The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10

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"WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?'
Congress meets in eXtraordinar!
session today. Driven by the stres
of artiflcially constructed but never,
theless really existing hard times,
President Cleveland over a month age
called upon congress to meet today tt
compound cure for the nations
wounds. Since that time the trouble
has deepened and widened and con-
gress now faces a most veXed eondl'
ton of affairs The most conspicuous
public occurrence in the interim OF
the call and the meeting of the session
called has been the silver conference
but just adjourned at Chicago. While
the people everywhere, who were vi
tally interested in what shall now be
done, we're content to re-
pose confidence N congress
and the president, it has
remained for the silver kings (whose
greed has been one of the two causes
that have precipitated this crisis to
meet in public concave, and with much
defamation hurl their demands at
Cleveland and congress. 1t remains
to be seen what effect that pronuncia-
mento will have on Cleveland. That
it has strengthened the timid among
the silver representatives there can be
but little doubt
At this time what terrible respon-
sibiIity rests upon Cleveland; respon.
sibility, not only to the nation but to
his party. For it can not be ques-
TONED that Democrats are much di-
vlded on the silver question, and while
the money question Is one Of expedi-
ency rather than a party issue, yet how
easily it can be moulded into dividing
wedge disrupting party relations
But however much Democrats may
be now divided on the question of
expediency, they must remember that
they are now in absolute control of the
government and will be judged not by
their differences among themselves,
but by the results flowing from con-
nntiAn And
whether Democrat or Republican, we
take 1t, has at heart the best interests
of the common country. Men and
political parties look at questions diff
ferently, and each one is doubtless as
honest as the other in coming to his
conclusions; but it is results about
which we are now concerned. 1t is
that we are after that will do the ma
ton the most good in the least pos
sible time And who will cut out
that plan? Are those most
likely to do so who are engaged ia a
bitter warfare among Themselves over
what they think is for individual gain,
or is not that the most likely channel
to seek hope of relief along which flows
the most disinterested intention and
the most unbiased desire to temper all
action by the fire of patriotism The
nation turns as little to the gold man
as to the silver man for relief-its hope
is in the statesmen of the nation and
filling that station most conspicuously
of all stands Grover Cleveland. Il
catch the words of his message to con-
gress every ear in the nation is i'm
patiently turned. That he is peculiar
ly the hope of the people at this time
of unprecedented complications we
can not but know. Will congress be
guided by his advice? That is the
great question of the hour. If it
is and he is wrong then Democracy
has made an egregious b!under and
the people have suffered afresh, If it
is and he is right, how then will
united Democracy have fastened itself
for all time on the nation for Its lasting
good. If Cleveland is right and con-
gress will not go his way, what of the
Democratic party and of the people2
Democracy will have stultifed itself,
proven itself unworthy of the hour,
incompetent to face grave responsible
tiles and the people will justly cast it
out into utter darkness. For great as
is party, the nation, the people are
greater.
So it is that the Democratic party
is in the balance aud must not when
weighed be found wanting 1t can not,
it must not make a mistake. We
have, and do believe it is the political
party most nearly of all embodying in