The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
VAS 1T A SILVER PLANKy
Tho Mystery About tho Coinage Resolution
Adopted at Saratoga,


From the Rocheaer Uaion and AdreYttss,,
number Of newspapers and newspaper correspond.
ems have certified within few days that they have
seen and read tho original report OF the Committee on
Platform OF the Democratic State Convention and par.
ticulsrly that portion Of 1t known tho coinage pla
said to be now in the hands Of Mr. Defree Secretary
of the Convention They ALL Mr. Defreest with the
rest sure Is the original document aud that word
oliver" is In tho coinage sentence Just offered and
adopted An anonymous gentleman who figures as tho
Albany correspondent OF tho Buulo that
no saw and read tho original written manuscript" Of
the platform in Mr. Defreess hands and the estee
Cts certines to its readers that It's anonymous
respondents testimony 10 conclusive tho point in
dispute; whereas tho original platform adopted by
| tho committee not written manuscript" at all
but printed from type!
And now comes the brooklyn Eagle with scream and
an impeachment OF all the witnesses who swear the
have seen and read the or na coinage phrase a. of.
fered by Mr.. Croker and adopted by the committee
Tho Eagle declares that that phrase emhnaed from the
brain Of Almet +. Jonks :he Corporation Counsel Of
Brooklyn. and continues:
He wrote the declaration. and It was in Mr. Jents's
aay ay Th the M r. ..
o,'yy si0 him q. ~'use"i. lie sAossi 10 he Eagle
morning
3d. !. turns out unless the brooklyn Eag'. tells story
that MI Secretary Defreeat and the Argus eyed
paper people who have been reading and certifying to
his alleged original draft OF the coinage plank have
never seen that original and that never was allowed
to pass into the hands Of either the officers Of the Com
nittee on Platform OF tho Conventioni They were
furnished with what purported to be "cOpy ~ that
and nothing morei
1t would thus seem to appear that the monom an acs
on monometa'. who love gold and hate silver. have
brought forth sort or Jenkss baby. the pater
nifty and present whereabouts Of which there hoyers
cloud Of doubt According to half dozen Of them Col
Tracy of Albany was the real father Of ling and
Secretary Defreest has II In his nursery up Mt Troy
while tho B'ookyn Eu0> Insists that jerks wrote II for
Mr. Croker and that jerks held II and brought Il
away allowing copy" to be made for tho plat
unfortunate for such of these witnesses as testify
to what isn't SO that they did not before taking the
stand compare notes. agree upon common story and
stick to IT, Their failure TO consist their direct con
trAdietton Of each other. destroys all their evidence
and ought to remind them OF the old adage:
Oh what tangled web we weave.
When hrst We practise to deceivel
The genuine affirmation OF the Democratic platform
Isl I'VE are against the coinage OF any dollar which 10
not of the intrinsic value of any other dollar OF tho
United States" This declaration Is broad and compre
hensve 1t covers all dollars coined and leaves nothing
both gold and silver the money Of Constitution and
Of the Democratic party 1t has tho ring of the financial
plank OF the tententious platform, upon which
Samuel 1i!dcr Was elected Governor In 1874, Gold
and silver the only legal tsndcrno currency incon
vrrtlble with coin Tho Democratic party OF New
York Is MS has always been. for hard none y-for
both gold and svsS with equivalence Of values II
makes no distinction between tho two metals. And in
affirming platform OF general principle and general
policy 1t does not sulty itself by embracing gold aud
s'abbng silver through invdiOus application to the
latter metal by name Of principle and policy that
applies alike to all metals Of our coinage.