The morning news., 1894-10-17
The Ideal Republican Politician.

Senator John Sherman is the most emf
nent bundle of Inconsistencies before the
public to-day. He must. indeed. be the
ideal republican statesman
While posing as a friend of sound
money. Senator Sherman framed and had
passed a silver purchase law that would
unquestionably have wrecked the finances
of the country had the law not been re-
pealed by his political opponents. When
the repeal bill came up for consideration
Senator Sherman was one of its support
ers. And at that time, as when the law
was passed, he was posing as the friend
Of sound money.
AT Akron, o., the other day, Senator
Sherman, still posing as sound money
man, nominated William Mckinley for
President in 1896, knowing at the time
that Mckinley has been coquetung with
the free silver element ever since he
has been on the stump. 1t would not be
surprising If Mckinley before a great
while should declare in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the ratio of l6 to /. And there would
be John Sherman at his back.
Another Of the famous senator's e.larina.
Inconsistencies was shown at the time he
named Mckinley for president If Nc
Kinley stands for anything in this world.
it is for high protection: Yet Senator
Sherman, within the same hour that he
indorsed the high protectionist for the
presidency, made low tariff speech.
Said 10 uy v,Ct i
extreme protectionist. I believe that suf-
ficient duties on imported goods can he
and ought to be levied to pay ordinary
expenses Of the government in times of
peace No duties should be levied for
protection that are not needed for rev
enue. These duties should be levied. so
far as practicable, on articles that come
into competition with home industries
All duties and taxes should be so arranged
in schedules as that the revenues can be
raised or lowered by schedules without a
revision OF the whole tariff" That is an
extremely mild declaration of principles
for a republican to make, and one which
Mckinley would never have made.
According to Mr. Garrard's newspaper
hackers, he has not allowed 'the fruitless
and bewildering discussion of the silver
question to draw his attention from the
strongest and most unanimous demand in
the south at the present time-the state
bank issue" That is how Mr. Garrard
avoids the silver issue According to the
Macon News, Maj. Bacon believes in re
storing to silver its proper functions"
That is how Maj. Bacon avoids the silver
issue. According to the Augusta Chroni-
Gle, Senator Walsh in his speech at Haw-
kinsville declared in favor Of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
the ratio Of l6 to ], and said he thought We
ought not to wait on Europe. That is how
Senator Walsh meets the silver issue
squarely According to all Of his cam
paign speeches. Congressman Turner is I'm
favor Of coming all of the silver possible
so long as the parity of value be tween
silver coins and gold coins of the same
face value can be guaranteed and sus-
tained. He wants the poor mans silver
money TO be worth as much, dollar for
dollar as the bankers gold money. He is
against immediate and unqualified free
coinage. And that is how Congressman
Turner meets the silver issue. II seen
that II there is any logic OF the situation.
Mr. Walsh ana Mr. Turner ought to DE
the only senatorial candidates considered
bv the democrats in the legislature, and
Mr. Turner ought TO be elected
A theory Of the Quantico train robbery
that obtains some crodence in Washing
ton is that the robbers We're desperate
characters who went to tho capital with
coSey and have never left the nolghbor-
hood.