The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-30

crop of the South and the grain crop of
the West, and would no doubt make 4
material difference in the price OF those
articles.
And yet, does it not seem passing
strange that the very parties who are
making the most noise, and literally
rending the air with their complaints,
about an insufficient supply Of cur
reDcy in the country, and are most vio-
lently opposing the repeal of this OBJ
noxous and evil bearing Sherman law,
on the pretense that it will put a stop
to the increase of the currency: I say,
does it not seem strange that these are
the very parties, who are in every way
possible obstructing the passage of
measure that would afford such prompt
and immediate relief? Not content
with fighting it fairly and squarely on
its merits, which indeed they do not
pretend to do, they resort to trickery,
and try toload it down with vicious
amendments that they know its advo-
Gates will not accept. The Populists
have their plan for overlooking it. and
We find our junior Senator lrby Joining
them in it. But at this nobody is sur
prised, for nothing hetter was ever eX-
pected Of him. The silver fanatics
have their plans for loading it to death,
but this, too, was to be expected, for
with them it is question of rule or
ruin. But what does surprise Us, and
not a little, is to find our senior Sena-
tor, Butler, virtually acting with the
same crowd; for his attempt to tack on
his State bank hobby to this PROPOSE
tion can hardly be regarded otherwise
than 4 plan to overload and kill, Or de-
lay it indefinitely. He we'll knows
that his pet measure cannot be adopted
without long and fierce struggle. He
knows that the friends of sound money
in bis own State are, to say the least,
not united in favor Of the rehabilitation
of the State banks of issue. He IS
doubtless familiar with the language
of his illustrious predecessor, Mr.. Cal.
houn, who said on memorable occa-
sion in the United States Sanate: IF
there be any one point fully established
| by experience and reason, / hold it to
| be the utter incompetency of the State
! banks to furnish of themselves sound
| and stable currency.' He is familiar,
too, with the wholesale ruin brought
on several States by the wildcat cur
rency of State banks in times past, thus
| fully confirming the judgment of Mr..
| Calhoun. What guarantee can We
| have that they will be any better IN
! the future, especially here in South
| Carolina under our present dominant
elenent"' But If our Senator has such
| confidence in the merits of his State
bank scheme, as panacea for all our
financial woes, let him bring it before
Congress as separate and independent
measure, and have it duly considered
and acted on. His party has a good
! working maj aiority in both Houses of
| Congress, President in the Executive
mansion, and the Democratic National
| platform pledged to .le repeal Of the,
to him, obnoxious tax. The way, then,
would seem to be open to the accom-
plishment of what he has so much at
heart. Why, then, should he attempt
| to delay or load down a measure chat
would afford such prompt and effica-
cious relief as the one in question? Be
! sides, it does not seem quite the right
and proper thing, either to try to force
50 important measure through Col-
! gress by tacking it on to some other
| IuSdSuICS va w 0SS ~ e1o -
.dead-weight TO kill such measure. Let
each stand on its own Individual
| merits.
Indeed it seems to me that the friends
of sound money in South Carolina,
| who are numerous and who have been
| among Senator Buffers chief support
ers; can hardly be otherwise than some
what disappointed at his recent action,
both in opposing the prompt and un-
conditional repeal Of the Sherman law.
and at his attempt to overload and Kill
this perfectly sound and safe measure
for securing SO considerable au increase
in our currency, which we hear so
! loudly called for on all sides. Does it
never occur to our distinguished Sena-
tor that he might possibly forfeit the
confidence of this element of his con-
| stitueAts, and, lose their active support
just when it might be Of most impor-
tance to him? Or does he hope, per-
haps. by game of fast and loose 90
the financial question to gain over more
| from the Tlllman-Alliance faction than
he may lose among the friends of sound
money? CIVIS.