Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-03-04
FARMERS ALLIANCE COLUMN.
CANTHE SILVER QUESTION BE IGNORED
AND DEMOCRACY SUCCEED2

AND DEMOCRACY SUCCEED.f
This question is now being consid-
cred by all practical politicians. The
money power with its plutocratic press
practically unit, backed up by
New England Democrats put there
for that purposes moving heaven
and EARTH to have this sitter issue side
tracked for the one of tariff reform.
question that has engaged the atten-
ton of the country for the last 100
years without any practical relief to
the masses and in which these New
England Democrats would not now
agree with their western and south
ern brethren, except that they know
it is a harmless measure to them and
serves them well for blind to perpet-
uate the present state OF affairs, CIV
ing New England and the East, prac-
tically, the control Of money, the
greatest Of all monopolies," and prin-
cipally through this monopoly keep
the people west and south in per-
petual state of Indebtedness, well
knowing there is no slavery to equal
debt and no hope for these sections
freeing themselves unless they can
break the shackles which now bind
them by a complete revolution in the
monetary policy of the country. This
free and unlimited coinage OF silver is
but the entering wedge. These plu-
tocratic gentlemen can't use the argu-
ment that silver is not constitutional
1t is the recognized and mentioned
money OF the Constitution and was
the unit of value up to 1878, and was
demonetized at the instance OF Great
Britain, who sent Ernest Seged over
here with 100000, and by his pres
epce in the American House of Rep
resentatives, this wicked and dark
deed was accomplished without the
knowledge Of the leading men in both
parties, and John Sh1mun, OF Ohio,
was the only one to acknowledge he
knew anything about it. The Demo
cratic party owes it to the country
and to the people, and to clear its
skirts, that this demonetized metal be
restored to its former place. 1t they
allow the BLAND bilp' to be set aside
won't the farmers and laboring peo-
Pile Of the country believe the charge
(made in the st. Louis PLATFORM to be
tyue-that they are in cahoot with the
Republicans, and that the two old
parties are practically one, so far as
any relief to the masses of people are
con cerned. Can the Democratic par
ty afford to lose the farmer and labor
vote? Are not these classes, through
their various organizations all over
the country, practically demanding
free coinage as 1. unit? What are the
boards of trade, outside of their money,
to be compared to these great classes
who produce everything that is use
full to society, and practically support
| the government that is now in the
hands Of robber class. and who are
not willing to allow this fraudulent
act of their case Though found out
and known to all mem to be righted
when people are only demanding that
silver be restored to its former place,
adding more money to the currency,
thereby relieving in measure the al
ready grooming and overburdened
farmer and laboring class? The ques-
ton TO be put to these two classes, Is
simply this If neither Of the old par
ties will allow you this your one meas
ure Of relief, to be found in your plat
form, how can you reasonably hope
for any of the balance, to-wit "abo-
lition of national banks" money to
be loaned direct to the people" or
approved security'-a per capita in
crease of circulation to $50 head
graded income tax" (making the
rich bear little Of the taXation), gov
ernmental control of railway and tel
egraph and other similar and right
eous demands to be found in your
platform, when you know so well that
by adopting this platform money
could be raised to defray every legiti-
mate expense of the government, and
there would no longer be an excuse or
necessity TO levy tariff tax OF any
sort This is the question every Alli-
ance man and laboring man will have
to put to himself in the presidential
election Of 1892. What will our party
votes amount to if our demands are
utterly ignored Aud have we not
already pledged ourselves to go for
| these demands, no matter what party
adopts them. and from the action of
the two present parties on the silver
question, there is hardly shadow OF
doubt but that we will be utterly ig-
nored. |, for one, believe we will, as
| individuals, assert our manhood and
desert these two old parties by the
thousands. When it is once made
clear that it is their intention to drop
the silver question and substitute tar
| if reform alone-which as an issue, is
a difference Of or per cent between
the two old twins-we think we have
been educated sufficiently to have
caught on to the object of these lead
ers, and as we turned out thousands
of them in last years elections for
their hypocricy, we don't propose to
leave grease spot of them in 1892.
Will the Democratic party profit by
last years experience, fulfill her
pledges, pass the Bland bill, and let
the responsibility for its defeat rest
| wit those who OpnOse it2 We Shall