Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-06
SENATOR sherman and silver.

Senator Teller of Colorado has
way of asking fetching questions.
On the money dispute, especially,
he is frank in the expression OF his
own opinions, and likes to have
everybody else meet him on the same
ground. In debate, on Wednesday,
he asked Mr.. Sherman if he regarded
the bond bill as a measure of relief,
to which there was an affirmative
answer. How long are we to con-
tinue the sale of bonds to maintain
this gold reserve?' asked Mr.. Teller.
Long enough answered Mr.. Sher-
man, 'to cover deficiencies in the
revenue as they occur. In the mean
time the Republican party stands
here ready to do its duty in main
tanning the credit of the government.
So the republican sage of finance
has joined the general pack in the
cry that the credit of the govern
ment of the United States Is in
danger. The fact is that the public
credit is so strong that it withstands
the constant assaults made upon 1t
through persistence in Sherman's
policy under all sorts of admin
istration. A plethora of money in
the treasury would not prevent the
gold spectators from presenting
greenbacks and Sherman notes and
taking the reserve out. A surplus
would not break the endless chain
If there was a plentiful distribution
of gold among the people, and plenty
of idle paper money in the treasury
to exchange for it, the gold reserve
might be maintained without trouble
or cost, but this is not possible while
the goldis 'hived' by the spectators,
and 1t Will be so secluded while the
present narrow financial policy is
pursued.
The announcement that 'the re-
publican party stands here ready to
do It's duty IN maintaining the credit
of the government" is a piece of ex-
tremely cheap buncombe worthy of
an orator whose only rostrum is a
dry goods box, and not of Sherman,
whose arena is the Senate of the
United States. The republicans of
the Senate, though they are numer-
ically strong enough to reorganize
that body, are far from beng a unit
on financial legislation. They are
not standing ready to do that which
MIR. Sherman calls maintaining the
credit of the government. Some of
them are uncompromising gold mon
ometalhsts, like Mr.. Sherman HIM
self, and some of them are radica,
free silver men. Mr.. Teller, whose
sharp spear has many time pierced
the specious arguments of the
Senator from Ohio, is free silvel
man. So is his colleague, Mr.. VOL
colt. Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsylvania
is another silver republican. Mr.
Allison, of Iowa, a formidable candi
date for the republican nomination
for president, is far from being oil
the same platform with Mr.. Sher
man. So are Chandler and Lodge
And what of Carter, Dubois, Hans
brough, aud half a dozen other re
publican senator's who might b
named? They are not in the column
commanded by, Mr.. Sherman. Tn
man, who has been blocking the SO
called relief Legislation in commit
tee, in the hope of forcing fire.
silver declaration, is a republican
This is Mr.. Jones, of Nevada. An
so is the silver-bearded and silver
| tongued Stewart. Mr.. Sherma
would not expect to dc. without thei
votes in pushing through a part
measure in. which silver was not il
volved. The republican party i
divided on the silver contention.
is, broken on the question of impair
ment or restoration of the publ
credit. Nowhere is the divislo
more conspicuous than in the Senate
And there is little hope of unity i
the future. Even Mr.. Sherman
prospective colleague from Ohio !
afraid to say how he stands.--Cil
clnnati Enquirer.