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Show SILVER NOT A SECTIONAL QUESTION. Tho Salt Lalio Trlbuno says that silver sil-ver Is n sectional question. Tho ruling of tho Trlbuno might bo regarded as peculiar and contradictory woro it not for tho fact that nil rocont utterances of that papor seem to point to a desire to get back Into tho fold of protection), protec-tion), pitlago nnd poverty. During tho Presidential campaign of 1800, tho Trubune contended nobly and established estab-lished to Its own nnd everybody else's satisfaction, (that Is, those who read) that sllvor s not a 6ctlonal quostlon, Now that It has boon com polled to rc-vlso rc-vlso its opinions Is no reason why others must do likewise The Trlbuno says thnt tho Democratic party In some States Is not endorsing tho sllvor ques. tlon as an Issuo. and thus by analogy attempts to show that the Democratic party Is no moro of a silver party than tho Republican party. Now what Is tho truth. Iu ovory Stato Democratic convention whero a platform was adopted tho principles of tho Chicago platform, which means slvpr, was rc. anirmed, and In the majority of cases, a straight silver plank also adopted, Jo ovory Republican convention, vflth, wo bolluvc, tho exception of three, on endorsement of tho St, Louis platform, lyiUcliJiU'fl.ni antl-sllvfr. was ndoprrfl, ant( the exceptions wcro a quasi condemnation con-demnation of tho principle of truo vlt metallism. To us this proves tho very opposite o the Tribune's hssortlon that silver Is o sootlqnal Issue. It is unquestionably a pavty question and Is represented by the potgocratlp parly, As to tho sectionalism of tho question, ques-tion, we believe, and the Tribune used to so believe, thnfi the West is no more interested in the question than tho East. Wo bellevo tho Ktstern agriculturist agri-culturist is as vitally concerned as Is tho Western mino ownor. Wo bollcvo tho Eastern wage earner is us vltally Interested as Is tho silver anil gold miner. It Is a question of Natlonnl economics. It Is a question of tho people's money as against , concentrated concen-trated -wealth and plutocracy. Wo caro not what may bo a man's condition condi-tion In life; wo caro not whether ho is rich or poor; wo caro not what his occupation oc-cupation may be, upon tho proper solution of this question more than any other depends his well being. We therefore rcltoruto that there Is and should be nothing sectional nbout the silver question. It Is a National question, ques-tion, and one upon which depends our National prosperity. Wo regret that conditions nf the Trlbuno havo compelled com-pelled it to ruvlso Its Judginont(?) nnd policy. |