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Show . CRISP AND SILVER. Mr. Crisp's Interview tbe other day in the 8t. Louis Republic ou the free coinage of silver, is most timely when we recall the fact that the western elates will meet in council at Bait Lake in just fourteen days from today. Let it be remembered that Mr. Crisp has lived for several rears past full in the sight of the nation, and while the people peo-ple are pretty well informed as to hia views on all subjects Including the rehabilitation re-habilitation of silver, he ia jast aa well informed on the other hand of tbe trend of public sentiment on this as upon all other matters of public interest inter-est in the nation. Mr. Criep gives it as his opinion that tbe south is very nearly an unit for silvei and will become be-come entirely unitized as the subject is discussed in the coming campaign. His opinion also that the mass of the people east and north are with us in sentiment is valuable, because of the splendid opportunity he has had of collecting through the members of congress the sentiments oi the people of every district in the United States. Of couree we do not need to speak of the sentiment in the west. Here it is totally in favor of reraonetization. From all this Mr. Crisp favors a western west-ern man for our candidate and he is equally sure that remonetization will be the one all-overtopping issue before the people. We may well 6top to say that we regret extremely that Mr. Crisp does not hail from one of the western states, but that he is an honored hon-ored citizen of our old home state of Georgia, and we agree with him that not in the present generation will, or ought, a southern man be president or offer for the place. Certainly no other man in either the west or the south, or in the party anywhere, who could unite in his own proper person more of the grand qualities necessary to the man who shall be elected In 1896 to tbe presidency of the United StateB than this same man Crisp. But it makes tbe hearts of the oppressed op-pressed and hitherto disparing western west-ern men glow with satisfaction and pride to reflect that silver has the honest hon-est and manly sympathy of one of the most perfect characters among the (irominent statesmen of the day, not only in the south, but in this nation; a Euan, too, whose utterances are not without with-out weight and foce wherever civilization, civiliza-tion, trade and money exist. This is surely one of the most valued and valuable valu-able indications of the year so far, Added to this, Mr. Crisp's declaration to the effect that Mr. Cleveland is no longer to be a disturbing element in the councils of the democratic party, is reassuring and comfortable and it will bring joy and gratitude to many a tired and well-nigh disparing democratic heart in thiB broad mountain region. Had we had such assurances as this in 1890, this work would have Deen finished fin-ished and complete already. There would have been nothing now left to do. The United States would have remone-tized remone-tized two years since and today European Eu-ropean nations would have been tumbling tumb-ling over each other in their haste to join us in the great prosperity to have followed. We feel sure that the convention at bait Lake on the 15th would act wisely if it takes some formal cognizance of this maly declaration of Mr. Crisp's. It will strengthen our cause south and east amazingly if It does, and it will do us no injury In any other section. We faithfully rely upon some UUh democrat demo-crat to frame, oil jr and presi a vizor-ous vizor-ous resolution on ..this subject, to the end that those in other sections of this broai land may understand that w in the west do not overlook or unier-value unier-value such expressions, or such men. Another suggestion, aad we trust the democrats and all having the success of the silver cause at heart will unite in a hearty invitation to Mr. Crisp to be present on that occasion. If he does come we can promise him in Utah a royal reception. |