Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-28
THE SURRENDER TO CLEVE-
LAND.

1t appears to be settled that the
Voorhees, repeal bill will now pass
the Senate. And there is no reason
to suppose that the House viii not
promptly concur, says the 5. +.
Chronicle. The only difference be
tween the Wilson bill, which passed
the House, and the voorhees, sub
stitute is that the latter measure con.
tains more explicit declaration as
to the policy of the United States to
continue the use Of silver as a stand
ard money metal. The legal effect,
however, of the two bills is the same.
Whether the one or the other should
pass it amounts simply to the uncon-
ditlonal repeal of the purchase clause
of the Sherman law. And, as we
have frequently pointed out, the eff
feet will be to leave the country
without any statute under which the
Government can acquire silver for
future coinage into legal tender
money. That is to say, unless Sen
ator Norgan's contention is correct
and the free coinage act of 1887 is
still in force.
The measure as it will pass will be
distihctively Democratic party
measure Whatever of credit or dis
credit Is to be attached to it that
party will take or bear. And 1t ,
must be admitted in this connection
that the party stood absolutely |
pledged to repeal the Sherman law. |
In that regard there was a distinct
promise in the Chicago platform.
OF course, it was contended by the
Democratic friends of silver that the
platform also pledged the party to
favor the coinage of gold and silver
without discrimination. And yet |
this was a general phrase which |
promises nothing specific; whereas |
the pledge to repeal the act wnich |
was denounced as "makeshift" vas
unequivocal. 1t was doubtless, this
consideration that concluded many |
Democrats to follow Cleveland, |
trusting to the future recognition of
silver in some form.
The long contest which is now
soon to be ended has been the most
memorable debate in recent years.
We do not believe that it has been
a useless or vain contest. 1t will
be found, we predict, that the dis
cussion will avail to educate public
opinion as to the seriousness of the
monetary problem which is now be
fore the country for future solution.
If anyone imagines that the contest
of the people against the gold-stand-
ard conspiracy has ended he counts
without his host. The controversy
has only been opened anew. 1t will
10 the arena of popular discussions,
Though, in common with other
oimetallists and friends of silver coin
age, we hoped that the Sherman law
would not be repealed without some
provision being adopted which would
still recognize silver in the mint-in
other words, while we dreaded the |
effect on the world of the seeming
of silver by the United
States, still we now think that the
unconditional repeal of the Sherman
law will be better for the cause of
bimetallism than the adoption of any
other of the half-hearted and alb
,urd compromise measures which
were partially agreed TO- There is
no use of temporizing. Either the
United States must abandon silver
as money metal or adopt
rec coinage. There is no halfway
ground upon which the country can
wisely stand. Let the contest come.
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