The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
CURRENT OPINION.
"stiiI in tho SWIM"

FroBi ne omaha Bee.
Senator ingalls, is ''still in the SWIM"
but the odds are decidedly against his
being able to disrupt the Alliance ma
jority.
Down on Cameron.
From TIE boston Journal
Mr.. Cameron's vote on the free coinage
amendment affords another excellent
reason why he should no longer represent
the great State of Pennsylvania in the
national Senate.
In re Villas.
From lhe Chicago Naics.
General Bragg has withdrawn from the
Senatorial contest in Wisconsin, and Col
onol Villas will have n walkover. The
Badger State has our sincere sympathy.
In General Bragg our Northern neighbor
would have had an able, eloquent, pic
turesque and ruggcdly honest representa-
tive; in Colonel Villas they will have a
well, everybody knows ox-Sccretary Villas
and his record. As walking encyclo-
pWdia and perennial fountain of sopho-
moriC oratory he Is and always will be Il
bowling success; for the Senatorship he
lacks every qualification except that of
overwhelming dignity.
Must Eat Ills Words"
From ne Boston Trdpeier.
If the Democrats are really going to
take up Grover Cleveland again, he will
have to eat his words relative to silver.
The Bland act only added to the circu-
lating medium S2i, 100000 annually, but
in his annual message to Congress in
1885 Grover Cleveland said of this: "If
this silver coinage be continued we may
reasonably expect that gold and its equiva-
lent will abandon the field of circulation
to silver alone. This, of course must
| produce a severe contraction of our circu-
lating medium, instead of adding to it,"
| These views Mr.. Cleveland expressed in
every one of his messages. They were
reinforced by the reports of his Secretaries
of the Treasury. If they were his views
of n measure that added only s24, 900 900
year, what must be his views of the
effect of an unlimited coinage. The
| public is still waiting to hear from you,
Mr.. Cleveland.
Senator Irby.
From ne ORdha Bee.
Senator Irby, the leader of the new dis
pcnsation in South Carolina, is not over
whelmingly commended by his political
creators. Colonel Keitt, president of the
| State Alliance, paints him as "a scurvey
| fellow, leprous with crime, and without
| an element Of craftsmanship" Only q
wild desire TO serve his country and draw
| tne salary prevents the senator from max
ing the Colonel recant or head funeral
procession.
| Gold Standard Democrats.
From Mc Chicago Inter ocean.
While in power the Democrats never
dared to introduced such n bill as now is
in process of debate. Their great leaders,
without exception have been gold stand
ard men. Andrew Jackson, Thomas Ben
ton Samuel J. Tilden, Grover Cleveland,
one and all, We're opposed to any legisla-
ton that could impair the sovereignty of
the gold standard. Their views are not
| ours; we do not believe that they are the
views of great majority Of the Republi-
can party. But they are the views set
| forth by all the leaders of the Democratic
party. Mr. Cleveland would have vetoed
such a bill as that now before the Senate
had it been passed by both Houses dur
ing his Administration. We do not be.
lieve that majority of the Democrats
now in Congress would vote for the bill If
they believe that it would pass. AS il
stands the bill is a Democratic measure,
prepared and presented to Congress in the
expectation of one of two events, either
of which the party leaders believe will i'll
ure TO Democratic benefit