New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-29
DEMOCRATS W1NT HELP.


tempt of certain Democrats to make the Repub-
lican minority responsible it free coinage bill
is brought to vote at this session. According
to their figuring, there are seventy-six Republ-
cans in a House of 1872 members. The seventy
six would be responsible if they should let the
remaining 256 members have their own way.
This piece of impudence is intended to induce
the Republican minority to help Democrats in
conceaing the character of the Democratic party.
The story is that hundred De2ocratic men,
bers are willing to postpone any action on the sill
yer bill until December. If 50, what public rea-
son can be conceivable for keeping this question
open, and the possibility of free coinage hanging
over the business and industries of the country
all the rest of the year? Every Republican in
Congress knows that votes in the House and the
Senate would be impotent, because the President
would not approve free coinage bill. Why not
have the matter settled as soon as possible, so
that foreigners who imagine that the clamor Of
the silver men may mean something will have
demonstrated before their eyes the impossibility
of change of the law until another Congress and
another President have been elected? Perhaps
that may check the sales of American securities
by foreigners, which are now taking gold out Of
the country.
Every consideration of public interest demands
the earliest possible action on this question. No
interest whatever can profit by pOStpOnement,
except that the Democratic party may be enabled
to cheat the people again as to its purposes and
character. 1t is not the business of Republicans
to help that cheat along. Their duty is to vote
against free coinage, but to insist that the vote
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Democrats who want to prevent national dis
aster and dishonor, let them vote with the Re-
pubcans against the free coinage bill that is
the place for them to STOW whether they are hon
est men. If they only want to trick the people
so that they can get reelected next fall by pre-
tending to be on both sides of the question, what
amazing impudence it is for them to ask help
from Republicans
The hope of Democrats is to get the question
out of the next Presidential campaign. But
that is a conspiracy against the public welfare
The interests of the Nation demand that this
question should be squarely submitted TO the peo-
pie. The audacous statement has been heard
long enough, that an overwhelming majority of
voters wish unlimited coinage OF silver. Let
that be tested and settled this year. If the peo-
cratic demagogues, who would not dare to vote
for the Ten Commandments in a convention Of
thieves, may experience great relief They can
then afford to keep conscience and lie decent,
at least on one point.
1t has come to be of the most vital and urgent
Importance that this question should be met and
decided by the people. Doubt about the none
tary future is undermining the prosperity of the
country 1t checks investments paralyzes en-
telprse and drives away foreign capital. In
November all this can be stopped by vote of
Americans for honest money. No Republican
has right to deprive the country OF the meal
culable advantages which such a decision would
give. The Democrats know right well that the
verdict would be against them on this issue as
it was in Ohio, or they would not be on their
knees begging the Republicans to postpone a
vote
1t is imagined by some Democratic journals
that the entire Republican force in the House
VII be swayed in this matter by a supposed
personal hostility to President Harrison and de-
sire to deprive him of the credit of veto. A
more absurd notion could not be entertained
Without attempting to say how many Republican
Representatives favor the Presidents renomna-
ton, it may be said with safety and certainty
that many do. If veto would help him it
would hep his party, and every sincere Repub-
Iican desires to have his party strengthened.
These Democratic pretences are "ways that arc
dark and tricks that are vain" When anybody
proposes to postpone the silver question the Re-
publican members can help their country and
their own party by voting against it,. or by refus
ing to vote. They can help the Democratic party
by voting for postponcment