The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-20
SHALL sUCH FOLLY PREVAIL :?

We have never paid any particular at
tention 10 the record Of Representative
w. S. Holman of Indiana, but his per-
sistent habit in the House of Represent
atives of demanding the most rigid scru-
tiny Of all bills the object of which was
10 get money out of the Treasury had
disposed us most favorably towards
him He was defeated for Congress in
the recent election, and since then he has
given out an interview with newspaper
which makes us grateful to the bottom
Of our heart that he was defeated. We
print it below, and we request every
reader to ask himself after ne has read 1t
If he ever met with such nonsense, and
with such pernicious nonsense. at ;hat.
Here il is:
There were Just three causes Of the
late revolution" said Congressman Hol-
man to a correspondent who visited nm
at his home in Aurora, Ind They were
Cleveland's miserable foreign policy, the
hard times, and the objectionable delay
OF Congress in passing "a tariff bill.
What will the Democrats In the next
session of Congress do with the tariff
They Will let the tarin alone, except
in one particular. The House certainly
should and will make strong effort TO
abolish the miserable sugar schedule.
What do you say OF tariff legislation
in the future?"
There will be very little" Judge Hol-
man declared. THE present tarir act
in its essential particulars, will doubtless
be left undisturbed for many years. the
Republicans are getting further away
every day from extreme protection.
Free silver will be the chief issue in
'96. The Democratic party dare not 90
otherwise than declare for the unlimited
coinage of the peoples money at the
present ratio. With that issue only we
can win. We need more money IN the
United States. The amount that is col
lected for the support of the Government
is taken from the pockets of ali the
people and put into the hands of few
thousands.
Il have come to believe that a service
pension offers at least a temporary solu-
tion Of this difficulty. Certainly every i'm
pulse OF patriotism urges us TO grant
liberal sum, at least s. 10 $i2 per month,
TO every soldier and sailor who served
the Union in the civil war"
How would you raise the enormous
sum that would be necessary TO support
such a pension roll"
by an extension Of the income tax"
said Judge Holman. The advantages of
service pension would be inestimable
in diffusng the money circulation OF the
country, and as an immediate eXpediency
II Is the most rational of any have ever
examined"
AS TO the new Issue Of bonds. he
said: THE Secretary Of the Treasury
had no authority whatever 10 sell bonds
1875. Congress would never have given
the administration that power and that
is the reason Cleveland and Carlisle do
not wait until Congress meets. The
frantic efforts 20 keep no some tradl-
tionai reserve is the vainest of foiiies.
We only wasting our substance by
thus increasing the public debt In time
Of pea ResG ought % ston ., oDoo 81, oxn.ro,
lures in excess Of the actual needs OF
the Government. and get down TO SEN
sible basis of prudence and economy. This
country has no use whatever for the
great navy we are constructing. The next
campaign will be a contest between two
western men for the Presidency"
Where will the Democrats get their
candidateT'
''in Illinois"
Now here is a man who has been ex-
tremely prominent in the councils of
the Democratic party. who, in spite OF
the recent election, in spite OF the evil
dences which lie all around Of the fact
that the conservative and property hand
ling elements OF this country are not
going TO allow the riff -raff TO rule IL
with their plan for an inflated currency
and debased dollar-here is this prom
inent Democrat insisting that the Demo
cratic party shall embark it's fortunes
IN this rotteI, craft. free silver. and go
20 the bottom I'm 1896. az II went down on
the 9Th of November. instant
This sort OF thing IS enough TO make
one tear his hair with rage. The thing is
so rotten and absurd in itself that
sensible man is at loss to know how
any enc, perinitted to walk the streets
without a guardian. can be so foolish as
70 take any stock in It. But when all the
sensible people OF the country rose up in
their wrath as they did in the recent
election, and told the maniacs that they
would not allow them TO force a debased
dollar into our circulation TO upset the
fixed order Of things and cover the land
with ruin .and bankruptcy for these
people to still hang on to their absurd
and pernicious demand in spite OF that
ACCOMPLISHMENTS from the American
neople. drags patience to It's utmost
bounds. The Times cannot be driven out
Of the Democratic party. because the
rtmss ID . Democrat for principle. The