New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-25


rectly and exclusively upon the question whether
the Resumption act should he repealed, rs
they did not aud had unanimously demanded
its repeal, viii any respectable journal venture
To suggest tlat the President pr the Secretary
of the Treasury would nave the right 10 treat
the net rs repealed already As long ~ the
law remains uurepealcd. the Secretary has but
one thing shat he can d" do a5out it, his oath
Of Office requires him to obey ana enforce That
law.
II has not seemed to ~ wise TO ignore the
fact that majority Of the people OF ono, at
present, apparently desire the repeal OF the
Resumption Act. In 1915, a majority OF the
same people insisted that the act should not
bo repealed. In 1876, they not only insisted
that the act should be enforced. bnt voted for
President publicly pledged to enforce it MS
law, and to uphold IT rs 4 solemn and bind
ing ledge of the public faith. Il appears
from the full returns that only 261,2@6 votes
were east in Ohio at Cie lac election. Tor Mr..
Bshop-G2. 94G less than were east last year
for the Repeal Of the Resumption Act and Tor
Mr Tildcr, and 1884 less than were cast
for the repeal of that ac5 and for Mr.. Bell in
1875. The difficulty is, that only 239,347
whose first speech in the campaign was
evidently calculated TO eauSe sensible per
sons to STAY at home. He received 9l,3j1
votes less than were east last year for Mr..
Hayes, whose manly pledge 10 uplo!d the he
sumption Act was sill fresh in the memories
of the people Because 81 200 persons saw
fit to stay at home or to vote for some Labor,
Workingmen's, or Temperance candidates. are
we to conclude that the Resumption Act Is re-
pealed already? There were 12,4SO votes east
for one of The WOI'angmen's candidates, ana
1G, $50 for the other; in effect, these 29,41O
votes were cast for doctrines essentially Com
munistic and these with the voters for Mr.
Bishop number $50, 1906 But the men who
voted for specie resumption and Mr. Hlyc, IN
November last numbered about 10000 more
IT OHIO has power to repeal United states
law without consulting other States, the least
we can ask is that Ohio will not do that sort
Of thing every time fifty thousand voters alo
tired of voting ana stay ut home.
The men who want reputation OF thc Ma
tiop's pledg, may rs we'll understand the sitE-
alton. When c0wardly CoDperheadS voted for
peace ami surrender, during the war, Mr Lin
ccln did not rhereiore cal' oacl. the armies from
Virginia. The enemies who now make
war upon the Nations honor have not
vet been able to trampie it into the dust.
They have a great deal Of voting to
do before the Resumption Set can be repealed
Other States may vote a. well rs ONO; oih-
ers will cast just Is many - Ono III the sen
ate. without consent of the senate, no law
can be repealed Before this decd OF the
rankcst folly and the BLACKLIST bad faith can
be perpetratcd. we trust in the word of IN
honest President that a twO-third5 vote III The
Senate will he necessary. The w0ald-be repu-
diators haze not great deal of Tina to
snare; what they cannot do at the SESSION
Of Congress which has already commenced,
they viii not have chaLce TO do before It.
sumption has been practically effected. j. lir.
Sherman simply obcys the law. Counting Their
votes for Democracy and Communism in Ohio
will not avail, either to repeal a law OF the
United States, or 10 shake the ';delity Of IN"
President to % bond of the Nation which he
has personally indorsed.