The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-02-26
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PLATFORMS-ANDT THE CURRENCY.
Several State Conventions have assem-
bled, during the week, which indicate, by
their published proceedings and platforms,
the drift of sentiment in the two political
parties on the important question of Ma
tional finances. While the Democratic
majority in Congress is hopelessly divided
by the widely opposite views entertained
by representatives OF constituencies not
disposed to yield their we'll cherished dog
mas, even to the authority of the party
causus, yet the balance of power seems to
be in the hands of the inflationsts, who, if
unable to dictate the policy to be pursued
in Congress, yet are powerful enough to
secure such compromises as will not endan-
ger the party organization.
Not only does the soft money wing of the
Democracy control the Western States, but
even in the Eastern States, where the hard
money element Of the party has heretofore
supposed to predominant, the fallacy of in
tiation seems to be gaining fresh advocates
That the West already dictates the finan-
cial policy of the party is seemingly GER
tain. The fact that a State, heretofore as
powerful in party dictation as New York,
should be ignored on the recent Democratic
Caucus Finance Committee while Ohio was
honored with two places, indicate that the
controlling power of the National organic
alton, on this Issue, at least, lies west of
the Alleghanies. That the Connecticut
Democrats recognized the force of the
Western initiation influence, is shown in
their financial platform adopted by their
State Convention. on Wednesday. 1t at
tempts to conciiate both the soft and hard
money wings Of the party, by conceding in
one resolution the necessity for resumption;
yet, in another, demanding the repeal of
the resumption act of last year, on the
ground of it's being mere scheme of party
expedency adopted by the Republicans
Governor 1ngersoll, again nominated at the
head Of the State ticket, takes the back
track very gracefully, and, although he
approved the resumption act in his last
message, now readily accepts the situation,
and endorses a compromise platform.
In contrast with the daily evidences of
concession to the demands of the imitation
element of their party, upon the part of
'hard money" Democrats, on the other
hand, even in the Western States, the Re-
publicans are rapidly harmonizing on the
subject of the currency, and in States
where less than two years ago, they openly
and persistently advocated an unlimited in
crease of irredeemable paper currency now
have adopted sounder financial views. In
Indiana, on Tuesday, the Republicans NOM
mated G. S. Orth for Governor, on a plat
form which, although making some conces-
sion to the initiation element in the State,
in demanding the repeal of the resumption
act, yet opposes either contraction or ex-
pansion of the currency. That this is an
advance in the right direction is apparent,
when it is remembered that in 1874 the Re-
publicans of that State advocated the in
fation of the currency to such an extent
as was necessary to meet the wants of
trade" and adopted what was recognized
as an advanced initiation platform. The
Wisconsin Republicans also adopted on
Tuesday, State platform, sounder in prin.
ciple than the utterances of their Indiana
brethren, and in every State in the West