The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-27
OCTOBER q, 1898
A MiscOnceptiOn.


lishes letter from . thoroughly loys
Democrat, whose opinions comman
respect wherever be 10 known, and VII
stgns his letter correctly "A Oemoc.At.
In 1t be SCENE to have strangely mis
conceived the opposition Of . majorit
Of Democrats In Congress TO the Voor
lees repes hill. One prime cause Of thi
opposition, and which "A Democrat
will certainly coincide with, is that th
VOORHEES, repeal bill, - II IL called. owe
its report to the Senate from the Finsnc
committee to coalition o
. minority Of Democrats on the commit
tee with the Republican members, .
sgsinst majority Of the Democratic
members. and therefore might justly b,
called Republican measure. The ma
jority Of Democratic Senator's are there
tore found making speeches against It
and its strength In the Senate depend
almost entirely upon the Repu blicsr
Senator's, reinforced by some Eastern
Democrats who are more interested IL
banking and stock speculstions than ID
any particular party, and two or three
Western and Southern Democrats who
aspire to DO the distributors Of executive
patronage In the States they mis- repre-
sent.
Another reason why Democrats arr
against the VOORHEES, bill. 10 that il does
not comply with tho Democratic Ns.
tionsl platform, upon which The People
entrusted the Democratic party with
control OF oil the branches Of the govern.
meut, and for the conduct Of which the
party united will be held responsible,
and will not be able to shift it, respou-
ability upon the. Republican minority.
Democratic congressman should oil
unite upon some measure which will
comply with their pledges to The Peo.
pie. formulated by the National Con-
veution q Chicago. As said before the
v0orhees.6herman- Cleveland bill docs
not do that IL only goes half way to-
ward Il. The CoURIER. aud . majority
OF Democrats, are in favor OF carrying
out the entire pledge made 10 the plat.
form, and upon which Mr.. Cleveland
grsss we're loyalty supported and eject.
cd - servsnts Of The People-not %
diIctstors, 10 Say what part Of the pledges
should be redeemed ct one time, and
what parts should b ignored.
Let ne zee What the platform says in
regard to the Sherman oct. Here Il To-:
I'VE denounce the Republican legisla.
tiou known % the Sherman act Of 1880
- cowaraly msksshift, frsught With
possibilities Of danger In the future,
which should make oil Of ito supporters
- we'll - its author, anxious for ito
speedy repeal. We hold to the use Of
both gold and silver % the standard
money Of the country, and u the coin.
age OF both gold and silver without dis.
eliminating against either metal or
charge for mi0tage, bot the dollar unit
Ut coinage OF both metals must be OIL
"a nal intrinsic and exchsngeable value,
or b ADJUSTED through international
agreement, or by such safe guards OIL
legislstion % shall insure the mainten.
ancs Of the parity Of the two metals, and
the equal power Of every dollar ct oil
times in the markets, and In payment oil
debt: and we demand that oil paper
cv srsncy shall Do kept 1t par With and
re 3eemsbla In such coin. We insist
upon this policy % especially necessary
Tor the protection OF the farmers and
lsboring classes, the first and most do.
fenseless victims Of unstable money and
duciusting currency"
Now the VOORHEES,. Sherman bill 10
The Senate only repeals one email clause
10 the ''cowardly makeshih. II makes
no provision for the use Of both metals
y money, and for 1.-The coinage of both
gold and silver without discriminating
Igainst either metal. or charge for mint.
lge." or for making 1.-The dollar unit OIL
10th metals OF equal intrinsic and ex.
value, etc. and the repeal
bill's most able advocate, Senator Sher.
nsu, boastingly declared. In answer TO
~ estion By Senator Morgan, last week.
hat be would not vote for the repeal Of
10. ''cowardly makeshift," but was 10
avor Of the repeal Of the email part OF Il
lFsctsd BY bis and Senator voorh ees
I'LL. Now the CoURIER has never be.
ieved true Democrat should train IN
senator Sherman's company, but a. I
ule what ever the Senator was 10 favor
u Il would b we'll for Democrats 10
oppose.
The Democratic majority In the Sen.
10 has been always anxious that the
'arty members hold . caucus on All
luestions embraced Ia the platform, and
0rmulate measures TO carry out the IN.
ent Of this pledge to TIE People that
hould receive united Democratic ann.
'ort. end the COURIER believes that his
J the ONLY WAY Q successful party can
naintain its ascendancy. Otherwise n Il
: held responsible for the long time l
coupled In discussions over measur res
y reduced BY the votes OF its opponentsl I
10 the present Shermsn.v oorhees bill. Z
or the purpos- OF creating dissen = ion
\ its ranks, and alienst ting voters from I
!. without accomplishing any good. Z
The adoption Of The Sherman. v cor. q
res repeal bill would strike down the I
My provision OF United States law by q
vhich any addition 10 made to the cur.
ency Of the country used BY the people, q
. supply the increased demand Tor d
poucy occssioned BY Q natural increase 4
I population, aud the spreading Of pop. 3
latiou over more extent Of territory
vhere the sparse population demsnds III