New-York tribune., 1896-12-11
THE SILVER OUTBREAK.

Senator Allen and the boilers who have prac-
tically annexed themselves to the I'opulists are
doing public service unnteDtiOnay Their at
tempt TO revive agitation and uncertainty on
the question of money is heartily condemned
by business men Of all shades OF opinion. ana
It's Injurious influences on industry are re-
sented by workingmen. The right OF these peo-
pie to demand a popular decision on the ques-
tion was not denied. But their attempt TO keep
the whole country in the slough OF despond
for an indefinite time because the popular de-
cision was against them, and by factous re-
sistance 10 tha, decision. is rightly considered
indecent and In its purpose revolutionary The
country will presently be prepared TO resist it
with the same grand union Of loyal feeling
which crushed the attempt Of Altged e. Co. to
promote free riOting.
Loyalty in this country means obedience to
the legal decisions Of the Nation. the source
of all authority The man who Is beaten after
n fair hearing is not bound TO abandon his
opinon He is at liberty to strive to the Ut
most 10 convince men that a future decision
NAV he in his favor. But he is bound, If he
has any sense Of loyalty, TO respect the verdict
of the people until a new one has been rendered.
ANYTHING like factiOus opposition to such a de-
cision is dshonorable. and IL certain to arouse
a popular resentment which will go very far
toward deciding future contests. But when the
eolvency and the honor of the Nation are at
stake. and in purely faotious opposition TO
measures for the maintenance of public honor
a man impers National prosperity and Ma
tional credit he marks himself rebel.
Arms are not needed to make him an enemy Of
the peoplc. He ia a foe to be crushed before
sclf-government can do its legitimate work.
When the highwayman's style of behavior
was first adopted by the bOltng silver Sena-
tors The Tribune repeatedly warned them that
they were arousng popular feeling which
would overwhelm them and the cause they had
at heart They did not believe. and persisted.
The result is that some Of them have been sent
back TO the Obscurity Of private life. and others
will be. The silver cause is much further from
success than it has been at any time for twenty
years. Yet the same conspiracy of POpOcrats
with the Senators who are merely the tools or
hirelings Of silver mOnoposts now attempts 10
resist the, decision of the people at the last
election These people may well take warning
that public opinion will go very much further
against them than II has yet gone and will be
prepared to sustain stronger measures than
they have ever contemplated as possible. II they
persist In their course.
The attitude Of Democratic Senators Just now
10 uncertain. At least a dozen OF them sup
ported Bryan more or less earnestly. because
he was the candidate OF their party, though
they had no sympathy whatever with the
monetary notions he advocated. Within q
short time some Of these Senators will begin tC
shape their course with reference to future
elections. The silver cOnspirators may rest as
sured that men like Hill aud Murphy. Smith
and German. Faulkner, Turpie and Mitchell
are not going to cut their own throats for thu
sake of the silver millionares. 1t will not take
much more OF the highwaymen's tactics t