New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-03
CONIERTEU.

CONCENTRATIONS are due TO "The New-IOrk
Times" for It's honesty and courage in refusing
to support Democratic free-sver candidates
for Congress and the State Legislature.
1t requires no little courage for newspaper
thus to change It's views in the middle Of po-
lncal campaign, and subject itself TO reprOach
from party associates for the sake OF giving eN-
preston to a tardy conviction on any subject,
and The Times is entitled to full credit for
this obedience to It's Judgment and It's con
science Some two weeks ago The Times de-
clared that If The Tribune would show 1t
where the fight for sound money was going on
il would 'be in the thickest of 1t In jffy," but
II could not see any sound money issue involved
In the election of a Senator and Congressman in
New York and cOntended that, even II there
were such an issue, the Republicans were not
fiji to make II. having "buncoed' gold Democrats
into voting for Mckinley. The Tribune then
pointed out that the Republicans had done ev
erything in their power for currency reform.
and kept their pledges of 1896 far the sill
verite control of the Senate would permit. and
that now the hope Of currency reform rested in
the election Of q sOund-money House Of Repre-
scntatives, and of Republican legislators who
would replace free-silver Senators with sound
money men. We pointed ont also how THE
Times had rejoced in the election Of a Repub-
l!can Governor and two Congressman In Oregon
last June as q great sOund-money victory, how
K then thought the Republicans good enough
gold men to be fit TO raise the sound money ISSUE
even in a contest for Governor, and urged upon
II the duty OF working to secure thirty-f0ur
sound-money Congressman in New York as well
as two In Oregon. Since that time The Times
has been thinking, and 10 good purpose; for,
convinced of the correctness Of our view, yes
terday morning II came out for sound money
with n leading editorial in which II said
The Times will advise no man to vote for
a candidate for Congress the Legislature
who is not known to be by conviction and utter
ance sound money man. State issues for
Roosevelt and Van Wyck; NATIONAL ISSUES
FOR CONGRESSMEN: THE SOUND MONEY
ISsuE IN THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
DISTRICTS. SINCE SENATOR MI RPHY'S
SUCCESSOR Is TO BE CHOSEN BY THE
NEXT LEGISLATURE Every intelligent voter
draw these distinctions between State
business and the Nations business. and make
his ballot speak his mind.
No man ought to seek an election to Congress
unless he is willing TO tell what he thinks about
one OF the most important questions that
come before him. THE VOTERS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH HAVE RIGHT TO ASK
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE ON Sill
YER COINAGE IF THE QUESTION COMES
Up. FAILING TO RECEIVE A SATISFAC-
AT ALL THEY ARE AT LIBERTY TO VOTE
WITH TIE OPPOSITION.
Now, we call that highly honorable. II must
be to any newspaper strong temptation to
porsevcre through campaign in course once
entered upon particularly when change is
likely to affect unfayorably some other feature
Of the campaign about which it has not
changed. THE Times still supports Mr.. Van
Wyck rs against .Lr Roosevelt, and the fact
that II has been obliged to rcpudiate nearly ev-
erything else Oh the Croker ticket naturally