The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-07-27
EXPECT S0UTHERE AID.
Westerners Appealing to the
South in Time of Need.
THEY MAYsAvE THE SHERMAN ACT

western Silver Senators Helped Defeat
the Force Bill and Now They Want tho
Compliment Returned - EK-Prcsident
Harrison Talks on the Situation,
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Congressmen
who were most interested in defeating
the passage of the Force bill, it is re-
ported, may aid their Western COL
leagues in opposing the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman silver bill. This
state Of affairs is represented to have
been brought about by correspondence
between western silver senator's. 1t is
said that at The time the Force bill was
before the senate the western silver
senators bolted their party caucus to
aid their outhern friends and resisted
to the bitter end all efforts to 'whip
them into line;" that it was through
their efforts united with those Of the
solid Democratic minority led by Sena-
tor Gorman that the fight against the
Force bill was successful; and that
much diplomacy was necessary to
gather sufficient strength from the Re-
publicans to defeat the Force bill, and
that obligations were consequently then
incurred which have since benefited
the Republican senators who aided the
Democrats.
Tariff, silver and all other questions
were at the time relegated to the back
ground and every energy was put forth
by the southern people to prevent the
passage of the Force bill. 1t is cited
that by strange coincidence the very
Republican senators from the west who
helped to defeat the Force bill are now
the most interested in continuing the .
use of silver as money, and are calling
upon the southern senators to help
them to prevent action which they be-
ieye will prove to be calamity to the
business interests of their states.
A southern senator friendly to silver
says that he fells very much like going
to the aid of his fellow senators in the
west on the principle that lone good
turn deserves another" By so doing he
added he could repay an obligation that
both he and his people felt was due TO
those who aided to defeat the "cursed"
Force bill.
A New York dispatch says: Ex-
President Harrison, in an interview,
declares that the Sherman silver act ia
not alone responsible for the present
condition of affairs; that people ara
frightened at the prospects of Demo-
cratic tariff legislation as expressed by
their platform. He further says: "The
heterogeneous political elements that will
meet at Washington in August will
represent free trade and many theories
contrary TO business stability. The con-
servative people Of the country stand
aghast at possibilities of legislation and
are trimming sails to suit the weather.
The outlook is dark because it is diff.
cult to see how relief is to come. The
distrust might be dispelled, perhaps,
but how? In one sense the situation is
theatrical, excitement may be calmed
by stroke of inspiration. A panic Ia
sometimes averted by band striking
up popular air, just as the frightened
crowd is about to rush and trample over
one another.
Chow can the present somewhat an.
alogous condition be changed by sud-
denly inspired confidence? The leaders
of the party in power will scarcely
acknowledge that its principles are mis-.
taken ones, that the Chicago platform
was false and should be repudiated. ]
can see no Moses at present who will
lead the business world out of its
Egyptian darkness"
General Harrison sympathizes per.
sonally with President Cleveland, who
| is carrying, he thinks, about as heavy
| burden as mortal man can bear uI
under.