New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-24
1GGRESSIJE INFLATION.

Months ago we warned friends of a sound
currency that they were i'll danger Of greatly
undertaking the force Of the inflatlonists.
Victories III Ohio and Pennsylvania wer,
cheering, but men who are thoroughly ~
earnest do not yield because of few defeats.
That the infatiOnists were i'll earnest was then,
as it is now, the worst feature of the financial
situation. The hard-money men may be
strong in numbers; we hope they will prove
to be- Bnt considerable proportion of them.
at least, entirely lack the firmness of purpose
and strength of conviction which make their
adversaries so feared by political parties I'm
auestionably, the inflati0niSts have opened the
campaign with shrcwdness. To capture the
organization of both parties, or to compel
both 10 court their aid. they be
gin by establishing themselves in Indiana
and Connecticut. They know that the Demo
Gratis cannot hope to succeed without Indiana,
and they correctly Judge that strong demon
stration in an Eastern State will help them
UNNECESSARILY, by intensifyiDg the feeling OF
inf1ationists at the West, and alarming party
leaders who might he inclined to oppose them.
The demonstration in Connecticut, as our
reports show, was not imposing in numbers,
but it was decidedly impressive i'll the direct
ness and positiveneSs Of those assembled. Call
these men fanatics OF bankrupt spectators, as
YOU please; it is undeniable that they are i'll
earnest. and their very determination makes
them quite respectable in contrast with the
timid and twaddliDg partisans with whom they
have to deal.
The nomination of Mr.. Landers in Indiana
il SAID 90 be the result of bargain between
L. 10. l..I nrs
which cOntomplates the nomination OF Mr..
Landers in the Democratic Convention also,
and the abandonment of the rest OF the indie
pendent ticket. The trade evidently does not
please Mr.. Holman but if Landers is deter
mined to run, the Democrats will be com
pelled either 10 accept him or to give up all
hone of carrying Indiana. As curses and
young chickens come home to rOOst, so pollt-
zeal cowardice usually brings dire punishment
upon the coward, and the Democratic leaders
of Indiana who pretended 10 be hard-money
men, but did not dare to resist the camOr Tor
initiation two years ago, may now reap as they
have sowed. In that State reputation
is bold, defiant, aggressive, and determined,
and il is more than likely to dictate
terms TO the National Democratic Convention.
Meanwhile, what are those doing who believe
in honest money? The Democrats OF that
sort are beaten in the selection of st. Louis
rs the place for the National Convention, they
are timid enough to bend the pregnant
hinges of the knee in Connecticut, and III
Congress they show wonderful aacnty III
yielding. The Republicans of that sort did
well i'm Wisconsin, but had not the courage III
Indiana to make even a show of opposition to
Mr.. Morton's latest trick He proposes to sur
render to inhatIonists, having really been an
inAationist and nothing else himself, and
though his platform talks finely about re-
sumption, il yields all that the infiatonsts de-
mand, namely, the reputation OF the pledge
given in January last.
| Is it not about time for those who believe
in honest money to show that they are also III
earnestq IL they wait much longer, in re-
spectacle and dignified sill nee, the politicians
of both parties will not be much TO blame ii
they conclude that the only people whose con-
victions count for votes are the infiatiOnists
| We know that there are thousands who will
not vote for any candidate whose position on
the money question is not sound and perfectly
unequiyocal Is it not time to make political
managers understand that facts There are