Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-05-19
LATER-DAY COPPERHEADS.
Free Stt~crites blocking Legislation
Looking to the Creation of
War Fund.

The bill introduced by Chairman
Dingley imposing certain taxes to raise
war revenue and authorizing the sale
of bonds if money is needed to meet
sudden exigencies is not to be allowed
to become law without opposition.
The fee silverites in congress, and es-
pecially those in the senate, are devils
ing schemes of obstruction which they
believe will be effective. Senator Tel
Ter declares that he does not believe
the house bill can pass with the bond
proposition included.
The bill is to be held up in order that
speeches may be made denouncing the
supreme court for having set aside the
income tax law of 1894, and that an at
tempt may be made to engraft on the
bill an amendment for the reenact-
ment of that unconstitutional tax as a
war measure" But the position which
the free silverites propose to assume
regarding the bond issue is even more
condemnable. Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, the chairman of the democratic
national committee, declares:
Il see no occasion for bond issue, be-
il will not be considered for a moment If
the necessities of the case require it the
government might issue the necessary
quantity of greenbacks, which, by becom-
ing a part Of the rculation, would relieve
the present distressing conditions existing
throughout the country by increasing the
volume of money. In addition to that, for
one, l am willing to provide for an increase
in the volume of money by opening the
mints of the country to the unlimited coin
age of silver"
The intention evidently is, now that
war has begun, to open up fire in the
rear and to harass and hamper the ad-
ministration instead of rallying patri-
otically to its support like loyal Amer
leans. Jones and the other senators
who may pursue his copperhead policy
have voted for war. They have voted
to authorize the president to call out
men and to incur every conceivable eX-
pense connected with the prosecution
of war. Having done that, they pro-
pose to leave him in the lurch by refus-
ing to provide the money with which
the president is to foot all the bills they
have authorized him to incur.
They have done more than author
ize." They have ordered him to use the
land and naval forces to drive the
Spaniards out of Cuba. They refuse
now to provide him with sound money
with which to pay soldiers and seamen
and buy the supplies which are needed
for them. They say to the president
open the mints to silver, debase the
currency, fill the country with 40-cent
dollars, and then perhaps we will au-
thorize you to borrow some of those
dollars to pay bills which were con-
tracted on the basis of gold standard
prices"
These demagogues and latter-day cop
perheads who call themselves patriots
are enemies of their country. They
vote war and then make it almost i'm
possible to carry on war. They take
away with one hand what they give
with the other. They are insincere and
treacherous. They are not thinking of
Cuban campaign and of American vic
tories, but of a rotten money campaign
in 1900.
The perfidiuus nature of their prop
osition is apparent. Instead of selling
bonds they desire more greenbacks is
sued, without further legislation to
make their redemption in gold certain.
They wish to spend all the money in
the treasury, the gold reserve included,
so that the currency may be slumped to
the silver standard. They wish to de-
stroy the credit of the government and
weaken its power to carry on war.
The fate OF these free silver obstruc-
tionists will be the same as that which
befell the copperheads of the rebellion
period. They will be overwhelmed at
the polls by popular indignation. They
will be driven out of the house and the
senate. The party to which they belong
willb held responsible for their treach-
cry by the American people, and many
years will elapse before its sins will be
forgotten.
This is the time to remember that all
party lines should cease at the shore.
Congressman who cannot remember
that, and who play at partisan politics
as though the country were not at war.
never will be forgiven. The duty of
the hour is to support the president 10y
ally. He is the commander in chief,
and he should be given whatever he
thinks necessary to carry on war vigor-
ously. Bailey, of Texas. and Jones, of
Arkansas, should remember that be-
fore they commit themselves fully to
an un-American. unpatriotic, copper
head policy.-Chicago Tribune.