The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-17

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| clerks and IN. ,,,aaha,,,ca would receive the
same wages If not less: but the uoha's 1911
| they would receive would not Duy h' in"en 40
| they would Heretofore have 49," -
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should not prove n success. Inv - 80
for his crops are fixed. not by the hyi'o IN,
| Let lint by the markets Of the world. winch
| take the surplus OF ms crops hol IT." ~
the home market The farmers "on'u Ev. '.o
| same number of dollars ani centS l"i NV.
| wheat aud corn. but the purcDas'pk Ill, ~
| those dollars and cents must necesrhi', "o
- 10 ,ha currency be depreciated. NOuid IL
| not be we'll Tor them to shrink rom s..n -
! risk or M believe such q certainty! ~ may
| be stated AZ a general rule that oDco n''i.
cage on a farm, always a farm WIZ q 49, ,~
eayo. until the land Is sold under the iialuinei
/ Would il not have been better lot ~" W
have warned them. with all your great Ioice
| and ability. against such measure tn'i Io'
Won To have attempted 10 arouse IN tue ia. IL
! ers the clerks and the mechhulcs ''' "a,
and distrust Of Mr.. Cleveland Decnun So, ''p
had the manhood 10 announce ti.a1 he 49,,
not favor a measure frgught with sucn u"HI0''
If not Disaster
CANNOT CARRY NEW YORK.
ounext asserted in strong language inaS
he cannot carry New York. Pardon me II
sucgsst that some of your friends neither
think you "a prophet nor tEe hon =, ~
prophet" although they Justly resafu you -
an able lawyer. ,h.,
Admit. for sake of argument. ana ior 'Ia.
purpose only, that Nr. Hill Is more l,op"ln'
in New York. do YOU mean 10 assert tha' "e-
cousa ona l. more popular IN State than aii-
other man. the latter cannot carry !. a'tei 40
Gets the nomination. IL so. then the Notei
1f that State cannot be trusted. even shouio
they be fond of asserting i am Deihost
| But Judge. those OF us WHO nave I'M 49,
| read the newspapers know how Inc eel'su
| -. Ma orb obtained.
! of us who remember q little political history
recall the fact that the Nominations Oh Dosn
| Tlden and Cleveland, upon LIS niss
| nomination. were "a bitterly opPVssTsu
by factions from New )ork hs r;,J a.,
! Cleveland is now. Yet Doth Nv W.
and Cleveland carried New YORK. We
also remember that the nominations OF Iinn
/ COCK end Cleveland, upon his secohu hOin 10.
ton. were not opposed by any faction. re.
! both of them were defeated IL seems tnae
there are "A certain class OF voters !"
| York who are safer when watched than "nsn
trusted Would it not be folly fOr Tue
| Ue,nocIatic party to he driven on by re"
threats. gotten up for the purpose OF frlghtei-
ing the timid! Ought not the Democrat
marty to pursue the same wise course which, ~
nursued when il nominated 1ilden IN 1916
and Cleveland IN 1854. and disregard sueu
threats? -.
Aou seem to be impressed very strongly
with the idea that it is the business OF party
10 get votes If that be so, pray let us tahe
that step which will gather the large moe
pendent vote in New York: even II they DO
what you choose 10 term "Mugwumps:" lhey
will fully OBJECT any supporters OF Slr' Ian
who may prove traitors.
PUBLIC sENTIMENT FOR CLEVELAND.
Judge. you sheer at the idea of the great
change that IS going on In public sentiment
in favor Of Mr.. Cleveland. You seem 10 thlhh
that it is not real-that 1t is mostly brag An.
Judge. to entertain such an idea you nuse
have been assoclating a good deal Wlth our
mutual friends who are advocating MI M.
Having become conyersant with their tac'cs
you have become skeptlcal OF the correctness
of any political fact.
But you cannot deny that Rhode Island;
Pennsylvania. Minnesota. Nebraska ana
North Dakota and nearly all OF Mhssachu-
sets have all declared for Dir. Cleveland
You can have butlittle doubtthat indiana ana
MARYLAND will soon so declare. You Will ma
that while YOU are enumerating the countie5
in Georgia the friends of Mr.. Cleveland Will
be counting the States in the Union. -
Perhaps you will reply that the states !
have mentioned as having already declared
for Mr.. Cleveland are Republican States.
admit it, But is there not a lesson 10 DO
drawn from their expressions;
Such expressions. following the late discus
sion in Congress upon the Silver bill. ought
10 inform US that the commercial and manu-
known to be opposed TO unlimited coinage or
silver. Have YOU any doubt but that the
people Of New York are OF the same opinion
Then what must the Democratic party do n
order for Il % win.
THE SILVER PLANK.
In the Democratic platform we will have
either TO put in plank fayoring free silver
or we will have TO ignore IT. II such plank
be added surely YOU would not expect %
carry New York unless the party shall nomi-
nate a man who has already declared ms op-
position TO such measure. with Mr. CleFe-
land ~ our nominee the people of the manu-
featuring and commercial states would feel
safe Notwithstanding such plank.
Should such plank be lett out; What
would be the effect of such an omission! DO
you suppose for an instant that 1t would de-
ceive the voters in the commercial and man.
ufacturing States? Would there be any
chance OF getting their votes, unless We
should nominate a man In whom they had
confidence on the silver question: What other
candidate has bTayely announced his views
on that subject but Mr. Cleveland: Then can
YOU doubt whether in our platform we favor
silver or omit 20 mention II that II would be
unwise TO nominate any man but Mr. Cleye-
land if we expect to carry New DIRK!
You can suggest but one answer in Oppo-
stion-namoly that Mr.. Cieyeland's nOmlna-
ton will arouse opposition among the farmers
Of the South. On the hand, believe that
the farmers Of the South WILL take an intelN-
gent view Of the situation.
OUR FRIENDS II TIE NORTH.
Our friends, the Northern Democrats say
TO us of the South: I'VE will help you to pre-
vent the passage of the Force bill. We will
help you TO get relief from the burdens OF
tariff taxation We will help you b get full
and deserved recognition in all the depart
ments of our common Government. But our
help will be of no avail 10 you II you insist
upon measure which will bring financial
ruin 20 Us. Is it fair or Just in you of the
South to demand all at once so much?
Can you expect us to be willing TO run the
risk of bankruptcy Would you not your
selves shrink from such a courseY Will you
not be wise and lay aside for the present at
least. a question upon which we are divided
and make the fight upon issues as TO which
We are in accord?' Will the people of the
South say: NO. We prefer defeat and all !
that it will entail including the force bill |
rather than not insist upon the silver Ques- |
ton
You ;cannot believe H. Let US give our |
people credit for fair dealing and Intelligence |
We had better trust to that than accept al |
most certain defeat by nominating one |
whose views are not well known on the sill |
yer question. There stands out one candidate |
to-day whose views are we'll known on that |
question. He Is Grover Cleveland Then |
the logic of the situation demands that he Ia