The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-10-20
FOR CLEVELAND NOW.
ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN A
LIFELONG REPUBLICAN.
ofAsheville, Who was the Third
Party Nominee for Judge Of the
Western District, Giving Good
Reasons Why He will Support
Cleveland and Carr,

Last week we announced that Ma
Malone had declared his intentions t.
vote for Cleveland. Below we pub
lish an extract from his letter whicl
speaks for itself. He says:
Either the Democratic party or tn
Republican party will elect Presiden
and the House of Representatives, ant
to say that Weaver and Field have /;
reasonable chance of election is alb
surd.
During the last fifteen years 1 hav'
tried honestly to inform myself upor
the three following propositions:
First. The cause of the scarcity O
money and the financial distress which
began in 1873.
Second. Who is responsible fol
this condition of affairs?
Third. What is the best remed,
and what political party is best dis
posed to come the rescue of the suf
fering millions OF people of these
United States?
In the hour of great distress many
of our people have lost hope of relief
from either of the parties, but we mus,
have choice.
l am honestly of the belief that the
Southern States will have no fnuncial
prosperity until the old system shall
be restored. And a ray of hope is
cast into the dark sky of financial dis
tress when the Chicago Convention
passed resolution demanding the re-
peal of the law imposing the ten per
cent. tax on such notes.
The people are tired of that system
of finance which produces millionaires
on the one hand and millions of pau
pers on the other hand which pro-
duces castle here and ten thousand
miserable novels there! A leading
United States Senator declared in the
Senate few months ago that there
existed combination of men whose
policy was to make money scarce.
This is startling proposition. We
all know the effect. When money is
scarce all property and labor shrink
in prices. Money is the measure OF
all values. Even at this time the
farmer can not sell his cattle, horses
and mules for what it costs to raise
them all agricultural products have
declined in value. A stringency in
money always produces distrust and
doubt, while all enterprise is checked
and state of general stagnation fol-
lows.
Believing that the policy of the Re-
publican party tends to produce the
results herein indicated, l can not see
how our people could support the Re-
publican party. / should not omit
to say that the criticism of the National
banking system has no reference to
the men now engaged in the business,
but to the original objects of the sys-
tenn and the original manipulators
who procured the odious legislation
here described. 1t is a law, and our
fellow citizens who desire to do so,
have a right to its benefits. The
managers of our National banks stand
deservediy high for integrity and busi-
ness capacity, and have shown COM
mendable disposition to accommodate
the people. This argument is directed
against the "system" and not against
our citizens who have availed them
selves of the law. These same excel
lent gentlemen would and could serve
themselves and the country much
better under a we'll and safely devised
plan of State banks.
/ have one other reason why the
people of North Carolina should not
support Mr.. Harrison for the Presi-
dency second term. Coming to the
Presidency when he did, as distin-
guished descendant OF a noble ancestry,
and at period of twenty-five years
after the close of the war, we were in
duced to believe that whatever may
have been his views on certain great
issues, his administration would have
been national in its character and not
sectional. The history of the sectional
character of this administration is well
known to the American people.
In the selection of his cabinet ad-
visors, and in all the important pat
ronage of the government, the South
ern States are practically ignored.
Are these noble States a part of the
Union1 If so, who should
dare to ignore any one, or any portion
Of them in the distribution of the
honors anil emoluments of Office ?
Shall these States be taxed to raise
enormous sums Of revenue and yet
have no representative in cabinet
council, before foreign courts, nor in
the judiciary department of the gov
1t is further known that
President Harrison favors certain legis-
lation in Congress embodying what is
called the "force BILL" The objects
Of this legislation is to affect the South
ern States alone. The great leaders
OF the Harrison wing OF the Republican
party are openly and boldly for this
Infamous legislation. The Repub-
lican House of Representatives of the
last Congress passed the bill. This
bill was denounced by H. G.. Ewart,
a Republican member of Congress
from this district, to be an attempted
legislation of the most damnable char
acter of any on record.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, the Speaker
Of the House, in speaking of this bill