The age-herald., 1897-10-03

said, generally had the suspected Ameri- cans side; Burr, the unsuspec. ed. As late as 1868, the tifst presidential election after the late war, New York's acrobattc eieot1on trick played havoc Wfth serious matters. Horatio Seymour and Frank Bladn made the democratic fusion ticket, The platform demanded the bonds should be paid in the same currency that had bought them from the .governmeE green'baclSs.. August Bel mont, chairman of the national demo- cratic committee. was also the American agent of the Rothsc hilds. Seymour was democrat all the way through. He ia vored .he bond provision of the plat form. Belmont, Samuel J. Tlden, and others, waited until about Oct l. Then, without warming, they bought the New York World and called Seymour down. The World declared in the face of the pfakn truth that the democratic ticket was leadfng New York and all the W. st and south that a mistake had been made in Seymour and a new nama must De put up in his stead. The aew name was not expected or really desired These who plotted also planned 10 be gamer by their own defeat. It was the first great movement after the war of the democracy of New York to abolish our- side conditions which stimulate inde- pendence of Wall street and for doing away With all prete0ts in the future fer worry, anxiety and stlffe in he marty after the will of Wall street had been de- This was the movement in which Grover Cleveland first learned practical politics. As he now rejotces in the Dls- session of the governmen. by the repuh- llcan party, go he was taught in his inn mature manhood fo reverence the reiEc- tngs of Belmont, official head of his par 'ty, and Samuel J. Tildan, champion mug wump in the first election of General Grant.
 
 In GTam.'s two administrations the bonds which Seymour's success would have paid off i'm 'the same kind of money tbat was good enough for their pur- chase from the government, were m adc payable in "coin''. The silver dollar was dropped from the min before Grant coan- pleted his first term and hardly had Ge entered upon his second rerm when it was demonsitized by the compt1ers of the Revised Statutes. B. F. Butler, of Mas sachusets, being chairman of the com mtttee on revision, without any express awyand without the Knowledge of con- gress at the time of the adoption of the book.
 The manifest results ef the defeat of Seymour by the chaotnery of Belmont, Tilden & Go, were the enormous appre- citation of the bonds made payable only In ''coin," and the demon tization of sil- yer so as to leave gold the only "coin" of final payment.
 If we can bring forward the right quaYty of s.ate issues it would be a nnafter stroke of policy to reform the old democratic and conservative party upon them.
 What Is the matter with the armor Blalte mill as the dominant ate issue?
 Let us pursue the theme
 If the aIn.or plare mill becomes the leading state issue, all who are for the mill would logically be ths same as Johnston men ard as Bryan men. IL is duite plain these incidents of prosperity are coIdependenf. Let the mill come, more enterprises would cluster around 1t, more coal. iron and other big jobs. We lfaye had no governor heretofore who seemed to have a turn for looking. after tfrase lnirrd of things in their rela, aon to the states interest in revenues. So