Morris tribune., 1897-07-21

Ii is now practically settled that
1Ae Democrats will make the Cuban
1n,astIon an issue in the coming
rsaapaign.
TLis policy has been the outcome
of circumstances more than pre-.
concerted action. "The Demo
Gratis sard Senator Jones of Ark
ansas, the Hartman ofthe Nation.
al Democratic Committee "are
naturally disposed to criticise any
action or non action of the admin
Illustration which seems to us to be
worthy of criticism and there is no
aoubt that its attitude toward Cuba
does not meet with the common
Rstion of a large majority OF the
p~oole of the United States. The
Republicans promistd much in their
nsts"nsl platform, hut their perfor-
manre.is to be nothing. The Dem
or &c party is naturally party
IT sgriotism, and il therefore, will
yakp zap with vigor the cause of
Saba in the hope of eventually Sc
xuring the freedom u the struggl-
jDg ,spople If that island.
1t Mas hem apparent for some
slime, f ON the DRIFT of events in
both The house and senate, that
ahe Democrats were determln-
I'D b. force ti.e Cuban issue t. the
1r,nt for campaign purposes. In
the senate the Democrats voted al
nanst solidly for the adoption of the
resolution recognizing the belliger
encE of Cuba, and in the house no
opportunity has been lost to en-
Rh size the silence of that body.
o.. iy few days ago Representative
NEe Millin endeavored to have the
rules suspended and the Cuban re-
solutions passed, an effort which
was frustrated by Mr. Reed. Mr..
Bailey the minority leader on the
Roor, has repeatedly scored the Re-
pnbllcans for their policy of non
action. It is we'll known, ofcourse
that if the house could have Its own
way the Cuban resolution would
pass in a hurry. tits pigeon -holed
by Speaker Reed, but from Demo
cratic point OF view the Republican
house collectively, and not Mr..
Reed individually, will have to
bear the blame of doing nothing.
If anybody has any doubts as to
HE part silver will play in the com.
ing political campaign, those
doubts would be dispelled by a
glance at the Congressional Record.
No HISS than al columns of this
volume is filled with material,
winch, having appeared in a gov
ernm ent document, will now be
ayailable for distribution in the
mails without the payment of post
age The material was offered by
Jones of Arkansas, and is
zalrog ether in favor of free coinage
of silver, consisting of Brooks
a 'ams pamphlet on the gold stan
dlard. The addresses of William J.
Bryan at Carnegie Hall, New York
on Money and ''Free Coinage
last February, an address by Rep
Newlands Oh "The
Sold Famine" and mass of other
good dem ocratic campaign litera-
snre.
All of these arguments for silver
coinage will go forth by the million
copies under the auspices of the
Democrptic silver Republican and
campaign committees and
viii serve to keep silver alive.
Senator Wellington succeeded
ii last In establishing a new ratio
F.sr the personal pronoun III public
His speech of Friday
J Fly End in the Senate, remarkable
- r. was in respect of it's subject
matter, lhe was defending himself
8rpTn newspaper criticism) was
mest particularly notable for the
of it's reference to the
person of the Speaker His speech
'2s printed in the Congressional Re
soTd contains 1108 original words,
aksat is words not quoted from the
1srflele he was criticising. In the
Iaaurse of this deliverance the word