Show MO EY Y OF THE 1 ft PEOPLE flsifor m a direct dim blow at nit inspired whoever boever 11 desires to def defend end aai uphold the elioney of the constitution should vote the union silver ticket ia the doming coming election geo Q caanan we have been requested re pubic h from the juvenile Jn venile instructor f halt month sept 1 1896 1890 the article by lion hen geo gen Q cannon on the silver question here hera I 1 n an excerpt just as mr cannon wrote it A great principle is indol involved veil in thi money question the conati Blim tion ution of the united states slates undoubtedly contemplated the use or of both goltl goll and silver as coin and 9 a tender in the payment or of debts the rho trainers framers of that instrument held the leus which were then current as to tile the necessity of having g both metals in circulation as money but of late there has been a an n evident determination to relegate silver to the rear and ti deprive it of its functions as money at lebl as money as current in its place of gold we have led to expect that there would be attempts made to lD infringe fringe upon the constitution Is art an many man people say sav their should be an inter nation the hal con commercial Mercial elltion i lipon abl this silver silver tion but others say that it is unworthy 1 a I great nation like ours our fo fie independent so full of retour resources ces arid and m lira from european entanglements entangle ments to depend upon the agreement of other nation ai to what metal this nation shall have for it ils money looking at it from the stand standpoint poin t of patriotism therese there seems enis to be force in this view at al maciner of disasters are predicted holl however ever by those who are opposed to silver if the gold stan standard daid is not maintained T there here have been a great many man sophistical statements made concerning of silver in 1878 but it is an indisputable fact that oat silver received in that year a blow from which it lias bas never recovered and which was given to it in the most stealthy and underhanded manner it may may be that the advocates of silver na may ay go too far in their advocacy of tho the rights of that mental it is difficult in discussing a question like this upon which people feel fed so in tensly to avoid going to extremes hut but it is well for us who reside in these thee mountains to divest ourselves of pre prejudice iudice and look upon these questions as free from passion a us ai i possible pos bible and cultivate a conservative feeling it certainly would lie be in ill my opinion a violation odthe of the con constitution ution for silver advocates dd vacates to attempt to strike down gold and to deprive it of its function a as money and as a 1 tender in ill payment of debts so also is it a violation of the constitution to attempt tn 0 make gold the only metal that pome possesses ses the function as a tender in payi payment nent of debts goli gold and silver should both be upheld and used anti and any any attempt to deprive either of these etala of its value as a tender in payment of debts seems to me a clear violation of the spirit of tha constitution it may tie be that eliat nc v who reside in these mountains may find it necessary to uphold the cause of silver 3 against thoe tho e who would strike it down and on this account the greatest care should be used by the iatter day saints to not allow themselves 10 be carrid carri d awny liy party atal in any direction nit will impair the of their judgment or that will in any incitti ner interfere with the of action which may be necessary on their part to do their whole duty to themselves and it is not at all that the en croach ments which we have been led to expect will be made upon the constitution will he of a very startling character to begin iviah they may be of a very insidious character and will require alobe scrutiny to alii cern their danger but we ought to be like people on the watchtower ic inning th horizon in every direction and watching for dangers that may becomes threat ething at any Q CANNON in the juu nile instructor tor |