New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-22
TUE URONG DAY 70 UORh.

The Republican National Convention VIII
make its own response, and undoubtedly
sufficient one 10 the buIldozing spirit Of sen
ator Tcllers remarks. Ills repeated votes with
the Democrats in the senate. not on the silver
question only. but on the bill to secure honest
elections. and on some other measures. do not
exactly entitlc him to higher consideration At
the hands of the convention than would be ac-
corded 10 Senator from an! other small state.
But the merits Of the case may with profit be
set forth for the consideration Of Republicans
from sver-producing states.
Every Northern State east Of Indiana. To
say the least. is cmphatically opposed to free
coinage of silver, unless such international
agreements can first bc attained a, will make
free coinage safe Men differ widely ~ to the
possibility of attaining safety 10y any intcrna
tional agreement whatever But in these States
the people are practically unanimous IN the be
lief that free coinage without such an agree
menr would be luinouS. II committed 10 free
coinage of silver the Republican party would
have no right to expect the votes Of any one
Of these states Their votes. il i unnecessary
10 say far outweigh those of all the silver
producing States. II the silver men, by their
course in Congress or IN convention. make Il
! necessary for any party 10 choose between the
votes Of all the silver producing states pat to
gethor and the votes Of the popuCuS and
powerful East. the decision will be- against
them. Yet this same foolish attempt Of a small
minority 10 force two great parties Ia dcSpSc
Eastern opinion and throw away Eastern votes
has been made 50 in>olently and with 50 much
intolerance during the last two Years that il
kindcs strong resentment.
The svcr-producing states have secured
immcasurably more favoring legislation 10y
kindly appeals to the good feeling of the Re
publican party than they could ever have Sc
cured in any other way. In 1890 that party
| went just AS far as it could 60 with safety, in
the act providing that substantially all the
| silver from United States mines should be pur-
| chased by the Government. Competent men
| gave public guarantee that free coinage OF sill
Yer would be infinitely disastrous 10 silver-pro-
ducers and that neither the present act nor
any other would have power 10 restore the
| value Of silver bullion without international
agreement which the Republican act of 1890
therefore empowered the President to seek
| He has not spared earnest efforts 10 that end,
| and there is some reason for the belief thar
| they have been so far successful that a con
| ference Of nations may be called at no distant
day. But free coinage of silver IN this coun-
try would render all negotiations futile and
foolish, and yet men like Senator Teller insist
upon free coinage AT once.
If the silver producers cannot advocate their
own interests more intelligently, if they cannot
select TO represent them men who seek prac-
teal results rather than useless and scf-de
feating measures, if they persist in intrIstng
| their interests to those who threaten and brow
| beat, who endanger vital interests of the Ma
| ton by alliances with Democrats. and who
| force parties to choose between - electoral
votes in silver States and 200 in States Of the
East, the responsibility will be their own
| They will see international agreement defeat
ed by the unwisdom Of their own representa-
| tves. They will see rapidly and greatly in
crcasing the popular demand for repeal Of all
the silver legislation during the last fifteen
years in order that European nations may
| be compelled to face the issue without hope
| Of dumping their whole load on the United
| States. They will see, moreover that no party
will dare to help their interests any longer I'M
| less it be which falsely professes to favor
silver in order 10 force upon the country an
inedeemable and deprecated paper currency.
/ 1t is not for the interest of silver producing
States 10 force such an issue They can see
that even the Democratic party does not now
dare to assent to their latest demand, at the
| peril of destruction in the East. From that
aggregation OF demagogues and tricksters silver
will gain nothing. But if the siver-producers
leave all their interests in the hands of men
lwho pursue Mr.. Teller's policy. they are in