The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-28
ga SCREAMING FARCE"

A screaming farce is what the Bos- |
toa AdUertiser calls the attitude-if it can |
be said to have any attitude-Uf the demo- |
cratic party on the currency question. The
farce is seen in the position of Governor
Tilden himself First, be is running for
governor of New York on platform, de-
claring that on the question of the resump
ton of specie payments, there shall be mo
" step backward y; then, elected on this
platform, approving an act for the re-
sumption of specie payments throughout
the state of New York, January l, 1879,
and signing a joint resolution-which re-
received all but four democratic votes in
the New York legislature-requesting and
instructng the senators and representa-
tives in congress from that state to vote
against repeal OF the resumption act
Then he seeks the presidential nomination,
bis convention-and it was - his " in every
sense of the word-again proclaiming "no
step backward" but in making this
STEP he goes backward not forward,
aud he 10 made the democratic candidate fol-
the presidency on platform demanding The
immediate repeal of the resumption act.
Verbally he accepts the nomination., but,
as yet, has not dared do so in writing, fear
ing to place on record his commentary OIL
the platform, to contrast his acts and de-
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Louis. He has, hitherto, stood on one sid
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has stood on the other, and they are now
endeavoring to perform the closing act OF
this farce, by accomplishing the hitherto
unheard of feat of both standing in the
! same spot in the middle of the fence, while
each still remains unmoved from the side
of the fence originally occupied.
Then the scene is transferred to congress,
where the democrats have large working
majority in the lower house. Some time
ago, the way was paved for the repeal OF
the resumption act, by 30 changing the
rules that the committee on banking and
currency could report at any time. This
committee, as originally constituted, con-
sisted of four hard money republicans, -four
hard money democrats - Cox of New
York, Payne OF Ohio, Gibson of Louisiana,
and Wike of llinois-and three rag money
democrats, and 30 the committee remained
until after the repeal of the resumption act
was demanded at St. Louis. Then Cox
had a sudden conversion as he did to Til
denism, and Payne following in his wake
the committee-one hard money democrat
being absent-was "tied." The absentee
returned, the lash OF the party whip was
applied, the earnest persuasions of Governor
Hendricks were brought to bear, and new
convert was brought into the soft money
fold-this time, Wike of Illisois. Now
repeal-or repeal so tar as the democracy
OF the house could accomplish it-seemed
assured, but alas for human calculations
Cox had as sudden call TO go home, as he
did from John Kelly to go to st. Louis and
vote against Tilden, and he went leaving
the committee again tied. The democracy
anxiously await his return, and will labor
strenuously, but with doubtful success, to
get both him and Wike in the COM
mttee room at the same time, for
upon the accomplishment of this
feat the hopes of the democracy
rest, the situation being about this: The
democracy of the country is waiting for the
house; the house is waiting for the COM
mittee; the committee is waiting for Cox
aud Wike and Tiden don't dare commit
himself in writing until the house commit,
itself, and Hendricks says he won't accept
unless the house does commit itself and
so they continue to wait, the democracy,
the house, the committee, Cox, Wike,
Tilden and Hendricks, all trying to per-
form the impossible feat of balancing on
the same pole. What hope has the coun-
Try from such party, from such men,
whether for the resumption of specie pay.
ments. or for administrative or other re-
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