The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-30

be the only possible winner. HarrlSo,'
is by no means out of the question:
large conservative business elenleII w 1e
nublirans named His silence on the
money question is credited to his winning
nualities. The hope for the DemoCracE
Hes in adjustment Of the grave diner
ances which now exist in It's own ra an
mon the main question at issue u ne
Age-Herald DEM, Birmingham
Tho Republicans the True Friends OF
Silyer,-'yrhe Republican party S'ahua
now. as it stood in past cainPaisns' I'm
mitted to a policy that VIII DesL ac '.,,,.
and goinsay il as often as they Will, the
moments of a bimetalic standard are
f6rced 70 admit that the Republican party
has always been the friend OF silver.
Under its administration the mines Oh
the country were open ana no c0nlpro-
MISC was ever effected between the OBJ
nosinp factions of congress during lie
nuhlican rule that did not recognize the
claims of silver as part OF the money Oh
the country. 1t remained for a Demo
cratic administration to strike down the
silvnr interests. entirely close the mines,
and in place of the mama that was prom
isnd the suffering and now Frustrated IN
dustries of the far West only stone was
Given. The Democratic party promised
remedial legislation after the repeal OF
| the sherman silvcr-purchase act. 1t
failed to keep that promise.
"Already, since the great Republican
victory of last year, there are brighter
omens in the Western skies. The silver
States have never appealed in vain to
the Republican party. SO, too, there are
many signs of returning confidence ana
evidences of future prosperity III all
branches of industry. The RepuDllcah
house Of representatives may be Saleiy
depended on to restore to the people, 50
far MS lies within its power, the CONNER
cioI dndeppndence and business lncen-
tiycs that were wrestcd from us during
the last session The return OF the Re
publican party to the full control OF the
national administration will, in a great
measure. rest with the action OF the
Fiftv-fourth congress. What is done
by that body will have a marked iniiu-
ence in shaping the course ana naming
tbe candidates in the next Republican
national convention. The Dispatch
Rep.) st. Paul.
Both Parties Divided With Differ
nncn. Both the great political OrganZa-
tions are divided upon the currency ques-
tion. but they are divided with differ
ence. An overwhelming majority OIL
the Republican party has not only
opinions. but unatcrably fixed convictions
of the necessity of maintaining its ira
dtional policy in defense of an honest,
safe currency: in the Democratic party
the majority is upon the other side of
the question, especially in the West and
in those States in which the Democracy
is numerically the strongest In the Mid
die and Eastern States the Republicans
are virtually solid for sound safe money,
and generally intelligent Democrats
sympathizc with them.
at is evident under the circumstances
that the very best that can be expected
of the Democratic national convention of
next year is straddling currency plat
form and a compromise candidate tOI
stand upon it, and it is possible, even
probable. that both platform and candi-
date will represent free and unlimited
silver coinage at the ratio of 1G to !.
Upon such a platform the Democracy
will divide, and against such a canddatel
large proportion of Democratic voters
will be arrayed at the polls.
"Such being the case, it is as clear asl
the sun at monday that the Republican
partys platform and candidate must bel
shall stand for an honest, stable cur
rcncy. There are comparatively few
Republicans who are not advocates of
sound, safe money; there are cOmpara-
lively many Democrats who will contend
for a debased, inflated silver currency.
If the Republican convention should
adopt q radical platform and nominate a
radical candidte, it will almost certainly
receive the electoral votes of every East
tern State and of some Western Com
monwealths, as it will get not only the
pretty near solid vote of its own adher-
ents, but a very large number of the
votes of Democrats who are opposed to
free silver.
"The Republican party. putting resO-
lutely aside all thoughts of a compromise
platform and candidate, must take theI
field with an uncOmprOmisng candidatel
upon platform of sound. safe money, !
as that road only will lead them to GER
tain victory. The common demand of
the Democracy for dishonest, unsafe
currency creates the opportunity of
triumph for the Republican party; it is
too great a one to be sacrificed to al
straddling platform and a compromising
candidate, no matter who he may be-
The Ledger Rep), Philadelphia
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