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cant snd nuchallrng~d statement
was made hNtS.uAtur nuh-n. ~ the
silver drlAt~ ih" either dRA. {" th"
effect that met ten Senators really
and anNt"m>lv 4. >,rrd 1" pas. III" uE-
conditional rer.al hili lie assert
ed, without contradiction. the -enti-
meni that irna ni,-d ti,r repeal 80
;hs sherman law UHs manifested and
Was outsid- the SenRte chamber.
The Idaho senator statement /. an
obvious truth. A. the debate pro
gresses u becomes more and patent
The Senate and the country have
abandoned the Presidents rostulat.
that the sherman law - rtrponsibl.
for the currency famine that han
brought such wlde spread disaster.
Republicans favor atr r-prai because
they believe n"w, az they believed
when u was enacted, that "a H. legiz
lauon Of doubtful utility They
urged its repeal ia the last Congress.
but the gold standard ''uncondI ion
al repeal" Democrats then. aud their
opponents defeated repeal. Repub-
hcans d,fcr 10 The business sentiment
Of the country IN lts expressed be-
half that the repeal of this law will
restore confidence and revitaliZe
business.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION.
With the Democrats Il H. IA totally
different matter. They repudiate th.
record Of n lifetime IN advocating re-
peal. The utterance Of every Dem
ocrat who favors repeal Is confront
ed by an utt.rancc so explicitly and
| specifically contradictory as to divest
II of all affectation OF honest convic-
tlon. The influence is irresistible
| that his advocacy of unconditional
repeal" in defiance of the National
| Democratic platform, il prompted by
the expectation and promise Of Fed
eral patronage. With that consider
alton removed, the assumption that
not half dozen Democratic Sena-
tors would be found supporting the
unconditional repeal proposition,
does no violence To the truth. Ii il
"A humiliating fact. The honest,
consistent Democrats are to be found
III the ranks of the opposition. They
say what they mean, and possibly,
some of hem mean what they Hay.
They advocate free trade, and they
call il free trade. They advocate the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver
and they say 50, by the eternal.
They are not leaders who juggle
platforms. They constitute the ele-
ment III the Democratic party that
opposed Cleveland's nomination at
Chicago. They knew then as they
know now that Mr.. Cleveland was
radically, vindictively and agrees
lively opposed 10 silver AZ money.
They were not inadvertant TO his
emphatic opposition 10 the Bland
Allison law. They knew In two an-
nual messages that he had urged the
: repeal of the Law, had insisted upon
the dlscontlnuance Of both the pur-
chase and coinage Of silver In his
message, December, 1886, he uses
this strong and comprehensive Ian
guage: II have seen no reason to
change the views expressed in my
last annual message on the subject
of the compulsory coinage; and
again urge its suspension"
Secretary Manning in his annual
report to Congress, December q, 1886,
vehemently demonstrated against
the further purchase and coinage of
silver. He SAID, with Mr.. Cleve-
|
lands se..r". al: stopping the pur-
chas" and coinage Of silver is the
first step and the bes. step which the
United States can take in doing
their great part to repair the none
tary disjocatIon OF the world" This
: is the difference between Cleveland
and the Democratic party. or the BIZ
metallic wing Of the party, vividly
brought 10 the attention Of the coun-
try. 1t needed not the Northen let
: Ter to emphasize the Presidents con
7, temptous opinion OF the politicians
+ at Chicago who juggled the Demo
cratic platform TO mean bimetalism
! or it, equivalent, the free coinage Of
u silver. The Presidents position now
u on the silver question is perfectly
consistent with his often declared
views antecedent to the Chicago con
vention. Let it be understood now
and forever that Mr.. Cleveland is a
: gold monometalist; that he believes
. in single gold standard, and that
u the object Of the unconditional repeal
,l of the Sherman law means that
b nothing more. nothing less. Now,
L. i-s,nrp WHICH KING RRZ0HIAt