The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-18
ChleRo Tribune.

CAlsEo Tribune.
"The passage Of this bill over the COM
bined opposition OF the money inIerest.
Otthe country, backed by the influence Of
the Secretary OF the Treasury and tho
pficers Of tue mint, il triumph for the
lreOple that goes far to yindlcate the JUS
thee Of popular government and the silent
power OF public opinion. The Hreat
fraud Of 1884 stands condemned by
the whole country. The dishonest act Of
decentralization ia properly and appro'
priately branded by the overwhel lining
votes Of both Houses Of Congacss. II WAS
not in any sense party question. Both
parties came 10 the defense ot the coun-
iry, and united in the rescue Of the ma
ton from the grasp OF the Shylocks. All
honor 10 the men Of the West, the South,
the Middle States OF the Pacific, who
have forgotten all sectiOnallsm, and made
common cause Tor the robbed, outraged
and betrayed people
I'VE congratulate the country upon the
result-national, political and moral.
We congratulate Congress upon its tri-
uuphant victory over all the peculiar
Influences that have so long controlled
legislation. We congratulate the Sena.
tors and Representatives who have 80
long sud brayely and ably dehed the
storm OF abuse and villiiication ahOwered
upon them. We congratulate the secre.
tiry Of the Treasury that the American
people and the country have relieved him
Of al further responsibility by subslitu'
ting the national for his personal will in
the matter Of national finances; and we
congratulate the President that the peo.
pie have left nothing open TO doubt or ln'
certainty, but have passed this bill by
such vote that nothing is left 10 him but
TO give his ascent to the legislation
already lecreed by Congress- and the
country at large. As we'll consider the
tIptditncy Of yeloing the whirlwind "a
tOattsmpt in this case 10 arrest or delay
The execution Of the national will on this
measure OF national and universal inter.
est
"Inyitw Of the great popular victory,
We extend hearty forgiveness even TO
the hardest hearted shylocks, salistied
that in due time even they will 6nd IL to
the general benefit that silver has been
restored lolhe money Of the cOuntry."
Neg York Tine.
"The vote by which the Silver Bill
passed the Senate shows how completely
the issues il involves have divided and
denorali,ed both parties. OF the forty
srvenSenAlors who sustained the measure
In i. present shape, twenty.ionr are Re-
lablIclns and twenty.three Democratic.
The minority embraced fourteen Repub'
iiCan' aud seven Democrats. The ques-
IiOn, then, is outside Of party. Neither
can npbrAid the other, or affect moral or
financial superiority. II Ia only necessa.
ryio analYEs the division list to perceive
The folly Of dependence upon the ordina.
nary party organizations for the bel p that
Will be needed at future stages Of the
,tfuRVle, whose beginning Is marked by
me passage Of this iniquitons measure.
Nor u there any more solid ground Of
hOpe in the action OF the Senate on the
amendments proposed. Any Afltctation
oil The e'sential notifications Of tho bill
"A condition Of ils success disappears
before the doggst refusal Of the majority
F" yield on any vital point.
A. Tor the section which provides for
SShlerehCe with the representatives Of
European Governments with view 10
Ihe adoption Of a current ratio between
EoId aud silver for the purpose ol estab-
l,,hing internationally the use Of bimet
l'lle money, Il amounts practically TO
nothing. Had the operation Of the meas.
Ute 10 this country been made contingent
upon the satisfactory action Of the Con-
isfenee, great peril would have been
Nefltd. But to enact 4 bimetalllc stand
ard lor The United States without refer.
faSs TO the ulterior doipgs Of the Latin
,Snloh, putting the measure into opera.
aoa Alter admitting that without this
amendment the bill will have no vitality