The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-24

soGs Ian portsat Rssaies Of the Css6suD-
sionsl Stru ggls.
One Of the two colossally sordd bar.
gains Of the Eifty-6rst congress has
been wiped from the statutes Of the
United States The work of removal
which the house. body four times as
large, accomplished i'm twowceks after
= brilliant and exhau stive de bate. the
sluggish senate has occupied two
months in doing.
The will Of the country has been ex-
ecuted The bullion purchase make
shift Will no Longer threaten the sta
bility of the currency. and the task of
restoring the STANDARD % the bimetallic
basis the people have desired and or
dered can be begun logically and with
out subterfugc.
What of the effect upon business.
upon parties and upon the monetary
policy Of this republic? viii business
respond to the granting Of relief? Will
new party lines be laid? VIII this ma
ton Of sixty-hve million active people
yield To the gold bigotry of crowded
little England?
credit has had a contin nous strain. Sill
yer purchases Were not the sole cause
Of trouble. The cure ncy uncertainty,
acting upon many other causes already
existing. produced cruel stringency.
II the senate had acted as
promptly as the house. the reaction
toward conhden nee would have been
more rapid in operation II is now late
In the season. "A nd men will be more in
clined to wait for each other than they
would have beef in September. There
is no doubt. however. that the gem
eral course Will be upward. and that
before the win ter is over enterprise
will be anxious TO make up for lost
time.
AS to parties. the de rnocracy and lus
party organization are strong In faith
we are all together, Notwithstanding
the disagreements upon detail that
have led to few tang i ing inte rchanges
since August The legislative power
has declared tn ut the currency shall! DO
honest and everything it pretends to
be before the people and the world.
whatever may he the standard There
are to be no frauds That is great
gain for democratic bimetallism. Now
we can go ahead. with the respect of
all well-meaning men. and change the
sherman gold standard we have had
since resumption took place into a
standard ofsilver and gold as Indicated
in the Voorhees, bill
The democratic party has shown all
the public spirit, all the sincerity of
purpose and nearly all the ability of
the long fight. The republicans have
helped mechani cally TO destroy their
three-year-old solution Of the money
question" The populists have con-
tributed nothing except botheration
anu impossibilitie> Democrats have
opposed each other, it is true. bu. man
fully, and have prepared for closer
union on better understanding than
ever.
Thus the policy Of the country will
be democratic policy The opposition
has des eloped none. Its IDEAS run all
the way from Sherma MS and Walkers
anglomania to PETERS and Simpson -
food of paper. Maybe they can patch
up makcshift among them Protec-
ton and money pattern alism have much
in common. IL is not Improbable TIA,
they may PROFOUND a money PLATFORM
on which Sherman and Simpson can
both stand.
The democracy will govern and its
policy is. First, that American money
shall be honest at any cost. whether
the declared ba sis Is precious stones or
potatoes: second. that the basis. to be
adopted as soon aspoasible, shall be gold
and silver coin. and that prov ision shall
be made. by such government issues as
circumstances require, and such bank
ing laws as are wise. practicable and
just to all the people. for convenient,
sufficient and locally elastic paper cur
rency redeemablc 10 gold or silver coin
Of standard value.-St- Louis Republic.