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Show THE WEST WILL BE IN IT. Heretofore when party or partisan policies were to be determined a few of the leaders in the ta.st met and in a very brief epace of time the policy, whatever it was, was adopted. No reference was ever made as to what the west or the south might have to say, what they felt, or how they night be i inipreesed. These two sections have been quiet and submissive so long, they have followed the east so blindly, eo submissively, with such docility that at the present, when national policies are I being formed, no thought of the de-spized de-spized west is allowed to enter into the deliberations. It is the same with the two national parties. When the republicans determined to run Harrison Harri-son against the probable Cleveland, it was not done at Minneapolis, but in a sumptuous apartment in Wall street, New York, and strange to say there were men present ut thpt meeting of whom it was said, that not one present knew them as republicans nor did it matter the bond-holders were there to determine upon the repeal of the Sherman act and thus complete the fell task of the utter destruction of the money office of silver. Had the west or the south either any hand in the selection se-lection of the democratic candidate? If so, where is there authentic record of their participation. That policy was determined also in Wall street, and New England hewed out that result, and an with the other national party at Minneapolis the resulting convention con-vention at Chicago was almost al-most a useless formality. The result, the final result, was to be the same no matter if Harrison or Cleveland were the choice demonetization, abject helpless degradation for the vivifying metal of our once hopeful and happy west. That wa9 the result contemplatedthat contem-platedthat event was to follow no matter mat-ter if the eagles of victory settled upon the banners of democracy or those of republicanism. The west did make a show of struggle strug-gle aeainst this wretched bargain, but the south made none. They said to the south support it or the odious force ' bill will pass. She was at once coerced. It is true her congressmen and senators sena-tors etood out for a time after they weui iu asuington. am one oy one they fell into line and the one frail barrier between -our metal and abject failure went down, helplessly down be fore the well-fed sleek, arbiters of the nation who reside in Wall street. Here is the situation evolved so far as the west is concerned. She must, she will get herself into harness and be ready for the next move on the political politi-cal field, bhe can no longer trade for her rights in the councils of either party. She must fight for them on any field where they are to be determined. She will have for allies in the next struggle, the poor, the wretched, the disappointed of all the states. The battle would never be a doubtful one for a moment if her poor and her wretched were above the blandishments of gold. If her miners, her farmers, her mechanics and her laborers would resolve t? do but one day's manful, honest work for their section, and not sell out to the corruptioniets of Wall street. If this could be how triumphantly would we win in the next fight and how infinitely happy would Utah be with all of her silver mines and Bmelters once again in active ac-tive operation. Hill's free silver delegation melted like frost work before be-fore the sun, as soon as it got to Chicago, Chi-cago, and Colorado's fre9 silver hosts all turned to gold monoaiecalists before they reacted the outer walls of Minneapolis. Min-neapolis. We must send sterner stuff to the next national conventions men who will be hacked to pieces ere they will abandon their white metal banners. If we act thus the west will again be In it. If not the same old and hateful reBalt will be experienced. |
