The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-13
REPUBLIcAN srULTIrICATIoN.

It is now common folly Of Repub-
lican papers TO denounce President Cleye-
land for not calling Congress in session
earlier for the purpose Of correcting the
existing condition Of the Treasury and
financial policy Of the Government They
are also very fond Of charging him with
being responsible for the existing condi-
ton Of affairs and for having brought
the country to its present situation. For
instance. the Chicago Inter-Ocean. one
Of the most stalwart Radical papers in
the country. in a recent issue, said:
1T never has been the policy Of the
Tnter-Ocean 10 sound a needless alarm.
But the dullest vision cannot rail- 70 see
nor the coarsest sense 20 feel that the
condition OF the country in June, 1923. IS
very different. and very unfavora5ly diff
ferent. from what it was in June. 1892.
Then IL was ono Of unprecedented pros
perity; now IL is one Of unusual dcpres-
sion"
II seems very strange to the average
citizen why the Republican editors who
rant in this strain do not stop and consid-
er what folly they are committing. The In
ter-Ocean deplores the decline OF gem
erM prosperity I'm the country since 1892,
but apparently does not stop to think
that, if there really is any such decline,
it is due entirely to the lack Of conf
dence in the people over a monetary
system. due entirely 20 the workings Of
the Sherman bill which was introduced
by one OF the leading Republicans OF the
day, passed by Congress Republican
in both branches. and signed by a Re
publican President.
Then when Republican papers denounce
the President for not calling Congress
together sooner as the New York Tribune
is doing every day-they must be totally
blinded 10 the fragrant foolishness of their
conduct. Why is II necessary 10 call an
extra session OF Congress at all? Simply
because the Republican administration Of
Mr. Harrison has left the country in
such a condition that fl is absolutely ne
cessary that the obnoxious laws inflicted
upon the people by the Republicans
should be repealed. So when the Tr-
bune Inter-Ocean and other papers Of
that fix. denounce Mr Cleveland for
not calling Congress I'm extra session
sooner than he intends doing, they sim
ply confess that the acts Of their own
party and their own administration are
so UNANIMOUSLY wicked that the President
cannot be too quick in having them
done away with
The truth Of the whole matter is that
President Cleveland is, i'm no degree in
the world, responsible for the present
financial or economic condition of the
country. 1t was Il legacy left him by
his Republican predecessor. and il is
imposslble for him 10 correct the errors
of four long years i'm q few months. He
will do so In time. and the contrast which
he will show when ne goes out Of office
between the state of affairs then. and as
it was when he first became President.
will be so marked I It the people will
never again be willing 10 cntrust them
selves I'm Republican hands. I'm the mean
time the howls which the Radical press
are raising at him for not calling Con-
gress together 10 rectify the evils their
party have brought on the country should
be stored away by the Democrats for use
in the next Presidential contest They
will make frst-class campaign documents.