New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-24

President Dcpew Is close observer. and his
tidings from the West and Southwest indicate "A
steady change in public opinion One remark.
contrasting the passionate intensity Of feeling
on the silver question in Southern States with
the comparative Indifference elsewhere, may pos
sbly create a somewhat mistaken impression.
There IS no excitement now In commercial ana
financial centres because il is thoroughly under
stood that the existing situation cannot be as
urbcd by new legislation favoring silver coinage
until after the next Presidential election III we
financial and commercial world strong 1ecl-
ing would be shown ut once If there were al!
danger hut il is believed that the people are
gradually moving and will move toward a pc'''r
knowledge of the question: and II Is perceived 'h'
tho deafcning discussion within the Democratic
party is intended for political erect exclusively
Each Democratic faction wants to get the upper
hand within the party. and both fancy mat Ike
pubicans can be drawn into III" contest anu
weakened thereby.
Practical men know that there Is not the lcaS'
occasion 10 desire more money III circuia'i""
than there is already. for so much OF II Is i!ih@
idle now and gravitatcs to monetary centres III
search of employment al rates as low as l'2 per
cent prr annum that the accumulation Is aciu-
ally embarrassing The general advance III prices
ranging from 30 to 100 per cent In many lmpor
tant products has occurred without any lniin-
ence one way or the other from the silver mar
kets and the price Of bullion has scarcely chahs'u
for two months or more while cotton WHEAT
hides and other products have made their scnsa-
tional rise There is nobody anxious To disturb
the existing monetary situation except the 'h"o-
rists whose fanatcism or ignorance blinds 'hem
TO every experience. II this strange craze II
nassing away Mt the West and South as Mt.
Depew and others believe. ii may happen mat
there will not he left enough Of the money lues-
ton TO fight about when the Presidential ciec-
ton comes unless the struggles of Democratic
factions for the mastery carry them INFO open
antagOnism 10 each other.
The urinary intention Of those who stirred up
this excitement was 10 divert public though'
from the effects Of tariff agitation. This was :"
clearly perceived by the Republicans OF the
Ieague convention at Cleveland that many wcr"
disDosed 10 adopt strong resolutions on the tarlr
question alone. until il was found that the or
ganc law of the body forbade attempts 10 mike
platforms for the party. But the fcclihg III 'he
convention was none the less clearly mahll'~''d'
That body was practically unanimous III dcsirlhs
an uncompromisng fight against Democratic
free-trade theories and Democratic blun1erihg
and dishonesty in tariffpakins. The work OF the
last Democratic Congress, the industrial coIisc-
oueuces of Democratic success In lS''2. ana or
Republican success in 1894, will beyond question
be brought before voters as the main issue ID
the campaign Of 1896, no matter who may be the
candidate.
The general Improvement in business as soon
rs a beaten Democratic Congress ceased 10 have
mower to do evil is one Of the most instructive
events Of this era It's meaning will not be over
looked by Republican journals and speakers, all
NAV be sure nor will the voters be slow to appre-
ciate IT. Indeed IL comes in such IA shape as 10
impress not merely the more intelligent. who are
able TO trace the effect Of Democratic defeat in
reyiying Confidence but the more ignorant also,
who NAV only see that Democratic victory in
1892 brought 90 per cent lower wages and Repub-
lican victory in 1894 brought 10 per cent higher
wages Whether the connection between the facts
IS fully understood or not men remember their
experience and as a burned child breads the fire.
they will have wholesome fear OF votes for
| Democratic free trade The greater the improve
ment in business may prove, the more Impressive
| will be the contrast. and the stronger will be
| popular confidence in that party whose defeats
| are calamities and whose victories are blessings
IN the DeOuIe