Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-19
FRIDAY. ............. JUNE 10, 1891
The Ohio Lesson.

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taught by the enemy or to learn from the
enemy. The Democratic party will surely
stand in it's own light IL il fails to profit
by the lessons taught this week in the Ohio
Republican State Convention. We have
heretofore pointed out one or more of
these lessons. Let us recur 20 the subject.
Perhaps the most significant utterance
of the Ohio Republican Convention was
sits declaration on the silver question. We
quote it:
4. Thoroughly believing that gold and silver
should form the basis Of all circulating medium
we endorse the amended coinage act OF the last
Republican Congress, by which the entire pro-
duOtlon Of the silver-mines Of tho United States
Is added 10 the currency Of the people.
This is a weak plank. 1t will give way
under the weight Of the Republican NAL
contents. II constitutes an attempt I'M
worthy of intelligent men to make tho Re-
publican doctrine of protection to Ameri-
can industries apply TO the production OF
silver. We have over and over again
shown that no such compromise as that Is
possible. The proposition to open the
mints only to the production of the silver
mines of the United States is a proposition
to discredit the white metal-to stab 1t IN
the back in the house of its pretended
friends. The mere statement Of the pro-
position proves this TO be true. To pro-
pose 20 buy fifty millions of dollars worth
of silver bullion annually and coin it into
silver dollars is TO proclaim to all the world
that silver is not real money but a commo-
dity. Why did not the Ohio Republicans
propose TO buy the entire pro-
duction. of the gold-mines of the
United States? Because they recognize
gold not as a mere commodity, but as real
money. Silver must be bought and coined
because it is not real money. Gold need
not be bought. Bring all the gold the
world produces to the American mints and
il will be coined into real money. Silver Is
thus forced down TO a secondary place and
gold is crowned king of moneys. The Ohio
Republicans are traitors to the cause of
the white metal. Their voice is the voice
of JACOB, the supplanter. To use CON-
mon and expressive phrase, they gave
themselves away" when they adopted the
resolution above quoted. The object they
had in view in adopting it was to
place themselves in a position where
they could pour hot-shot into Mr.. CLEyE-
LAND in case he should be the nominee
of the Democratic National Convention of
next year for President of the United
States. Surely in vain is the net spread
in sight Of the bird. The Democratic
National Convention will demand the
coinage Of silver upon the same terms as
gold is coined. They will declare that the
commerce, business, and money of the
world should have two legs to stand upon.
And their nominee for President will ioin
ia the declaration. We are glad that the
Ohio Republicans have thus indicated to
the Democrats the path which they
should follow in order TO reach the land
of bimetallism.
The next plank in the OHIO platform is
rotten one. 1t declares, IN effect, for the
force bill. But that bill is dead. House
Of Representatives Democratic by more
than two-thirds majority testifes abun-
dainty that no force bill will be passed at
an early day. If not at an early day, never
The semi-Know-Nothing plank is a
stronger one. There are many voters who
would like to provide by law that no for
eigners except those of good character
shall be admitted to citizenship in this
country or allowed even to become So
journers here.
Another plank demands protection to
American ndustries-especially mention
ing WOOL which is largely produced in
Ohio. Another comes out for the infamous
pension sct-s disgrace to the United
States. There are various other features
in the new creed of the Ohio Republicans,
but they all show the new to be no better
than the old creed, and are not note
worthy.
As we remarked yesterday, the conven-
ton did not trouble itself about third
parties. Whatever references were made
10 them rather belittled than magnifed
their importance.
When the Ohio Democratic State Con-
veption meets CAMPBELL will be nominated
by reclamation, and soon thereafter THE
Campbells Are Coming" will be as popular
from Maine TO California as ever Dixie "
was in the South. The skies are bright
and Frightening"