New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-18
THE MISSISSIPPI TROUBLE.

|, certainly does make Il difference whether
I'm. Administration OK IL engaged in the pleas
ant pastimc Of gOring a frce-silvcr Democrat or
UNDERGOING the painful process Of gorlng by
frec.llvor Democrat. In a letter 10 Governor
Stone. Of Mississippi under date OF April 70
1so5. President Cleveland gave fair warning 10
Democratic offce-holdcrs that they must not
nuhliclv criticisc or attempt To obsruct the
s,undno policy or any other policy Of the
Administration. Among other things. he said:
There are however. some officials VINO devote
Themselves 50 industrlousiy to vilhcation ana
ah,se Of thosc under whom they hold once as 10
,,,,,e tia, their fidelity be trusted for the
performance ~ their duties In a manner cred'iao.e
TO the Administration. and who apparently assume
that they may spend the time they owe the puDi'c
service In doing political mischief. In the Interest
OF good government such once holders must not De
surprlsed I. they are summary dealt with
Inst then the Administration OK was suffering
from the goring process In the hands OF Demo
cratic ofiice-holdcrs who were fr"c-sily'r men,
and the cry II pain and Indignation was accom-
named hy threat which proved To be effective
Then the Administration Sound Money OK At
oncc hogan io gore N. frccsilycr faction Of lis
own Marty. In Mississippi Governor Stone took
tho ncl a. the sound Money" candidate 10
succecd Senator George. who had decided to re-
,ir. from public llfc and Henry Mc'abr was
ui,c.L In the lists rs the Sound Money can
ddo,c for the nomination for Governor. against
Senator McIaurln. the frcrsilvcr candidate.
The knishtly Calchings he of The auburn p'arn
and devious political ways-was the chosen Adj
mns,raiion champion. but he ncrdNi h'lp' anu
with the consent. II not the direct approval. OF
President Clcvclan he ordered draft 10 which
every Federal ofiiccholdcr in the State was sub
Gin, sl.. n f,rG d
good government.
Among the leading and less reluctant con
scripts was Assistant Secretary sims. OF me III
terror Department. one Of li0ke Smlths lie"
tenants. who seems to believe that IL Is MS du'y
"to spend the time he owes the public service
in pushing the candidacy Of Governor stone ior
the United States Senate. despite the fact mat
his chief Is absert from Washington the major
mart of his time and that the pressure OF public
husIncss is tremendous. II appears mat the
first engagement Of this new disciple ana cham
,,ion az "Sound Money" was ut the historic town
of luka. In TishomIngo County, which Is the
ham. Of Governor Stone. who was present 10 as
.ist In the conversion from the hcrcsy or silver
monomc;allism' Of thousand Of the ycomanry
Of Mississippi who had assembled. II Is related
that Sims. the sr,a, Sound Money tinanclcr,
hold forth for two hours in the name OF the Adj
r,rio,r,tlon and gorcd the frccsilvcr Demo
cratic ok 10 such fury that the audience respond
81 hv nassing resolutions In favor OF the free
o,,,ye Of silver nj the ratio Of Is TO I, regard
less Of the action Of any other nation, ana in
favor Of the election Of a frcc-sver man to the
United States Senate and OF Mclaurin as Gov
crnor. Private" John Allen, who was present
10 add TO the hilarty OF the occasion Clishomingo
County Is in the Congress district that he repre-
scnis,. submitted Il few remarks In opposition to
the Sound Money doctrine cXpoundcd by the
Assistant Secretary Of the Interior, but unfortu-
natcly. he docs not belong to that class OF Office
holders members OF which can be 'summarily
dealt with" by President Cleveland.
The Iuka incident would be less suggestive and
significant, perhaps, II it were not for certain
other facts relating TO the Sound Money cam
paign In Mississippi 1t had been strongly as
sorted. for example, that Senator George. stout
friend Of silver though he was and Is would not
continue TO insist on free and unlimited coinage
ot the ratio Of 10 to /, but would consent to re-
main silent on the question Of ratios and also In
rogord TO independent coinage by the United
States II appears from the speech delivered by
General George at Wnona that the Sound
Money" men were mistaken as to his attitude.
Another fact is that the counties which compose
the district represented by Mr. Catchngs In Con-
crcss. SO far as they have expressed themselves
in the pending ante-clcction campaign, have
given large majorties for free silver and against
the Sound Money candidates. The fight In
that district appears to be- peculiarly bitter
one, and We are sorry TO observe that Catchings
who Is a real handsome man and seldom in
clincd to BE- stomachy-is being "summarIly dealt
with" by the freesilver Democrats. They even
90 80 far ns to style him political Jekyll-
HYDE" and to prove that hc has earned the title
they have resurrcctcd certain resolutions written
by him in 1901 and adopted by the Democratic
Convention Of his own county, In which Grover
Cleveland Is denounced for his hostility to free
coinage, regarding which the Democratic party
with substantial unanmty Is OF the contrary
opinion" and which conclude with the declara'