Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-17
1.-THE NEED AND DUTY OF THE HOUR"


Baltimore sun, February 10th
The Hon. Thomas +. Bsyard OF Della
ware, OK Senator, Secretary oil Stale
and ex.Ambassador TO England, is
Democrat whom Maryland Democrats
have always delighted to honor, and to
whose counsea they have in the past
always bepn glad TO listen, There is no
reason why they should not listen TO
them now with the sumo confidence
and respect with which they have done
heretofore. lie has done nothing by
any single act or word to forfeit their
confidence or to indicate that he is not
| the same Thomas +. Bayard. the came
staunch and sterling Democrat today
| that he waa when be was Maryland's
preference for the Democratic nomina'
tion for the Presidency. as Senator
Lindsay sain In hiH recent reply to the
| demand of tine free silver Democrats OF
| Kentucky that no should resign the
seat in Inc United States Senate TO
which he had bean elected by the gold
Democracy of that State-iT there have
been changes, it is not he, but others.
that have changed
No political changeling, therefore, or
weather COCK turning and twisting with
every change of wind, Mr.. Bnyard
stands firm and immovable upon the
rock OF Democratic principles, as such
principles were, and were universally
understood to be, heiore the madness
of the Chicago convention and the ad-
vent of the boy Orator OF the Platte,
Bs tho SUCCESSOR Of Jefferson, OF Jack
son and Of Tilden In a recent com
munication to the Wilmington Every
Evening, of February 9TH, ovor his own
signature. Mr.. Bayaru hears testimony
to what no couCeives TO he the duty
and need Of the hour, " moi only so far
as every Democrat is concerned, but
every patriot and cti2an. His testi-
muny ia, rs ia natural and in keeping
with the character Of tho man, frank
and explicit His communication APP
pears to hnva been called forth by
previous publication in the same paper
10 which his name had been appended,
together with those Of large number
Of worthy and respected fellow citi.
zens," upon tho subject of the issues
OF the day, but which MIR, Bayard
frankly statns, failed, IN his judgment,
to 60 far enough in emphasizing the
true cause OF the present business de-
preston and of that uncertainty end
want Of confidence in this public mind
which operates aa so great an obstacle
to any return of commercial aud indus
trial activity and prosperity.
That cause MIR. Bayard unhesitatingly
declares 10 be 'the uncertain condition
Of the currency of the country, the rela
tiunH of Congress thereto, and tho
threat scarcely veilod in its language
and boldly avowed by many Of the ad
yOGates of the Teller resolution, of
tho right of Congress at will, to sub
stitute silver for the gold standard and
measure of value for all contracts. "
SIT is this threat no adds, (which
casts its baleful shadow over all bust
ness transactions, prevents daily labor
from SECURING its just reward, aud i'm
pairs that sense Of settled security
which ia the very bedrock of every
honest human effort 10 advance civiliza.
ton" II is needless to say that it ia
plain that If Mr.. Bayard had been in
his old place 10 the Senate he would
not have voted for the Teller resolution.
lie would mora likely have stood with
Senator Calfrey of Louisiana 10 opposi-
tion TO that resolution than even with
such usually conservative gold Demo-
Gratis as Senator Lindsay OF Kentucky
and Senator Gray OF his own State,
who voted for the. Teller resolution
upon the theory, apparently. that it
meant nothing and would amount to
nothing, being hut repetition Of u
similar resolution passed by Congress
20 years ago.
Perhaps, in view of the fact that
with the exception of Senator Gallery,
all the Democrats in the Senate voted
for the Teller resolution, as did also
all the Democrats OF tho House, Mr..
Bayard ia no longer entitled to call
himself Democrat. lie plainly ia not
one, according to the standard of
Senator Jones, Of Arkansas. OF Sem
ator German, Of Maryland, or of Mr..
Bailey, OF Texas, who led the Demo
cratic minority in the House, and who
closed his speech in support OF the
Teller resolution with thu emphatic
declaration that the silver dollar, which
was good enough for the poor man and
the laborer, was good enough for the
capitalist and tho bondhoder and THAT
by the eternal, they would have to take
il. ~" Mr.. Bayard is plainly of tho
, opinion that the dollar, on the con
trary, which is good enough for the pub.
lie credit or and the capitalist is none
too good for the workingman and the
, pensioner, and his conception Of the
need and duty of the hour is the
maintenance by this country of tho
, highest aud hest standard Of value, ns
, recognized the world over and the pay
ment Of all dents, public and private
pensions and wages, in the best money
, He calls attention to tho fact that the
constitutional power Of Congress is
simply to regulate values" of our
own ard foreign coin not 10 ''create
values, which no properly brands aa
an illusion and sham, no better than
tho illusions of alchemy, and the at.
tempt to make that gold which is uot
: gold. 1t may be worth while Tor some
of our old time Democrats to weigh aud
compare the quality OF Mr.. Bayard' q
Democracy with that of some Of the
t new lights and political changelings-
Mr.. Bryan's or Mr.. Gorman's, for
example.
, Wrong Man for the Place.
, And 40 tho Roy. Mr.. Saintleigh il
, going TO the Klondike as missionary
the Christian people all over this
, broad land should rise ur and protost
/ againat this. lie should not be per-
mitted 10 go"
a "Why?''
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