New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-10
EVERYTHING AT STAKE.
REPUBLICAN STA1ESIEN SOUND WARNING
THE DANGER WHICH CONFRONTs THE AMEEI-
CAN PEOPLE-TIMELY WORDS FROM SEN
ATOE SHERMAN, SENATOR ALDElCH
SECRETARY CHARLES FOSTER AND
CHAIRMAN CARTER.


SECRETARY CHARLES FOSTER AND
CHAIRMAN CARTER.
Secretary Charles Foster, of the Department of
.he Treasury, and Senator Nelson w. Aldrich. OF
Rhode Is,and visited Republican National Head
Quarters Yesterday and consulted with CHAIRMAN
Thomas H. Carter in regard to the outlook az
The opening Of the last month of the PRESIDENTIAL
campaign In conversation with his Visitors
Chairman Carter said:
Il have fears whatever as TO now the
approaching election will result In contest
in which the people must choose between Free
Trade and Protection, when they are asked TO
accept a wildcat State banking scheme Ill the
place of our present stable currency, ana 10
abandon a commercial policy and system OF
trade treaties known as Reciprocity Tor the uh-
certainties which must follow IN the wake oi
Democratic control, there should be no douo.
about the decision of the hard-headcd voters OF
the country. They are not likely to eNchanSe
their prccent prosperous condition for 'he
hazardous experiment of Free Trade and bad
money.
The vast majority of the citizens at The next
election will vote the Republican ticket Inc COM
mon sense of the people will prevent turning 'ne
country over to final ruin.
81 think, too, that the people understand 'Ha'
both branches of Congress will necessarily DC Deio
cratic in case of President llarrsonS dele2'' we
cannot lose the Presidency ard save cltlcr lle oc
ate or the House. Therefore, II must seem 10 OF
dinary citizens as an appalling proposition 10 re-
verse absolutely the policies under whch t"eii
present prosperous condition was begun ana Is io"
being maintained
Senator Aldrich remarked that he eh'lTcS
concurrcd in the views expressed by Char
Tbp
be said, Ito walk bindy into the net prepare for
Them bv the enemies of Republican policy In TINS
election the entire Government, in all its branchcS
is at stake and the election of Democratic Pres
ident will carry with it the election OF Democratic
tHouse and Senate. The peope should understand
that they are voting not only as between Mt Har-
rison and Mr. Cleveland. but as between the pol
;cies outlined by the Democratic and Republican
platforms" :"
Secretary Foster said that he fully agreed with
Senator Aldrich, and the view expressed by 'halr-
man Carter that the loss of the Presidency by 'hc
iRcunblicans meant the loss of the Senate and
House Such a result would be an undlsgulsed
calamity to the American people. :" 1t does nov
seem possible" Mr.. Foster added. that the
'thoughtful people of the country would permit
Fsuch a misfortune to overtake them in the midst
.of unexampled prosperity"
Senator John Sherman. of Ohio, came 10 New
York yesterday from Philadelphia, where he ad-
dressed large and enthusiastic meeting OF Re
publicans on Saturday evening. Tonight he Will
speak at the great Republican mass-mecting TO
be held at Cooper Union under the auspices OF
the Republican Club Tie Senator was seen last eve
ming by a Tribune reporter at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. where he is staying. lie is in excellent
health and spirits, and declared that there could
he no reasonable doubt of the triumphant election
lof Harrison and Reid in November. In rcfercs'cc
70 the political situation. Mr.. Sherman said
al am satisfied that President Harrison VIII
he reelected. / am satisfied that the country Is
opposed to the change in our tariff, currency ana
commercial laws which would necessarily result
from the election of Democratic President.
Almost incontrovertibly the two houses of Con
rress will be of the same political complexion as
the Chief Magistrate. / regard the election OF
a majority of Republican Senators as next IN
importance 20 the election Of Republican Presl-
dent Most careful attention should be given In
each State TO the choice Of suitable persons as
candidates for members OF the Legislature. IL
&c probable that the election of a Democratic
President would place the whole Government In
the hands Of men who would change our
excellent financial policy as TO produce panic and
distress in all parts of the country.
The people OF the United States are all and
everywhere deeply interested in maintaining the
policies of the present tariff laws, and a question
Of equal imp ortance is the threatened overthrow
of our system of currency by tho introduction Of
State bank paper money, the prime object of
which is TO reassert in an emphatic way tho
doctrine of State rights in respect to currency