Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
FOR REPUBLICANS,
Campaign Literature Being Produced
by the Democrats.
ASSERTIONS MADEBY THE ETWOrACqIQNS
One Says BimetaIIism and the
Other Sound Money.
MAKING AWKWARD RECORDS.

whether the hard times are due to the
tarin. or silver, or some other thing that
tne penetration Of man has not discovered
there Is one mandatory which has not
closed down on account Of the stringency
On the contrary. II Is at full blast, turning
out greater product than ever before in
the memory Of the present generation. The
product turned out Is republican campaign
material. 1t Is already a glut on the mar
ket, and there is danger Of 1t being cheap
ened by overproduction. Superintendent
Heed. Foreman Burrows and the master
workmen In the republican party sit by
idiy with folded hands and watch the work
60 on. The raw material is put in by other
willing hands. and the finished product is
turned out IN an incredibly short time, and
II II Of the very highest grade
Literature for the Republicans,
To come down from stilted metaphor, the
House II just now doing uncommonly well
IN the way of'producing campaign utera-
ture Tor the republicans great many
very intelligent democrats, who are shrswd
pohticians. are saying things in the debate
OF this special session which they will be
very sorry Tor against the coming around
quiet. The democrats have the responsi.
putty Of bettering the situation on their
snouioers, and their two shoulders do not
carry even. Both sides Of the question at
issue are represented within that party.
the losing of the fight now on. and party
lines are not drawn. Each man says what
- necessary to his side of the question at
them in the cloud Of dust they are kicking
up. But the hereafter Is to come. though
tney see u not now. and what strange lit-
Tor the free and independent voters Of this
country one year from next November.
c,ans the p public IL. have probably become suspi.
the aexibility the India rubber stretchiness
OF the last Chicago platform. which has
sSas by House to 1t n the
TO- 70 the en- most unreisntins cynic. to the old
ceivsd by platform defamation.
One Faction Insists On Bimetallism.
Here are the statements that are put into
the record by democrats In discussion Of
their own promises to the public. One fac
tion. In many-voiced clamor. says that the
party Is committed to bimetallism by the
terms Of the plank in their platform; that
the doctrines Of free coinage Of silver were
preached BY them In the campaign in their
pledges to that policy. votes w3,sscast Tor
the democratic party. Proceeding tkeysde-
would be crime: that the parsy ye wausa psases Ss
a fraud and an migrate. false to the people
who gave IT their votes and false to itself
unfriendly to silver; that it would prove
itself untrue and unworthy of the conn
dence Of the people-anti- climax. be 1t OBJ
every voting place In certain localities
All these declarations are made of record
and may be read during the next cam
paign.
The Sound Money Faction.
On the other hand the other faction-that
representing the administration-declar in
ioud-voiced eioquence that the platform
pledges the party to quite different thing,
and that II 1t does not. Cleveland is quite
enough Of a platform OF himself to over
throw all other platform declara tions: that
they owe their election and the victory of
the democratic party in their section to the |
fact that they assured their people that the |
platform meant sound money" and that |
the election Of democratic President ard
a democratic Congress would mean the |
stoppage of the purchase Of silver and the |
return to a single gold standard. They de- |
clare clare that II their Interpretation Of the
Congress does not keep the pledges made
by their faction. in their section of the
fraud and false pretenses; that it viii be
subject to criminal prosecution at the polls |
when the next election comes along.
read to every free and Independent voter A !
year from next November. They represent
their party as liable to be sued for breach
Moreover. they both agree. each faction |
looking at the matter from its side, that |
pAo Idltn WOuiQ render the party unworthy |
OF the confidence Of a self-respecting con-
stituency.
What the Republicans Will Do.
All this makes strong enough argument
In the present contest. but when Mr..
Bland goes on the stump at some time in
the future. and calls upon his constituents
to support the ever faithful and true demo-
cratic party. some wicked republican may
be mean enough to turn back to the rec
ords OF this extra session and read from his
remarks or those OF some Of his colleagues
Wnen MI; Tracy. Mr.. Harter or Mr.. Ray
tnr. on the stump Jump some time in the f.
always keeps its pledges and always stands
Dy the great common people in their stru.-
giles against oppression, there may be an un-
generous republican to draw the record on
Ing.
Now they are fighting with all their
might among themselves. How proud each
orator Is OF some sharp thrust at the other
pentance and retribution, and they Will
stand hand In hand, and say to each other
IN sorrowing tones: 'Oh. why did We give
eaSh otner away Now they are excited
Why the Republicans Smile.
Meanwhile Reed sits by and smiles ard
Burrows, he smiles, too, and all the rest
Of the republicans smile and are silent
BY this silence they. in a great measure
cover disagreements. and avoid making
OF record conflicting opinions as to their
own platform. Their silence NAV be re |
garded as golden. but it is less apt TO he of |
fensive to their silver constituents Than
some OF the things they might saw would
be. ' "oAo
The school for the Blind.
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