The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-26
A BADLY MISTAKEN CABINET Of
FICER.

In mis- speech at the semi-centennial
celebration OF the Republicans Of
Queens county, New York. on Satur-
day. Mr. Shaw Secretary of the Treas
sury. made a lame attempt to create
the impression that Judge Parker isn't
sincerely in favor Of the gold standard.
and that the Democratic party isn't to
be trusted to uphold that standard
notwithstanding the fact that the St
Louis convention Endorsed Judge Par
ker's gold standard telegram by an
overwhelming mai ority.
In the course of his speech Mr.. Shaw
Said: At am not unmindful of the fact
that the Democratic party now claims
to be a gold standard party. but they
bottom their claim in a telegram sent
after their platform had been adopted,
by very distinguished gentleman.
But il must be remembered that the
gentleman who sent that telegram
didn't pretend to express his own views
on the money question, but rather his
acquiescence in the verdict of the
people twice expressed"
About everybody in the country ex-
cept Mr.. Shaw seems to be satisfied
that Judge Parker believes in the gold
standard. He could hardly have made
it clearer that ne is a gold standard
man from conviction than he did in
that telegram What worries Mr.. Shaw
is that he made it so clear that the
country has no doubt about it. And
the Democratic party accepts that
standard 1t didn't say so in it's plat
form, because it didn't consider the
money question an issue. and. there
fore, didn't see the necessity for drag
ging in matter that had no bearing
upon the business in hand. Besides,
while admitting that gold was the
standard it felt some little hesitation
in declaring against plank that had
been prominent in its last national
platform. There were men in the St.
Louis convention. and on the Commit
tee on Resolutions appointed by that
convention. who while admitting de-
feat on the silver question. didn't feel
like admitting the fact of their de-
feat to the world.
In the current number of Golfers
Weekly, Mr.. John Sharp williams pre-
sents this phase of the matter, as fol-
lows
But to a man practically acquaint-
ed with human nature 1t is not so
very strange that one may confess
defeat in duel, his inability to re-
new the fight. and perhaps even his
Willingness to quit talking about it,,
and vet not desire to have salt rubbed
In his wounds l never met an old
Confederate soldier, for example, who
wasn't ready to confess that the war
was over that, moreover. we had
gotten along very well without a sep
arate Southern Confederacy and that
the Union was an established fact
not to be disturbed. in his case. now
or ever. But I never met a single
one of them willing to say that he was
whipped. certainly not that he ought
TO have been whipped. Moreover. I
never met a brave man who wanted
one of them to say anything of the
kind. To keep silence and quit fight
ing, to travel onward. looking for
ward, with the desire to make vet
more glorious destinies for a vet
greater, because thoroughly reunited
country, was always accounted enough.
without any humiliating confession y
And so the Democratic party felt
1t was called on to do nothing more
than admit by its silence that the
fight over the silver question was end
ed and that the gold standard was
firmly established This silence ad-
nlitted even more. It admitted that
there was no desire TO disturb the
gold standard. that 1t was satisfac-
tory.
Mr.. Shaw's attempt to make politi-
cal capital out of the failure of the
Democrats to put a gold standard
plank in their platform will be a fail
ure. Their position. and that of Judge
Parker, on the money question is sat
isfactory TO the people.