The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-17
rartlsans Not Patriots.

OF NAf.aaAH AfNa ~ AANHfH
what th. Washington correspondent
OF the New Nors Tribune says rs true the
. republican. i1 congress- arercadv Go op-
pose the repeal of the sherman silver
law. unless the democrats abandon their
efforts To repeal the national election
laws The Tribune CORES oudent says
/ The democrats have brought ia bin 20
repeal the national election laws With
out entering into the merits of this prop
ostJiou. 10 is enough to say that its intro
du-tD0 40 this time seriously and wan
touiy imporils the chances of the repeal
/ of the sherman act. The only chance for
4 the repeal of the silver-purchase clause
/ lies now. as it always has, in a non-par-
/ tisau vote The republicans have shown
in this respect wisely and periodically,
as ] think entire uon-partisauship. They
| voted six to one in the House TO sustain
/ tho recommendations of the President.
| They viii vote to sustain him in the Sen
ate, by majority of to I, and mean
time they have remained silent in the
Senate, making no delays by speeches,
introducing no partisan discussion, but
standing ready to do everything to pro
mote action and to give their votes for re
peal whenever they are needed
What has the bill to repeal the national
election laws TO do with the bill TO repeal
the Sherman silver law There is no
connection whatever between them. Why
did the majority of the republicans in the
House vote to repeal the Sherman silver
law. and why do the maiorityOf the repub-
licau senators propose to vote to repeal it,
Is it not because they think the law a
peruicious onel DO they not think it is
the cause of the panic, and do they not
believe that IF continued in force it
would bring widespread financial disas-
ter, They certainly do, or else they have
not been honest in their speeches and
action.
And now if what the Trib-
unes Washington correspondent says
is true, they propose to do
what they can to defeat the Sherman
silver law, unless the democrats will
abandon their effort to repeal the ma
tional election laws. The correspondent
must interpret wrongly the temper and
purpose of the republicans in congress,
or else these congressman are wholly
unfit for the positions of trust and re
sponsibility they occupy If they were
to attempt to defeat the re
peal of the Sherman silver law
because the democrats refused to be die
tated to by them relative to other legisla-
ton to be enacted, theywould show them
selves to be not only very small, but
thoroughly dishonest, men. They would,
in effect, say that though the vast inter-
ests of the country demand the immediate
and unconditional repeal of the Sherman
silver law, they will not assist in repeal
ing it because their political opponents in
sist upon repeating some other law, which
they want to remain in force, although it
has no connection whatever with the
Sherman silver law.
If the republicans in congress have
fallen 80 low as to voluntarily take the po-
stion to which the Tribune's correspond
ent assigns them, they are unworthy of
the confidence and support of their CON
stituents. If they take such position
they would be condemned from one end
Of the country to the other, and they
would richly deserve such condemna-
ton.
The democrats and republicans who are
opposing the repeal of the Sherman sill
yer law say they are doing so because
they believe they are right. There is a
little, though not much, excuse for their
conduct, but those who believe the law to
be thoroughly bad one will have no ex-
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should endeavor to prevent its repeal
The Tribune's correspondent must be
mistaken.