Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-01
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support of the eastern Democrats when
a serious attempt should be made to
carry out definite Democratic policy.
/ Some of the references which the
Constitution has made to the attitude OF
these eastern Democrats have not been
pleasantly received by a few southern
Democrats, who were either wearing a
patronage collar, or who had not made
a serious study of the situation. But
recent developments must convince
even this class of doub3ers that. when
the real purposes of the eastern Demo-
Gratis are taken into consideration.
The Constitution has been wisely and
prudently reticent in regard to the real
nature OF the contest that has been and
is now goinig on.
| We presume that after the event of
Monday-when twenty-eight Demo-
Gratis, all of them from the east. refus-
ed to go into party caucus called, not
for the purpose of forcing an obnoxious
measure on minority, but for the pur-
| pose of securing aquorum for purposes
of legislation-no Democrat in any part
of the country can longer doubt the at
titude and intentions of the eastern
contingent.
Their attitude On other questions
has been pointed enough to convince
| thoughtful Democrats, but now they
| have boldly walked across the line
| that divides the two organizations.
They say to the southern and western
Democrats-and to all Democrats who
do not agree with them-that they will
not aid their party to make a quorum,
and the excuse they give to the party
is that they do not feel it incumbent
on them to make quorum which will
be employed to pass a measure obnox-
ious to the administration.
This is their excuse, and they seek
to leave the impression by their action
that they have the sympathy OF the ad-
| ministration itself in thus lightly cast
ing aside their party obligations. But
the statement that they represent the
administration in this matteris lncred-
ible. Otherwise there would be an
end of party organization for the time
being. No matter how deeply the ad-
ministration may be smitten with the
gold mania, which is now wrecking the
property and business interests of the
country. it is impossible to suppose
that it would take this underhanded
method and go to this extreme and
dangerous length to display lis. opposi-
ton to the Bland seigniorage bill.
| The administration has it in it's pow
er to put an end to the Bland bill, and
to all other legislation faaVofable to the
interests OF the people by interposing a
veto. This being so, it is preposter-
Gus to suppose that Mr.. Cleveland
sanctions this effort on the part of the
eastern Democrats to break down the
party organization and block the
wheels of Democratic legislation to ac-
complish result that could be more
readily reached by means of a veto.
Compare the attitude of the eastern
Demo Gratis with that of the southern
and western Democrats when a meas
ure obnoxious to justice and to every
principle of Democracy was up for con-
I! sideration-the repeal of the purchas-
| ing clause of the Sherman law without
| substitute legislation. The eastern
| Democrats then. as now, had formed a
coalition with tho Democrats under the
lead of John Sherman and Tom Reed,
but Notwithstanding this fact, and not
withstanding the fact hat a majority
of the southern and western Democrats
knew that unconditional repeal was
/ merely cloak for an infamous scheme
to re-establish the single gold stand
ard, there was not the slightest effort
made to break quorum. 1t is true
that many Democrats were induced by
fraud and Misrepresentation to help
forward the scheme of finfamy, but even
those who were opposed to it appeared
| in the house and senate and had their
votes recorded.
But now the eastern Democrats, still
keeping up their coalition with the re-
publicans. refuse to go into a caucus OF
their party associates called for the
purpose of compelling the attendance
af quorum. We are convinced
| that these men do not understand what
they are about except in superficial
way. Their attitude strikes deeper
than they know. They have revived
the issue of sectionalism. They
threaten the Organization of the party
on quibble, but their quibble, after
all, goes to the very root of the whole
matter.
They have raised the issue whether
all legislation shall be in favor of the