The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-11-03

have more money in circulation.
is better for him to have free COMA
at the ratio of IS TO I than 10 key
the mints closed by an insisiauce up.
I6 to l or nothing. He wants bre,
not Z stone He wants igtyeas.
cirfnIII0a he IS not ciam0ring /:
ratio. There Is, therefore, not u
wide difference between Mr.. Clevl
land as the leaders Of the new part,
t imagine, or say they imagine. /
fact, when the Alliance va, n ii.s
organized, in response To an inquiry
Mr.. Cleveland wrote 4 letter sayln
that he fully endorsed The principles
of the Alliance, and he was defeated
mainly because he earnestly and en-
Enthusiastically ChlmpiDned the cduSr
of the American farmer, oppressed bv
burdensome tariff taxation. YOU
know that Mr.. Cleveland is brave
and honest that he vetoed one pen
sion bill that appropriated forty-nine
million dollars that he was nominated
against the protest of Wall street, and
the solid vote Of New York State that
he isn't controlled by the politicians
but "totes his own skillet - that he
is friendly to the South. and holds. il
as the equal of any other section !;
that he favorS lower tariff tax, the
abolition of bounties, the abolition of
the prohibitory tax on the circulation
of State banks +; that he opposes any
and all connection between the
government and private enterprises,
and that he IS in sympathy with the
demand for better financial system
and better distribution of the money
in circulation. Every man who has
kept posted knows these things of Mr..
Cleveland. Is he not worthy Of your
support And are you not willing to
vote for him as the onLp chance Of Sc k
curing Reform?
"But," interposes our old farmer
again, 81 don't think the Democratic
party has done as much for us as i,
conld have done"
Let's see about that. 1t is doubt
less true that, though in the minority
the Democrats in Congress nigh:
have advocated more bills looking for
relief than they did ; but this is the
only country in the world where the
minority party attempts to pass bills.
But the presence of the Democrats in
Congress has been fraught with great
blessings. Of the 81 600, ,ooo, 900 nov
in circulation, more than half of it is
aireetT due to the fact that the Demo
Gratis controlled the Senate and the
House in 1873 for short time. Else
where we show other good financial
legislation passed by Democrats. Ii
the last Congress Democrats passed
bills that would reduce the cost OF
living many millions of dollars !;
passed the bill preventing the deal
ing in futures; majority of Demo
Gratis voted for the free coinage of
silver, and other good measures were
begun. They spent sixty million
dollars less than the Republicans.
They were still too eXtravagant, and
we regret it. But there were extraor
binary demands that made some ex
penditures somewhat excusable. These
things appeal strongly to you for sup
port.
"But," persists our old farmer
friend, 81 think the Democrats in the
House ought to have passed the free
coinage bill and let the responsibility
of vetoing it rest upon the President. y
We agree with you, and SO did
Senators Ransom and Vance, and
every Congressman from North Caro-
lima, who voted for the Bland bill.
Every Congressman from the South,
except four, voted in favor of 1t, and a
majority OF the whole number of
Democrats in the House voted for the
bill. Do you ask, why, then, was the
free coinage bill defeated? Let Capt.
Alexander answer the question. In a
recent speech he said:
"The last silver bill was defeated in
the House by Republicans and Demo
Gratis aoho represented RefnbAean dis
hiets, having got in on the ground
swell of 1880"
The Democratic party will do all
that any party can do 10 give real
reforms and being real relief. 1t IS
the only party that can defeat Mr..
Harrison and his party.
Do you not believe it your duty, as
a patriotic North CarolInlan, TO de-
post your vote where it will do some
good? If you vote for Weaver, 1t will
help Harrison carry tbe State. IT, by
your vote for Weaver this result should
be accomplished, would you not feel
that you had given the cause OF Re
form severe blow when Harrison
was inaugurated by your help?
You can avert this disaster;
You can advance the cause Of Re-
form;
You can secure Financial Reform
You can secure reduction OF taxa
ton;
You can prevent the passage Of the
Force bill
You can put an end to class and
sectional legislation
by voting for Cleveland and Steven
son. And it is the only way that
these desirable ends can be accom-
plished.
/ We urge every man in the State
who wants Reform to consider the
consequences that vote for Harrison
or Weaver would involve. and not to
d=story ali hope Of Reform BY voting
for either Harrison or Weaver. There
is no chance OF electing Mr.. Weaver.
Any North Carolinian. who has here
baa, , Democrat who votes