Question whether city bonds shaH be made payable in gold or not I then it does not enter into the question of the coinage the country I The question did enter into municipal I politics because the very city council elected last November was called upon I to decide whether or not gold bOlds I should be issued In the face of all this how can the Tribune say that the issue of the lawful law-ful money bonds is proof that the silver sil-ver cuestIon did not enter into the I municipal election That is an entirely different question from what the sentiment sen-timent of the community on the silver question S Until the silver question is finally settled there will hereafter in munIcipal munI-cipal politics in Utah be a free silver plank in all city platforms except in he platforms of parties opposed to free I silver |