The times., 1897-12-25
WANT GAGE CALLED DOWN
Hanna Influence Demands 1t OF
the President.
Secretary's Financial Itterances
the Cause-A Monetary Policy
to BE Formulated.

1t is probable that by the time Congress
! reconye1es a line of policy gilI have been
| formulated by those Republicans who
believe the President should give some
expression on the money question and
indicat, whether he stands by the radical
views Of Secretary Gage or whether he
is still the friend of bimetallisIi he pro
fessed tC hc when he accepted his nornina-
tiou.
There Is a growing opinion among some
Republicans tl.at the President is endeay-
cring to ride two horses going IN opp''-
site direct tions. To such performance
there can be Iuu one conclusion, and level
headed Republicans want - pull the
President beck to reasonable posit on
before lac topples and falls.
shcrlly after the Senate meets there VIII
b. caucus, at which the Republicans VIII
map out their campaign. At this canclis
there will probably be some plain dis
cussion. Senators have been doing somc
blunt talking ever since Secretary Gaze
began tC attempt 20 force his radical views
upon Congress. He has aliena;ed some
of the bust men in congress, and in some
cases has nv tie it. impossible for these
men To- transact business with htin.
Senator Hansbroueli- Republican, Jf NGrth
Dakota, is one OF the Senators from Il con
stitucncy largely silver ia It's productions,
but nevertheless loyal To the party, who
regrets the policy Mr- Gage has pursued.
Still, the Senator talks guar .ledly. bis-
cussin@ this question yesterday, he said.
The action of Secretary Ga .s is not. 1
am sure, the action OF the administration.
His views are the ws OF one nan
Men wliD are in every va the equa pI
Mr.. Gage attempted tO esta blish H. gold
standS ~ 81 ST. Louis. in June, 1896, AMI
failed. lie TadIca views Of 'he Secretary
OF the Treasury have made currency leSis-
lation i'll possible The people Of ali the
Western States believe III the use of both
gold uG SILVER as standard money Tie
Republican party promised To bring about
Internal Onal bimeta ili-n. II has been
oneStiy encedvoriHg to redeem that
PROMISE and proposes to continue its cf-
forts. What We want IA this country Is
revenue enough 10 pay our running eY-
penses. MANY Republicans mad hoped the
Treasury Department would turn its at
tentior 20 this phase or the sit uation.
Ever Republican who attended the II.
Louis con- FeutiOn knows that Mr.. Hd11d
was opposed IT, the use or the word god
in the platform, and that Mr.. Mckinley Vas
opposed tC 1T. Hanna talked with Re
pubIicaus from the West and felt the pulse
Of the people iron, that great section, ahI
recognized the poten; fact that il woul e
fatal To- ,lse tina word in the plato III
the way insisted upon by : majors Itise,
OF MassaChusett ts. and Plat, of New 4 ~.
Hanna favored the declaration for III
metallism and opposed gold, and the Law
before the resolutions were agreed 10 NJ
Hanna assuIed certain prominent y ,.sttr:.
SenatCIs that tie Eastern men could fpl
and wcuId not bc peEuhtted to Ciictat,. she
language Of the financia planS. T lie rel
erence 10 bifretailism concludes with the
six WORDS, which we pledge Ourselves
to promote.
Nc kinney accepted this plank then. and
II he now idorscs the plan IF Mr.. Gage
he rr,1udiatCs the platform upon which
ne was elected and goes back on his
party. So surely As he does this VIII lac
fall. M man has Yet succeeded 'n making
himself greater than hIs party Cleveland.
who Lac an ind0mita ole will and a back
bon. that Could not be sha ken, tried IL
and wes repudiatcd by his party. II
NlfNblHil'I idllttl hthiiitN tdllHtt Hbl' 10
succeed
A New York newspaplf is authorit5 or
the story that ciibrgcs have been preferred
by Republican Sena tors gainst Secre.Iry
Gage, and that pressure is TO be
brought t. force his removal from tho
Cabinet. How much of truth there is ia
this stoiy is not known. 1t is at least
plausible, if not probable. 1t is known
that the closest friends pf the President in
the Sci ate are against any attempt to
press currency legislation. Even Mr.. Hanna
says it is; unwise. and the Hanna influence
has beef eTerted 10 cause the President TO
demand halt on Mr.. Cages part Gle e.
land stopped Carlisle when that Secretary
exhibited some marked opinions Of his
own. ErTublicans are praying tim: Z
Kiniey will display a little Of Clev Ia nd's
firmness.