New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-04
THE NATIONAL NEED.

"What do you Republicans want. anyhow
bright Democrat asked yesterday. That
Chicago Convention cannot stop many of us.
"who are going to vote for Mckinley and bet
"ter times. and party which knows some
thing" 1t seems proper TO enlghten him and
others The Chicago Convention is not of alb
sorbng interest to friends of Mckinley, as re-
spects his personal fortunes. But il has some
thing to do with the future of the country.
The reason why McKnley's election is so
hopefully expected is that no one of many COM
binations the adversares can make offers a
decent chance Of beating him. Take Mr.. Whit
ney's plan, for instance and Democrats would
have to fight POpulist tickets right here in New
York and NewJerscy, without n ghost of a
chance at the West or South. Take Governor
Altgeld's plan. and Democrats would start with
every Northern State lost as far west as the
Mississippi River, and part Of the Southern
States and no chance Of getting enough to
save themselves. Take the plan of Senator
Dubois, and there would not be Democratic
State in the Union safe for the ticket. and out
side the silver lines not Republican State in
danger Take the Populist plan. and the North
as far west as Colorado would be solid against
It. What difference does it make then: The
This silver craze Is either an emptiness a
dream and fraud, or 1t is n real peril to the
country Republicans can beat it. they feel
sure with the mighty power OF Protection to
sway thousands Of voters in the choice between
Free Trade and Sound Money For that reason
they want no makeshft and no botch about it,,
but as straight and square an issue as the Dem
ocrats and other slveritcs can make. 1t is Of
tl flaf 10
drift toward Communism and Anarchy should
be beaten, not little, barely, in the electoral
college and the House only. but everywhere
and completely, and especially in the Senate
That is a phase of the question which our
Democratic enemies Messrs. Whitney and the
rest, are disposed to leave out OF sight There
fore 1t Is that a most damaging form of com
promise and barter was offered ,the silver
men, as If in the hope that it would enable
sound-moncy Democrats to stay In the party
and elect Representatives and Senators who,
mt the next struggle in Congress- would use all
their power, as they did in the last Congress,
to give the silver men victory. The country
haS-hnd enough of that sort Of Democracy. Men
who will vote with the silver boilers TO stop
any revenue bill needed to provide necessary
means for the Government, because they fancy
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forced to pay in silver only, are not hard-money
men, and have no right to be so considered by
the voter, and the more sharply the issue Is
made the better.
Thus it would be a particularly good thing
for the country that the so-called sound-money
men, who are willing to barter with silver Anar-
chsts to bankrupt tne Government should
every one Of them be beaten. At the East they
ought to be beaten by sound Republicans. who
will represent the opinion of honest Americans.
At the West If there is State where Repub-
licans cannot win, such Democrats ought TO be
beaten by POpulists or anybody else who VIII
not play falsely with the National honor for
the sake of party. In plain truth nothing pre-
vents an overwhelming victory for sound
money. and for the revenue policy which makes
sound money possible, except the Willingness
of so-called sOundmOney Democrats to help
Free Trade and National bankruptcy by ALI
ance with silver men. That state Of facts Will
influence many sensible Democrats to vote
against any party or ticket that may oppose
Mckinley, and the more complete the combina-
ton against him is. the more there VIII be or
such Democrats to vote II down.