New-York tribune., 1891-08-31
uIIL , FREE COINAGE.
,,,, SILVER " ION LIKELY TO vEx THO
nrNocRA1 STATE CONVENTION.
,,yv THE GOVERNOR WILL PROBABLE
srAyp BY THE SILVER PLANK OF
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1sS'-fi'0oi
ry,r HE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO

STAND BY THE slLNb"
,r,,ocp ATTIC PLATFORM OF 1ss5-PRooF
ry,r HE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO
TRIM ON THE QUESTION
-, ,n CORRESPONDENT OF TEE TRiBUNE''
Albany Aug. SO.-A great many u.o'' W" non,o,
.ot,ers viii trouble the delegates TO .re ,"n D.,"
MAJ S.~to Convention. and already the leaders
e,"'.S no,nocratic marty are looking ior"aru
v - oonrohansion TO the meeting OF lhaV "ou9
", 60 spaols Of big contest between i@''ill,'nS
nm and the County Democracy for Vne p'i. i,
% ,o;srenresantine New-York, there pioniise
~ oonteStinq DELEGATIONS from large "u'i"'
" oo,n,ics representine rival Hill and
nomocrats who wish places upon the De"''
State Committee ,ron that
pnt what will the convention say upon ~ 4%a
sbnrning question" Of the hour, the eoi"s. vi,
,;,ror douarp viii the Democrats oil ~"
sollo,v the lead Of those OF ohio a"O -
themselves in favor Of the free coinage " nan
qg,are is one man in New-NorK, "oNe -
,ho has the highest personal lh'eIo'O II
o,,ostions being answered In such ni''
I'll not diminish his chances OF oeins o'
tor President He cannot ai1ord 10 ".n .a "a. w
surOopt of the Democrats of New-AoFA 0'"'' ~
~ rviu mot dare to offend the Derocr"s ., vn'
VI and South by opposing frankly anu NV u'
,ornir.odlv their free-coinage ph''lorn i"0
pntTalo Courier" the leading Democrats 'ie"'-
naner of Western New-Iork, IN an eui'ori' upon
I,pc silver question at Saratoga" few days
ago said
or0o mare the Ohio Democratic MANAGERS; at =, a
OncS .i tmoI0 have committed blunder resulting III
Sonbt and disbursement where t1e pmS n tSc Sniv
be hopeful and confident ~ 20 H renresent ihe cause Of
honest money and maintain the 1T Cor tbe action
ascendency In this STATE % N next month. the silver
lonE Of the Saratoga platform Of Iso2 nsS ~ t wSs
That WAS the platform upon Wi' Mn nd II was worthy
~ The memorable ardmOneS ueeliI,loIi Ih;r vi 30
which the party adopted uhuer tne N"U0'S
Samuel j. Tilden. ,oos
nv was NOT the Democratic platform OF 1889
far TOO hostile to the lightweight silver doiiar 70
emit David b. Hill in 1891? That platform ue-
rondcd the repeal of even the mild law compelLhs
,bo coinage of a certain amount OF silver uollaI'
rOnthly. Is Mr. Hill willing that the Democrats
90 NeyyYork under his leadership, shall demand
the stoppinr of the coinage of the silver doilar III
,ho rr,sent wear 1891? Here is the plank in the
Democratic platform of 1885 to which Inc
Courier referred:
Tho convention believes that the experiment OF
eoinns i a%ed ratio with gold has gone far enough,
1I csnnot he continued longer without great Danger
10 the business interests of the country Inc lGss On
70. ~ alone on The silver dollars stored up IN the
TreaSnrv l. over S4,00O,OO0 per dilnuni, anu Inis
cnmI
N99 is worth TO-DAY not more than Sl66OOOOOO, Win
1very prospect of further depreciation We uleielDn0
orv coinare of silver goes but We viii welcome
any practical measure OF agreement WIN pvneI t,
NAV be made less huctuatug But 10 ts end tle nTsI
step must be the stoppaee Vi any lUino' 'iP'
coinage Of silver dollars.
TIT Mani, IL is said. was written by the late
lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer, and, of course 1t
had the approval of David B. Hill, who at the
time tho Democratic State Convention was held
in Saratoga in 1885 was in Albany, and hourly
in consultation with those attending to his in
forests there. Undoubtedly every plank in that
,nlatform was submitted to Mr.. Hill, since ne
controlled the convention and was to be the
partys candidate for Governor.
Bat six wears have passed since 1885, and IN
that time the Southern and Western Democrats
have fallen in love with the sO-cent silver dol
lar, and are demanding its free coinage MI.
Hill has trimmed before, and politicians mere
believe now that he will trim upon the silver
question at the approaching Democratic STATE
Convention. Indeed, he began trimming upon IL
as early as September, 1890 In the course oil d
speech he delivered before the Kings County
Democrats at the dedication of the Jefferson
Building in Brooklyn, on September 23 1890, he
said
The new moneta.l legislation of Congress. as ex-
repeats the earliest a0d pepetSaes the worst OF those
errors which for nearly thirty years have maze IN
sound finance daily national instruction anc money,
eombrd the Constitution with Republican law Hisead
of eNeChting the granted power 10 coin the peOpe
enation by gold and silver certificates strictly repre-
sentative NJ coin, dollar for dollar, TINS Repubncan
Congress nas now managed without the excuse OF
war or M pretvnce # necessity, 20 add another new
tangled logateacer 10 that piomssoy debt currency
packed to reverse lis own decision, rightly adudged
Illegal After twelve years failure by compulsory
d5Iase at home or abroad tie Republican party IS
tFying TO deceive the people by the claim OF haVns
sumpt on Is as unwaTranted as ii is deceiving The
reccnt legislation OF Congress Is merely a temporary
r-iera n uuts heavier strain upon our resources
thar nae bnetalic coinage without foreign coopea-
end which we all desire to rach-the free coinage Of
silver upon proper international ratio
In order to give Internationally to our aD % 4So
cOneoriant votes of all the States OF the european
Continent and the simultaneous reconage OF ihe goId
francs ire gold marks, the gold hOrns the gold
foubes Willie the single vote OF Congress in favor OF
the general European ratio, fifteen and onehal and
the recOinage of single piece, namely our silver
dollar should be sufficient for realizing verywheie an
Identical bmetallic ratio Congress pessts IN & Inh
Ing sixteen gold dollars weigh the same as one SILVER
dollar whe fifteen and cne-haf is the monetary Iatlo
between gold and all the enormous stocks OF sh'er
coins existing In France, in Holland In slalii III
Austria in Germany, and i'm Russia. Congress tlus.
wifi bandering Incompetence. actually prepares either
saept the United States clean Of its monetary metals.
first Of gold and then OF svcF else 1t casts away
70 foreign hands tina. large profit incident to the TO
coinage. which. either here Ia Europe. must pre-
cede, TO make possible free bimctalc coinage al one
ratio both sides OF the Atlantic.
In one act a Republican Congress has thus usurped
more than doubtful power, which, If lawful. II has
worse than unwlsely used has repulsed a pypn,ahr
demand for restdTatiOn Of monetary unit, which
M 1873 was bmetac. with free coinage alike 70
silver and TO gold and has nteTpOscd new hindrance
10 single and fixed weightIatio Of parity for the
gold and silver Of the worlds commerce. which is
rational solution OF the silver question If commerce
remains international end universal
1t may be predicted that Mr.. Hills silver plank
in the approaching Democratic platform in this
State will squint toward free silver coinage, as he
does in the above speech. IL will not be frank,
honest statement against free silver coinage, like
that OF 1885. And in so far as it minimizes the
protest against free silver coinage. it will be
surrender 10 the ideas concerning silver prevalent