New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-19
4 QUESTION OF "BUNCOES."


Since our esteemed contemporary The New
York Times suspended It's fight for sound
money and devoted itself to securing for the
State of NewYorf Bryanite Governor and
a Bryantc United States Senator and TO giving
aid in tho election OF Bryanite House Of
Representatives. 1t has been naturally anxious
TO Justify itself after the street boys method
Of you're another" Misery loves company,
ard it IS highly honorable In "The Times to
wish to discover that Republicans are no more
devoted 10 sound money than 1t Is We sym
pathlze with this longing and yet We feel
bound to enter n mild remonstrance against
our nelghbor. even for It's own precious COM
fort turning the Republican into silver party
in such fashion as this:
Gold Democrats voted for the Republican can
didate in the Presidential election Of 1896 on
the express ana reiterated assurance that the
Republican party could he trusted to safeguard
The currency They deceived, they were
dpfraudcl they were "buncOed." There was
urgent need Of currency reform. The retirement
OF the greenhackS and tine establishment of the
currency upon Z sure basis would have put
the money system Of the country beyond the
danger of attack by Populists and cheap-money
fanatics BY such reform the Republicans
would have kept their pledge to safeguard the
currency.
When they came into power the currency was
forgotten In the headlOng rush to enact a law
prohibiting imports under heavy penalties. The
fact that President Mckinley was elected bv
the votes Of low-tariT Democrats should have
constl aimed him to some decent moderation in
imposing duties
The fact that he was elected entirely on the
sound money issue should have prompted him
first and above all to take thought how our
money might b" kept permanently sound.
The Gold Democrats have not trusted in
vain. The Republican party has safcguarle,i
the currency. 1t Is sound to-day. Every dol
lar of il is as good as n gold dollar The Gold
Democrats were not deceived or "buncoed -
Every promise made by the Republicans in the
campaign Of 1896 has been kept 1t Is per
fcctlr true that a reformed currency law IL,
needed to put the country beyond the danger
of attack by POpullsts and choap-money fanat-
les. but there has never been an instant when
the Republican Administration could have So
cured the passage of such law, simply be.
cause Of the presence in the Senate of A ma.
jo"ty of enemies of sound money like Senator
Murphy whom The Times is working TO re-
elect The Republicans have safeguaroled the
currency up to date perfectly and need only
power TO carry out their pledge still further
and safeguard II for the future 10y legislation
which shall place IL beyond the power OF the
Executive TO put us on a silver basis. ms he now
could do Secretary Gage and the Finance Com
Inittce have been AT work on currency meas
urcs which are understood TO be substantially
perfect, and II the Republicans can obtain a
working majority in the Senate such measures
can be- made laws. That event depends on the
retirement Of Senator Murphy and some Of his
silver colleagues and on Republican victory.
II THE Times wants the pledge Of 1896 kept
II should continue It's assistance through the
period necessary for keeping it. and not turn
10 help the Bryanltcs. because they were after
1896 in an intreAchod position. where they
could nj first only be coopcd up harmless. but
not completely overthrow
The Gold Democrats were not deceived or