The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-20
THE Sill Y ER BILL.
Views of Bayard and Herman on the
Double Standard of Coinage.
How the Democrats in the Senate
Stand On the Silver Question
Thirty five to Five in Favor
Of the Warner Bill.

Thirty five to Five III HaVor
Of the Warner Bill.
Especial Correspondence OF the Democrat
WASHINGTON, June t6, 1879.
Whether Or not the time has arrived Tor
making square Issue inside the Democratic
party On the standard Of coinage, ID ques-
ton touching which the wisest Of the party
leaders here differ. The cool, conservative
heads OF the party, who may be termed
SILVER MEN,
among whom I might mention Thurman,
Gibson. Wallace, CoekreIl, Whitthorne, Car
land, Harris, Jones Of Florida and McDon-
aid, are disposed to postpone 1t. The more
stalwart silver msn-if that be the proper
term--lke Dan Voorhees,, Coke. Beck Cor
don, Farley and perhaps PBndleton, think
that no time Ia to be lost In separating the
sheep from the goats Id the Democratic party.
While the handful Of strictly gold-standard
Democrats, like Eaton, Bayard, Herman,
Pinckney, Whyte and Hampton, as a matter
OF course, do not want the issue made at all.
Naturally enough, between the two extremes
| the middle course men have carried their
point for this session at least, and there will
be no agitation Of this troublesome subject
| until next winter. .55~....s.5=: a.. Az
| The episode Of
THE LATE CAUCUS
was merely short stage In the preIiminaries
OF an irrepressibls conflict. There were
really two Gaucuses. In the first Coke asked
for list Of the sense of the party Oh his
resolution. Bayard. Lamar, Jones, OF
Florida, and one or two others, some Of
whom were silver men, pleaded for postpone
ment OF action. Herman defended the action
Of himself and Bayard On the ground that
there was to be an important contest In New
York ag well as Id Ohio; that while pro-
nouncement by the caucus In favor OF the ell
yer bill might help out in Ohio IT would hurt
lii New York; that the effect of the proceed
Ing would be to sacrifice New York to Ohio, and
SO On. At the next caucus Bayard did not put
| Iii an appearance but entrusted friend with
bis written resignation from the chair OF the
Finance COMMITTEES. cannot state positively
whether this minatOry document was for
maliy read In caucus or not; but all the Sem
atOrS present were made aware OF its purport.
| 1t is due to Bayard to say that he did not put
4 It forward as threat simply. He was
IN earnest about the matter and with
enough use the word foolish from
q tie honest CONVICTION that The single stand,
ard is calculated to confer the greatest good
| on the greatest number. Education, like
birth. ID generally circumstance over which
| a man has no control.
simply follows the bent Of his education In
| this matter, and have never yet heard his
worst enemy deny him the need OF sincerity
II would be- 90 unfair to Judge The peninsula
Judge the rest OF the world by the peninsula
ct Delaware. Whatever may proceed upon
4 the face OF the earth, Delaware will proceed
to propagate the peach and the Democrat o!
Il 1898 with feeundity, considering her limited
area, and ii remarkable perfection. taking
into account the native sterility Of her soil.
Bot peIarresre i 1ses elor.e la thie ettitlda
having the goodly company Of New Y6rk
the person OF Father Eaton, the Man 81
Granite. And besides these, who may be
termed the indigenous grOwths OF their 10.
calities, there are four or five transplantee
gether, seven Democratic Senators In fayo1
Of the single standard as against thirty-fvt
who favor the restoration Of the silver dollar
and with 1t the double standard Of coinage:
The misfortune In the premises was that
the minority in numbers considered itself the
stood In the attitude OF the eleven obstinate
fellows. The New York and New England
newspapers have spoiled these few Demo
Gratis; have fattered them into sense OF Ia
one subject. The very day Of the caucus the
Boston Advertiser printed one of its solemn
est editorials pointing to Bayard as the pos
sible savior Of our beloved country from tn
tions. The New Highlander is getting this
, sort Of thing chronic. No longer being abl'
to buy Radical Congressman by the head, ai
In the days OF Cakes Ames and Dick Irwin
the New Highlander is looking around fo
Democrats whom he can latter and cajOle K
. the same end.
know Democrats who would rather hav'
1t said that they had dined with Ralph Waldo
Emerson than that they had reduced tn
Of thu the psape IL Peg eea but hi s
cessive Difference to the self heralded intel
lectual aristocracy Of New England.
There is subtlety about this aristocrae,
OF intellect. It's Influence pervades, per
where you are going to encounter It Or Il
seems a pity that States which pro
duoe snch int elects e. ns John r,, sher
State do their thinking for them which cal
produce nothing better than Hoars AM
Dawes. And yet they do It; this, Of course
refers simply to, Radfea!ism, and is lba.
Manhattan island to reflect their thought
: upon tn Democratic party, as we'll through
the media Of Bayard, Herman, Eaton and thu
} four or five others who copy their ldlosyn
GRASSES. What has been needed all alont
! coewr In the shadow Of the intellectual aris
tocracy that has set itself up az the think
, ing power par excellence OF the country
These have been found at last 10 Coke. Wal
and others. There is no mistaking the spiri
Of these men. They have cast Off the leading