The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-15

ne used the language he quotes D
he went further and proposed II D0'
model and amend the bill and ~ Ie'
IN better shape before he intrord"o%
1t. This was readily agreed to ~
be was informed that it was baIio ~l5
that his greater wisdom and avnas
ence would make every change tbdpt 05'
might propose an improvement ~ IS
Chairman of the Legislative Comn r1s
tee gave him special autboritr
make any changes in the bill tbst !"
might choose. He took the bill no1s
the changes without further cons~It.
tion, and introduced it, and the fS.
time the Chairman of the LepisIat;rs
Committee of the Alliance Saw I've
Vance bill or knew what its provis;oDe
were was after it had been introdno1S
in the Senate and printed. The Son
ate bill is the Vance modification -
the Sub-Treasury bill, and the ones
ton naturally arises, if he could ~.
amend the bill so that he would snn
port it, why did he amend it at aT}F2
Again if he saw fit 70 amend it and n
troduce it in a shape that he wor13
not support, why did he not saw 81
at least to the committee ? Gould bo
have been acting in good faith at thu
time he took the bill, amended if. and
introduced the Vance bill if be them
intended to write this letter at such
time as was calculated to do the
cause much harm ? These and mapv
others of like import are pertinent
and will be answered in various WAYS
by thinking people of this country.
In the third paragraph Senator
Vance says: 81 cannot support this
bill in its present shape" and in the
closing sentence of the letter he saws:
"Let US earnestly contend against the
spirit of Capitalization which is con.
Btantly threatening to ABSORB the local
self-government OF the people of the
States" Now since he is alone re.
sponsible for it's " present shape" and
since be inserted al one Of his amend.
ments to the bill the feature making
the managers Of the sub-treasurieS
subject to appointment by the Secre
tary Of the Treasury, instead Of being
subject to election by popular vote Of
the people of the country as provided
in the genuine Sub Treasury bill of
the committee, and since that clause
Of the bill is the one thai has raised
opposition as a feature tending to
Capitalization, "that would ell the
States with carpet baggerg, Federal
appointees, and colored supervisors"
and since the Senator is a Southern
man and a Democrat. is there not
danger that some shrewd observer
will put this and that together and
say: Vance is no fool; he don't
make such blunders as that; be did it
on purpose. He has acted as traitor
and betrayed the farmers movement.
He could not honestly put in a feature
that would tend to kill the measure
with Democrats. He is, however,
making himself ridiculous oy throw
ing stones at the glass house be him
self built" If there be any who
would ask these questions, and no
doubt there will be, they will do the
Senator great injustice, and be alto.
geGher wrong. Those who know
Senator Vance will never accuse him
of the wrongs here implied. He has
always been on the side of the farmer
next after the Democratic party, and
it is too late for him now to change.
That his course has been wrong, and
that 1t has perpetrated a great wrong
upon the Alliance movement, cannot
be denied; but that Senator Vance
intended it should from the begin
ming, or now intends it, or has IN any
way intended any bad faith with the
Order, is denied most positively. In
fact there is abundant evidence for the
belief that he, when he had amended
the bill to his liking and introduced
it, intended to support and vote Tor
the bill. His proveroial honesty
would have impelled him to notify
the committee had be intended 10 40
otherwise. There can be no douot
that he intended to support and y0Ie
for the bill until recently. Then when
he found himself forced TO change, II
became necessary to write a big letter
in order to neutralize this appearance
Of a deliberate design to ,lnJure the
Order from the start, Senator ance
is a pure man, and a true man as true
goes in these modern tjme5-rue 10
party first and to the people next.
The place in which the sincerity Oh
Senator Vance seems most question
able is where he claims the SUD.
Treasury bill to be demonstrations,
because it "provides for the loanlng
OF money to the people by the gov
eminent" He knows that it is con,
stitutional for the government to &C.
cept a deposit having e~xchangeao.e
value (bonds) and issue to certain cor
porations treasury notes, and charge
them a tax Of n per cent. per an
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