New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-16
BOLTERS IN THE CABINET.
HOSTILITY TO THE CHICAGO TICKET
GROWING MORE BITTER.


DENT CLEVELAND TO UNsEAL THEIR LIPS
WORSE EVILS THAN FREE Sill
YER. THEY SAY. IN TIE DEM
oCRATIc PLATFORM
fBY TELEGRAPH TRiBUNE.l
Washington. July 1.-THE political situation
in Washington. SO far as the attitude Of men,
bers Of President Clevelands Cabinet who
here Is concerned. remains unchanged. except
that the private expressions OF hostility toward
the Chicago platform and ticket have increased
in bitterness and intensity. Members Of the
Cabinet still resolutely refuse to make any pub
lie statement or declaration Of their attitude.
They are evidently waiting for a sign from
President Cleveland. and awaiting It with some
impatence. too. One of them to-day said to
Tribune correspondent: This Is a serious mat
ter. which cannot be properly disposed Of by an
offhand statement One must give reasons. and
good ones too. II he refuses to be bound by the
action OF the National Convention of his party"
But lack Of good reasons is not the sole or
the strongest reason why Cabinet officers de-
cline to make public their views at this time on
the foremost question OF public interest. As a
matter Of fact good reasons with them are
as plentiful as blackberries at the height OF the
season. The fact that the Chicago Convention
put n free-silver plank in the platform and
placed free-silve- candidates upon 1t Is by no
means the sole reason-nor. indeed Is 1t the
chief reason-urged by some Of them.
WORSE THINGS THAN FREE SILVER.
In conversation with The Tribune correspond
ent to-day one member Of the Cabinet re-
marked:
Free silver is not the worst thing In the Chi
cago platform There Is the barest possibility
that the country could stand free silver alone,
but. coupled with free riots and all the other
free things proposed. II never could"
Another said: Free silver alone would have
been bad enough and more than the country
could probably have endured. but. after ali.
when you come to study the Chicago platform.
you discover other things which are. II posi-
ble even more dangerous and mischievous-so
much so that free silver almost seems to be-
come a minor issue. The platform declares not
only for free silver imitation, but for fat money
outright. and 1t also makes a sweeping assault
upon the judicial system. and In effect declares
in favor Of disorder and Anarchy. as against
law and order Upon such a platform the Chi
cage Convention placed man who fits the
platform and whom the platform fits IF Bland
had been nominated the worst that the country
would have had 10 dread IN Of his election
would have been the going TO a silver basis
The troubl, would have ended there But the
nomination Of Bryar through the influence and
efforts Of The elements represented by the Ar
geds and Tillmans brings TO the front man
whose election to the Presidency would threaten
the very life Of the Republic.
THE GRAVITY OF THE CRISIS.
In the course of a conversation with The Trib-
une correspondent to-day another official who
ba ~
high degree said: II am In position to know
what is going on and what the feeling Is through
out the country. and want to impress upon you
as strongly as / can the fact that this country Is
brC ught face to face with one of the gravest
crises in its history. A fire kindled at
Chicago which 1t will require the utmost efforts
and sacrifices on tn" part OF honest and patriotic
men irrespective Of party. to extingu!sh. The
consprators had been at work for months Defore .
the delegates to the National Convention were
to be named and in many states they had pro-
duced q condition of affairs such as had not
existed since 1S6O-6l. In Missouri, Kentucky,
Illinois and some other States they rode rough
shod over erybody in the party who differed
with them Taking advantage Of the general dis-
tress they persuaded many honest, wel-meanlng
Democrats who had no real sympathy with Pop
ulistic doctrines that the free end unlimited coin
age of silver would be panacea for their own
and the country's troubles. and by artfully play
ing on this string they have produced a feeling
in many sections that is as unreasoning and
violent was the secession feeling IN the SCUM
"'This seems n strong statement. but I know II
70 be true There are communities In some OF
the Southern and Western States where. If the
election were to be held tomorrow, II would re-
ouire as much courage and he as dangerous for
men to cast their ballots against the Chicago
ticket as II was for n TO vote for Lincoln ana
Hamlln in any Southern State In lS6O or for n
Union ticket in 1862. suppOsing that such n
thing had been in existence. Many Of the men
who are chiefly responsible for this condition or
fairs did not, believe. foresee what their ef-
forts would lead to until II was too late for them
10 draw back or control the course OF events.
Pride Will keep them where they are. They are
hound to the Popuist chariot The only thing
10 he done Is for all honest. law-abiding and
ratriotic men 20 Join hands and resist to the last
this new assault upon republican institutions
In my view all other questions sink into IN
Significance in this ernergencv
THE THIRD TICKET QUESTION.
The utterances quoted exceedingly inter-
esting. especially considering the sources from
which they emanate. but they would be even
more interesting. well as seem Of far greater
irnportsnce and significance. II the names Of the
authors could he given. The hope and belief are
EXPRESSED by sound money Administration
Democrats in Washington generally that now
that Vice President Stevenson has given In his
adhesion to the Chicago ticket President ClcFe-
land will he moved to disclose his own attitude
and thus unseal the lips OF members of his
Cabinet who have begun to find their self-im-
posed silence somewhat irksome.
Tho question as TO whether not the Admins
tration will encourage the placing OF a third
ticket In the field is. OF course. still unsettled
hut some OF the most cORent reasons which The
Tribune correspondent has heard urged against
q have heen bv men who stand very near Presi-
dent Cleveland and enjoy his confidence.
CABLE ROAD ACCIDENTS.