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Show SILVER'S FRIE5DS. "Granite (Colo.) Pay Streak: C. C. Goodwin has don more than any other man to create a state out of the territory terri-tory of Utah ; he has done more than any other man to make that state republican. re-publican. On the eilver question he is one of the beat pasted nia in the world; his paper is the abh et edited in the west; he is even a better speaker than a writer. It would only be a rrat-' ler of justice for the republican party of Utah to name Mr. Goodwin as one of the first senators from the new state." Tribune. Ab a compliment to our venerable brother of the Tribune we have no ob jections to urge the above, but as a matter of history, pertaining to the times in which we live, it is very faulty indeed; so much 80 that notwithstanding not-withstanding our partiality for the Tribune and its talented editor, we must correct the gross errors of the Colorado paper which , the Tribune j copies with so much and 3uch evident gusto. Judge Goodwin's services in the matter of leading the territory of Utah into the family of the states were . valuable, lo doubt, but it is not true that they were greater than any one else's. The people of Utah have a veteran conviction that to one Joseph L. RawlinB belongs the largest share of individual credit for achieved statehood. state-hood. We are very frank to say that that ia our opinion, and yet we are still frank enough to' volunteer the statement that the vote of the people of Utah would indicate that they have other views on the subject. However, we hazard nothing when we say that j while they voted against Rawlins for delegate, W9 have reasons to belive they intended to vote for him as senator, sena-tor, even if they are compelled to elect a democratic legistaure to accomplish it. We haye no hesitancy in saying that-we that-we fully agree with the Colorado paper in its second proposition. Ilere again candor compells ns to declare that we do not regard that aa a very great or valuable service to Utah, under all the circumstances. On the contrary quite we esteem it as an almost deadly injury, in-jury, one which the democracy may be able to neutralize in time; but even the devotion of the brave democracy of Utah cannot restore the valuable time lost in this dangerous and cruel experiment. ex-periment. On the silver question, Judge Good win is very able; there isn't the shadow of a doubt about that, but candor, as we said before, compells us to say that ha is very inconsistent, because his efforts have been made inside of the republican party the party which first conceived the cruel policy of demonetization. de-monetization. J udge Goodwin knows as well as we do that it is, ever will be, impossible for the republican party to remonetize silver; and also, that it never for the briefest moment of time contemplated any such thing. His effort for silver sil-ver consequently, is very noble, yery devoted but exceedingly fool-ish fool-ish and irrational. The only way to serve silver effectually is to join forces with the party of silver, the party which but for its unfortunate choice of presidential timber two years since, would have long ere this had silver fully restored to its old time equality with gold. His paper is ably edited, no doubt; wish we could say that it was consistently or discreetly edited. We can say to the Colorado paper further, that Judge Goodwin, able and charming as he is, will never fill a chair in the United States senate, unless indeed in-deed he emigrates to a republican state somewhere in the neighborhood. Utah is democratic. |
