New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-14

Day after day Democratic journals and Others
representing the party now IN power are APP
poaling to Republicans fer help. "Ccase your
criticism" they say do E0 hinder business
rec overy by showing the shortcomings Of these
charged with responsibility: but belp to restore
confidence" At the same time the>c Demo
Gratis and others are attributing all mStorluneS
to the Sherman act. unill.tly pretending that
the Republican party alone is responsible Tor
that measure. and :hus continually maligning
the party whose assistance they beg in the name
of on-parsan>hip. The performance Is de-
liciously impudent. but not on that account
m,re likely t, succeed. Men who bcseech help
TO get them out Of hole may at least stop
throwing mud al these whose aid they ask.
For fifteen wears the Democratic party has
hem voting for free c,inlge Of silver. and with
small minority of Republicans has forced
upon the country all the legislation by which
the permanencc of gold redemption has been
endangered. In 1890 the House passed a safe
measure. bit the Democrats Of that body op-
posed it, and the Democrats Of the senate with
handful of silver Senators defeated 1t ana
passed free coinage bill instead. 50 that
friends Of sound money were compelled TO
choose between free coinage and RUN on the
one hand and the sherman comp mise on the
other Now the Democrats who have fought
fifteen years for free coinage pretend that a
partial concession Il their demands i the cause
Of all their woes. The Silver Purchase at went
Just a far as Republicans thought it safe to
90. Nearly every Democrat in Congress voted
against il. on the ground that it did not % far
enough. But with a President and Secict1ry
who were both pledged and heartily deter
mined to carry ont its spirit. no disaster re-
suited from the act until i; became known tina;
a free silver Congress and President OF tho
same party had been chosen. Then gold be-
Gan to 60 abr ad. for there was 10 longer con-
fidencc that the parity OF gold and silver would
be maintained in the face of free coinage ma
iority in Congress and in spite Of tiff policy
calculated T. PROSTATE home industries and to
increase imports.
Republicans have an absolute right 10 call
attention to these truths. when it is falsely
asserted every day TO their injury that the only
cause of trouble is a law fCr which they alone
are reSpOnsible. The ri;2:ati0n If that un-
truth is not the way to enlist their aid. They
will do their best, by voices and votes in Con
finances on safe basis. But they are not
called upon t. assist Mr. Cleveland in casting
upon them the responsibility for mi>foriuncs
which his own election as the candidate of a
free silver party and his own incapaciy or
hesitation or anxiety for compromise with evil
have brought upon the country.
Democratic non-palti>anship is an ancient
but not venerable fraud. Not once in thirty
years has the Democratic party gained the
-lghte.t advantage by pretending non plrii AN
ship which it has not instantly used - the ut
most for partisan gain. Not once, when il was
pretending to merit non-par;i,an support, has it
failed to get all the support il could by the
worst parl.an misi approximations and the baSc-t
partisan frauds, Not once has it acquired Il
little power without using il to reward Demo-
cratic partisanshp, and 70 inrcnch itself be-
hind such partisan appointments ard laws AZ
were expected t. enable it to despise the non
partisan assistance il had used For years il
has seemed a. if 10 man of common sensc could
again be deceived by such professions. Yet the
same party is again be>ccching Republicans TO
put aside paltsanShip, even while for partisan
ends they are magned by every uttelance Of
those who beg their aid