Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-22
LET THEM APPLY THEIR REMEDY.


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LET THEM APPLY THEIR REMEDY.
So the members of the ways and means
committee Of the flty-fourth congress
are going to fix up Il tariff bin for the
fifty-fifth We trust they will frame the
measure along such lines as will relieve
the silver protectionists in the senate
from The labor of amending the bill fufth-
CT than so far as may be necessary to
make the bill provide for the full resto-a-
ton of silver to its place as money. rms
is necessary to make any tariff com
plete protective measure, and II the mouse
will not send up to the senate ilnlshed
measure the silver protectioniSts in the
senate will complete it. At leafs hey will
dc so if they have the power, ana, WITH
the assistance of the democrats and popu-
lists there can be little doubt OF theT
ability to join to any designedly protee-
tive tariff measure an amendment proVld-
ing for the opening Of our mints TO Tree
silver coinage.-The American.
We do not think the advice given by the
American the best course to be pursued
by our senators and representatives in
the interest of silver and in the interest OF
the country. We, therefore, hope the free
coinage democrats in the senate ana
house will pursue an entirely different
policy to that recounted by Mr.. Barker
the able editor Of the American.
The republican party stands pledged to
maintain the existing gold standard until
bimetallism can be secured by an interna-
tionaI agreement between the leading ma
tions of the world; it has promised the
country q protective tariff law; 1t has
taken The contract to restore general and
permanent prosperity; it has also an out
standing pledge to bring about bimetal-
llsm by international agreement. Inc
candidate of that party has been elected
to the presidency, a large majority of the
members of the lower house of congress
elected last November are republicans,
aud we think it best for the country and
for the cause of silver for the friends OF
silver in the senate to throw no stunb-
ling blocks In the way Of the republicans
in their efforts to redeem their pledges to
the people. If prosperity is restored the
country win be satisfied and the sooner
it is restored the greater win be the salts
faction.
IF the passage of protective tariff
law will not restore prosperity the sooner
it passes and is put upon trial the
shorter will he the time during which
to find out that fact by experience. If
the Fifty-hfth congress is permitted to
pass the tariff bill, that the American
suggests be loaded with a free coinage
rider promptly and without any form
liable opposition we will know in time
for the election in 1885, whether or not
a protective tariff is what is required to
open the mills and restore prosperity.
If prosperity has not come by that time
under a protective tariff, prepared by
the republicans and passed without hay
ing any free coinage stumbling block
thrown in its way, We are pretty sure
the people will know it and hold the par
ty responsible for such failure. But If
the free coinage senators take the advice
of the American and attempt to pass a
free coinage bill along with the republic
can tariff. and thereby prevent the re-
publicans from passing their bill prompt
". and in the shape they desire it, that
party will be able to go before the coun-
try and attempt to saddle the RESPONSE
billty for failure on their part to re-
store prosperity upon the silver senators.
II we understand what the results Of
the last election meant it was that the
people believed that the republican par
ty. which admitted that prosperity had
departed from the country would restore
it. Both great parties were promising
if elected to do that very thing, and be-
tween the two parties the people made
choice.
The republicans promised to restore
prosperity by the enactment of certain
legislation. The people agreed to take 1t
that way. 1t matters not how little con-
fldence the silver advocates have in the
ability of the republicans to bring pros
perity in the way they propose to bring
it, they will be doing the people and
the cause of silver good service by stand
ing aside and allowing the republicans
to apply their remedies, when applied, If
they do the work, all well and good; if
they fail to do the work, then there win
be no chance to dodge the responsibility,
ard in 1900 the people will at the polls
call for the application of the remedies
offered this year by the democrats. By
all means let's not have any efforts to
block legislation. We hope the silver men
in both houses will permit the republic
cans proceed to the full and free appli-
cation of their remedies. The patient is
entirely too sick to spare the time which
it requires to settle the quarrel between
disagreeing physicians.
The State Herald does not believe the
remedies which the republicans propose
to administer will prove to be the proper
remedies, but we think when the people
send for doctor they should be allowed
to take his medicine, and the sooner
taken the sooner we will get relief, for
if it develops that the republicans have
in fact failed to properly diagnose the
case Just so certain will another ply
sician be called In.
pR0RARr.Y BEGAN TOO LATE.