The record-union., 1894-06-30
JUGGLING WITH WORDS.

Just what was accomplished by the
National Republican League of Clubs re-
Gently in session at Denver is not appa-
rent by the proceedings Some l,508 dele
gates were present. They travelled a
long way and they travelled back. They
elected officers.
Just now the country seems wild on
the proposition of going somewhere.
National conventions of various kinds
call together vast numbers of people.
Railroad statistics show that the volume
of passenger transportation IN proportion
TO the population is very greatly increas-
ing. This is good for the railroads, but it
does not speak we'll for the industrious
habits of our people, nor does it indicate
a prevalent economy in the use of money.
Fifteen hundred and eight delegates,
claiming to represent Republican clubs,
think that it is important that they should
meet together. They did meet and
passed resolutions in favor of free bal
lot and fair count and in favor of the
doctrine Of protection to American labor.
In short, they proved by what they de-
clared that they were Republicans.
There is no significance in the resolu-
tions beyond this.
Concerning the silver question, the
National League of Republican Clubs in
convention assembled indicated plainly
its disposition to take no position what
ever. 1t announced desideratum rather
than policy. 1t lodged the question,
doubled on its track and played fast and
loose with the whole subject. It declared
that it believed in the use of gold and sill
yer as money, maintained on a perfect
parity and introconvertibility Close an
Rlytical process will find nothing in this
beyond declaration that If silver was
worth one-sixteenth of gold, then the
parity would be sixteen to one, and it
would be desirable to use both metals as
money if they could be maintained on
perfect parity and ntroconvertibility.
To say this much is simply to say moth
ing; bat the Convention of National Re-
publican League of Clubs said more. It
said that it did not believe that there
would be a permanent return to prosper
ity until the full use of silver shall be re-
stored, and it declared in favor of 'sueh
legislation as will bring about this re-
suit" This is merely an inane use of
words. A declaration that metals ought
to be maintained on perfect parity, that
the prosperity of the country will be re-
used and when metals maintain an in
troconvertibility, and that legislation
should be had which will bring about
this result, is a juggling with words which
would disgrace the meanest demagogue.
Fifteen hundred and eight delegates
travelled many thousand miles to be to-
gether. and to quote from the report of
the proceedings of what passed in the
hall. ''at least dozen delegates were de-
livering as many orations at the top of
their voices, gesticulating wildly, etc."
Order being restored, the convention de-
clared that the use of gold and silver,
maintained on 3 perfect parity whatever
that may be-, and introconvertibility
whatever that may be), was desirable,
and that legislation to bring about this
result was favored by the celebrated l,5OS;
and then they adjourned. paid fare and
returned home.
The regrettabls feature of this is that
the convention was not in earnest, and
that 1t was willing to make hypoeritical
pretenses for the sake of popularity. Its
juggling of words does not even conceal
the shamming prstenss underlying its
proceedings.