The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01
Idle Talk.

The reports circulated in Washington
that a number Of democratic senators who
favor the free coinage Of silver will unite
with the republicans to defeat the Wilson
bill. because the President vetoed the
seigniorage bill cannot possibly have any
solid foundation. No doubt, there are
senator's who are condemning the Presi-
dent for vetOing that bill, but would they
defeat the Wilson bill for the purpose of
furnishing the PRESIDENT They would
appear very small in the estimation of the
country if they should be influenced by
any such motive, and they would appear
small in their own estimation.
The President is not more DESTROYS than
the Democratic party for the success of
the Wilson bill. If the bill should be
defeated. the Democratic party and not
the President, would suffer. The party
is pledged to reduce the tariff,
and the refusal of the President
TO approve financial legislation favored
by the democratic majority in congress
would not excuse that majority from
carrying out the promise of the party in
respect to the tariff.
Does any democratic congressman doubt
that the President was influenced by any
other than the highest and purest mo-
tives in vetoing the seigniorage bill2 Is
it not conceded that he acted strictly in
accordance with his convictions2 That
being the case of what has any democrat
to complain! Those who voted for the
bill did so, it is presumed, because they
ha l..
President vetoed it because he believed it
to be an unwise measure. Would the
President have been true to himself and
worthy of his great Office if he had,
against his judgment, signed the bill?
He has duty to perform as well as sena-
tors and representatives. The veto
power is given to the President
for purpose, and the people hold him
responsible for the honest exercise of it.
They would forgive him for making a
mistake in the use of it, but they would
never forgive him for failing to use it
when convinced he should do So
1t may be that the veto of the
seigniorage bill will have a demoralizing
effect upon the Democratic party in some
parts of the country. Such effect, how
ever, would be of temporary character.
Suppose the President had signed the
bill and a money panic had followed
Business would have come to a standstill,
practically, and the country would have
been strewn with financial wrecks
Would not such a condition of affairs have
done the Democratic party far more harm
than the veto of the seigniorage bill is
likely to do it.
The country is now on a sound financial
basis and is likely TO remain so. Business
is steadily improving. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that there will be great prosperity as
soon as the tariff question is settled. 1t
would have been a great mistake, there
fore, to have brought an element of mcer-
tainty into the finances of the government
an element that would have produced
financial disturbance, and eventually,
might have led to financial disaster of the
gravest kind
The Wilson bill will not be defeated be-
cause of the veto There are no demo
Gratis in congress small enough to injure
their party or the country with the view
Of spiting the President. All talk to the
contrary is idle.