The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-12-13
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SrnafOr Sherman in the role OF the
srfant Terrible" giving away family
secrets. - rather interesting.
The assertion. ALREADY referred Co
that tie scprhl.raEs were afraid 4
trust Mr. Harrison TO veto frrr-coin-
~ bill Ia 1890 = enc " hieh may lie left
10 Nr. Harrison himself 10 determine
whether this d.ssru~t Was well founded
Mr. HARRISON would have a large and
ap~prcciatisc audience IL he would now
Rome forward and say that he would
have vetcrd = f~rre-coinage bill in rs9o. II
congress had PASSED one lie would
also r heard with some interest IL he
should sly hr would have signed such
n bill Tlacrc j. a third topic on which
lie cy.uld get q fasr hearing. Why did
me- sign the sherman hiIle Was he
afraid that he would otherwise sign a
f~rce-coina-c bill. or that he would veto
onee With unlimited facilities for set
thing all these questions. the silence OF
the sx-pre~ident Is painful 10 coatem-
plate
Eat there Is on This point M ground
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not s-praiir apply TO his competitors
for the nomination There j. Mr. Nc
KirIey. 10 voted for srer coinage.
voted and spoke for the sherman law.
mi has L-notnced TIE democrats for
The rrf~ai ~ tie latter law. Mr.. Me-
EIni-y j tainted with all the financial
herc>ie~ % lis PARTY and NJ his tine
Is trusted ~ no party so far as the sill
ye- urc~-i ion is Concerned No rar-y can
say with airy decree q fcer-airty wheth-
e. he would sign or veto = free coinage
hill No can sav whether re would
SIGN or veto \ bill simil-r 10 the Sher-
.r-a silver purchase act. IL presented 10
him on It's own merits III presented to
linn Is a condition precedent 20 the ~
enactment OF lie tariff act that bears
his name. he would OF course. sign il.
as he voted for il in 1880 in pursuance
al the terms Of the bargain
- 20 Mr. Reed. there is nothing
Known OF his attitude which ought 10
win -he confidence of sOund-moncv r.
publicars- Tie voted for the Sherman
law. ard doubtless vas~ concerned in the
trade hv which IL was passed 10 ge.
votes for the Mckinley bill. a man
who will thus give his assent to panic
breeding measures j. not worthy Of con-
rdence- But Mr.. Reed has gone farther.
lie has approved 4 proposition TO inn
rose discriminating duties on imports
from such countries rs will not 70 into
agreement 70 rehzbiIitare silver. As
the Courier-Journal has repeatedly
showr. This w0uld entirely destroy our
market for agricultural prod
nets without accomplishing anything
for LSuetailisn- \ man who is willing
10 co-ciliate the silver miners by a poi
lev that would put down the price OF
10 20 cents a buShel. of corn 10
ten cents. and OF cotton to TWO cents \
round surely cannot be trusted by am
convention that has any regard either
for sound currency or the interests of
he most numerous class of our popula-
Mr.. Allison Is Handicapped 1T the be-
ofthe race by the connection OF
It's name with. the Island-AIlison bill.
The republicans have said - often that
has act was worse than the sherman
that il would lie hard for them 10
take il back now The truth Is. Mr.
Bland ! n.isreFreselted when this bill
his name attached 70 it, Mr.. Glands
all was Cor free coinage pure and sim
lie. and Mr. -illison's biz was subs,i-
lteL for il. Sd that il ought TO have
called the Allison law Now. even
that IL Was q wo-se law than
which hears the name OF sherman.
Mr.. Allison Is responsible for H. The
'ontrary. of course. Is true the Sherman
aw was immensely wor-e- This does
relieve Mr. Allison in the least. he
o,ed to repeal his own ball by substi-
futing q worse one for it. II IS clear
he Will not answer the demands OF
republicans
II is plain that If sound-monev men
the next republican nomination
.orne other than the four leading candi-
must be selected. There is con-
,iderable republican authority for the
ltatemelt that republicans of this class
re looking TO Grover Cleveland The
slob%-Democra. some months ago de-
non~trated that he is far more trust
on tho silver issue han any
republican candidate VIII
lam Z Chandler whoi Is cpquetting with
he silverites. says he would get a re-
vote for every democratic rote
le would los-. Republican newspa-
ers al over the country have been pre-
that he Mil be a-ain a candidate
nd this in the face of the fact tha.
he democratic party Is pledged against
third term. Ii would appear that
hese men were paving tie way TO
ordering \ nomination to Nr. Cleveland.
Ut they ought 10 know that he would
alphabetically refuse TO he their candi-
Not even their agreenen; to in
I0se him IL nominated by the demo-
rats would induce him or his party to
the anti-thiri-term tradition
Unless the republicans abandon the
ound-moncy idea and thus insure the
Of = democratic president. their
uest Of a candidate viii be attended
18th many difficulties - Louisville
ourier-Journal-
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