The Atlanta constitution., 1894-05-14
Twenty-four to Four.

that country will surrender advantages it
has been struggling for years to secure
Twenty-fOur to Four.
The democrats of Pierce county, or
those who officially represent them, have
now Joined those of Coffee, Clinch and
Ware in unreservedly endorsing every
act of the administration, and of Mr..
Cleveland, so that in numbers the score
to date stands four counties for unquali-
fled endorsement and twenty-four
against.
Pierce declares that the administration
of President Cleveland is 1.-The simple
Interpretation of the principles and plat
form of the democratic party
This declaration goes several notches
further than the endorsements of Clinch,
Ware and Coffee, but it shows either
that the democrats of Pierce have the
courage of their convictions or that the
patronage whip is being used with eff
feet Courage is what The Constitution
admires, and that is the way to settle the
gia are concerned.
If the farmers of Pierce county are in
favor of G-cent cotton, and 3O-cent corn,
they have the right to say so. If the busl-
ness men of that section are in favor OF
depression in all branches of trade and
the effectual strangulation of prosperity,
il is not only their right. but their duty
to say so. If they believe that the abo-
lition of more than one-half of the mon
ey basis of the country is conducive to
the welfare of the people, there is no
reason why they should conceal their
opinions.
If they believe that the congressman
from Georgia and the south have misrep-
resented democratic principles and pur-
poses in not following the financial lead
Of John Sherman, it is their duty to
announce their belief in clear and an
unmistakable manner. Certainly the an
nouncement of the Pierce county demo
Gratis could not be palmer than it is.
There is one curious fact about these
endorsements of the republican and
Wall street financial policy. They have
all occurred in the eleventh district and
they represent class of voters who have
a vital interest in getting better prices
for their produce, and in maintaining
the harmony and unity that give strength
TO the democratic organization III Ge0r-
gia.
We say it is curious that this endorse
ment of Wall streets Interpretation of
the democratic platform should be con-
fined to one district Liberty county, not
fur away, but in another district stands
firmly by democratic principles and by
the Interpretation Of the platform that
alone gave victory to the democrats in
1899: and, as near as we have it, twenty
four counties in other sections of the
state have renewed their allegiance to
the democratic platform, carefully avoid
inc an endorsement of the financial poll
CIV of the administration and often con-
demning it,
What is the matter with the eleventh
district? In what way will the demon
ctizatiOn of silver help the people there
while it kills business and crushes out
prosperity among the rest of the people?
This is a matter we should like to see
discussed and Illuminated. Why are the
voters of the eleventh district renOunc-
ing their allegiance to the democratic
state platform and to the Chicago plat
form. and endorsing measures that could
only be forced through congress by the
aid OF John Sherman and the republi-
cans?
But there are ten other districts in
Georgia and it will be observed that
every one of them is standing by the
platform.
Georgia farmers who want and cents
for their cotton instead of 10 or II should
jump right on the John Sherman financial
band wagon, and pass resolutions like those
of Coffee courT-y.