The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
REPUBLICAN POTENTIALLY,
How the VIII of the Democratic Party Can
Be Defeated by Republican CONVEYANCE.
From The New York HeraIl

In about week the house viii probably
vote on the numerous phases of the proposed
financial legislation now before it and out Of
the tangle into which the situation has drift
ed will be evolved Il basis sufficiently definite
to show where the democratic party stands
as regards the coinage of both gold and silver
as the standard money metals of the country
In his last letter to The Herald that dis
tinGuishcd republican contravcrsialist, Mr..
Murat Halstead, concerns himself as to the
representative character of the position taken
by The Constitution and by myself in my let
ters to The Herald, in advocating strict com
pliance with the demands OF the party plat
form While he believes that more thar.
any other newspaper The Constitution rep
reSents southern opinion. he hopes that In
the matter Of financial legislation its cOnStruc-
ton Of party duty does not reflect the senh-
ment of the south. IF" says Mr.. Hal
stead, "the presidents policy Is not over
thrown as republican freak his part. the
bulk of the southern senators must yindicate
him."
There Is but one test to whether or not
my position, and that of The Constitution, is
representative of the wishes of the southern
people in the matter OF harmonizins con-
gressional action to the pledge OF the party
which elected the administration. Whatever
views Mr.. ITalstead may have on this point
will be put at rest in the announcement OF
the vote of both the house ana the senate.
IT will BE found, when the record OF the
hcusc Is made that an overwhelming majority
of the democrats are in favor OF the recognt"
ton of silver as well as gold as a standard
money metal. If left to the democratic ma
ioritv the house would unquestionably repeat
the sherman law and pass free coinage hill.
A the matter stands it Is probable thar
suih action viii not be taken,
thnrc are unfortunately enough
rncalcitrant democrats to combine with the
republican minority and thus shape the action
of the house contrary to the attitude OF the
large majority Of the democratic representa-
lives
The situation demonstrates the potentlaity
Of the republican position Having less than
ono hundred out of a membership of three
hundred and fifty. the republicans are as
,+ron, in tho bousa today. and infinitely more
do,gerors tbon they were when under the
lash of sneaker Reed they whipped the force
hin +brouob the house at a gai;op. and dcfed
thn nnonic in the recklessness Of their ex-
trarao..ncn
Wa have nften hcord of the randall mi
or;t,- II has nosscd into history and Will
I;,n ~ tor,, os +bn ,,or,orv of noor Sam Ram
,T NJ, T., ~ = bant,r in +ba history
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ueiio. ""C pa '""i" ~ ,tn
Hi0iI'' VII 49, - - - =
win the HiaJoIliy III the matter oI pi'lec'luh
ieRlSiatIou' Al thhL li1ie 'ie utInoCl"tiu
party had hot Hlaue an uhequIFFal heciArA'
ton or Its tarlH pollcy IN It's party PLATFORM
ana lt was III Shaping TINS policy that thd
division occurred which evoked from the
democratic majority the bitter denuncatl6n
OF Mr. Randall and those who agreed with
him. and which cost Mr.. Randall the less
of the SpcakcrShlp. As soon as the party
declared itself. outSp0kcnly and uneQuiyp-
caily, as against protection in any FORM both
elements Of the party, the big and the little
harmonzed with wonderful unanmty. ana
tariff reform became at once the sh!bboIeth
and the BATTLE cry of the Dartv The demo-
crat who disagreed was no longer demo-
Graf but like the Arab silently folded his
rent ana brtook binsalf IN the renuh,icaI,
camn ,yharo No bs1nn,od
Tnn ne .o-,r,oro +,sS with +bo sf+ro+io,,
+,I,r W. an u, ,hn h,,sa an ,,,,l,,oti,
oIIa ,,io.;tr ~ ,ba nart l., fo,-ar ~ w.,
p t,nao ~ 1ntb ,1IS rd si1r r,,h
. Ti+t,,, oIs+s ~ +h .o,nt ~
,+.n,,, + sI, t1,t ,1osf .,,.T,i,.,n,,s ioadn.
of the democratic minority are the very
an,,' Who ,aI, mo most IJa+ant and I,,c,,,,,,
,rnlefn, In o+foc,Ir,r tho ..par1oI ,,i,,nr
r. >, hpo,,so - 1ina,oa Win w., d,,,aaratt
tS tniFp I,a,ti ~ -;
n"Joii' WIN ',i -. lo7,sA'''o1 va, 1Aui
discussion even before the party hao da-
clared itself either on one side or the other.
The Randall element never dared to antag-
onlng a,1 ,ts hoS,.rntn ara ,vornd With aiy