Show little hope of success day by day the chances of mr bryans Bryan election selection become fewer the gold forces in thirty one states have combined combine dand and will place a ticket in the field with the democratic party thus hopelessly divided there can be no hope of victory of course we in the west can continue to shout for mr bryan but our numbers are not large enough to make much cf a chorus one state in the east which has always been necessary for democratic success in a pres dennial year new york can offset the entire cluster of silver states which will go for mr bryan this year by reason of the bolt at the st louis convention there is absolutely rio DO prospect oi of mr bryans election and if senator cannon be right in saying baying that the hope for his election is the only hope for or bimetallism visible above the horizon then indeed the horizon looks dark the enquirer was truly sorry to see the white metal linked inked with a losing party as it was at chicago and we stated at the time binic that it was the worst blackeye that silver had ro received since it was de here was a party in disrepute because of four years of mat mal adain admin administration four years of perfidy and dishonor trying to get the people to take it in again on further promises it went into power on a silver fiher plank four years yeara ago and had biad full control of all branches of government but democratic like when it had the power to do something forthe for the people pee ale it would not and now when it has no power and the people are heartened disheartened dis with its ita policy all over the broad land it is ia ready to promise anything Wb Wh atwill the result be it can ca a be easily il 7 fore foretold told the noble cause of silver will not be able to bear the ignoble party of I 1 perfidy and dishonor and mr bryan will be snowed under er next N november r so deep that it will 1 tk take many py y years to dig g him out and wit with I 1 t him him will go an down a principle that we all love which we in utah have all been champ championing 0 ning for years and a are re ready to stand by n now ow to the last ditch the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 LAST spring senator cannon wrote home that hat that he was for I 1 bi metal liani and protection not one but both now be says bays in his letter to the salt lake tribune that there is but one issue isane before the people and that is the single guld gold standard vs bimetallism in our national finances n BEAR BEAK in mind this simple fact fac t that it was protection not the silver issue which made utah republican the republican party must continue to stand for protection and bimetallism bi not one but both M |