The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
HOW THE HOUSE WILL BE Or
CANNED.

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as follows on the 9th of July:
"Mr. Crisp will organize the House
in harmony with the wishes OF the ad-
ministration. This is not due neces-
sariIy to any agreement he has made,
but because he desires to carry into
effect Democratic policy. And Demo
cratic policy, he believes, is that which
has been determined upon as best by
the administration. Whether Mr.. Bland
e to the head of the coinage com
mittee or not, that committee will
favor the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman act. AS to Mr.. Bland himself,
it is not yet determined that he will
again be chairman. That rests largely
with himself. If he is appointed chair
man the majority Of his committee will
not be in sympathy with his free coin
age sentiments. The leading commit
tees of the House will all be In accord
with tho Presidents views. In other
words, the House of the Fifty third
Congress will be differently organized
from the House of the Fifty-second
Congress. Mr.. Crisp has expressed his
purpose to the members of the admin
1stration to so organize his committees
that they will be helpful to the Presl-
dents wishes. Mr.. Crisp could not be
elected without a contest, possibly not
at all, if he had not been thus inclined
for unity Of action with the administra-
ton"
The above is mighty good reading,
especially for Democrats who voted
the ticket honestly believing the party
had not left the old, beaten track. Mr..
Crisp was Speaker of the House during
the last session of Congress. We heard
no complaint from any side then as to
the way he presided and managed com
mittees But behold! Gar Cleveland,
the Buffalo brewer, the Wall street
goldbug railroad attorney, the Ameri
can %autocrat, is at the helm. Speaker
Crisp must lay aside his Democratic
gavel and use a Wall street sledge-
hammer or he can't be reelected.
Again he says a majority of the coin
age committee will be for the ''uncon-
ditional repeal of the Sherman law"
Also that a majority of the committees
will be in harmony with the views Of
the President.
|, If this is not enough to disgust every
honest person, then we don't know
what is. The coinage committee is al
ready packed. They are for the "un-
conditional" repeal Of the Sherman
law. Did you ever hear of such doings
before in the history Of this Republic?
Suppose a friend of yours was on trial
charged with murder, and the evidence
only circumstantial, and you should
learn that the jury was packed; that
they had sworn before the trial that
they would convict the prisoner. What
would you say7 The Sherman law is
on trial. There is no evidence that it
has done any harm. Leading Demo
Gratis admit that it is folly to say that
the law is wrong. The only trouble is
that it stops too short; it ought to be
extended, as it were, rather than re.
pealed.
Senator Vance holds the above views
and has recently published them over
his own signature. Yet many so called
Democrats are applauding that mon
archial Wall street mob. That is why
thousands of men have left and are
leaving the party. For twenty years
the party has had a free coinage plaIk
in its platform. Last year it was so
constructed that you might read il half
a dozen ways, but the press and speak
ers in the South and West declared
that free coinage was the object. In
the North they declared that it meant
a gold basis. Ye: after this standing
promise for twenty years, the most
important measure the party ever had,
is trampled in the dirt, and leading pa
pers boast that the finance committee
are packed against free coinage and
for a gold basis. All the demons in
hell could not get up a blacker scheme
than this. But be it said to the credit
of the thousands of honest voters in
the parry that they are not responsible,
for the hellish scheme was concocted
after the election.
A few days ago most of the leading
business firms in Winston signed a pc
tition asking Congress for the ''uncon-
ditional repeal" of the Sherman law.
We don't like to believe that Winston
is infested with crazy people, but from
this we judge that they are crazy on
this particular subject. Strange that
men will commit financial suicide to
please a few goldbugs.
WHAT ARE PLATFORMS FoRa
Senator Vance has been roundly
oh,,nnd for, not STANDING On tho Nh;onnA