New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22
COZ CAMPBELLS HOPES.
facts.

Governor Campbell, OF OnlO, Is hlhu oHo"SH
TO inform his opponents what tactics he regards
rs most likely to elect him, and therefore hopes
they will adopt. The tariff question, he Is con-
6dent. will be made the only issue. The queS-
ton of silver coinage will sink out OF sight.
For a short time, he admits, the free-colnage
resolution of the Democratic platform Will cause
discussion, and may possibly influence some
voters unfavorably. But the nomination OF
Major Mckinley himself, the Governor believes
will soon bring back to the minds OF all men
the new tariff as the sole and al-abSorbing
issue. and on that the contest will have to be
decided.
In other States than Ohio it takes two to make
a bargain and also it takes two to make tight.
The Republicans may not see fit to allow the
Governor and his friends to dodge the question
of free coinage when they would like 1t Is
the less probable because, in several of the
most populous districts, the prepondelance OF
public opinion against ventureS0me experiments
with the currency has become strong. In cities
of large and active business substantially the
entire commercial population regards free com
age with apprehension and hostility. In Gin
cinnati, Cleveland and other localities where the
German voters are especially numerous, 1t will
be found that their hostility to any .tampering
with the currency will have important infu-
ence. The Governor would like to have this
influence reduced as far as possible, and his
friends will doubtless do their best to coniine
free-coinage talk to the country districts, where
some adherents Of the farmers organizations
may be pleased thereby Yet even in these
districts there are substantial and eve-headed
farmers, and experienced business men, who
will seize the opportunity to set foot on the
latest form Of monetary fanaticism
The Republicans will not ignore the tariff ;
they would be foolish if they did. If fairly and
fully discussed, that measure will help them
in every part of the State, among farmers in
the country, among manufacturers and miners
in the iron and coal districts, and among wage
earners and business men in the cities. But
Republicans have no occasion to allow Governor
Campbell to sink the silver question out of
sight, for they will have time enough to bring
both home to the understanding of the people.
To great many voters it Will seem clear that
no votes cast this fall can alter the tariff, or
induce President Harrison to assent to any
modification that a Democratic House will pro
pose, and they know that no such measure can
be passed over his veto. But the possibility OF
,free-coinage vote next winter may seem to
them sufficiently near and threatening to call
for strong protest by the people.
1t has been said by silver fanatics that free
coinage will pass over the veto next winter.
These men ought to know that Democratic SEN
stors who are counted upon TO carry such a
measure are profoundly afraid of it, and GER
tain to refuse vote for it if Ohio expresses
hostility. Nor is it to be expected that Repub-
hcan Senators, in number sufficient with the
Democrats to make tw0-thirdS, will set them
selves against the veto of q Republican Presi-
dent. Yet the boasts Of silver men impress
many peop.e with serious apprehension. That
fact alone tends to make capital timid and to
retard the revival Of business. 1t would not be
strange if many practical voters, realizing these
things, should think it to be the best thing they
can do this year to administer a deathblOw to
the silver agitation, and thus to promote the
recovery OF prosperity next winter. There are
able and Shrewd Democrats IN this city who
used all their influence in the Ohio Convention
to prevent the adoption Of free-conaee reso-
luton. They saw that it would damage the
party in the State canvass and make it weaker
in the Presidential contest next year. They
had strength enough to secure more than 800
out OF 100 votes, and yet were defeated. Gov
ernor Campbell wishes they had prevailed, no
doubt But as the next best thing he hopes
that the Republicans will help him out of a
difficulty by allowing him to fix the issues Of
the campaign to suit himself. He may be sure
that the misconduct of Democrats in State az
fairs will not be ignored nor the silver queS-
ton either, and he will probably hear enough
about the tariff also before the voting comes.