Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-13
WEDNESDAY. $50. JUNE ID. 1851
For Congress TO Consider.

One Of the pecuMarities of the situation
+, exempliiied in the public eye IN the iac'
tina. the Cincinnati Enquirer vigorously
favors the posiponement OF the oh'o
democratic state Convention on tnc
ground that il that convention shou'u
meet prior 10 the adjournment Oh Coh-
eress II would not know how 10 con-
s,r,,ct IFS platform. 1t would not 90 10
reafiirm the Chicago platform IN All i'S
narts for the reason that Democrauc
COMPRESS has refused TO conform It's ac-
,,on TO the teachings OF that platform
We Thus have before us in ohio, as we
have said, the same question "i'io"
come Of the Democratic papers oil the
1,ostern and Middle States have receh'iy
bcen discussing when ana ho"
long does a Democratic platform pihd 'he
,nenbers of the Democratic party !"
sand upon Il? This interrogatory OUT
ohio brethren. II Is evident, regard as
- that cannot be answered out Oh
ha,d and so they propose tlat Inv"
democratic State Convention s''""
nostnoned until Congress shall nave '"N'"
cucb action as will enable Democrats
.,,,,c,,yh,re TO know how to construct
their local party platforms.
tto,vever. we look upon the condiuoh u
,,,nes in Ohio as better than IL Is III
.or,o other States. The leading hepuDn-
can journal in that State advocates VI
.,oIiism as We have recently SHOWN
~, cuoting extracts from its editor'ai
o,,,,r,rs Governor Mckinley. too. is III
chat State the leading Republican cahui-
date for President, and therefore mus
toen his eye open to what Is being uono
NV ex-Speaker Reed. who has uheNI'''
ai,,, declared for sort of bmetallisih
..,,,oh boe hitherto not found favor III
A.. o,,os of the masses of the Republlcah
1T, II is not clear what Mr.. keed Is
s.okinpy IN do, except that he Is strlNiis'
might and main, to secure recognition do
fine leader Of the Republican hosts !"
,so6 Harrisons and Mr.. Mckinney
,,ro,t. IN the contrary Notwithstanding;
,,,,, nc well rs we can understand what
a. uaine statesman Is after, he pro-
noses to buy UP the votes oil the 81.
states by leyying upon silver drought
.,,, THE from other countries high pro-
,oc,ive duties. The fact that Mr.. heeu
hos assumed this position ought to con-
vince everybody that the persons who are
CRYING down silver as dlscreul'eu i"'''''
are reckoning without their host.
Here we VIII say that among the re'-
.o,, ,,,nicb influence our Cincinnati con-
,or,uo,ary TO favor the postponemeht oi
a.. otio Democratic State Convention ~
the fact that Congress has not c"i'''N
ont the pledges Of the Chicago pia'iorn"
az to silver, and nobody Knows NOW '"S
,.,rtv leaders expect TO open the govern
mani minis TO the free coinage OF silver
and vc, preserve parity between gold ana
silver CO to u. The man who Is WISE
enough 10 solve this problem ought 10 pc
recognized as the leader of all the Demo
cratic forces and placed at the head Vi
,ho democratic column Silver. ana
state banks. and more greenbacks IN
volve questions not yet settled. To quote
the words of the Atlanta Journal. one oi
the leading administration papers III
Georgia. THE question Of finance Is the
one controlling and dominating issue IN
the politics of this country to-day, anu
Il will not soon be taken out, uhless IL
shall be settled by legislation more III
harmony with the views of the people
than that which now exists in this couh-
try"
This being the state of the case. the
Democrats in Congress ought to sit nigh'
and day until they shall have disposed OIL
the tariff bill. If Democratic state
Convention cannot safely be held be-
cause nobody knows what sort OF tarin
duties Congress is going 10 pledge 'h'
Democratic party to support theh surrey
the three or four dozen Democratic ohi'e'
States senators can afford to sacrihc'
their personal comfort for ~ Few loht
legislative DAYS in the effort TO give thei'
party standing room among the parties o
the country.