The Washington times., 1894-03-31
Senator Stewart says:

Senator SleWdit sayss
"The veto means that the gold monometal-
lists are not longer to attack US with con-
cealed weapons. The Apaches of finance
will no longer fight in ambush. The question
before the people now will be whether the ties
of party are stronger than the pangs
of hunger In the next election the question
of grub will be paramount. As Tor the Presl-
dents suggestion of a compromise by which
the seigniorage shall be coined IN return LOT
the permission to issue bonds, ii is like offer
ing a man drink of water out of his own
well on condition that he sell himself into
perpetual bondage"
.sYou must expect" said Mr.. Moreton
Frewen last night, ''to lose a good deal OF
gold in any case in the coming summer.
ANY reduction of the tariff must reduce prices
on this side the sea, and in doing this in
crease your imports from Europe and else
where: so that you will lose gold to pay Tor
these increased imports.
.sThere are lust two courses theoretically
sound The one Is free coinage of silver here.
the other is free coinage of silver by inter-
national agreement over a wider area. l be-
lieye either one course or the other would
restore the parity Of the metals at once. But
the former alternative is not possible; 1t is an
alternative that n handful of professors
of political economy pronounce feasible,
but which excites great hostility
in the East. The other alternative. an inter-
national agreement. believe you can have
now when you like, for SO intense has been
the suffering in London since the Brussels
conference adjourned that if there were
conference in London tomorrow no govern
ment could retain power month which sent
any such instruction to our representatives as
Mr.. Gladstone then sent to Sir Rivers
Wilson and Mr.. Bertram Currie. The
entire nation simply detests the way In
which the currency of India has been
tampered with. The losses experienced in
all our eastern trades have been colossal. The
London chamber of commerce has just de-
clared to Lord Roseberry-that unless this sill
yer question is settled at once irremediable
damages will be done to trades annually
valued at ESQ 000, 600. The better policy
seems to me to-day to wait patiently a lew
weeks, even a few months. We cannot
stand this strain much longer, and England
will have to propose conference Then re-
monetization will follow, and l to 1515
ratio"
Most jubilant are the Populist members OF
Congress They are filed with JOY because
they see in the veto a boom for their crusade.
They feel sure that the veto will give them at
least fifty additional members OF Congress.
This anticipated increase is expected to come
largely from the South. They do not
expect to gain any members from the
middle western states, but feel sure
of having a majority of those from
the Northwest, and they insist that they
| will control the delegations from Texas and
| Alabama. They are counting on the probabii-
| ity that the House will be called upon to
settle the next Presidential election, and that
| they will hold enough states to force the elec-
| tion OF their own. Should the election be
| thrown into the House, the successful candl-
| date must control twenty-five states. and this
| they say neither Of the old parties can do; and
they, holding the balance of power, will be
| able to force ore OF the other to come tc
them.
| Senator Chandler and Senator Jones Of
Arkansas. both express the opinion that
straight free-coinage bill will be presented to
the President.