New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-01
THE BIMETALLIC CONTENTION.

THE BInET4ILIt tON ~ ffoN.
The nroceedngs of the National Bimetallic
Convention. which begins its sessions i'll CHI
caeo to-day, will be followed with unusual in
tcrest by the general public 1t Is proper to
say. however that the reputation which man!
Of the delegates who aspire TO be prominent
in its discussions and influential in its dclibera
firms have made for themselves by recent ut
teranccs does not encourage the hope that any
thing either practical or wise will result from
the meeting 1t is doubtless true, n0tuth-
standing that these very utterances, the vio-
lent temper exhibited. the incorporate threats
and insane rawlings which have attracted such
wide attention have been of actual service IN
clearing up the whole situation. The vast
majority of our citizens i'll the W est and South
as well as in the East are reasonable and rea-
soning beings The wild threats and utterly
senseless rant of the demagogues who have
been talking about confscation and 0dlStrlDu-
ton and blood TO the brides have not mere
ly amazed them by their audacty. but have
opened their eyes 10 the meaning ana inc
motives of the agitator>. their rcckleSSncSS ana
temerity and the inevitable tendency OF their
teachings Few men are so blind a. not 10
soc that the logic of all the wild talk OF these
peoplc is bald anarchy They have done some
GOOD in disclosing themselves. The country
has been slowly finding out the real disposition
of the demagogues who for the last eight or
Ten wears have been cracking whips over the
head, of the whole people. When these fcl-
lows reach the point where they boast that
they have scared the East to death they
have come to the end of their tether
,I,,,, /, i'm
to-day will probably contain some delegates
who realize that the whole business has been
overdonc: that the leaders who chucklc over
having scared the last 10 death have not
only made sublime asses Of themselves but
have brought the cause III which they are en-
gagged into dsreputc, rdlcule ana disgrace
II will be the effort of this sensible minority
to retrieve the situation by diSavownR ana
disclaiming all the ridiculous rant and nonsense
of the fellows who have made themselves
laughing stocks for fhe last month or two.
We do not think they will succeed. The rea-
sonabe bmctalistS. who have sincere de-
sire 10 maintain the parity between gold ana
silver and who believe that IT can be done
without disaster t, business and credit Will
he in hopeless minority. and the fanatIcal
crew who make a living by luX OF empty
speech and who don't care the toss of a copper
what happens 50 they get an audience and
notoriety will ride over them.
II ma be disappointment TO them. But
they should remember that these demonstra-
ti0ns of violence. these foolish threats, and
all the rcckleS,ness manifested by the red
mouthcd orators are the legitimate crop OF
what the free silver men have been sowing
for wears The most conservative OF them
have not hesitatod to charge upon those who
differed with them connlvancc in a great con
spilacy and crime the most moderate OF them
have INDUCED in cpithet> of the most offensive
character and all Of them have united IN
threatening that unless their own notions OF
finance and currency were regarded they would
break up parties and prevent any legislation
on the subject By the United states Congress.
When Senator stewart. Of Nevada. SAID IN
Washington last winter that there should be
no legislation on the silver question except
such as he and the silver Senators were agreed
upon even if they had t. talk the session out
he simply set the keynote for all the blather-
sixties who have been making the vclkin ring
with threats ever since. II j. bad business Tor
a minorty a. set up it, dictum in this country
and say that nothing shall be done except
what it approves. And it is very bad business
when Senator from state which has hardly
population enough to be entitled 10 a single
member Of Congress makes himself the mouth
piece Of such minority and says that the ma
iority of Senators from forty-iour States shall
be called to a halt and hindered from doing
the work they have been commissioned 10 do
until he and his following are counted with
and appea>cd The few sober minded and
serious persons among the delegates to the
Timetable Convention have need 10 bcthnk
themselves that they are pretty near the end
of n very bad mistake, and that mis..Te was
in surprising that the American people any,
whcre-East or West, North or South-coud
be browbeaten or scared into submitting to the
noise and nonsense of a minority