The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
BEGINNING BADLY.
The New AdmintstratioD Ignoring
tie Currency Question.

tLe Currency question.
Il In to be noted that the proposition
TO confine the extra session Of congress
wholly to consideration Of the proposed
tariff bill is not received with the salts
faction the republican leaders at Wash
ington seem To think il deserves. The
New York chamber of commerce has
thought il necessary to send an ur-
gent memorial To President Mckinley,
requesting him To impress upon the
minds of the lawmakers in extraordi-
nary session assembled, that there is
pressing need for prompt and decisive
action on the currency question. and
II IL quite likely that other bodies Of
this character, rs well as vast hosts
of indiridual citizens. are OF the same
mind regarding the really serious mat
ter demanding congressional attention
Just now The interests that are ask
ing for protective legislation can well
etford 10 walt: the interests that hope
for relief through currency reform are
not so favorably situated.
II is simple nonsense to assert that
early and exclusive consideration of
the tariff question is due to the people
because of the verdict Of last Novem-
Der. No man OF intelligence and fair
ness can honestly assert that the tariff
teached the dignity Of m issue in last
years campaign. 1t is true, Of course,
that the platforms of the parties out
lined the parties different policies on
that question. but the electoral conten-
ton was based wholly on the currency
question, for information on which the
public clamored, and upon which, both
In the press and upon the stump, the
contest was fought. The voice of the
people clearly was for currency re-
form, and as President Mckinley said
In his inaugural address, the voice OF
the people is "a power vastly more po-
tential than the expression OF any po-
litical platform"
\ Speaking in respect to this matter
the Washington Times says: 1.-The
president might assume that the pro
tective tariff plank in the republican
platform was the vital point in hi'
candidacy and election, and therefore
JUSTIFIED n strictly tariff session; bu
] NOBODY NOulu ne cOHNlHCcu Dy Sutl
assumption. II is too notorious tina
the fight was made and the victory &C
quired in some way on the sole issue
of the currency. A currency extr;
session then would have been the log
ical thing, but we shall be satisfied Il
see one open to all the questions tina
ngitnte and embarTass the nation, ant
which ought to be discussed and set
tied, il that be possible"
This is the proper course to pursue
II the republican leaders think tina
the tariff ought 20 be changed, wei
and good, but the currency should ais
have every attention; the earliest at
tention, in fact. because it was on TIL
currency issue the verdict of 1896 wa
rendered. If prosperity shall fail 4
materialize, the republican party can
with better grace, hold itself excus
able for such failure, If it shall pro
coed to act in accordance with the ur
mistallable mandate of the country
To postpone consideration Of question
whose settlement was most emphat
ically demanded by the people is to &
wrong at the very outset.-Bingham
ton IN. W Leader.