The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
THE R OUTFLOW

have read carefully your edito,i.,
and heartily indorse your sound D.aS
cratic principles. l think, bororn,
your idea in refernce to the iIvprdJs
is erroneous, or, atlea8t, impractical,
As long as silver occupies, t. 50 on,,
a degree, the position of 2 commoiar
it unjust share necessarily the s CON-,
treatment as other commodities IN =.
market. You cannot invest anvfbin.
that does not possess a certain intrinsic
and fixed value, with a fictitious vsuo
A.dollar in gold has determined vsnro
it is intrinsically worth one hundred
cents. However, it is not nv purDosa
to discuss the financial problem. What
| desire to say is, l am fearful thatan
matter is doing the Democratic party
irreparable injury. Wherein is the
use Of having a convention, and enuD.
chatting a platform of principles, and
then going squarely back on thenl
Does not Mr. Cleveland, and cur Sena
tors and Representatives, know full
we'll that the best and wisest material
Cor what was so considered) of the
party formulated that platform and
sent it out to the country as the solemn
and well considered principles Upon
which the party was to go into the
fight. and by which, if successful, it
was to direct ats Legislation in Con-
gresS? Do they not know that The
people of this country elected tFemg
their servants, on the strength and
character of that platform2 Havehe
people no right to demand why they
did not take that platform into the
halls of Congress and rapidly carr!
out, to the letter, what they were in.
strUcted to do, and what they promised
to do when they sought the votes OttR
people7 I am getting along on the
shady side of life, and have been a
Democrat all Of my life so far, but
must confess that l am beginningto be
impressed with the conviction that The
party, as represented by those whom
we place in position to legislate for u3
is getting to be not a whit more trust
worthy than the Republicans. ls!
this more in sadness than by way0
reproaCh. If no regard, save whatou
self constituted masters may see tito
bestow, is paid to the emphatic De
mands and wishes of the people, then
our grand and enthusiastic convention
was a grand farce, and a grand pleF
of humbuggery. If this were the Oh!
evil we might cOndone the ottonSeU
these public servants, but just az SuIS
as the sun shall rise on the conlD5
morrow, just so certain will dl8allev
ton assume tangible shape, and 'p'
bOi pOILOi, whose wishes and intereSs
count for nothing, will arise IN tnSl
and retribution swift and su'
will follow.
The mutterings of disappointment
and anger are already being heard W
cause the very first act was a total az
regard of one of the most impor'ap
planks in the platform, and the perSH'
ent attempt made to substitute s0ns
which the people do not deSI ~
and would utterly and emphatlc'n!
repudiate. The repeal, not Of a cIa Hl%
but of the whole of the Sherman Ia~'
and the coinage of gold and Sl, NE
without prejudice to either, was ,cod
demand which was quietly acquls'ttT5ee
in until these men got into powerInro t
power of doing as they please, anu anT
as the people demand Will it De TO- az:
wonder that, Disguised by the honOod
ness of the professions and promSppis s
politicians, some new party VIII ands
and draw to it's standard thousanSs
and tens of thousands, in whose ns" ,be
the hope for the maintainance o. Looae
rugged purity of principle and p4PVl
IF the old party has died out?-"'
in Home and Farm.