New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-20
CHANDLER iTTACkS. GiGE.
THE SENATOR SAYS TO ATTEMPT CURRENCY
LEGISLATION Is RrtNOrS

Washington. Doc "a -Scnato- Chandler. ~ New
Hampshire. has written a letter 10 Tho Washing
ION Post In which hc says:
II The s"crstory ~ The Treasury and his single
Impossible currency !'Sisiation Congress VII pass
N" necessary app op-aon his. PROBABLY take care
81 Hawai-. and '"hd. there VIII not De- a serious
party division during the session ami thor" will be
~ aljoUrumcut IN May business will revive III"
laIur" ~ trade will continue In our favo- and tho
hrHnhltc"n party VII tn N2VymG'r S,, "l"ct ma
ON the Other hama. II secretary Gage continues
20 press upon Congress q bill The object % which.
h. SAYS. IT, ''trst TO commit the country more
thoroughly 70 The gold s'anldr'' and the immed'-
slnccr!ty Of ,SG Prcsid,n,s GcclaraiIon in favor
OF Continued efforts 10 secure bimetallism. n po-
spill, the n W united Republicans into fragments.
while 1t viii anti" ami con'ol'dato tho now incon-
It is not feasible to retirc tho grccnbacks: there
President to increase their amount. II 10 not pos
siblr to sccuro tn" r1.s3G" through either house
do either IN will PROBABLY result In the passage
oliver dollar9 and FOR tn" payment OF all United
States bonds In gold or silver coin in the dscre-
oxcrcis, his option for the advantage Of the Gov
ornnieu' and no for tho advantage OF he creditor
.ec,llnss viii create. with Western Congrassnien
cmbroied therein. w,,h Presidential v"toes. as
Gus sion. II will happen that AL business enterprises
iau lnsolvences will Increase and The Republicans
VIII lose the Congrrs siona elections II l>9S ne dis
astrousv they did In ls9. and beyond the hope
o. favorable reaction In 1900 At wh,h time there
for. 4 Bryan Drmocrati" President and Congress
viii be chosen.
whether 70 have OF these results
u Iitiral safety the other political destruction
dc;ords entirely upon the course 10 be pursued by
Secretary Gage end those who arc pressing him
forward namely the Gold Standard League OF
Ncw-YOrk and the self-consi itutcd National None
tary Conference. How much Secretary Gaze cares
FOR IN" Republican party IL not known. Whether
President Mckinley. whose good faith toward bl-
nrtalllsm IL coming 10 the test. Will stop his Sec
rotary in his insane career Is not known. Ii is 10
bv hoped h" will. But no political situation has
been clearer than the present to sound eyes since
the Republican party began it's marvellous career.
forty; Wo years ago. There times for all
things There Is = time TO move and "A time to Keep
still ana row is the time 10 80 keep.
II Is simply political suicide for the Republican
party IN tnis Congress 20 afhrmativey open the
discussion Of the money question. and to bring
on ave and votes upon currency legislation.
we ought 10 await the progress OF international
bi;ne:asm the advent Of business prosperity. and
the filling Of tho Treasury by the normal workings
soon 10 be seen Of the new tariff law. Shall we
wait for these things. or rush on to sclf-destruc
tion9 President Mckinley must decide. Will he
act for his people or fo9 his plutocrats? Upon his
answer Will depend the events OF 1888.
Dec Is 1897 WILLIAM T.. CHANDLER