New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-29
AZ IMPORTANT TICTORT

AGAIN. thanks to President Cleveland As
the Republican party by passing the Silver bill
of 1890 stopped the Democratic party from
bringing ruin. 50 President Cleveland with the
aid of Republican votes by repeating the Sher-
man law has stopped the Democratic party from
bringing ruin by other measures. 1t is always
the Democratic party that threatens ruin, but
TO the Presidents credit it is TO he said that he
has captured a majority OF IFS votes III the
House. Whether he would have done so with
out the certainty that the Republican minority
would insure him victory is another question
It is always the Republican party which stops
mischief, and there would have been no ma
iority in the House or the Senate. il Is prob
able but for the patriotism of the Republicans
The Bland bill by all odds worse than the
present law, was stronger than free coinage
at the present or any other ratio. 1t is to the
credit of the House that the various higher
ratios submitted were beaten by thir'y-hve to
sixty more majority than the naked Bland bill.
PERHAPS it would be unjust to take the final
vote on unconditional repeal as fair test. but
il showed 100 majority in favor OF the policy
the President has so earnestly advocated.
! On the first test vote the Republicans gave
113 votes for unconditional repeal and Il
against it, Kansas casting 3 of the adverse
votes South Dakota >. Washington ., and
Michigan California, Montana, South Carolina.
Illinois and Idaho casting vote each. On the
other hand the Democratic vote was % against
repeal. with II populists besides the IL Re-
publcans Perhaps there was no better test
on any Of the subsequent votes of the relative
strength of the opposing elements, except on
| ~ 1 :.
| give the President great satisfaction to know
! that in the House at least majority of his own
party has voted TO support his policy, though
in the Senate it is quite likely majority may
vote the other way.
/ On the motion TO revive the Bland bill
which was really more dangerous 10 all bust
ness interests than the existing law, % Dem
ocrats voted yea. and only 103 voted nay, 50
! that on this vital motion the majority OF
Democrats voted against the Presidents pro-
| posa and it was saved from defeat only by n
| vote of 40 Republicans against the motion
| while Is voted for it. Over seven 10 one of
the Republicans voted right and majority
| of the Democrats voted wrong. and to that
| vote the President owes the success he has
attained.
! II is unfortunate that the Presidents posi-
ton in the matter is somewhat equivocal lie
desired repeal but on what conditions is not
yet known 1t is greatly to his credit that he
induced the Democratic party to give a ma
| jority in the House for sensible measure
| Nobody can yet say how this conversion"
took place Charity compels belief that there
was not surrender OF individual convictions
| but all agreement Of some sort, in the nature
of compromise What the resisting Demo
| Gratis have consented TO accept as a compro-
mise, who can tell? Certainly not the men
who have declared that the President has base
| " broken his pledges made t. them before the
Chicago Convention.
| For the moment. one need not greatly care
| much the President has consented TO promise
| IL he can deliver the goods, that is in the
future. The repeal is present, and it is a
nresent benefit to the business Of the country.
| But if he has made any promises which look
/ 10 the debasement of the currency, he should
| he aware BY this time that the Republican
minority. without which he could not have sue
ceeded. is ready to resist him to the utmost
Public opinion strongly favors the course Of
| President Cleveland in this thing. SO far it
| is right But he has had to contend with a
hostile element in his own party to which he
| has made some concessions, no one can yet say
| how great Until it becomes clear what the
] Administration has committed itself 10 favor.