New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-06

t t11I Of a.S National Sbssons pay IN gold all Fed
backs or Treasury notes. We ''"'' VI
,."TS RfDssIcaS Convention at St louis. having
Fishing this result + must bs borne IN mind that
1888 which was caused remotely by. Repuolis 1ns
n ns "a sns SILVER N Of Il, and the
snmpo OF s sT and actually the
THE NEW GOVERNMENT DEBT.
1T seems to me that the creating Gttorgh no
fault OF the Administrator OF nearly three hun
dred millions of new government debt in cicer 10
redeem our paper dollars has done much &c divide
the Democracy. and that an effort should be nade
at Chicago to reunite the party on pan TO pre-
vent that necessity in the future. whoever nsy Re
President after next March.
The necessity was an Inherited one Present
Sd Of pGi the or .s Il of
and the emission under the sherman lew Of some
Be is so Of and
the gold price paid for purchased s..ver bu!,icn
1t was unnecessary to treat the Government green
back debt IKE bank-note and reissue It sftsr IT
Ss paid n d the
gwen It's P,edse 50 to do put one ~. W. n ne was
ury notes hsd one once GsnaeS ana scsS
ment in gold the paper debt should nave heen can
IF the Democratic delegates to assemble IN Chi
csso can devise and agree upon plan by o, which nc
been presented at the and Pad IN god
sSs % s fe9 the oT
dempton VIII substantially cease and ,, no more
the tarir revenue snail be insufficient, let that
revenue be increased on a revenue basis. and In
farmers who must produce their surplus at the
least net cost in order TO compete with India and
Arg g -, . ..u,., -, ,s-n..u.,
esnbssk redse%ns in gold can b rem0vsd BY
debt good gold. great step will have been
o to Re. owe ss e and e gu a 'n
the other Iegal-tender greenbacs' have never
voted against o their gre creation The Democrac s
preme Court decarcd them unconsutnuonal
the the DECISION . The Democracy resisted new green
beck emission under the Sherman law. 49,, -.,.
record the Democracy row consent at Chi.
cago to etop creating new Government debt by
nal n Never 'A ;. re reiss"ed ana San devise gan
tor sna aver BE-
the minds Of all Democrats until an enrrset:c ana
President and Democrats Congress for inter
national bmetalltsm. which effort my :nouriss IN
Europe have led me to believe would not, as here
tofore. be barren OF results
CRITTcIsING TINE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM.
Mr. Belmont spoke Of the effect in Europe OF the
foreign relations plank OF the ST, 1ois Republican
platform He said II thought France was even
more interested by that than by the portion re-
lating to the silver question and finance. "A
neghbor Of Spain. France IS naturally much con-
cerned In the Cuban question. France has colonies
in our hemisphere and the policy If the Republican
party concerning European possessions IN America
directly touches her French pecunsrv and other
relations with Mexico Central American les
der important in the eyes Of Frenchme1 what Mr..
Mckinney II elected may do should France have
Diplomatic differences with those states
Europeans do not yet appreciate the real reia-
tons Of a party platform to the subsequent do
inrs Of executive and legislative officials. who say
they stand upon the platform and are elected in
accordance with T. Our country wouid indeed nave
a stormy time OF II II Mckinley should be elected.
and the State Department should literally put IN
execution the jngosm which presumably Senator
Lodge injected into the ST. Louis declaration. The
that party differences cease 81 the waters
edge II condemns President Ceveiands conduct
Of our foreign affairs II ne were not an Ameri-
can, or had been guilty Of Improbable crimes ans
offences.
1T would not be easy TO describe the amazenent
produced in Diplomatic circles by the report 81 the
waving Of a Cuban flag al o. the sessions OF
the Convention, The Temps Of Jnne 3 has an IN
OF the most potential IN Europe on dipcnatlc
questions 1t recognized Mr.. Grant as the son o. a
former President as lately opr Mnster IN Vienna
"A bad aspect OF the foreign affairs portion Of
the ST. Louis platform Is that It regulates sim
cere purpose to prevent The issue Of more green
How can any one think that Mr. Mckinley could
carry out its lingo prospects without gigantic APP
preparations more taxes. more bonds and more
token dollars? Redemption IN gold o. paper
money would be as beyond poss bity under Nc
Kinleysm during our Civil War.
"Of course. the lingo platform WAS not intended
to be taken seriously. = the Conventior was honest
Republicans had labored for days, weeks and
months to keep the word gold out o, their plat
form as II II implied a thing accused"