Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
FOR REPUBLICANS.
Campaign Literature Being Produced
by the Democrats.
ASSERTIONS MADEB BY THE TWOFACTIONS
One Says BimetalIism and the
Other Sound Money.
MAKING AWKWARD RECORDS.

Whether the hard times are due to the
tariff. or silver. or some other thing that
the penetration of man has not discovered,
there Is one mandatory which has not
closed down on account Of the stringency.
On the contrary. 1t is at full blast turning
out greater product than ever before in
the memory Of the present generation. The
product turned out is republican campaign
material. 1t Is already a glut on the mar
ket. and there is danger OF 1t being cheap
ened by overproduction. Superintendent
Reed. Foreman Burrows and the master
workmen in the republican party sit by
idly with folded hands and watch the work
go on. The raw material is put in by other
willing hands. and the finished product is
turned out in an incredibly short time and
1t Is Of the very highest grade
Literature for the Republicans.
To come down from stilted metaphor, the
House II just now doing uncommonly well
In the way Of producing campaign litera-
ture for the republicans. great many
very intelligent demaerats. who are shrewd
poiiticians-ere' saying things in the debate
OF this special session which they will be
very sorry for against the coming around
OF the next campaign. The republicans.
except = very few OF them. are keeping
bility OF lettering the situation on their
shoulders, and their two shoulders do not
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The absorbing question Is the winning o.
the losing Of the fight now on. and party
lines are not drawn. Each man says what
Is necessary to his side of the Question at
this time and sight of the future Is lost to
them in the cloud Of dust they are kicking
up. But the hereafter Is to come though
they see II not now, and what strange lit
erature will the record of this session make
for the free and voters of this
The public have probably become suspi-
cious OF party platforms before this. but
the fiexibility, the India rubber stretchiness
Of the last Chicago platform. which has
been shown by the tests applied to 1t in the
debate In the House. will be revelation
bird who thinks he has never been de-
ceived by platform defamation.
One Faction Insists on Bime tai lism.
Here are the statements that are put into
the record by democrats in discussion of
their own promises to the public. One fac
ton, In many-voiced clamor says that the
party Is committed to bimetallism by the
terms Of the plank in their platform; that
the doctrines Of free coinage of silver were
preached by them In the campaign in their
sections Of the country, and that, on their
the democratic party. Proceeding, they de-
clare that not to regard those pledges
would be crime; that the party would be
who gave 1t their votes and false to itself
II 1t passed measure through Congress
itself untrue and unworthy of the conf-
dence Of the people-anti-cimax, be 1t OBJ
served-and that it would be repudiated at
every voting. place In certain localities.
All these declarations are made Of record,
and may be read during the next cam
paign.
The Sound Money Faction.
On the other hand the other faction-that
representing the Observation-Disclosures in
loud-voiced eloquence that the platform
49,
and that If 1t does not, Cleveland is quite
enough Of a platform of himself to over
throw all other platform declarations: that
they owe their election and the victory of
the democratic party in their section to the
fact that they assured their people that the
platform meant sound money" and that
the election of a democratic President ard
a democratic Congress would mean the
stoppage Of the purchase of silver, and the
return to a single gold standard. They de-
clare that II their Interpretation of the
Congress does not keep the pledges made
by their faction, in their section of the
country. the party will be convicted of
fraud and false pretenses; that 1t will be
subject to criminal prosecution at the polls
when the next election comes along
This, too. goes in the record. and may be
year from next November. They represent
their party as liable to be sued for breach
of promise which ever one 1t is true to.
Moreover, they both agree, each faction
looking at the matter from its side that
bad faith would render the party unworthy
of the confidence of a self-respecting con-
stituency
What the Republicans Will Do.
All this makes a strong enough argument
In the present contest, but when Mr.
Bland goes on the stump at some time in
the future, and calls upon his constituents
to support the ever faithful and true demo-
cratic party, some wicked republican may
be mean enough to turn back to the rec
nr1S of " md
remarks or those of some of his collea gues
When Mr.. Tracy, Mr.. Harter or Mr. Raw
ner Is on the stump some time in the fl;-
ture, declaring that the democratic party
always keeps its pledges and always stands
BY the great common people in their 5tru.,-
generous republican to draw the record on
him. That is liable to be a little embarrass-
ing.
Now they are fighting with all their
might among themselves. How proud each
orator is of some sharp thrust at the other
fellow. but in a little while. will come re-
pentance and retribution, and they will
stand hand in hand, and say to each other
in Borrowing tones "Oh, why did We give
each other away?' Now they are excited
and think not of the future
Why the Republicans Smile
Meanwhile Reed sits by and smiles, ard
Burrows. he smiles, too and all the rest
of the republicans smile and are silent
BY this silence they, in a great measure
cover disagreements, and avoid making
own platform. Their silence may be re-
fensive to their silver constituents Than
some of the things they might say would