Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-18
Silver and the Presidential Flection-1he
Duty of Democrats IN Congress
tn the od;tor of thu Alexandria Gazette:


To the editor of ths Alexandria Gazette:
Though cfien uuable 10 sg.ee with the
position Of tbs GAzE1TE on tubiio men and
measures, 1 have long respected 1t &c the
best e1emplar il Virginia OF true snoepend'
erce in journalism, and In particular naVs
applsuded It's fearless condemnation of fuan-
cIal heresee, State aid Federal-ffom the
Rlddlebsreer settlement to the Bland silver
bill.
tits not, however, desiered now to dls'
cues .'i,ee sii7sr"-the hone5t desire for
which on the part of some, AID tbs biiod
advocacy of whicn by many. eesn siiSe ~
tie short OF downright madness. The nc
Kiuley tariff, thu force bill and sill otner
ou!rsgss consummatsd or contemplated by
the republicans gu. t0ge teec, would, am
| satis6sd, work lesa barn 10 the county, co,
| thaFe is happily az tesF of our having ~ Ii
the Bland bill got through The House. IL
sgould probably fsi In The Senate, end II It
passed both, Preeident EaTsts1n would veto
| 1t. o. thie.vsko and its fnai character no
body has any dou5s. Assuming this. 10
possible advantage 10 The cause OF uniinited
coinage osn accrue frs n pressing tins moss'
ure now, and iDfoite t3srm nag result
ba % DO lea than taa loss OF q Presidency.
| M party wta fres silVe: plank IN its plat.
fo.m could nope to win this SUMMER, for
suca q plank Nculd oe eqniyslent 20 the ir-
eyitsb.e lose Of all Nov Esq aud, New York
and Nav jersey, to so 40 further. In 9th
er words. free silver. which has new
or yet bean party ssaue, cscnot
be opa Ia tbs impending Campaign.
Mose than this, The issr u 1t In many OF the
| doubtful States is so great that 1t 10 unsafs
to affard aEy ground for appEs5sneioD. The
peaeegs By democratic houas OF tae Bland
oil YOU d scpply jrsi this foundation foF
our enemies to work upop, and would. with
mulliiu dss ci 9otere ;a thass States, more
tbaa cffset the saurdost possible pls. form
deiverancs On teis vsx:G Question OF Il
nance.
There Ia one great i.s1a OF which the par
ty is unit der IF reform. With that,
| honestly and fea1ieseiy pyessad. aud with
questions like frea silyer and civil service
reiorm-Vsst "a Ia their importance In the
iudgmeot Of their respective frisnds-for
lhs present relegstsd to the rear, and With
candidates wiaely selected, we cen via.
AID we can d. Ii In no otnsc way. Uader
| these clrouus apcss, What osa bs silier or
| moro snio!dal than the discus lon OF the
Bland bill and. s.il mere, lis passage by the
House of Representatives either CT which
probably. and botn o! which certainly, will
isopard, if not lose Us pIza almost within
OUT eraspp
Il Is hopsd tbe. our Representative (Mr.
incredibly, at least, vi ii consider these
thogs. Some, perhaps many, OF bis con-
ituel,s desire free sliver-though cot those
In the neighoorhood c; The present writer
but they ell want democratic president.
! They will hold him to strict account, " he
| tai to do his 4 most TO arrest the folly
which now sesms rampant in tie lower
house OF Congress, end thus to contribute to
that end L. M. B.
Fairfax county, w., March II, 1892.