Evening journal., 1893-10-23
WHOSE COLLAR DO THEY WEAR :


WHOSE COLLAR DO THEY WEARl
Commenting on the situation, the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says:
With a majority only recently in
trusted with the reins of political power,
strongly tinctured with the heresy of
cheap money, and actually at war with
itself in equal factions with distinct
unconditional repeal majority, made up
Of political opponents, but unables to
move hand and foot under obsolete rules
with an active and INSCRIPTIONS minority
having selfish interests at stake; with
an outside pressure hitherto unknown
In legislative annals, and lastly,
with the Senate as body
driven to the verge of blows from long,
frultless and acrimonious discussion
with all this, any sort Of a compromise
that wonld bring peace without endan
gering the public credit would be re-
garded by many as remarkable, If not
wholly satisfactory. These difficulties
are already we'll known to the public.
They eliminated in the speech of Senator
sherman and the declaration therein
that unless the Democratic majority re-
sponsible TO the country for legislation,
got together and presented a measule
on which vote could be had within a
limited time the Republican side of the
Chamber would produce such a measure
However Just that picture, and the
implied ceusure in it, may be, there is
no doubt about the humiliation Of it
to al honorable aud loyal Democrats,
Even after that speech of Sherman's,
however those recalcitrant Senators
under the leadership Of Republicans
interested in silver mines, aud a
Kansan crank interested In his own
notions, would not yield till the threat
Of Senator Hill to pass a cloture rule
and the threat of Senator Quay to pass
law setting the end of silver bullion
purchase off to 1895, If the Democrats did
not get together.
What has Senator Morgan, who pro-
fessed to be responsible for what he said
in or out of the Senate chamber In the
fashion of bully, gained by his pro.
cedure2 How could he reconcile his
manliness and dignity, his real worth
with the degradation of getting behind
Stewart and PETER to say such thing as
that9 The Courier Journal says: moth.
ing could show the poverty of his inven-
ton or the weakness Of his cause more
co lclusively than, when questioned by
Republican and a protectionist upon a
salient point, Mr.. Vest, of Missouri,
had no better answer to make than to
mouth about the Force bill. unless it
was the bullying Of Mr.. Morgan. Of
Alabama, who were better at his prayers.
when eourteously gsinsaid by gentle
man aud Democrat, like Mr. Gray, Of
Delaware"
Turn how we will and view the matter
in it's most favorable lights we cannot
sufficiently account for the conduct Of
Butler, Morgan, CoclSrell, Vest, Black
burn and others without supposing that
there was some bargain, some stronger
sentiment or assurance, or some more
solid argument than any Stewart, Teller
and PETER paraded ON the floor or intro
duced TO the public to induce these
Southern Democrats to follow their
leadership
There is this to start with as a senti-
ment. namely: the hatred Of NJ organ,
Vance, Vest. Cockrel. Blackburn. Harris
and others Of Cleveland and their resent
ment against the people and the Demo.
cratic party for electing him. That
sentiment pervades the same small class
Of small men throughout the country
Ut is cherished by small paper in this
state).
The Democratic platform declared that
the sherman law was 'cowardly make
shift" It did not declare, Il did not intend
that the Democrats should congregate
behind that law under the black spotted
and ring-tailed leadership of those silver
miners and cranks to make settle
ment with Cleveland, aud get
dash at the "gold bugs Of Wall
street Those men who have SO
misinterpreted and debased the platform
in the fight "for the life Of the metal"
must be remembered by the Democrats.
They don't wear Cleveland's collar
Does Senator HIP
They don't wear the collar Of the
Democratic party or the collar of the
people, either
Whose collar do they wear in bullying
and mouthiug and threatening, reviling
and insulting, as they have done for
three weeks2
They reed not answer The people do
not care Every one Of them will be
retired
No man, who can be aligned against
Cleveland, Carlisle and the Democratic
platform BY Teller, Stewart aud PETER.
can be either useful to the people or
loyal to the Democratic party.
We should have younger men in their
places