Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-09-28
GoLDSBoRo, n. C., SEPT, 20, 1898
HONEST DEMOCRACY.
Cleveland and the Platform Ably De-
Tended by one Of the People who
is a Democrat.
MOUNT OLIVE, n. O., Sept. 20.

Gun Olive, N. ~, oepL. ~.
Editor 4fguS: Democrats every
where are surprised that 50 many
Democratic politicians and editors Ct
the State are now engaged in the
laudibie (?) occupation Of cTiticising
President Cleveland.
If one could believe all he hears
and reads, be would conclude that
the President was no longer d Denis
/. ocrat, that he IS controlled by Wall
street, that lie is double-faced, that
lie IS 3 sphinx utterly upmoved by
facts. arguments Or appeals, and that
he repudiates the platform he hime
self approved and on which he was
elected.
Many Democrats viii remember
hearing AID reading eight years ago
when the President entered ca bis
first term, this same sort of "stuNf
and rot" and they will also recall
the fact that quite q number OF edit
oIs and politicians afterwards sat
down t. d cold dish IF their own
rantings and frothings and proceeds
ed TO eat their words.
The old Democrat lays down his
paper and asks, What's the matter:
What's the President done? Has the
President carried of the whole plat
form aud left the party in the air?
Wei, | don't care, | stood with Gro
yer Cleveland myself. Let us see
what lie has done:-Ie has called
Congress IN extra session and CONS
mended tLe repeal o. that portion Of
the sherman Act" that directs the
Treasury 70 purchase four and one
half million unce Of silver bullion
per month. lie surely is on the plats
form here, as ii ~denoupces the act as
"a make-shift and "a fraud" and de-
mapds its repeal. But it is claimed
he should have recommended in
place OF this act, the free coinage
Of silver as the platform demands"
OF late | notice that this claim
OF free coinage IN the platform
is not so confidently asserted since
Congressman Cochran, of New
York, stated, on the floor of the
House,that when the financial plank
was being read in the convention, "a
delegate from the West moved to
amend by adding the word "free''
before the word coinage and sup
ported Lis amendment by a speech,
but that on a vote being had it was
overwhelmingly defeated, the amend
msnt not receiving twenty-five votes
IN its favor. II is manifestly past
all controversy that the platform
does not demand "free coinage" yet
the President is denounced. by Demos
Gratis Ter not recommending, that
which the Democratic Convention
by It's vote rtpndiated.
Now t is said, be should have re
commended s~0metAt7g il the place of
the SHERMAN act. He did recomr
mend something In It's place, he told
Congress to turn this fraud" out.
and then to lock the door. l can
see no reason why the President
should recommend a substitute ex-
cept it be that the free silver men
did not know what they wanted and
they oalieds Oh the President to hello
them TO an idea. They can't agree
they are for tree coinage, bimetaliism
double standard (Wont somebody tel
us what a double standard ls-or are,
and then fearing they had left
something ont, they say, or "some'
thing betser". They have not vel
fully decided what free coinage
means. Our papers have tried twice
to tell AMI gave four different detini
tons, 80 you pay your money ane
take your choice. i Is not so diff
cult to define free coinage Of gold
That Means that for every 232 2-1(
grams O. pure gold delivered to tht
mint, 1t will coin, you an eagle ($1(
piece.) Why: Because 232 Ri
grams IF gold metal is worth tel
dollars IN any market. The min.
stamp Oh the coin adds nothing +,
It's value, it simply guarantees it
weight and fneless.
Ask a free coinage advocate, i
he wants the silver miner to receiv,
a standard silver dollar from til,
mint for every 374 grains of pnr,
silver bullion, (worth so cents il
the market) ne delivers .here? Ii,
answers 10! and yet will tell yol
be is for free coinage. Does an,
one wonder that they wantei
President Cleveland to tell then
something. che President ha
told Dhem in his message the evil
of this "act" and # e debased coin
age, pointed cut its defects in de
tail, speaking tor no class or section
appealing to nc prejudice, SEVERN.
not a hairs breadth from the RICH
to c . vote or applause, be ha
spoken to the financial qnestio.
fair and simple. Has his state
ment5 and arguments ever bee
answered? Ii SO, where and b
whoms
And yet it Is iterated aud reiter
ated that he las repudiated tn
platform.
I have shown that Free Coin
age'-whatever that may be, hs
been repudiated BY The Democrat
oonvopficn and ia o11f am tho nloi