Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-09-28
FESTINA LENTE.

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Louisville Courier Journal that it
S not a mistake to insist upon the
of the Federal election
awe; the Democratic party is
pledged to that. But it may prove
a mistake to have precipitated the
question in the House at the pres
ent time.
There is urgency for the repeal
Of the Sherman silver purchase
act, and Congress has been called
in extra session for that special |
purpose. There is no urgency for
i~..o amendment of the Federal
election laws; since there will be
no Federal elections for over a
year, and the agitation of the guess
ton at this juncture is full enough
of danger to the cause OF sound
money as to betray a shrewd pur-
pose on the part of the radical sill
yer men.
The Republicans will not con-
sent to the carrying out of the
Democl attic policy as to Federal
elections. Force at the polls, dis
guised behind sanctimonious pre-
tense Of protecting the ballot which
it outraged, has been too long the
Republican mainstay to be abruptly
Abandoned. Public sentiment, even
within their own ranks, has urged
Repub .ican mem bers to consent to
the reputation of the Sherman
Bill, there exists no such sentiment
in the party. 1t is as firmly welded
to this vicious policy as it is to that
other abomination, McKinleyism,
aud, confident of the approval OF
their Republican constituents, the
Republican members of Congress
may even feel justified, if need be,
in saving Davenportism by casting
overheard the bill to repeal the
| Sherman act.
| Some of the Republicans in
! Congress already chafe under the
necessity, created by the urgen,
demands Of the business world, O.
assisting the Democratic party il
the repeal of Republican fnancia
measure, and would be glad of al
excuse to bolt. Nobody likes crow
and just little further dash o
garlic in the seasoning will b.
enough to make Republicans fle'
from the table with a weak stom
ach. 1t is doubtless hard for Demo
cratic members of the House t.
amuse themselves twiddlirg thei
thumbs while the Senate huns an,
, haws over the repeal BILL. but it
a case where activity may beccm
:, pernicious and where lnactivit
), may be masterful.
Without Republican votes in tn
s Senate the VOORHEES, Bill ca
: hardly hope to pass that body
e Partisan rancor needs to be kef
in allegiance till repeal is assured
{ The first passage at arms in tb
d House over the Federal electio
. laws shows that the question hs
: lost none of its old power to excit
partisan energy and to stir th
: fighting blood of every faction.
y arouses more of feeling good an
10 bad, than any cold question {
q finance. A very little debate
I'll it will heat the political furnac
,s while the introduction of a ne
,e issue of such Importance may
v readily used as an obstruction
# the work for which the extra Sc
,e sion was called,
That is risk which the Dem
n cratic party can not afford to tax
j. Everything in good time, and q
a will be done at last. For ii
y present the agitation of the matt
D. Of Federal election laws is so ino1
: perfume that it may we'll be E
- down as device of the silver me
~ to defeat the repeal of the She
- man act. 1t is a device to viii,
=, conservative Democrats W
not lend themselves. Il
e business world demands the repe
o of the vicious silver purchase la
ar It has inaugurated revival of a
of tivity in confident anticipation
d. that repeal. If now hope
We stricken to earth and delay
=. heightened into defeat, the respo
Is sibility for the relapse into fna
in cial and commercial depressi
So, would be one which the Den
cratic party would not care
shoulder.