New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-18
NINETEEN YEARS.

"A critical year for the Republican party.
men saw That Is true only II it Is possible that
trading bosses who care nothing for principles,
and who think OF the people only AZ dupes To be
sullcd may improperly obtain undue influence
in Rcpubican councils To This end they Will
be rs ready to barter with silver assistant Dem
ocrats rs others have been to barter with Tam
many, and il is therefore of the utmost impor-
tonrc 20 get n true measure Of the silver force.
In the analysis of votes in the House for six
wears II WAS shown that every State east Of the
Omaha line AMI north Of Virginia had become
practically solid against silver coinage The
fourteen States between the Mississippi and the
Atlantic. with Iowa and Minnesota west Of the
Mississippi and Delaware. Maryland and West
virginia from the old South. east 17G votes
AGAINST ana only for free coinage. These nine
teen States have II population of 3G.0oo,Ooo ont
Of G,.on.OOO in 1890. and have III electoral
votes. against 2O3 from all other States. The
thirteen Western States beyond the loWa-Ne-
brska line are not united. ~ the Northern are,
for three II them are agains. free coinage ana
one is divided but In all they have only '.sll.9'
population. or DOB per cent ~ the whole ana
this force. even If united, being less than tenth
Of the people. the barter makers would suffer To
dictate 10 the majority.
II =, best for every active Republican 10 tax"
note II these facts. that he may know exactly
what II means when threats that there shall
be- no protection" or that all the silver States
viii bolt" lrc made IL prcteNt for urging som"
fatal cJmnrimisr Fatal. De. au>e the solid North
would not stand any such betrayal # IL, rights
and IA, PROSPERITY at the demand Of less than
tenth ~ The people II the solid North should
b,. Disguised AMI broken by dishonorng conccs-
s!ons. then indeed. there might be danger. Other
wise there is absolutely none. For with the solid
North nineteen states. would be found Kansas.
Nebraska. North Dakota and California from
the divided West. and Kentucky Tennessee and
Missouri from the divided South. - Western
and - Southern votes to Join the III from the
North against any barter with those who threat
IN 70 destroy Protection unless they can dcha'c
the currency.
The silver force is fading 50 rapidly since It's
rul,.or ruin scheme WAS uncovered that II may
not serge the purpose OF political trckSirrS even
until after the National Convention. ON Monday
WAS shown lis los. Of - votes In the House ont
Of 40 and Of eight out OF twenty-five States
since 1852 To-day let there be contrasted the
vote bv which Mr. Bland rushed through his
Free Coinage bill, November >, lSII-the bill
which was modified I'm the Senate because II
could not have been passed without modification
over the veto of President Hayes. At that time
silver coinage controlled eight States Of the
North the division of sections being the same
4, above defined namely. Pennsylvania. West
virginia. Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, Illinois, Wis
consn Iowa ana Minnesota; six States Of The
West although seven which they now control
were not then admitted and twelve Of the South.
Florida being on the same side in fact. though
both members were absent The vote by parties
and by sections compared with the vote this year
is a history Of the fruit Of nineteen years aglta-
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