The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-11

ties. but he 10 not TO be thought OF IN con-
nection with the Republican nomination
OF iseg
The strongest man at the East Is Tom
Reed OF Maine who has recently greatly
hurt himself by his deliverances on the
subject Of silver which sound very much
like bid for silver votes" There Is not
the slightest probability that the Rspunii~
ean nomination in 1895 will go outside the
West New York could probably get the
nomination If she had good man 10 pre-
sent. bit tie Western farmers would never
vote for Chauncey Depew, and Piatt has
not sufficient popular strength IN his own
state. In the present state Of New YORK
politics il Is entirely improbable that any
New York man will be nominated by the
Republicans. The issue viii be protection,
and Mckinley. as John Sherman once
said is the logical candidate. but DC
KinIey must open bis eyes TO the fact that
the people Of this country are in no mood
TO stand any more fooling with the cur
reney; he will be obliged 10 plant himself
on the platform OF international bi-metai-
iism or he cannot carry the vote OF New
York or New England, or even that OF
Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Sentisei, Rep,
calls the Reed and Lodge SILVER policy
'mischievous folly" and says: "The Re-
publican party believes in bi-netallism
brought about by international agreement,
but il does not approve. nor will Is seek TO
adopt, any legislation designed to force
other nations TO such an agreement. and
il will do nothing to bring about the legis-
lation which in default Of such an agree
ment the silver men of this country are
working for, the free coinage Of silver
at the ratio of LIS to J..
The stupid resolution in favor Of ''con-
tinued and extended use of silver in our
circulation" which was smuggied into the
resolutions of the recent Vermont state
convention at the last moment is repudi-
ated with indignation by the leading
papers of that state. The Rutland, w., Daily
Herald, prominent Republican news
paper. says that IL was not inserted in
response TO any sentiment in its favor
among the delegates; on the contrary, it
was read when members were hurrying
from the hall to catch trains, and va
neither considered nor even heard by the
members of the convention. Moreover.
the Herald declares, that cit does not rep
resent the Republican party belief in Yer
mont" and that III actually misrepre-
sents the home feeling" 1t declares its
conviction that the proposed policy is not
only wrong but foolish, and it believes
that IL the whole party goes that way it
will meet disaster.
This Republican bidding for silver votes
In Pennsylvania, Ohio and California Is
utter folly; it will not make vote for the
party and may lose it thousands; the real
issue in 1896 will be protection and all this
setting traps to catch silver sunbeams will
avail the Republican party nothing. On
the tariff issue the Republican party can
beat the Democracy out Of sight next No
vember. The only platform for the Re-
publican party 10 stand upon concerning
currency Is international bi-metallism so
far as free silver is concerned. Bids for
the free silver votes on any other basis are
dangerous and will lose the party the con-
fdence of New York, New Jersey and New
England.