New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-14
COMING SILPFR.

Secretary Carlisle In Il letter 10 western
silver Democrat. makes the important announce
mcnt that he has been coming silver dollirS
again and ut the same time retiring ABOUT
81 geo 600 of the new Treasury notes. II * OK
plaincd that his performances are "Xprc''d I"
crafty the silver men Of the South ana west
and thus lessen the disposition To abandon the
Democratic party. 1t is not important liSt no"
10 ask what authority the Secretary mas lor
further coinage of silver dollars III this 'iihe'
when more than 342.00O.OOU of them are lying
useless In The Treasury. If ii is intended H. Il
partisan trick to dclude some ignorant voters
there will. of course be found some shadow ol
discretionary power. and 1t VIII make no S"r' VI
difference that the act is a wide departure i'oi'
the policy for which the President mas p''h
claiming great credit After Mr.. Clevciahd
performances in the tariff matter II would J."
idlo to cypect either consistency or fidelity 10
princpe where some partisan end Is 10 !"
gained 1t may not be amSs to REMIND Tue
President and Secretary. however 'ha' NV
Democratic party needs help and bolSterlns even
more in the great Eastern States than III me
West or South and that unsOundneSS ana fal'h'
leSsnoss on the silver question would Z" TAR 10
cut away whatever strength the Administration
has left in Eastern commercial centres. IL
might be well. therefore. for the Sccr''ar! i"
give the business world what explanation ne
can Of his present course
The surprising loss Of Democratic votes III
Maine and Vermont must obviously he r'GaTur"
rs a declaration of want of confidence III 'he
Democratic policy rs n whole All know mat
part Of il meets some approval III one SEC
lion and part IN another Int the N"fdl't
has been Overwhelming crnsurc in all Inc
Northern States that have spoken. The ''N'o"
Rcpublican plurality in Maine evidently means
disnlcasurc with the tariff recently enacted. ana
Ibc same cause is likely 10 defeat Tie Demo
cratic party. 10 matter what ii may do or prom
ise in other manufacturing States. like New
Yorl, Connecticut and New-Jcr-cy. Strictly. the
only feature OF the Democratic performance
which has pivcp satisfaction In these clos" Fast
ern States is the opposition of Mr.. Cleveland
70 the currency -dcbauchng schemes Of the silver
families This one consideration. ~ matters
have stood hitherto would help 10 hold Ia their
Marty ALLEGIANCE many business men ana
others who have felt that the President had
Numbered shamefully in Hawaii. and departed
ror from his declared convictions in his appoint
mcnts and i'm the conduct Of the Civil Service"
and had been drawn by Frcc-Trade theories into
IN attitude most dangerous To Northern indus
tries. but have nevertheless felt that he coud
he trusted and deserved support in respect to
the currency. In all probability the Democratic
loss great as II has been. would have been
greater by far IN every Northern State but Tor
This ;dca about the Presidents position Oh The
money question Al least in that matter when
many think Of the highest importance, the froS-
idcnt has saved his party thus far from some
loss at the Fast
But If the President and his Administration. iii
This "a I'm other matters are going 10 give MP all
principle in a hunt for Populist votes at the
West and South: If In finances as everywhere
olso thc interests If the East are 70 be sacri-
feed: II the Populist income tax and the sec
tonal discrimination against manufactures are
10 be followed by surrender 10 southern anu
Western debasers Of the currency. then indeed
the Democratic parts will have left no'hlhg 10
fight for or hope for in Eastern STATES. Yet II
hcoins 10 look as If this would be the outcome.
The President went very far in favoring the
income tax He knew right well that. in per
uniting the new tariff to become Il law. he was
copsonting 10 the most unfair and Indecent dls-
,ribn,ion ever made of the National burdens.
II is scarcely possible that the Secretary Of the
Treasury has been coming silver without the
Presidents knowledge or assent, but Mr.. Cleve-
land will not easily reconcile that course with
the principles he has hitherto protested 10 re-
gard as sacred with the anxious desire for
maintenance Of sound currency ana an I'M
shaken public credit which has seemed to gov
ern his action. II in 'his matter also as IN all
others. the Democratic party and its Admins
trotiop become a mere tail Of the Populst Kite,
thcre would seem to be no good reason why the
party should not disband completely In Eastern
States. Its prospects were gloomy enough De-
fore but even at its worst 1t can lose something
bv catering TO the votes Of silver inilalloniSts
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