| Show ahe POLITICS OF THE BOLT whatever may be thought of the wisdom of the coune pursued by the western silver senators in withdrawing from their party bartys a convention at st luft and we confess that we are not prepared to give it unreserved sethe the fact to la indisputable that hat at one jump ump they have mounted into a prominence before the public eye in the nation at large scarcely second to that of mckinley McK luley himself and that of itself to ie something that many a man would give too ton years yeara of his life lor for further more their gallantry and earnestness extort admiration from even their most bitter opponents everybody liked courage particularly the moral kind which is ie shown in adherence to that which Is believed to be right re gard lessof the jeers and taunts ano ana threats of the opposition men who display the tort eort of heroism which the st bt louis balters have done burning their bridges so to speak so for far as the party in the nation and the next administration are concerned deserve and ought to receive a sympathetic and enthusiastic enthus lastlo wel come from their people at chomeill ho home ID whose behalf this tb fight was made we apprehend that while some may question their judgment all will applaud their devotion to principle and that a worm warm welcome awaits them on their return looking at the situation altu atlon from ahe standpoint of local ioa we repeat repeal that if auy thina can retain utah in the republican assuming that the democrats Demo at chicago will name a siver eiver candidate candi datt on a silver platform it Is a the action of 01 the three silver delegates from able state slate by their course they declare that the money question is with them DO leee 1088 important than any other principle of toe the party and oab call not dot be ignored without grave menace to party buo Cese there will be no question that in this view they are correct for their own part they assert aabert further that they will not allow the great itsue heue to be ignored igno ign reu oreo anu abd while lethey they colnot canoot consistently battle under a banner and a leader that directly antagonize a question tion which with them in ie most moat vital they can still detill fight for and maintain the historic principles of the party on which all are agreed and at the same time win friends for the issue in controversy which their party friends elsewhere have no liking king for the republicans of utah almost to a mem would rather fight for silver than against it comparatively few could be prevailed upon to do the latter yet save for the action of these three delegates the latter would be the only alter alternative Dative unless they gave up the fielis altogether now they can work for republicanism with silver as a part of the doctrine except for the bolt they could not nave have worked for republicanism only as they also worked tor jor the destruction of 0 silver we take it thereto there foi e tb that at so far as local conditions go there was rood politics in the course that wap wan taken it may lose the state to mckinley probably it will if the abe democrats put up a silver man as standard bearer but it may prevent what would otherwise have been almost inevitable the loss lose of the state itself to the republican party at home no one can now truthfully claim that as to local parties the democrats have a monopoly of the friendship of silver allver at the election for legislators and other lucal of ficere next november cannon allen alien salisbury dearve and others have made it possible for their party friends to vote veto as consistently the republican ticket as ever before it if they had bad all stayed in the convention and to that extent acquiesced in the work the opposing party would have been furnished such a club as would have intimidated almost any silver republican from voting his bis party ticket atoll at all |
