Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30

ocracy, telling, as TO currency, what
he wants and why he wants IL. and
he can get 1t like II landslide. That Is
the fashion OF the feeling In house
scattered to Its Christmas. That Is
what the members iuelst ON In the way
OF white house action Cleveland must
come out OF the brush OF his duck
hunts and his Thurberlan secluslons
and tell the party folk In congress
what arc his currency desires and Just
what his money hopes and fears ex-
nctly come to. The house men arc dis
posed to fix accurately the responsibility
for whatever departures In currency
gre attempted or brought TO pass. And
,Jpeyond this location OF authorship, and
especially II Cleveland Is willing to as
sumo tho pressure, their anxiety viii
not wander They viii follow II Cleve-
land viii lead and they won't move
peg II he doesn't. Cleveland has the
currency game IN his hnndH, ana must
either play II or throw his hand in the
discard, The house will take such lat
ter action as It's cue TO cease. and
money matters. whether for bad or
worse, VIII win cffJriless repose as they
are.
Before aught is done. say by Jnnu-
airy 18th, the house Democracy Will hold
n general caucus. AZ this gathering VI
his party In the house, II CleVelund's
wants hnvc wisdom. ne Will plainly
speak them. IL is expected from the
present rctrograde Of the gold reserve
that by that hour It VIII be little II
any better than T0,0O0O0O as igure,
Bonds win, for the third time. be In
slight, and the house, as result, Will
be nervous, ugly and reseuful. VT
II plan half right can be offered IL
viii be seized on. Therefore, let tlhc
white house convene It's backntairs cab
met. call In lta Cannons, ana IT'S Bene-
al fsVNa Hf.1 a
rency wants and give them tongue.
Let them be laid before this caucus
to come They win be adopted. II
they be honest and sound and their
workngs-out be publicly we'll, the ad-
ministration for once In way Will
I gain unntnted and universal commen-
/ dalton. III the plan be bad; II, In their
execution they take the nations
! finance ashore rather to sea, the nd-
/ miuistration will have to take the
] malediclory consequences. But moth
I Ing can be gained or avoided by nd
! mlniHtratlon silence. 1t Is 10 hour
/ for the white house to be deaf and
/ dumb.
At this caucus will be Bland, Bryan.
/ Johnson and othora who oppose thN
! Carllslc-Springer bills, and all their
currency works, And these gentlemen
are becoming adrolt in their opposl-
! ton. Not only do they withstand the
measure with arguments cogent, gen
/ ulne and powerful, but they tank down
I currency from party az well as q
/ public point OF view They point TO
/ reeds evident eagerness to have the
| Democrats dispose of this question,
/ They show what II purely truo-that
Reeds anxiety comes both from the
hope that In disposing OF Il Demo-
cracy spreads net for It's feet. and
( the belief that should Il 10 unsettled
I ID N N skHf hq IN,
Republicans compelled TO deal with the
situation. IL has never had mention.
/ but tho fact remains true and rs per-
feotly plain TO Reed, that the Repuhh
/ cans are no better equipped TO cone
I with financial conditions that tho DEM
Onrata, Tho trouble we are In arises
2 from the decentralization OF sllver--a
cause which would breed and litter
woe and Is az fccund Of harm FOR Re
] puhllcNnlsm IA for anybody else Reed
Y knows This. and does not want the
question left over for his party 10
daily with and pinch ia own fingers
4 20 the point OF being crippled for 1886,
Bryan, Bland and johnson are aware
! OF Reod and his visions,
J What Reed wants Is clear, Cvcn II
4 the White House wishes are wrapped
! IN the obacurity of IL duck hunt And
| this political argument Is not without
| effect, Many a Democrat believes That
done, and on Its heels an extra session
| convene to deal with finance, that cur.
| roaoy would crush liepuhlicanlEm and
Reed IN It's coils like python. And To
Democrats such belief becoms nat
/ nrally q good reason FOR delay. What
Is stated above will not be the least
OF the arguments offered at the coming
caucus; and to combat II Cleveland
might better have his demands marked
deep and plain.
There is further which might BE- said
us aside from either White House or
congressional action. Taking cOndl-
lions MS they now exist We are surely
going 10 silver. Those too rash shoul-
ders which invited Il cannot carry It's
burden Of gold alone. There have been
/ two bond Issues, Cablnkt people--CleVe-
land hlmseif-admlt that unless some
other plan Is Invoked beyond the pres
| emit three more bond Issues or $50, OAO. 600
each Will occur before December /, 1895.
/ That Is the price being paid for mono
4 inctalism, bonds endless bondsl Better
I it would end, A day would come whom
4 this bond dyke would brcak--thls ram
( part of per cent be taken gold would
be liberated TO premium, and from
being the money gold would become
the commodity; while silver. from being
the commodity, would become the mon
| ey. Cleveland lstrylng TO make pee,
| Ill bushel He has matched a thin
I battle line OF gold against an overpow-
! ering need Of money. He will lase this
battle OF finance Just as he would meet
dcfeat were hia gold dollars veritnblc
soldiers dispatched against an enemy
Which mustered ten TO one Little by
| little We return to silver In spite OF
! Cleveland, and In the teeth OF his bank
cr advisers. Bonds are his only anti
dote The day they fail OF effect or
whenever the patient declines the medi.
cine, that moment comes silver. Aud
one might as well leglslate againat the
tf.no -'-r -~-''s''f $50