Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-15
rur I.Er.ALoNE.PoLICY.

Washington dispatches state that the
Senate finance committee has postponed
further consideration OF the Trade Dol
lar bin. W,ExgE's Silver Bill and BAY
ARDS Legal Tender Retirement bin, I'M
iii after the holidays.
These are the thre' principal financial
measures pending before Congress. The
postponcmeut, as well as the published
views of some OF the lea linz members,
seems toiudicate Il drifting toward pol
icy OF uou-action ON matters connected
with finances.
For example, Senator MCDoNALD, OF
Indiana. expresses himself thus, in a
published interview:
I ann seriously I'm favor OF letting the
finances alone. They have been licked
inn. tnlrrah.. Shape hy the force of cir
rumstaurrS, and I would not disturb
Them. Agitation would hc jmpolitic. IL
will hurt the Democrat, iu tar West, as
v,.rIgs everywhere else; 5U, / believe
there will be up such agitation, nc least
i'm Congress. think EIyJyls rcsolu-
ton. Voorhees, resolution, amt all the
rest oi them will 20 tp the Finance Com
mfftrn. where they viii De- allowed To
remain. believe q majority ui Nena-
TORS from both sides Ot the Senate sim
cerrIv desire this 90 be the case.
Judge BrcENEE, Of Missouri, an intu-
euti1l member Of the House and chair
man Of tine Committee on Banking and
Currency, sud toa reporter the other
day:
ANY attempt 20 push action on either
the Bavard or Voorhees, tiu3ncla. reSolu-
tiaus would be- fatal To- the Democratic
u9rtv. The only thing COB du Is to await
the decision of the supreme Court |
have information which leads nae tp be-
Ecvr chat such a decision vii. be- rem
dtrcI very shortly, and, as % can only
be decided I'M one way, it VIII ~ once
put 4uirtus on the whole question.
"Do YOU think tine decision Will be
adverse 90 Gen. Butler"
CuJuestiouab.y; 10 Is oOeot the PLAIN
est questions with which any judicial
tribunal can deal. I'm the meantime, /
tell YOU il will Dee suicidal, to asltdte this
question. IL will give tine Green6IcScrs
strength all over the country. Why,
Voorhees, is utterly inconsistent. In
lSi2 he voted ag:u>J the issues OF green
backs on tine ground of their uuconSutu-
tiopalitv, and now, nearly fifteen years
after the war which brought them into
b.fDg has ceased t1 Dee, We find him
claiming more for them than their
authors and earliest apolOgists. There
is ruin i'm this agitation; ruin, SIR, 10 the
Democratic party.
Il is true that both OF these are West
crn men, and they truly represent the
sentiment OF the West, but on the other
hand there is a strong and influential
clique Of bankers and capitalists in New
York and the East whose declared Pur-
pose is TO retire the grccnbacks aud put
a monopoly of tucgaper currency otthe
country I'm the hands of the National
Banks. They are likewise determined
to again DESTROY the silver currency ana
s.tup gold in order to initiate the value
of their securities.
This latter interest is not controlled
by party considerations or president
making. but 10y love Of filthy lUcre alone.
They do not represent the Democratic
party i'm any sense, nor have they the
undivided support OF the Republican
party. They are the goldite capitalists
and representatives of the banking In
tcrests Oft the Eastern cities.
With a bold and courageous determl-
nation to deal with the financial queS-
tons for the good oi the whole country
and independent oi cliqucs and classes,
the Democratic party might do itself
great credit i'm the present session, and
vet, unless they can proceed 70 the en-
actment Of financial measures without
division and distraction in theParty, the
let.alone policy is uuquestionahly the
better one.