The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-12-20
From the New Haven Union.
RAYARD'S STUPIDITY.


From the New Haven Union.
BAYARD'S STUPIDITY.
Senator Bayard is an enemy of the
/ Democratic party He has been the most
offensive and willing tool of the money
power of all the Democratic Senators.
Eaton and Herman have voted with the
Republicans on all the material questions,
but Bayard has gone further and dehed
the sentiment of his party throughout the
country in most brazen way when at
the last session of Congress he refused to
allow his colleagues in the Senate to vote
on the Warner silver bill AS Chairman
of the Committee on Finance he set up
his own Judgment as higher than that OF
his party associates on the committee, and
of the Democratic majority in the House
and Senate, and like an autocrat he
planted his foot down and said the free
coinage bill should not be reported. This
conduct of Senator Bayard cost the Dem
ocratic party dearly in the late elections,
losing them Ohio and other States.
And now Senator Bayard comes for
ward as the champion of the financial
policy of President Hayes and John Sher-
man, which is so obnoxious to the Repub
licans even that both officials have been
severely criticised by the Republican lead
ers, and the party is practically divided on
the eve of Presidential contest. Hayes
and Sherman have made haste to cringe
before the outraged sentiment of their
party, and now say they never thought of
such thing as having their recommends
tons carried into effect! In the face of
this state of affairs Mr. Bayard introduces
a resolution into the Senate to carry into
effect the admins ration policy! Is this
bid for the Presidency? Does he wish
to become the distinctive candidate of the
money power? Perhaps so, but he will
never reach the goal and unless the Dem
ocratic party promptly and emphatically
rebuke and disown Senator Bayard they
will not stand the ghost of chance in the
contest in 1885, The Republicans have
made haste to retrieve Hayes blunder by
| introducing resolutions into the Senate
and House defending the greenbacks and
declaring that there shall be no further
contraction.
The Cincinnati Enquirer repudiates
Senator Bayard. 1t says:
"While Republicans in both branches
of Congress are fastening to undo mis-
chief and counteract blunder, to stem
| the tide of popular indignation which even
Republicans foresaw would follow swift
upon the recommendations of the Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
| Bayard rushes in and out Sherman's Sher-
man. There was no call for him. The
Republicans had announced financial
policy through their Executive and their
| Secretary of the Treasury This announced
policy was Instantly seen by the shrewd
politicians of the Republican party to be
a gross mistake. 1t was evident to way
faring man, though fool, that the people
would protest against this blunder And,
after this had become evident Mr.. Bayard
| chooses to jump into the same blunder,
fastening to himself the additional odium
of antagonizing the opinions on record of
his own party in both branches of Con-
gress. Bayard has doubly damned him
self. He has made fool of himself after
notice IF not this he has done worse
| 1t further says in regard to the political
effect of this move of Bayard'sl
while Republicans are seeking to
avoid the popular indignation provoked
| by the financial recommendations of the
President and his Minister of Finance, or
by the Secretary of the Treasury and his
PRESIDENT upon this question:, Bayard
| chooses to tumble into the same blunder.
1t was an excellent time for Democrats to
stand by and see Republicans quarrel.
1t was a beautiful s;me for Democrats to
wait little and LET Republicans fight.
But Bayard wished to protrude himself
with indecent haste in hostility to the
votes of the party in Congress and in
commanding States out of Congress. and
urge, essentially, the things BY recon-
mending which the Administration had
gotten itself into difficulty with half of its
own people and most of its political on
ponents. This is Bayard's statesmanship
This man, who refused to permit the Sen.
ate to vote upon the Silver Bill, a few
months ago, because it was important that
there should be no change in financial leo
islation, now rushes to the front with a
proposition for change in financial legis-
latlon already VIGOROUSLY known to be
obnoxious. Bayard's bid for the Presi.
dency is blnndering and un- Democratic!
ose He even initiates the folly of the
other side" nj s
The New York World is the only nro
fessedly Democratic paper that has in.
dorsed Bayard. but that sheet represents
the same interest that Bayard does-tbe
National Banks. Even the New York
san rasps him. We are confident that
both branches of Congress will over
whein1ingly repudiate the resolution of
Bayard demanding the decentralization of
the greenbaek.
HE PATRON will be promptly discon.
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