St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-25
AS TO THE SILVER BILL.

1t Is Democratic trick shrewdly
PLAYED on the Republican senate by
favor of the few Republican extremists.
Cincinnati Times-Star (Rep.).
The silver bill, as passed by the sem
ate. should have been called "a bill to
reduce the purchasing power OF money
IS per cent" -Tole edo Blade (Rep.).
The split among the parties on silver
is not much different now from what it
was in the past. Partisan lines were
never rigidly drawn on the silver ques-
ton. About one-third of the Republic
cans and two-thirdS Of the Democrats
have always favored free silver.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.l.
Both the interests and the sentiments
of the masses demand that the house
shall accept the senate's amended silver
bill, and the most popular thing the he
publican managers of the house can do
will be to concur promptly in the re-
vision made in the senate by a non-par-
tisan vote, including many OF the ableSt
men from all sections of the country
Kansas City Star Dem).
The senate vote for free coinage of
silver is the most significant event in
the politics of twenty years. 1t is such
a break in the old lines as no one has
SSGu UClOIC III GnlO sOuSi dtiOh'
The false issue which the Harrison adj
ministration attempted to thrust to the
front has been swept aside by this vote
and the true issue presented. 1t is an
issue against using the federal treas ury
for class control of the business of the
country.-St. Louis Republic DEM.
Whether the West or the East is right
i'm this matter Tof free coinagel can only
be determined by experiment. The ex-
pertinent is bound to be tried some
time, and it may be just as well now as
later. The first result of the victory OF
the silver men is likely to be revival
of the boom in Wall street speculation,
and a rise in values along the Whole
line. The day of reckoning. if there is
one, will come later, The great West
has sounded the call and the West must
be eyed'-Brooklyn Times (Rep).
1t was to obtain power to embody pro-
lection to few powerful interests in
legislation that the Republican conven-
ton of 1883 put into its resolutions the
bid for the silver mems voice. 1t was to
perpetuate that power that the pocket
borough 'mountain states were erected.
with two senators each, every
one of whom joined in the anti-admln-
istration movement OF Tuesday. 1t is
Sdlt W Sd} llaI tiidt 1iofO'iSHb SAaNCiJ
threatens, if it does not destroy, the
power of the party to carry out its
policy. What may follow is an inter
esting subject of inquiry. The one Sig
niticant fact is that on this question the
party is for the time broken up.-New
York Times (Mugwump).
1t was one of the glories of the Re
publican party that through all the
neriIs of a paper currency it kept the
credit of the country safe and brought
it back at last to sure foundation. But
| those were the days when the party
had principles, and was not obliged to
dicker for votes. Now it has trifled so
long with the silver folly, and has given
so much unearned power to the silver
states, that all its moral strength is
gone and the party has actually no hope
of deliyerance from its own madness
but in the arbitrary despotism of the
| speaker of the house. Ii he cannot
avert the present danger there is not
much to be hoped from the presidents
backbone Philadelphia Times Qnd). |