The daily gazette., 1879-06-07
From the World.
Ohio and the Real Issue.

Ohio may speak for herself in the fl
cratic Convention, but she speaks for re-
preventative institutions all over the
world in the six resolutions adopted by
that body and for every patriotic Ameri-
can when she resolves 'i.t.
"lhst the Efforts OF the Republican party
TO open and keep alive the war feeling be-
tween the North and the South are 10 be
condemned by every lover OF his coun-
Try"
Nor less truly did the Democrats Of
when they refused to join with Mr.. Hurd
in requesting rH n
"ths Democratic mem bers OF Congress-
not % vote any aPsroprla lon toany army
such army shall not be employed TO to in
hucnce or intinidate the people Al the
p0lis."
The remarks were made by Mr.. Warn
er and Mr.. Hill in opposition to this re-
solution of Mr.. Hurd were excellent,
and in line with the contention of Sena-
tor Bayard and of Senator Hampton
yesterday and of The World from the
beginning of the "cussedness" which
has been imposed upon Mr.. Hayes as a
policy.
The tene of the financial portion of
the platform is not in entire harmony
with the opinions of Eastern Democrats.
Everybody knows that it would be an
impossible task to get New York and
Ohio IS States, and without regard to
political parties, to agree upon declara-
ton Of abstract opinions about the ques-
tions referred to in the seventh and eighth
resolutions are not new practical points
at all, but theoretical and technical
points.
In respect to the national banks the
resolutions denounce "a perpetuation" of
the present system, which is, we take it,
a substantial Endorsement of the position
taken by Mr.. Bayard in his Harvest
Home speech in Delaware last autumn,
In which he advised that the existing
banks should be left undisturbed till
their charters expire. The question of
legal-tendsr Treasury notes is likely to
be speedily brought before the Supreme
Court. where 1t will, we hope, be de-
cided adversely to that scheme of Mr..
Sherman which gave the legal tenders a
new life after they had been once killed
hv redemption and payment under the
law of 1875. 1t must not be forgotten
that 1t was Mr.. Sherman who insisted
in the spring of 1878, before the House
Committee on Banking and the Senate
Finance Committee, that legal tenders
could under the resumption law only be
destroyed up to $500, 100000, and that
within that sum they could be reissued
a. If paid into the Treasury for taxes
He it was who inspired the law of
few weeks la er out of which comes all
our present embarrassment, but under
which the redeemed legal tenders must
be left afioat even up to sa46'ooo,ooo.
It was but little more than three
short months ago that Foster of Fostoria
and Garfield saw no harm to come from
giving up the army al the polls and the
test-Oaths for jurors. 1t was on the 9Th
of Last March that Foster of Fostoria
declared in the House thai, as at the
next session the Democrats would have
both houses, they could pass the repeal
in regular form as separate measures,
and If Hayes vetoed them put them as
riders on appropriation bills "and proba-
bly, force him lHayes] to take them"
The Congressional Record of that day
shows that Foster of Fostoria himself
suggested what he now calls the "starv-
ing" policy. These were the words of
the Fostorian optimist
"For myself care but little about this
proposition in the Army bill. l do not
know but that the time has about come
when we perhaps ought to agree to it,
though ain not quite ready for it yet.
The gentleman from New York (Hewit)
has said great deal about Eng lsh-speak
ing people and the liberty glowing traits of
their character. Sir, think we Repub-
licans are as much in love with liberty
Is are the English people or as my friend
from New York. With this feeling Of
fered what thought was fair basis OF
compromise, or settlement if you please,
which included the question which is
now before the house. The basis is
something like this That the Republic
can side of the House wou agree to the
proposition that is embraced in this Army
bill, and would agree further to what is
known as the jury clause in the LegIsla-
tive bill, and that the Democrats should
recede from what is known as the super
visors and marshals clause in the Legis-
lative bill. You gentlemen Oh the other
side will have the next Congress. You
can repeal these laws by means of bills
passed in the regular form. If the Pres
ident should see fit to veto them, You can
then put them upon appropriation bills
and probably force him to take them.
There will be no election between now
and 1880, except in California, to be af-
tected by these laws, and l want to say
to gentlemen on the other side, and l
think speak for my friends on this side,
that we are willing to make an exception
Of California for the purpose Uf reaching
o settlem mt.
"Mr. Finley, of Ohio-Does that ex-
ception mean that you will send no troops
to Californian
"Mr. Townsend, Of New York-Oh,
dearl (Laughter.)
"Mr. Finley, of Ohio-We do not ask
the gentleman to make any exception for
California.
"Mr. FOster-I will say to my consti-
tuent (laughter) that what mean is that
we would agree to incorporate a provision
In the bill excepting the Sta'e of Califor-
mia from the operation OF these laws next
year.
"Mr. Finley, of Ohio-That is exactly
what asked.
votes before 1880. Why this haste? Why
do you sit here and propose to defeat two
of the most important appropriation bills
for the purpose of gaining this single
point which you can gain just as easily