Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Nev. County, Ark.) 1885-1???, 1892-02-11
Lockcsburg. Ark.

Mr.. ---------:
Lockesburg. Ark.
NV Dear Sir:-Your very kind letter hNs
been received and thank you for your APP
proval of my course in the SpoaNershp con
test, Judge Crisp is one Of the obest men
in the party, and is sound on all party ques-
tons. You ask me to do all | can for free
coinage Of silver Certainly will, That is
the main reason | was for Mr.. Crisp. l
knew he would SO arrange the Committee
on Coiunre a. to allow consideration Of the
question while Mr.. Mills would not. have
seen silver defeated in the House three times
by the election of Speaker opposed to IT.
was determined this time to know how the
candidate stood before voted for him. The
platform upon which was elected declared
for, and have always been personally IN Ia
yor Of. free coinage. If when | refuse to
have my hands tied against it, my constltu-
ents complain, cant help it. | know that
when the people understand the situation
and the power of the Speaker they VIII not
criticiso my vote shall be glad to hear
from you at any time. With best wishes
am Your friend,
THos. c. McRAE.
Congressman McRae gives as his
principal reason for voting for hr.
Crisp for Speaker, was the assurance
he received that the Committee on
Coinage would be so arranged as to
allow consideration Of the question,
while Mr.. Mills would not. This
is rather a broad accusation to make
against Congressman Mills-a typi-
cal Democrat and one who is so well
known to be in favor of the free coin
age of silver. This charge will GER
tainly be heard from during the cam
paign for the Democratic nomination
in this district.
We approve the solicitude of Con-
gresham McRae as to the compost
ton of the Committee on Coinage,
and only regret that he was not as So
licitous as to the composition OF the
WAYS and Means Committee-un
uuestionablv the most important one
of Congress. While the specially
Jealous advocates of the free coinage
OF silver were looking so carefully az
ter the arrangement of the Commit
tee on Coinage, it appears TO us at
this distance that job was put upon
them as to the Ways and Means com
mittee, which is the committee OF
Congress to consider the tariff ques-
| ton.
CONGRESSMAN McRae was correct
in saying that the platform upon
| which he was elected, favored the
free coinage OF silver, and in guard
ing this important question he is to
be commended and not censured.
That same platform upon which he
was elected also declared unequlyo-
cally IN favor OF tariff reform, and
that the latter is the more impor-
tant of the two questions is general
" conceded. The free coinage OF
silver has not been demanded in the
National Democratic platforms,
while the reduction of the tariff has
occupied the most conspicuous or
the demands. 1t is not then, be-
cause Of his anxiety as to free coin
age, that there is criticism of the
vote OF Congressman McRae for
Speaker, but because the tariff issue
is considered the more important of
the two, and Mr.. Mills is certainly
the most prominent exponent OF the
tariff.
Congressman McRae says he has
seen silver defeated three times be-
cause OF the election OF Speaker OPP
posed to it. This charge includes
ex-Speaker Carlisle, now one Of the
United States Senators from Ken
lucky, who was Speaker of the pre-
vious Democratic Congress. Or
course ex-Speaker Reed of the form
er Congress, was opposed to the free
coinage of silver, as he is now. and
as he is also OF tariff reform, but we
are not ready to believe that such
distinguished Democrats as Messrs.
Carlisle and Mills are opposed to the
tree coinage of silver. Their record
in Congress don't bear out any such
accusation, and we think Congress |
man McRae has made these asser-
tons without due consideration
( Hope Gazette.
As a Democrat, Qcaying out per
sonal prcference) We feel called up |.
on to rebuke severely, the above very
unfair and covert attack upon Hon.
Thos. c. McRae. The Gazette's
comment is full of inuendo and mis-
representation, weapons always used (
by little Il. !. peter papers against .
Democrats, and We are surprised that /
Democratic paper should stoop 50
low as to use them in opposing
Democrat. In the frs, paragraph Of
its comment on MIR. McRae's letter,
the Gazette willfully msreprcsents
Mr., McRac 10y inuendo, in trying
to mislead It's readers into believing
that he charges Mr. Mills with being