Show AU ABSURDUM the above phrase culled from the foreign department of an office dictionary is used by the examinee in characterizing the misconstruction it places on two paragraphs contained in an editorial la the standard saturday evening and it la correct tor a more ridiculous meaning could not have been warped from any plain than the one conceived by the in its saturday morn lag edition the examiner asked tho republicans to answer certain questions and that evening the standard answered them eo fully and completely that the examiner Is unable to make a rejoinder and tries to crawl out ot an embarrassing position by twisting two paragraphs incidentally inserted in the standard editorial for the further enlightenment of the examiner into a meaning so foreign that the construction Is evidently made by the examiner to it to make a feeble reply athla has no standing in newspaper work after answering the questions pro grounded by mhd examiner the standard editorial proceeded that the republicans blamed cleveland or the panic of 93 Is true but no less true Is it that the democrats themselves blame him his financial policy was the cause of the panic and j it struck directly at the rearrange j ment of the circulating medium af pf the country nd consequently inspired that feeling of uneasiness in financial circles baat resulted in a cessation of investment a drawing in of capital and the consequent panic because of lack of confidence in the intentions of the democratic party cleveland was to blame in trying to abruptly and without preparing the financial world tor the change reconstruct the entire financial policy of the government the republicans in the first mckinley Hc Kinley administration accomplished the object cleveland evidently had in view by a slower process but one which created no panic and which left the finances of the government on a firm basis the examiner misrepresents this excerpt as follows the gist of the above Is this cleveland brought on a panic because he attempted to abruptly rearrange the circulating medium the people lost confidence owing to his efforts to establish the gold standard but the people had their faith in the future ot the industrial and financial welfare ot iho country restored because the republican party in convention in st louis openly declared for the gold standard and in the first congress under president that bartys senators and congressmen completed the of silver here ta a ad absurdum the gist of the paragraph Is nothing of the hind even a superficial reader could see that and that the statements are reduced to an absurdity is the fault of the active imagination which placed a wrong construction on the paragraph referred to that Clev elands attempt to abruptly rearrange the financial policy of the nation caused the panic of 93 is true and the statement ia being reiterated every day by tho democratic leaders 0 the east the lack of confidence exhibited by the financial world in the intentions tent ions of cleveland and carlisle and a portion of the democratic party in regard to the finances of the country was caused by the tact that the democratic party itself was divided the western faction itterly denouncing Clev elanda policy there waa no pledge of the party outlining its financial attitude no assurance as to a maintenance of stability that the republic cans gained the confidence of the peo pie and placed the finances of the country on a firm basis was because they formulated a sound mosey went before tae deop on it aad were victorious simply because efte people were prepared bof the and fall tho people financiers ana represent lives of all classes kacew what tho pl would be the examiner bays it will not defend clevlen Clev led no ier la tho went la expected to it 1 a choice in this section with democratic on the oa baad 16 hejrat and bid OB the other with ua in or mam wa larH lobal dutno lia to have awa hast only chance la to with leaders dy its support of parker or Ms the examiner construes tee followill paragraph into an attack on labor unions there Is more danger ot depression in channels through throat behil labor troubles than anything elbe ct everybody recognizes uio fact that labor today receives the wages in the history of the alty blut tho laboc aro be wang arrogant and and de bid still moro and i a crash comes ahls par it will probably bo caused through labor troubles alone this la artt 0 inex in a there Is no attack contained in the paragraph on labor organizations A statement is elm ply made to the effect that some ot the leaders of labor aro arrogant and might lead their followers into trouble through precipitate action the statements were made last week by john matchell Ml to the miners at indianapolis the same caution was given by samuel gompers head 0 tho federated trades in his notable communication asking trades unions to keep out of on the same line terrence V powderly gives frank carpenter a two column interview appearing in saturdays desert news george estes head ot the U B ot R E endorses conservatism and a disregard 0 hotheaded personally prejudiced leaders these and noted labor leaders surely did not attack unionism neither did the standard the paragraph referred to meant men ot a sam parks trend of character it Is that style of union men which the examiner evidently wishes to defends |