The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-30

-, u.ho 10 ro.nons;h,o for tb;s2 To n INV.
r.,
oouy ou' oh>'E''i' AiA"N''oN
Tho Gold Ear and the Silver Ear.
Tn thu uouse ~ Representatives tho
other dnv the Hon. HENRY CABOT LODGE
made n moderate and sensible speech on the
elvor question from the noint ~ view of nm
onnopept NJ free coinage. There ia one
nassapc in that sneoch which certain fanat-
los in New Yorl; and Boston who have come
IN helieve that every man. who doesn't
think that the free coinage Of silver means
rnin md hepyarv. ia a fool and thief.
.should nravcrfullv consider. II ia this.
cha, nos.. =, ,hs n.ons %, mi. connt,x
believe that FREQ coinage will be beneficial to them To
this pititul delusion. but there is in
blinking the fact and ! have no sympathy win she
.a.. y. sa,s az N'' VI '"''
we "re aware Iiia' 'nere nas oeen niucn
reckless assertion ana loolsn remuneration
on the size Oh inc Irlehus vi iree colnaee. III
iact' tne silver quesIion ZOE Inc 'ast ni'een
years mas peen Inc supJec1 ol heateo anu
nysterlcal controversy rather than Oh cain
anu ehnsnCehihs ulscussion. nu1 Ihe anIi-
silver men nave oeen most 10 plame' De-
cause the ATTITUDE OF their nolslest cham-
plons IN tfe press mas peeh one Oh insulting
superiority. II tney were 30 positlVe tna1
they were rlehe' why was IL necessary 10
abuse the other size lhey shouia nave
taken compassion on ltslgnorahce' nlt were
Ignorant, instead OF tauntln9 IL Win de-
sire to scale It's deDts ana sneak OUT OF us
oDhgatlons. opeecnes IN inc tohe Oh MI.
LODGES Will no llsteneu 10 Win respect anu
command attehtloh; ana II the awful aan-
gers whlch the solo aaVocates oreao were
real. IL would seem 10 Dc gooo poucy TO Try
70 convince instead OF ABUSING.
we suppose thit inuJority VI INC Voteis
are III iaVor Oh inc iree' certainty Oh inc
ireer. coinage OF SILVER. Inc ma1orl1y OF
inc Denocratic party Oh tne oouth ana
west. cohsioeraple minority OF tne ne
pubiican party lhcludlng Important otates
In the west. are known 10 peln favor OF Tree
coinage. mo last congress was hepuolcan
In both branches. yet only the pluck or the
self-sacriiice Oh LON REED III inc HOUSE ana
acouioilaIioh usalns' 'ne to'ce piin III INC
senate prevented Tree coinage Dill from
Doing sehC I'd tiie rresioeht. Ing hepuo-
hcans' us usual. were on DOM sizes. one
turned 10 the E'as1. Inc other cur Is snVern
ana turned toward the "est' Inc oHER-
MAN Dill gross oeserIioh vi 'he positioh
ana the prlhclp'e-il prihcipte couhtea III
the matter-oi Inc opponents ol snVer'
was devised III inc nope Oh pacatihg the
SILVER men OF the west without soaring TOO
nucii INC goa men u. .he A''anIic SEA
ooaro' Inc strens,h Oh INC siiVer mon mas
ihcreaseu s'nco Iheh' III iatso paf' pec" use
inc owns WHICH .ho so'o au NV pre-
dicteu nave iaiieo 10 COINS. Ahese Rehtie-
men nave crleu VOL so oiteh tha1 peiiei III
Inc Won mas become impaired
for Inc present Ine hepuohcan gains mas
Deeh chanseu' Inc hcpuoiicah ieauers nope
tnat the republican party III spite Oh its
sliVer-sht record can pose pelore Nc" 1ork
rs viewing silver Win al n'"rli equal 10 tha1
which mas qulVered IN inc otuhed Bosom
since 1881 "heh I'll" otuitea hrst heara OF
the silver question: ana they rely upon MS
followers 10 cut inc DeihocraIlc tlcket In
New YORK anu cohheeticut, II inc Demo-
cratic platform Is hoI soid-piateu. IL Is
heat game enough Du1 IL IL ticKilsh.
Ihere arc parts Oh the Mes1 "here inc ne
pupiicans are as hot lorsilNer as the hepup-
lcahs Oh massachusetts are Tor gold; ana
the Democratic masses OF new YORK are at
tached 10 Democratic principles. IL Is only
the Claimants cotcrle that makes single
financial or economic measure the touch
stone OF Democracy.
For our part. we don't care plugged