The Russellville Democrat., 1893-07-27

l*rhe distribution of offices may have made change here and there in the South, but in my opinion the demand for free coinage and State banking Is stronger than ever among the farmers and working people of the South and West.
 l Our party has pledgod .sssssssif to re- l form the tariff and to olislIfraudnlent pensions, Bnt the people will not be satisfied with the fulfiIlment of those two blanks in the platform. They. want all the pledges carried out. We do not doubt that President Cleveland has the
 power to make good every promise Tn the Chicago platform. Let us neither l deceive nor be deceived. The demo- crats are in power for the first time in thirty years. They have the law-mak- 1 ing and executive departments Of the
 government. They should have the 1 honesty and the courage to carry out
 the principles and the policies of their party as promulgated to the country in l the platform upon which they were
 elected. Nothing less will satisfy the people. They have the power and they
 should use 1t to bring about reforms in
 the government to relieve the country 1 from unjust and excessive taxes, and
 to restore prosperity to the people by
 the enactment of wise and just laws. l It is our plain duty as farmers and
 working people of all kinds to watch
 the actions of our senators and repre- sentatiyes In congress.
 l The producers of the countrywide 1 farmers, South and West, have been ground for twenty-five years between l the upper and lower millstones of debt
 and taxation. They have suffered all sorts of unjust discrininations from
 the money powers under what General Cathings calls sound money-p practi-
 caIly gold standard all these years.
 All this hue and cry from India against silver has purpose It IS reported 1 that the hints oflndia have been closed
 to free coinage and that silver has fall-
 en to 79 cents per fine ounce, which
 makes the silver in our dollar worth as bullion only 601a cents.
 l 1;he Sherman law should be repealed without any conditions or compromises This should be followed by an act au- 1 thorizing the free and unlimited coin age Of silver on ratio which with the l credit ot the government will keep 1t on parity with gold. The farmers of
 the South and West have been impov- erished to death under the gold stand
 ard. Theycannot possiblyfare any worse under coin currency of silver and gold. Itis with them case of "bursted l and can't be worsted.' Any change
 may be for the better. The Democrat ic party is pledged to free coinage. It
 must keep faith with the people or for l felt their respect, confidence and sup 1 port.
 l The present systen, of taxation is not 1 equitable. The masses are taxed op- pressively while the classes do not bear l their just proportion of the expenses of government. An income tax should be
 one of the first acts of Democratic congress. This measure would be en- | tirely just and only the class at whose | instance 1t was repealed will object to l It's re-enactment. If the Democratic party appreciates the situation If 1t un- derstands it's mission and carries out its | pledges it will control the govern
 ment for long time, but if it fails in it's plain duty and turns it's back on It's pledges, an outraged and indignant public opinion will record at the next national election the popular verdict. Hoping that If the above docs no good it will do no harm, they are my senti-
 ments, and hope congress will carry them out. l have gathered these items from reading the newspapers and the
 Democratic platform. If silver is de- monetized and we have to come to gold standard, every man in the South and West that is in debt will be burst ed. My prayer is that the democrats in congress will carry out the last Dem ocratic national platform and that we will have better times. am yours, etc.
 J. M. HARkEY,