Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-06
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President Cleveland's personal organ,
the Philadelphia Ledycr, authoritatively
states that he will consent to no compro-
mise regarding silver pending action on
the bill now before the senate The
washington correspondent OF hat
paper, in a dispatch published last Mon
day and vouchol for in the editorial
column as of unquSstionable authority,
said that ANY intlmation that the pres
ident would favor any compromise has
not substantial foundation" 1t was also
stated by this correspondent upon the
highest authority, presumably Mr..
Cleveland himself, that the president
had not discussed compromise with
any person, nor had any person pre-
sented that question t. him. The Ledqer
correspondent further said, doubtless
with the authority of Mr.. Cleveland:
There is also the highest authority for
the statement that the president has not
changed his views upon tho necessity
and urgency Of unconditional repeal,
and tina he Is now more firmly convinced
OF the correctness of the utterances
contained in his message to congress
urging speedy and unc nditional repeal
than at the time that document was
issued. 50 far from favoring IL compro-
mise, there is reason to believe the presi-
| dent would withhold his approval from q
bill in which the evils of The present law
were continued even for u limited
period. Those who are proceeding upon
the theory that the president favors
anything short of unconditional repeal
are deceiving themselves and others"
Speaking editorially, the Ledger of last
Tuesday says ''the president stands now
precisely where he has always stood.
unchangeably opposed to any and every
plan of cowardly, vicious compromise
and in support of the unconditional re-
peal OF the purchasing clause of the
ruinous sherman act"
Ii these statements had come as a
manifesto directly from Mr.. Cleveland
they would be entitled to no greater
weight than attaches to them as ema-
mating from the L9dger, because there
can be no doubt that they were made
upon the authority of the president and
perhaps were even submitted to his in
spection before being published. They
dispose completely of the assumption of
Senator Butler and som e other advocates
of free silver that the president may be
persuaded to acce pit a compromise and
they ought to put an end to all efforts in
that direction. If, as Mr.. Cleveland's
personal organ says, and undoubtedly
by his authority, he is u~nchangeably OPP
posed to any and every plan of compro-
mise, it is obviously a foolish waste of
time to go on proposing and dis
cussing plans. Those who know
Mr.. Cleveland's character must
understand that having firmly
made up his mind to have nothing short
of unconditional repeal, and believ-
ing that he is supported in this position
by a large majority of the people, he
will neither be cOaXed nor coerced into
a change of attitude, so that even should
the repeal and anti-repeal senators come
to an agreement on some plan of compro-
mise it would be futile. The president
has made known, in the plainest and
strongest possible terms, the hopeless
ness of any and all efforts to induce him
to abandon or even modify the position
taken in his message to congress-, and
the supporters Of the president in the
senate cannot, as consistent and
sincere adhePcnts, consider any plan
or proposition requiring the president
to change position. Their duty lies in
the one direction of using every means
and resource at their command to secure
u vote on the pending bill providing for
unconditional repeal of the silver pur-
chase clause of the act of 1890.