New-York tribune., 1885-09-21
SURRENDER TO BE EXPECTED.


of tbo Administration to the silver men is almost
certan. MANY doubt it the Administration ana
IT'S friends still positively deny that there is any
snch nurnose and nevertheless the reasons Tor
exnect,ng it are remarkably clear and convinc-
ing. Possibly Mr.. Warmers so called COM
promise may be made the pretext, If the silver
men themselves are willing To accept IT,
Otherwise there is now but little prospect that
the Administration will effectively urge OF tiiau
the party will adopt any policy not In harmony
with the demands Of the silver extremists.
In the frs. place, Mr.. Carlisle is certain to be
reelected Speaker of the House. NO opposltloh
to his reelection has been made or faVoreu Dy
the President, although he must nave known
from the outset that Mr.. Carlisle would be IN
position to dictate to the Administration IL
clothed with power to organize the House.
Now it is too late. If any opposition were no"
made. even by the President and with the use
of HIS natronage. it would be ineffective. Mr..
Carlisle himself is personally stronger man
within the marty. has more friends and larger
irAuence. and is more closely in sympathy
with its ideas, than Mr.. Cleveland lie Is
known opponent of protection known
believer in silver coinage, and chronic hater
of the National banking system, anu IN al
these particulars represents the party OF whlcn
prior to Mr.. Cleveland's election he was the
official head He was the autnor OF "the
Carlisle panic of 1881, i'll which within TWO
weeks the value of securities dealt In at the
Stock Exchange was depressed at least
5000 OOO, 900. When chosen Speaker two years
AGO he appointed Mr.. Bland, the fanatical author
of the Bland Silver bill, chairman of the Com
a,d n
in entire sympathy with Mr.. Bland's opinions.
Without direct affrout to that gentleman and
his many supporters, Mr.. Carlisle could not
remove him from that position. lie Il person.
ally most friendly to the Missouri member, ana
ir complete accord with him In financial
opinion. There is not one chance IN nun
dred that, if Mr. Carlisle is elected Speaker, the
Committee on Coinage will be organized other
wise than in harmony with Mr.. BANDS
opinions.
p An alliance is natural between the thorough
going Free -Tra0ers and the soft-money men.
geographically such an alliance is well nigh
inevitable, for both elements are controlling
within the Democratic party in the West and
South The Democrats of those sections are
intensely hostile to the National banking
system, and bitter in their hatred OF Eastern
ways, and Eastern ideas and Eastern capitalists.
One of these elements cannot control tne party
without the other. The Free Traders, II they
want to succeed. must keep on good terms
with the silver maniacs, and vice versa. III Mr..
Cleveland means TO be of his party, he Will find
it necessary to become the tool OF these power
full interests.
The attempt to give him discretionary power
in the matter of silver coinage Is a trick that
will not work. Some Democrats will refuse to
vote such power; The Herald already
denounces it without reserve. On the other
hand Republican votes cannot be obtained for
such an evasion of Congressional responsibility
by the Democratic members of the House. Nor
is there any prospect that a measure so con-
venent to Democratic necessities can pass the
Republican Senate. The scarcity of small bills
moves the people strongly. and will move them
more strongly every month, but 1t will not lead
them TO accept the theories upon which Mr..
Manning and Mr.. Jordan have acted; on the
contrary, it will Inspire the silver fanatics and
the soft-mOney men generally to demand the
removal of those officials unless they yield.
As net result the Administration will soon
have to choose between complete surrender to
the frce-trade and soft-money interest and an
abandonment of the party. But it is said that
Mr. Cleveland has given pledges. His letter of
February gained him credit with men of sound
opinions, aad it is said he will not throw away
that gain. This is a false hope. Those who
lean upon it are likely to find it broken reed.
Mr.. Cleveland made pledges more direct and
more numerous in regard to Civil Service
reform than on any other subject, and yet he
has appointed Hedden and Beattie, and we
witness the removal Of Bacon. The result has
been a complete prostitution of the service by
pretended reformers. So Mr.. Cleveland will
have to be the tool of his party in other matters
rs WE'LL His party is hostile to protection and
to sound currency. He must become the tool
Of the men who make that party wnat it is
There never was the slightest grain of sense in
expecting that he would prove strong enough
to resist his party in this Case, though he had
never done it before. Events will prove
whether he is the man to rise above the char
acter the associations, and the habits of all his
| past life.