The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03


views upon that subject are not likely
to assure his election to the Presidency.
The New York Democrats are a cool
set They hold a meeting of such men
as ex-MayOr Grace, and calmly select
the issue to be tried and the man to
try it; and then they notify the cOun-
try of their action, and expect the
boys to whOop EN- up and ratify their
selection. We want it distinctly under
stood that the Farmers Alliance does
not intend to stand the cool impudence
of the New York Democrats any
longer. We tell them plainly that the
Alliance will not help them to elect an
anti-silver man to the Presidency of
the United States in 1892. If Mr..
Cleveland is put forward as the Demo
cratic candidate, we intend to hold
ourselves aloof and act independently.
No ''gOld bug" shall sit in the White
House in the future with the permis-
sion of the Farmers Alliance.
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The Ne1C York Herald closes a recent
article upon the appointment Of new
Secretary of the Treasury with the
following sentence: In the mean
time, however, it is pleasant to know
that our finances will be in the hands
of a man who believes in honest
money" Is there any man in public
life to-day that does not believe in
honest money? In the sentence we
have quoted our contemporary delib-
erately seeks to cast the Odiulm of dis
honesty upon every man who does not
adopt the one standard theory of the
New York money ring. We repel the
insult with Indignation There is not
a silver man in America to-day who
does not believe as fully in honest
money as does the Herald; and there
is not a silver man in this country who
does not believe in something more
than honest money. These men who
are trying to take the finances of the
country out of the hands Of the specu-
latOrs in government credit, believe in
honest men, as well as in honest money.
The Herald stands in steadily with the
dirty scOundrels who are bringing all
sorts of distress upon the people by
their Juggling and gambling in tho
money of the country. and then has
the cool impudence to cast the reprOach
of dishonesty upon every man who is
unwilling to longer hold still and un-
complainingly submit to plain robbery.
1t looks very much to us as if the Her
old was standing in with the robbers
of the people for part of the swag.
THE indications now point to the
fact that the Democrats of the East
and West are fixing to make a desper-
ate effort to force Mr. Cleveland upon
that party and the country as their
candidate for the Presidency in 1892.
1t seems certain that the Democrats
cannot elect their man without the
solid vote of the Southern States. In
several of these same Southern States
the Farmers Alliance has the power
in it's own hands; and it does not in
tend to be driven by the old thread
bare story of sectiOnalism into voting
to put an enemy of silver money into
the White House to succeed Mr.. Har-
risOn. The free coinage of silver is
one of the most vital demands fOrmu-
lated by the Alliance movement; and
we mean to secure the object cOntem-
plated by this demand, or we mean to
know the reason why. We make this
statement as no idle threat.
We speak by the book; and we mean
exactly what we say. We shall permit
no shuf1ing with our just demands for
financial reforms. We know what we
want, and we shall know how to get it.
If the Democrats of the South will do
so, they can put a silver man upon the
ticket next year-a man who will be
acceptable to the Alliance-and so win
before the people. If they are not
willing to do this, they must take
what follows There is no doubt at all
that the majority of white Alliance
men in the Southern States are Demo
Gratis and would prefer to vote for
Democrat for the Presidency. But we
do not hesitate to say that we will
give our support to any good Republi-
can who adopts and stands by our
principles, before we will give it to a
Democrat who opposes our principles
We have been pleading against angry
partizanism in the conduct of public
affairs, and we mean to practice what
we preach. We will vote for the man
for the Presidency who represents our