The Southern herald., 1892-09-16
Third Party versus Democracy.
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DsmocFatis press, and orators cell
us, that the Democrats have never
besn in a position 10 carry Oui the
promises laid down in their plat
form. Iflhey sill 70 back, TO The
record Of 1879, they will see that
the Democrats did have control Of
both branches Of The NaiionalLsgis-
lature, known as the 10Th Congress.
They had the Senate BY eight and
the House by thirty-seyen majority,
and they will also see from that
record, that that Democratic Con-
gress did defeat the "WarnerBill I"
for the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver. And ifthey will 90 back
to the record of 1873, they will see,
that the two old parties demone-
Iized silver, and, strange to say,
the bill quietly passed" both
Houses, without any debate. / have
in my possession a certificate, which
eertifes TO the fact, that a Mr..
Seyde, representing the English
banks, went before that Congress
aud helped TO demonstize silver
by paying Congress 81, 100000
lone hundred thousand pound ster-
ling). In 1884 Mr.. Cleveland was
elected President upon the "tariff
ISSUE" as was also a Democratic
House Of AZ ajority. which elected
Mr. Carlisle, a leading "tariff re-
form" Democrat, Speaker, who put
a Democratic chairman over all the
committees, thus giving the Demo-
Gratis control Of both the admins
lration and theHouse. Mr.. Morrison,
a Democrat, introduced a bill ask
ing for a general reduction Of the
tariff, of 20 per cent. but Mr.. Con-
verse, a Democrat, moved to strike
out the enacting clause, whereupon
Mr.. Morrison said, "Gentlemen,
for Gods sake let's have some kind
of tarifflegislation, as the campaign
was made upon that one issue, and
the people would expect something
at our hands" But the Converse
motion was carried, and the Demo-
Gratis went on record in opposition
to all tariff reform.
An old gentleman says, he has
voted the democratic ticket for
sixty years, and the first time he
voted the ticket, the tariff was "the
issue" and it imposed a tax Of Is
per cent. upon the necessaries of
life; and the last time he voted,
the tariff was again the issue, and
it imposed a duty of 80 per cent,
Notwithstanding thc Democrats have
promised, for 10 these many 'years,
to reform the tariff. Now, will
Mr.. Talbert tell this old gentleman,
how much longer he will have to
vote for these "tariffreform'' Demo-
Gratis, before he may look for a re-
duction?
About the biggest thing that the
Cleveland administration did, was
to veto a bill appropriating farm
seeds, for the drouthstricken dis
lricts of Texas and Kansas, and
furthermore, TO loan the National
banks 61 millions of" UncleSam's"
money, however, no one objected
to this loan. But when the in.
dustrial classes tell Of their money
panic, and ask for help, these very
men say, these requests are foolish
and unconstitutional. Isn't it a
strange constitution, that can be
made to for one class and reject
another-reject thai class, too, who
| is the foundation fall other classes?
And now, a bill was presented in
last Congress, by Democrat (Mr.
Oats of Ala. }, asking for 81 100000
to be sent into each Congressional
district in the country, to enlarge
the National Banking system.
Listen what Mr.Salmon B. Chase
said (the man who inaugurated this
banking System), to wit: at was
the greatest financial mistake of my
life. II has built up a monopoly,
that affects every interest in this
country, and should be abolished,
the people will be arrayed on ono
side, and the banks on the other,
| in a contest such as has never been
seen in this country" So it is, the
contest is now on.
The Democrats tell US, that they
are in favor of increasing the circu-
lation. Will they tell US, what good
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