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Show the number will be too small to affect the result in any State. The tattle will be a contest between bimetalism and the single gold standard, with an opportunity for all voters Devoted to the Mining and Smelting Interests of to record themselves squarely for or the West. against either principle, and no roostPublished Weekly by C. T. H ARTE, Room ing place for straddlers. There will be 223 Atlas Block. less partisanship displayed than has TEUMsl ever entered into any campaign. Life(Payable in Advance.) long Bourbon Democrats will vote for INTER-MOUNTA- IN MINING REVIEW. Inter-Monnta- . in One Year Biz Months Three Months To England, Mexico and Canada, postage prepaid. $2.00 1.00 50 $3 per year, McKinley, and Republicans will support the Democratic candidate. It is the opportunity that the dyed-in-the-wo- ol friends of silver long have sought. They may not win the fight, but if they continue to gain strength during the next San Fbancibco Office : 61 and 65 Merchants four years as they have the past year, Exchange, where this paper is kept on file- Ad vertising contracts can be made with E. C. they certainly will achieve victory at Dake, Agent. Ernest and Cranmer the dawn of the new century. Denver Office: Confronted by such a situation, the Building. people of this region know their duty and will remain true to the professions Salt Lake City, June 23, 1896. of the past. There are some goldbugs among us, who are even now extending Silver the Issue, aid and comfort to the enemy while professing friendship to the cause of It is now too late, perhaps, to discuss silver. But these Judas Iscariots, who, whether it is desirable that the silver in their greed for spoils, are willing to question be made a political issue, to perpetuate the gold standard and furbe settled, rightly or wrongly, by ap- ther enslave the people, are few in peals to the passions, partisanship and number and objects of scorn among prejudice of the people during the ex- honest men. The people may be decitement of a politcal campaign. There pended upon to do the right thing. It may be charged that the Mining are some good citizens who hold that it would be wiser for all questions of Review is going rather beyond its financial policy to be referred to a dis- sphere in making comment upon the passionate tribunal, composed of ex- political situation. This paper has no perts representing every section and politics. It knows no Democracy and every class, but the execution of this no Republicanism, but it is at all times beautiful proposal is both impracticable the friend of honest practical bimetaland impossible. Already one of the two ism; in other words, the immediate and great political parties has defiantly independent free coinage of silver and flung to the breeze the banner of the gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. If an opsingle gold standard, and at the pres- portunity is presented it desires to see ent writing it seems certain that every voter in the land cast his ballot will be the slogan of the De- for the free coinage candidate, and it mocracy. It seems no less certain that does not care whether that candidate the silver question will be the over- has in the past been a Democrat, a Reshadowing issue of the campaign, de- publican or a Populist. It is a quesspite the laborious effort of straddle-bug- s tion which vitally concerns the mining of both parties to obscure the sit- industry of this region, and is therefore uation with the tariff and other issues. of direct concern to the Mining Review. Inasmuch as the Democracy adopted the protective tariff principle and enThe Eight-HoTest. acted it into law, there can be no wide division between the parties on this question. the Mining operators There will be absolutely no great West will watch with throughout interest the proprinciple at stake during the coming ceedings instituted in this city to test contest except the principle of honest, the constitutionality of Utahs new independent bimetalism American con- eight-holaw, which applies only to trol of American finances and the con- the employees of mines, smelters and flict over this principle will become other ore reduction works. When the more fierce and furious as the cam- law went into effect there was a genpaign proceeds. eral compliance on the part of mine and doubts some who There are express smelter owners, with no general concerning the course that will be pur- reduction in pay, pending a detersued by the Chicago convention. Inas- mination of the validity of the act. The much as a large majority of the dele- test case arose at Bingham and Mr. A. gates are instructed for free coinage, F. Holden, manager of the Old Jordan and as it lies within the power of a ma- and Galena properties, was arrested last rule, week, the specific charges being that he jority to abolish the two-thirthere seems to be little room for ques- employed one William Healey to work tion as to what will be the result. It in a concentrating mill twelve hours seems equally certain that the Populists per day, and employed one John Anderand Silver parties will indorse the sil- son to work ten hours in the Old ver nominee, and the great bulk of the Jordan mine. The defense is that the silver Republicans will also rise above employees voluntarily engaged their partisanship and give their ballots to services for the number of hours per the candidate selected at Chicago. A day above specified, that the act under few Republican partisans will support which the prosecution is brought is unan independent silver Republican, but constitutional, in that it deprives em Entered at the Salt Ijake City Postoi&ce as second-clas- s matter. - 711-7- 11 bi-metal- ism ur ur ds 3 MINING REVIEW, .INTER-MOUNTAI- N ployers and employees of the right to make contracts in a lawful way and for lawful purposes; that it is class legislation and not equal or uniform in its provisions; that it deprives employers and employees of the equal protection of the laws, abridges the privileges and immunities of the defendant as a citizen of the United States and deprives him of his property and liberty without due process of law. The law provides that anyone violating its provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and the penalty is a fine or imprisonment, or both. There is some difference of opinion as to whether it was intended that employees, as well as employers should be punished, but in this case the employees have not been proceeded against. It is understood that, in the event that Mr. Holden is convicted and sentenced in the Justices court, an effort will be made to at once bring the case before the Supreme court of the State by habeas corpus proceedings, in order that a final adjudication may be speedily had. The future course of s, with reference to the hours of labor, will be governed by this mine-owner- decision. One night this week the Big Cottonwood Power company sent into Salt Lake 1380 horse-powe- r, supplied by two generators, and transmitted over three wires. This was 50 per cent above the estimated capacity of the generators and transformers, which were given this test for the purpose of demonstrating that the estimates were wrong. The Big Cottonwood company is now preto the pared to supply 3000 horse-powcity, and a year hence the Pioneer company will send down 2000 horse-powfrom Ogden. Such an abundance of cheap power should stimulate manufacturing industries. er er Hugh McDonald, the Los Angeles millionaire, is still paying 72 cents per ounce for silver on a sixty-da- y call, 1 at per cent premium. He secured a call on 100,000 ounces at New York this week and offered $10,000 for days call on 100,000 ounces at but was unable to get it. a ninety 74 cents, The Rio Grande Westerns southern extension will be completed to Clear Creek, ten miles this side of Marysvale, by about July 15th, when construction work will be suspended, probably for the remainder of the year. It is stated that one of the Salt Lake smelters last year paid a dividend of 15 per cent, expended $50,000 on improvements and added $32,000 to its surplus. It was not such a very good year for smelters, either. Should the Presidential election be thrown into the House, it is claimed that twenty-eigof the forty-fiv- e States would vote for a silver man. ht One-ha- lf of the gold buggery of this region has been smoked out. Perhaps the Chicago convention will smoke out the other half. The Republican convention was for the gold standard by 8 to 1. This is better than 16 to 1. |
