St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-31
NO CHANCE FOR A ROW.

1t is given out that Senator MCPHERSON
of New Jersey is to lead off in defense of
the administrations position on the silver
question and will reply to Senator BEcK's
speech Immediately on the recOnvening of
congress. 1t is also said that Senator Nc
PETERSON is the only Democratic senator
who will take the floor in defense of the
administrations gold policy. The Republic
cans are said to be laughing in their sleeves
at the dissension in the Democratic ranks
and the prospect of disorganiZation in con-
sequence of the silver agitation. In this
hope they will be disappointed. Democrats
often differ but the party never disorgan-
ICES. A party that could hold together I'M
der all the disadvantages which have at
tended the Democratic party during the last
twenty-five years and at last win victory is
not to be disorganized by such an insignfi-
cant issue as is presented in this PROPOSE
ton. The Democratic party in congress is
practically united on the silver question.
The president and his secretary of the
treasury differ with the majority. That is
all there is in it. The president is not 60
ing to use the power with which he
is invested to disrupt his own party because
it doesn't agree with him in every partic-
ular. An evidence of this is found in the
statement that the president has already
taken Speaker CARLISLE into his conf
dence and has proposed a compromise meas
ure to be submitted by the speaker to the
Democratic members of the house of repre-
sentatives. Further evidence Of the presi-
dents desire to effect a compromise is that
he has called his cabinet to a consultation
aud has laid the matter before them. If
Use he will do as any good DEM
ocrat would do, yield to the will of the
majority without an attempt to create fac
tional disturbance. 1t is also given out in
this connection that the moneyed men of the
East have proclaimed their intention to de-
feat the Democratic party at every election
in New York. New Jersey and Connecticut,
in the event the Democrats in congress re-
fuse to adopt Mr.. MANNING's policy in
reference to the currency. This is an idle
threat and the Democrats in congress can
afford to snap their fingers at it. The re-
cent elections in the state of New York
demonstrated that the Democratic party
was stronger with the capitalists az
rayed against it than it was when
it depended on money bags to help
it along. But more than this, for
every vote that was lost to the Democrats
in the Eastern states on this issue would be
made up tenfold by the gains in the West.
But it is useless to discuss this feature of
the proposition. Mr.. Beck's resolution will
be adopted by the senate. Then Secretary
Manning will have an opportunity to ap-
pear before the senate committee on finance
and can then speak ably, as he doubtless
will, in defense of his policy. Unless he
presents stronger views than have yet been
presented in support of his position, con-
gress will pass an act making mandatory
the discretionary functions of the
secretary of the treasury in regard to
calls for the disbursement of silver and the
reduction of the public debt. In anticipa
ton of this action of congress the secretary
has already issued his call for $4,000, 900
of the 8 per cent. bonds, to be paid on the
1st of February. Mr. MANNING is a gen
tleman of decided convictions and never
hesitates to give expression to his opinions,
but he has been Democrat too long not to
know how to respect the will of the people
when he once understands what that will
is. If the nnnnsitron relies on DAN MAN