The Portland daily press., 1876-07-22
rhimble-rig Trick.


ram S. Hewitt has written
ening Post, endeavoring to show
lis platform is sound on the
on, and that it does not mean
says the Democratic platform
which can satisfy the judgment
Of the true friends of hard
II. 1t declares for the repeal
'n-day clause of the resump-
oring the legal tender notes
position of debt due upon
and not on the 1st of January, 1879;
T. 1t declares for "a judicious system of pre-.
paration by wise finance which will make
resumption possible by the provision of some
other legal tender currency when these oyerdue
notes of the United States are withdrawn"
Nobody doubts Mr. Hewitt's sincerity of belief
or conduct-he is one of the ablest and most
disnterested men now in the public service.
but it is unfortunate for the platform he believes
in that the Western infationists say it means
precisely what he says it does not mean. Here,
for instance, is Gen. Tom Ewing of Ohio, re-
ported in the very paper in which Mr.. Hewitt's
letter is printed. No man in the United States
will quicker say that Gen. Ewing's views of
the currency are monstrously unsound and
unsafe than will Mr.. Hewitt. Yet Gen. Ewing
Democratic party. 81 will never,' he ex.
claims, 'betray the toiling, confding. and
honest many to the idle, crafty and rapacious
few. currency reformers of Ohio and the
Republic, the occasion demands instant con-
siderate, and united action. AS a sincere
friend OF currency reform, L declare my con.
viction that it can best be promoted in the
approaching Presidential election by the
triumph of the Democratic party
Gen. Ewing is on the stump in Ohio, irving
his best to prove that Gov. Tilden is more of
an in1ationist than Gov Hayes. He made a
long speech at ratification meeting at Ian
caster recently, which was an elaborate defence
Hation doctrines interspersed with occa-
i references to the Presidential candidates.
roved to his own satisfaction that the
locratic party was the best friend of the
back, asd concerning the candidates said:
'. Hayes has declared his determination
ep ose the repeal or modification of the re-
lption law unless an act forcing resumption
as early day be substituted. Gov. Tilden
not committed himself to this Republican
;vice for rObbing the many to aggrandlze the
ew. The Republican candidate for Vice
PRESIDENT has, as member of Congress, voted
steadily against its repeal or modification.
While Gov. Hendricks, God bless his true and
noble heart, stood by US in Ohio last fall in
demanding that il. it.be.expunged from the statute
book. Looking at the platforms we find the
Republicans silent on that law, while the
Democrats declare for the repeal of sresump-
tion clauss"-this clause authorizing and re-
curing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell
bonds or use revenues to redeem the legal ten
der notes. Gov, Hendricks in his speech ar
indianapolis two days after the Convention.
happily characterized that part of the platform
as demand for the repeal of the only provi-
sion of the law which causes contraction and
prostrates the industries of the country. So
much for the candidates and platforms"
There isn't much comfort in this comparison
speech for the Eastern brethren who are irving
rove thas Gov. Hendricks is a hard monev
n. aDd that the 81. Louis platform is
,laraton in favor of honest finance