The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-09
TIE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
9ha: x publican Thtnas oI;he CAas ces
for Free Si!v&r.

William Z. Curtis, the special cor
RESPONDENT CT lha Chicago Record,
in Hritire from Washington to th9
Record does not take a very hopeful
view OF tie future Of the Republican
party cr tfe gold. bug cause. He says:
The action OF the serate yester
day IN giving the precedence ever al
o.her business 10 The Teller resolution,
@hich Geclarts that the bonds
of tie United States may be
paid II silver, shows hog far from
pcsgible it is to secure from this con
errss any legislation FOR the currency
reform that daea not include the res
toration of The money power Of silver.
Itsbows that tie silver en- are strong
erin the senate than they were TWO
years aeo, notwithstanding the cleo
ton 0f ooldbug President upon
gold standard platform. /. shows
that the enactment OF a protective
tzritf law, the restoration Of industrial
activity and commercial prosperity
has not satl-lied the advocates Of free
co;Dse or eliminated the silver Q1es
ton from politics Itshows thai the
wishes OF the President, often de
ciarsd in p0pfjc and IN private.
and ''the GebasiDg Influence Of
patronage" are BOT so slrons WITH
certain R-ou uoIican senators as public
sentiment IN their several States Il!
shows the folly CT the currency com
mission in depending upon support
from the Democratic senator's from the
south. 1t shows. furthermore, that
The spli: in tie Republican party or
the silver question is gro wirg g wider,
aud that the President will take great
risks If he forces that issue into the
congressional campaign next fall.
The i'm mediate effect OF the action Of
tne sen e-for it is assu ned that the
resolution viii be adopted by the
same m8jority that insisted upon its
coDsiGeratior-is to stimulate the Rs
puolicans IN The house Of representa-
ives who have been leaning toward 81,
yer 10 assert themselves, and to fright
en- those whose districts are doubtful
and who want the issue postponed. The
chief end Of man, according to the
congressional! catechism, is to secure
reelection; and timid members say
that if the administration insists upon
forcing Mr.. Cages bill or that OF the
currency commission the house OF
representatives will sutf7ra a revolution
and the ptesen Republican majority
will &c reversed and given to the Dem
ocrats at the fall election. 1t is be-
Iieved that when the yeas and nays
are called enough Republicans IN the
present house will go over to the silver
side to make q ma ority ans seriously
en- harrass the administration.
When We take into consideration
ihat Mr.. Curtis is a Republican, a
gold Dug and personal friend Of the
President, the above usteraace is very
si9ni6cant We do not belieVe that
Mr. Curtis overdraws the picture.
We believe that the people realize
that there is nothing in the prom
ises of the Republican party, and
that they will turn to the Demo
cratic party for relief. The so.called
prosperity of the Mckinley sdminis-
tratioa is confined to the otfice-holders
and the large corporations. The mass
es otthe people have not been bene-
fitted, and they are going to hold Nc
Kin.ey sn3 the Republican party re-
SpOnSi ollie.