The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-30

the gleesome shouts of our Republican
friends could be heard throughout the
calamity was hailed with shouts OF JOY
as the most ideal of situations, they
fairly gloated over the miseries and mis-
fortunes of their fellow citizens whom
they seemed to assume were being pun
ished as by fire from heaven for the
awful sin of voting them out of control
smokeless factory or a ruined bank was
as exhilarating and stimulating to them
as the minarets of Mecca to the faith
full pilgrim. The announcement of their
leaders that a savings bank had closed
its doors, or some great industry had
ceased its operations, was received as
eral that the last yestige of the defences
of his enemies had been destroyed. They
went up and down the land with mock
lamen tations, refusing to see anything in
the future but universal bankruptcy,
desolation and DEATH
INTERNAL DISPUTES.
ALREADY In the Dagna ensr to dispute they Ma haS
the spoils of '97, and were in well-ground-
ed anticipation parcelling out the offices
of the great States and cities that were
sure to become theirs under existing
conditions. In the meantime the Demo
cratic Administration had gefused, to be
ceased to believe that adherence to the
we'll founded maxims of political economy
and wise and honest administration
left to work their own course, would
in the. end bring about a. healthy and
normal revival Of the vast. business in
the way. for this revival by the repeal
of the Sherman law, by contest on
it's part most persistent, vigorous ana
conditional repeal of the law, refused the
compromises of friends, utterly regardless
of the most intense opposition of those
concerned in it's continuance. When the
situation considered
internal differences of the Democratic
councils is fully analyzed, the intensity
victory will be realized 1t had also
given earnest that those far reaching
sectional prejudfces. which had beclouded
ests enveloped the administration Of the
Government in an inpenetrable fog of
bitterness and ,discord, under. which
abuses flourished and maladministration
went undetected. should be forever dis
NORTH AND SOUTH TRULY UNITED.
Under. the magic spell of its broad
nationalism the horrible ghosts of the
bloody shirt and the Confederate Briga-
dier were once for all consigned to the
tomb, and this country has become truly
geographical division, and loyalty. to the
flag and devotion to our institutions
fiourishes with equal vigor in the South
prophecies of what would happen to the
ex-Union soldier and his pension has
joined the army of receding myths, for,
wta he head Of afh a dyson of the oy
ernment, the pensioners have, if any
thing, been more generously treated
than heretofore It's It is .s11 rule Wit, with
a people have long suffered under the
injustices and excesses of government,
there is apt to be found among them,
existing abuses. those who in turn them
selves advocate remedies as dangerous
as s,, the evils they seek A to correct, correct 49,
policies controlling our Government since
the war, being felt most keenly by agri-
culture. especially in the more remote
with their heavy mortgaged indebted
ness, and the depression of values, made
many of them ripe for radical and most
unreasonable legislation, regarding the
would be idle to deny that in some COM
rd IT fnis d to lower tne STAND
pend the volume of currency, overspread
all mere partisan consideration and be-
advocated with intense earnestness. On
the Democratic party then In power this
storm would be felt in the nature Of
opponents; ] the the latter, however, s g sharing @
in the belief, that the unlimited coinage
of silver and the forced change of the
OF Of or M coanry e sonys
readily shift the burden of ali respon-
discords that existed on this question in
our own party.
THE EXECUTIVES STRENGTH.
executive, if he had mo not be been 20 Of that that
cast of mind that prefers to stand ON the
rock however limited in proportion, of
one demonstrated fact rather than launch
into the endless sea of theoretical dis
cussion and rhetorical storm, he could
ciple in favor of expediency and adopt
ing opportunism as against steadfastly
adhering to what is eternally right. It
MADE degt eSa ths danger mos
pressing, calling forth the greatest firm
ness and self4reliance, to. steady the
ranks of its adherents and present no
single point of weakness to its oppon-
ents.
Had for one moment the Chief
ton in his opinions, in Weakness Of un-
due concessions, the whole fabric of bus
mess would have encountered a shock
in our financial markets, but among the
foreign holders of those securities that
represent the tremendous investments
which are held abroad. In the great
financial markets there was no doubt
as to the attitude of the Administration
but for this confidence would have re-
tired precipitously, leaving the disaster
fall heaviest upon labor. To maintain
its position, preserve the gold balances
assurance to the world that the stand
ard would not be lowered, it was COM
PEELED to the most heroic measures.
REPUBLICANS SILVER WING
In the last Congress the silver wing of
the Republican party and the leaders
who We're more anxious to play keen pol
itics rather than hise to true statesman
ship, joining those Democrats who profess
ed belief in this radical legislation, re-
jected all propositions. however wise and
well considered. however warmly en-
dorsed by the whole business community,
and compelled the administration to save
the national credit by the issuance of
readily have been remedied was it not
intended to withhold them so as to drive
the Executive to conditional or uncondi-
tionaI surrender. 1t is not necessary
for us to discuss with you propositions
looking to the disbursement of the stand
against theA whole business world, and
an infraction of every known maxim
and law which has regulated the busi-
ness of mankind from the earliest times.
Happily in those sections of our country
where. this delusion was most pronounc-
Gus and able. strong but continued re-
action has already set in, and we there
fore hopefully anticipate that the in
ternal disSensions begotten by this heated
and bitter controversy will have been
entirely allayed before we enter upon
the contest of next year That this DIFF
ference. of opinion is less violent in the
than in our own party I
have every reason to doubt We saw
significantly in the earlier part of |
this year that the Republican league of
clubs were afraid to whisper upon the