Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-03
THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1892.
The New York Bolt.

The Hd,ifar Record Advertiser says that
neither Hill. nor GoRNAS, nor BoIrs, nor
any other Democrat would stand the ghost
of chance of being elected President OF
the United States on free-silver plank.
That is to say the anti-silver Democrats
are monometallists first and Democrats
afterwards, and this. though they we'll
know that largo majority Of the Demo-
Gratis In Congress and out of it are bimetal-
lists. Nevertheless the monometallists
have the face TO ask the bimetallists 70
lists are to be found principally in the
Republican States of New England, and
in the Middle States. In some of the
western States, too. they are numerous
enough TO command the services OF even
80 able man as Mr.. HALTER.
The New York bolt was q bolt OF anti
silver men. That is to say, FABcHnD.
EILKRY ANDERSON. OTTENDoRFER, and oil,
or nearly all. the leaders of the Cooper
Union meeting are opposed to the free
coinage Of silver. and are ready TO sacrifice
the Democratic party upon the altar of
Mammon. They are, as we have just
said, monometallists FIRST and Democrats
afterwards. They care naught for the
South. naught for the force bill, naught
for tariff reform. naught for anything else
30 long as they cannot carry their point
on the coinage question.
Now. the regular Democrats who held that
the success of the Democratic party is ne
cessary to the prosperity. peace, and hap
piness of the countrywide are Democrats
first and bimetallists afterwards-can
stand q good deal of unfair treatment
without even threatening to disrupt the
party to which they are in two senses at
tached. They have allowed themselves to
be overslaughed and their opinions on
economical questions to be treated with
contempt even by national conventions.
We believe that the "0ld Guard" could
be relied upon even now TO rush into
fhe presidential battle and clay their
enemies right and left despite the
fact that the monometallist minority
have manifested no disposition TO agree
TO O compromise on the question OF free
coinage. But we submit that 1t is expect
ing a little too much TO hope for the odd
Guard thus to rush into battle under the
leadership of the New York boilers. In
the name Of justice and common sense. do
not ask tho bimetallists to surrender the
cause Of financial reform and then ask
them TO agree TO the deoapitation of their
leaders. Will it not suffice to require the
majority to cease for o time the battle in
favor of bimetallismY Must the Demo-
Gratis of the whole Union consent to take
a nominee at the hands of the New York
boilers? IL not this asking too muchp
Shall we be told that the advocates OF a
gold standard are ready and willing 10
agree to a reasonable compromise? Well,
what is reasonable compromise? We
answer that il would be compromise for
both monometallists and bimetallists to
consent to 60 West in search of q nominee
for President of the United States. If the
bimetallists are expected to give way on
The question of the free coinage of silver
surely the monometallists ought to give
way when il comes 10 the selection OF a
candidate. The majority cannot reasonably
be called upon TO do more than postpone
the battle of financial reform. They GER
tainly ought not To be asked TO vote for a
monometallist candidate upon a monomet-
allist platform. In q word. they would
stultify themselves If at Chicago they were
20 nominate candidate holding HARRI-
soSs opinions on the silver question and
construct a. platform exactly like HARRI-
SONS on that all-important question.