Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-11-17
posrmoRrEm AND OTHERWISE.

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IL. 1855.
PosrmORTBM AND OTHERwIsE.
If the Democratic party has any Wis
dom left in II it will not go to New YORK
for its Presidential candidate In lS92
We see that several Eastern journals
have already mentioned Governor Hill as
the Moses for the next Democratic race.
This will hardly do. II, as now sp-
pears quite likely to have been the case'
Hills friends defeated Cleveland in New
York in the recent election we might K
pect TO see the latter's following knife
Hill were he the candidate four years
hence. The New York Herald, which is
generally reliable On questions OF tact,
attributes the defeat Of the National
Democratic ticket to the factional fight
for the Go%vernorship of the Empire State
and the Mayoralty OF New York city
II holds the friends Of Hill aud Hewitt
as mainly responsible for the loss to the
Democracy Of the electoral vote OF New
York. This is the pointed language Of
the Herald two days after the elections;
The figures show the election OF David
ID. Hill as Governor and OF Hugh j.
Grant as Mayor. Mr.. Hill has made q
strong canvass. The nomination OF Mr..
Hewitt had the effect which his support
ers principally intended-namely, the
defeat Of Mr.. Cleveland by the division
Of the Democratic forces IN New YORK.
The political lesson Of the election is
that the national supremacy OF the Dem
ocratic party has been sacrificed to the
ambition OF David b. Hill and Abram ).
Hewitt, and the facts which Democrats
throughout the country should lay to
heart that, in this game Of politics, their
DO possession Of the imperial patronage OF
New York city is OF far more importance
than the government Of the Union.
Aside from the factions in the party in
New York 1t is time that we tried a can
didate from the great Northwest. For
twenty-four years the Democratic candi'
date has been taken from the region OF
country beyond the Allegheny Noun
tains. We have worked out the Eastern
lead. Indiana or Illinois should furnish
the next Democratic standard bearer.
And above all we should avoid New York
methods and policies. The Democratic
party is the party Of hard money in this
country as provided in the constitution
Nine.tenths Of all the Democrats in the
United States are friends of silver. 1.-THE
Democratic party will go to the country
in 1892 with a Western man for its candi'
date, and a plank in its platform demand
ing free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
1t may again obtain control Of the gov
eminent. AS long as the few gold bugs
in it chain its financial policy to Wall
street it will not succeed and hardly de
serves to succeed. The Republican man
ayers can beat us playing at the rich
mans game. We must rely on the poor
people for our success. Silver is the pool
mans money. This issue squarely made
would sweep the country. The Repub-
licans had an evasive silver plank in iti
recent platform which helped 1t more
even in that form than the tariff issue,
The Democrats were towards at st. Louii
and lodged the question. That sort o
qualification should have damned the
party as Watterson damned silver. Har
rison's administration will do nothing fol
silver. He will be hedged about will
New York and Wall street influences JUS
as Cleveland and all the rest have beef
paralyzed by the gold sentiment ant
power of that quarter. We will get thu
position Of silver improved in this coun-
try when the Democratic party goes t.
the country squarely on that issue, and
not before, unless foreign governments ii
the meantime take cooperative actor
looking to the reconciliation OF tn
metal. The volume of the peoples none,
is what has made good or bad times il
this country, and not the tariff who'll,
as many misguided people believe. Tn
tariff will be revised by the present Re
publican administration unless it mon.
keys with the subject with a view to re
serving it for an issue again in 1927 ant
then the question will go out Of polite
for twenty years. 1t is a thing that onl,
comes around in cyles. II is not a legis
lative subject to be tinkered at continu.
ally. When once satisfactorily ~adjuste'
it must stand until changed condition
demand a readjustment. The full resto
ration of silver TO its old place SHOULD
form the main issue between the tw'
great parties four years hence. The lar
gest half Of the Republican party in tn
East is bitterly hostile to silver; nearl,
the whole Democratic party, both Eas
and West, is the devoted friend Of silver
while the great mass of voters every
where think as the Democrats do Oh thi
subject. We would be glad to see tn
issue made in one campaign.
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