The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-12-02
BEFORE THE ELECTION AND
4 SINCE.

ID REPRESENTATIVE RIO MILLS
IL of Texas, is in Washington and
mas been interview wed by a reporter OF
the Post. We give one of the ques,
tons of the reporter and tie answer
of NJ. Mills:
"Will the Democrats in the next
Congress attempt to Iegislate in &C
cordance with the principles of the
Farmers Alliance 2"
The Democratic House in the
Fifty-second Congress will meet the
demand for o money by passing a
silver tree coinage oil, which the Sen
ate may or may not agree to, and
which, if it ever reaches the White
House, will probably be vetoed by
President Harrison. That is all the
legislation which we shall attempt in
that line. 1t is idle to talk of the
Suo Treasury bill. The Democratic
party a never, as long as it exists,
which will be as long as it is true to
strict constructions ideas, endorse
such an unconstitutional scheme. Mr..
Tilden, in his letter to the Iroquois
Club, stated the principle Of the Dem
ocratic party in one sentence: The
general government should do nothing
Tor the State which the State can do
for itself, and no government should
do anything for the individual which
he can do for himself We ought
eve to get away from that doctrine.
The Democratic party believes that
the citizen is able to take care of him
self and run his own finances. We
propose to let him do it and keep as
far away from ~paternalism as posi-.
ble."
According to Mr.. Mills, who, by
virtue Of his long service in Congress
and his prominence in politics for a
quarter of a century, is entitled to re.
spect as an exponent of the Demo.
cratic party, makes some remarkable
and 81 Onge ~utterances in the above
interview. He says, in effect, that
the House will pass the silver free
coinage bill although it may not pass
the Senate and in the event it does it
Is probable that the President will
veto it And with this admission on
MS lips, showing that there is little or
no no o for the bill to become a law,
ne says: "That is all the legislation
which we shall attempt in that line"
That is to say the Democratic party
will offer only one bill for the fnan.
clal relief of the people and they do
that with the belief that it will most
probably not become a law. How
many Congressional candidates in the
recent campaign were elected on such
an idea? How many of them dared
to say as much to the people when
begging for their votes ? Not one.
He says sit is idle to talk of the Sub.
Treasury BILL" that "the Democratic
party can never endorse such an I'm.
constitutional scheme" How many
Congressional candidates in the South
and West talked this way in the
recent campaign before the people E?
He then lays down this monstrous
proposition: "The Democratic party
believes that the citizen is able to take
care Of himself and rWm has oaOn finances"
" We propose to let ham do it," 1t is to
be hoped that Mr.. M lis is as ignnor.
ant OF Democratic principles and pur-
poses as he has shown himself to be
of the needs Of the people and of the
Sub-Treasury plan. For if his asser-
IONS be true, all the fulsome promises
Il that party to the people we're "de
ceitful above all things" But we will
wait and see, and if he be correct as
to the course of the party in Congress,
there are lively times in store for the
people and the politicians in 1892.