Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
NOT 70 BE TRUSTED.
Republican Presidential Aspiranta All .
der a Cloud.

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der a Cloud.
Senator Sherman in the role Of the
'ienfant terrible" giving away family
secrets, is rather interesting.
The assertion, already referred TO,
that the republicans were afraid to
trust Mr., Harrison to veto a freedom
age bill in 1890 is one which may be left
10 Mr.. Harrison himself to determine
whether this distrust was we'll founded.
Mr.. Harrison would have n large and
npnreciatiye audience if he would now
come forward and say that he would
have vetoed a f~ree-coinage bill in 1890, il
congress- had passed one. lie would
also be heard with some interest If he
should saw he would have signed such
n bill. There is a third topic ON which
he could get n fair hearing. Why did
he sign the Sherman bill? Was he
nfraid that he would otherwise sign n
~free-coinagc bill, or that he would veto
one? With unlimited facilities for set
Ting all these questions, the silence OF
the ex-president is painful to contem-
Mate.
But there Is on this point no ground
of objection to Mr.. Harrison that does
not equally apply to his competitors
for the nomination. There is Mr.. Nc
Kinley, who voted for free coinage
voted and spoke for the Sherman law
and has denounced the democrats lor
the repeal of the latter law. MI. NC
Kinley is tainted with all the hnaneiai
heresies of his party II NJ TINS tin,e
is trusted by no party so far as the Sill
yer question is concerned. Noparty can
say with any degree OF certainty wheth'
er he would sign or veto a Tree coinage
hill. No one can say whether he wouiu
sign or veto n bill similar to the sher-
man silyer-purchase act, II presented 10
him on its w merits, II presented 10
him as a condition precedent 20 IT,
enactment of the tariff act That pears
his name, he would, OF course slshl'
MS he voted for it in 1890 IN pursuance
of the terms of the bargain.
AS to Mr.. Reed, there is nothing
known Of his attitude which ought 10
win the confidence OF sounu-lhoAes re-
publicans. He voted for the sherman
law, and doubtless was concerned IN the
trade By which it was passed TO get
votes for the Mckinley bill. a ma
who will thus give his assent to panic
breeding measures is not worthy OF con
hdence. But Mr.. Reed has gone farther
lie has approved a proposition to I'M
pose discriminating duties on imports
from such countries as Will not go inte
IN agreement 10 rehabilitate silver. AS
the Courier-Journal has repeatedly
ehown, this would entirely destroy oul
foreign market for agricultural prod
nets without accomplishing anything
for bimetallism. A man who is willing
to conciliate the silver miners by a pol
ley that would put down the price o
wheat to 20 cents a bushcl, of corr t.
ten cents, and of cotton to two cents
pound surely cannot be trusted by an,
convention that has any regard eithel
for sound currency or the interests o
the most numerous class of our popula
ton.
Mr.. Allison is handicapped at the be
ginning of the race by the connection o
his name with the Bland-Allison bill
The republicans have said so often tina
this act was worse than the Sherman
law that it would be hard for them t
take it back now. The truth is, MI
Bland is misreprcsented when this bill
has his name attached toit. Mr.. Bland
bill was for free coinage pure and sin
pie, and Mr.. Allison's bill was subst
tuted for it, sc that it ought to hav
been called the Allison law. Now, eve.
admitting that it was a worse law tina
, that which bears the name of Sherman
Mr.. Allison is responsible for it. Th
contrary, of course, is true; the Sherma
law was immensely worse. This doe
not relieve Mr.. Allison in the least; Il
voted to repeal his W bill by subst
tuting a worse II for 1t. It'll clea
. that he will not answer the demands
sound-money republicans.
{ 1t is plain that If sound-money me
I dictate the next republican nominatio
some other than the four leading cand
Il dates must be selected. There is col
siderable republican authority for tn
statement that republicans OF this elias
are looking to Grover Cleveland. III
Globe-Democrat some months ago d.