The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-09
Purnose Of the Republicans.

It's clearly the purpose Of the republicans
20 make the silver question an issue in the
presidential campaign In the House, Mon
day. they voted with those of the democrats
who favor passing free coinage bill at this
session OF congress for the resolution max
ing the Bland bill special order for a
specified period Some .. them said they
voted IS they did in order to get the silver
question out OF the way, but Mr. Reed. the
leader II the republicans. said 1t wss their
purposs to make tie silver question lead
ing ono in the approaching presidential con-
test and to put the democrats in the posi-
tioa Of favoring the free coinage Of silver.
lie knows. sad 50 does every other repub-
iicsn Congressman, that il the Bland bill
should reach the President he would veto It.
thus making It clear that the Republican
party is against the free coinage of silver.
The republicans know that it will not hurt
their party much In the west to oppose free
silver coinage, and that it will do it an i'm
mense amount of good in the doubtful
states of the east. 10 the campaign 10 Ohio
last fall, Maj. Mckinley, the republican
candidate for governor, was out
spoken in condemnation Of the
free coinage of silver, and the
platform upon which he made bis can
vass contained provision against It. He
carried the state by more than 10000 ma
jority. although the democrats had carried
the state at the previous gubernatorial
election This was pretty satisfactory evil
denca that the demand for free silver COIN
age in tbe west is not nearly so great as the
silver men would have the country believe.
But il the democrats have nothing to gain
in the west, where is the wisdom Of the
policy of committing their party to the free
coinage of silveri They would be in no
danger OF losing any of the southern states
by failing to pass the Bland bill at this ses-
sion, but il they should pass that bill they
would be pretty certain to lose New York
and Connecticut. In their platform,
adopted Feb. 90 the New York democrats
took position against the free coinage Of
silver. They know very well that
the Democratic party cannot Garry that
state II il is put in the position Of favoring
the free coinage of silver. The course dem
ocratio congressman are following, there
fore, with respect to silver can hardly be
regarded as wise.
The suggestion was thrown out in the
debate on the silver resolution In the House
Monday that the purpose Of the demo-
Gratis in favoring silver legislation at this
session is to save few congressional dis
tricts in the south and west. In other
words. tho success of the Democratic party
in the presidential contest Is to be made
doubtful in order that the chances OF a
number Of democratic congressman for re-
election may be increased. 1t does not seem
possible that this explanation Of the course
of the majority of the House relative to
silver is the true one, but 1t is the only one
that hos been offered.
The republicans undoubtedly believe that
the passage Of the Bland bill by the House
would give them all the doubtful eastern
states, and would not cause them to lose
any one of the western states that they car
ried at the last national election. There
fore they are doing all they can to have the
House pass the bill. They know there is no
probability of the bill becoming law. II
the Senate should pass it. and there is very
little probability that it would. the Presi-
dent would not permit it TO become law