The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-09-11
Col. Cox Sneaks at Franklin,

In Franklin last Monday Col. n. N.
Cox, Congressman elect from this dis
trict, addressed large audience. In
the course of his remarks he said:
"You may talk till dOOmsday about
the financial question, but you will
never remedy your troubles Till you
reform your tariff. If the circulation
of the country is increased will not
the same causes that centraliZe it now
centralize it then?
81 say dig down to the roots of the
subject. Away with your subsidies
and bonuses and put the Government
Oh an economical basis.
"The country does need more cir
culatiug medium, and when silver
was demonetized the object was to
make the gold bug richer and the
laborer poorer. They say that free
silver will drive gold out, but 1 say |
no. Did it do it from 1892 to 1873?
''In France gold is per cent. high
er than silver and this does not drive |
gold from France, where there are in
circulation in silver over 5000, ,000, 600;
and yet France is not as large as the
State of Texas.
"All creditor nations like England |
and Germany want dear money, while !
all debtor and new nations want cheap |
money.
Nov, my friends of the Alliance,
YOU say that we need the sub-treasu-
~. That is, we will put our wheat
| In Government warehouse and bOr-
row so per cent. of it's value on it. III
you do not agree with me suggest
something better
"I come to the practical part of the
question. Have you considered the
number of ware houses it will take? ?
| Where is the government going to
/ tInt the mOnaV To hnll6 them
"You say, lust stamp the money
and pay for them II this is correct
doctrine we are the biggest fools on
earth. We might as we'll sit down
and stamp ourselves rich.
"Silver and gold are regarded as the
standard value among all commercial
nations and your money must have
value with reference to the commerce
of the world.
"How many men will you have to
run the warehouses? Who is to APP
! point them? You say, we will not
/ discuss the detaiis;' but l cannot un-
derstand thing unless l discuss the
details. The warehouse keeper would
be appointed for his craftsmanship.
He might exercise his power arbi-
trairly. He might not receive your
wheat and then put in somebody
else's which was rotten. Did you
ever see such an opening for corrup-
ton in your life? Who would pay
for rotten wheat? -.-a,t.
+ I.If the enOI nous amount OF green
back bills necessary to carry the sub
TREASURES can be hOated without q
/ coin basis, you need no coin basis.
TAlI you have to do Is to put your
ltprinUing presses to work. But re-
iFpeat it, sfrs, paper money is nothing
( but q promise to pay.
/ L DO
raise money for anything but for
necessary expenses, and whenever
YOU show me government that loans
s. money and turns itself into brokers'
!. shop, I will show you rotten govern
! tment.
"Pray do not try any wild schemes
now. Why should you leave the old
fold? The Democratic party has for
thirty long years battied against the
evils have narrated. Where ls the
y Democrat who has ever said aught
against the laboring man? Why now
complain, when the brightest pros
pects are at hand, when in the last
congressional campaign the Demo-
Gratis were victorious by over 900 900
majority. Without the negro vote
Harrison would have been defeated
by over / 100000? Why this disatiec-
. ton now? Are we defeated? No.
, | we are III SlRuI Ol NlClO1Js
"Why should we quit the old ship
when the wind is in her sails and sue
cess is in her front ?
"Pray tell me when the next Con-
gress meets will it not devote its
whole attention to the interest of the
laboring masses of the people, and
WHY this dissension now?
''I stayed in your capital and saw
YOUR men stand to their colors, and is
,, il right now that they should be dis
a honored, when we have out OF the
forty-four States over thirty Govern
ors, the majority of the Legislatures
of the States, over 1,00O,0O0 OF the
popular vote and the Lower House Of
Congress almost unanimously Demo-
!, cratic? Now why discard and aban-
. don these men that you have not tried
before you see what they will do
Can YOU assume that they are your
enemies when not one word has ever
escaped either OF them as antagonistic
!, to YOUR interest? What do you want
with dissension when victory is with
3 in your reach?"
' "Brhins is still cursing the census"
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