Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-02
rnr roLIrIcaL ISSUES OF lsos

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The POLITICAL ISSUES or ls0s.
"TnE Political Issues Of 1892" is the
subject Of an article In the September
Forum by Henry Cabot Lodge. This
gentleman though recognizing tho I'M
certainty Of political prophecy, yet
ventures 20 assert that the dominant
Issue Ia 1899 will be the question Of
the free coinage Of silver. The Demo-
Gratis may say that this silver problem
Ia put forward by Republicans in order
10 divert public opinion from the
tariff. Mt Lodge says this cuts no
figure At all In the matter because
Issues arr not made by party leaders,
hut public questions naturally arise
and either create now parties or COM
pei old ones 10 accept them. How
ever, he Il Of opinion that u Rc-
publlcans could shape issues, there
would be no necessity 10 dodge the
tariff, because II Ia an easier and safer
issue for them than that Of silver
coinage.
On the question Of tariff Mr.. Lodge
says the Republicans arc now safe.
They have already suffered ~ much NJ
is possible politically from the passage
Of the Mckinley bill. The benefits Of
this tariff are now becoming apparent,
while any mistakes embodied In II can
be- remodicd by its friends. Mr. Lodge,
however, admits that the UNIV rltten
tariff law II always the most popular.
In isss, the Democratic party passed
the Mills bill In the House, and the
Republicans made their campaign
specially against that measure. The
Democrats were forced N defend the
iii In detail, while their opponents
fought only tor tho general policy Of
protection. This gave victory TO the
Republicans, hut they had 10 reduce
their principles 10 law. They
were last year In the same position
that the Democrats were In isss. The
Republicans were forced 10 defend In
ue''n' "hie ther oploheh" u"o" On
the necessity o. tAf'n teiotm' IN tne
next HOUSE inc Democrats may ioIthu'
late tariff law, which like the Mills
OIL might enter in'o tue ls's cam
paign, again makingh Waterloo ior inc
Demoof"uc party.
MI Lodse thinks tha' the con-eIVa-
i've Instincts OF the people VIII be
aroused TO sustain tho mckinley o'I,
anu 70 MAKE P'o''o''on na''ona'
principle OF American poitlcal doc'
trlne.
He cites many reasons why the ST.
yer coinage Issue VIII come to be the
leading question OF lse2. lie Is POSI-
tive that the next Congress will not
touch free coinage measure EVEN
II the House anu senate passed suoh n
bill the President would veto it"in the
Interest OF sounl finance anu souhd
business methods" THIS would throw
the question Into the ca mpaign OF lo9@,
while the position OF the parties upon
II viii have been sharply defined ny
the action OF Congress aud OF the adj
Intimidation respectively. The nature
Of thls issue ia such that one party
must sustain and the other oppose IT,
Both parties cannot take tho same
platform In regard to II, however
mixed those parties may now be. In
iact he thinks that the silver question
has already assumed tho dignity Of a
party issue.
He says that In the last Congress all
the Democratic senators but two voted
for free silver while In the House the
Repu6 licans who voted for iree silver
w.,. almos, .xactIv balanced bv Tho
n.mocr,t. who voted ayai,st IA IN,
p.nuhi,c.,s nsn narty t,ok n pos,.lou
t. sr,.