Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-04
Rhode Island.

The eyes Of Rhode Island are upon us,
She is the Republican star tina. never sets.
She may always be counted on TO cast her
four electoral votes for Republican nomi-
nee for President Of the United States. A
Democratic candidate for that Office might
as we'll abandon all hope as to rely upon
Little Rhody TO assist him in getting into
tho presidential chair. Her Democrats
hold State conventions and send delegates
10 Democratic National Conventions. and
play Ut the game of turning the Republi-
can party out of Office, and IN a
word act as if they supposed that the
little sister were in earnest in adopt
ing Democratic resolutions and erect
ing Democratic platforms; but all the
same the four electoral votes OF Rhode
Island may be put down in the Republl-
can column twelve months before the
election. She knows a thing or two. and
isnot unwilling 10 take further lessons. She
knows whatever is known in State street,
Boston, and whatever is preached by the
dwellers upon Beacon street, but she can
not be counted upon 10 DO anything that
any good Democrat desires 20 have done.
Her detestation OF the rebellion causes
her to have no good feelings towards the
"rebels" of the South. But, neverthe-
less, she is not backward in recommend
ing TO the voters of the South whatever
aspirant TO presidential honoIs seems to
be the one who will carry out the wishes
of the Democrats living in Republican
States. In a word, the game of selecting
candidates for the Democratic party is
played by Little Rhody for all that it is
worth.
Well. what are we going to do about it
Nothing. We have said heretofore. and we
now repeat, that it would never do to as
sumo that ell the States which voted the
Repu blican ticket in 1883 will vote the Re-
publican ticket in 1892. We don't know
how what seems to be the evil of allowing
Republican States to choose candidates
for the Democratic party can be corrected.
IL is. IN fact, not an unmixed evil. IL
sometimes operates well. A railroad train
without brakes would be rather unman-
ageable. A Democratic presidential con-
vention having in it no delegates except
from Democratic States might need brakes
anyhow, we know of no remedy for the
evil. All that can be done will be to eau
ton such States as Rhode lsland-to eau
ton all the States hopelessly Republican
not to be too forward in pressing their pc
culiar views and their favorite candidates
,,pon the attention of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. For instance, the
chairman or president of Little Rhody's
State convention of Wednesday declared
that his favorite's name would be
burned into the hearts of the people
like those of JEryERsoy. JACKSON. and
LINCOLN And on the silver question
Rhode Island deserts the Democratic
party and ranges herself with the Repub-
licans. The very day on which the Demo-
Gratis in Congress first showed that large
majority of their number were silyerites
was selected by her Democrats to declare
against free coinage unless other nations
resort TO it, and even against the contin-
ned purchase of silver bullion to be coined
into money. She did not hesitate to pay
the tribute which hypocrisy so often pays
10 virtue. That Is. she clothed her anti
silver resolutions in verbiage which needs
10 be explained before il can be UNDER
stood. Here II is;
Every dollar Of American money, whether Of
gold silver, or paper, ought TO be Of equal value
the world over"
Who would deny that proposition? The
solid SILVER delegations in the National
House of Representatives from Kentucky.
Indiana. and all the southern States
could endorse it. But who so verdant as
to be deceived by it