The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-12
PLATFORMS AND p~Is7ses

recent %isaot,s State Democratic opoSa.SDg Tie
Missouri The statement ~ IN
question is the best and the alve,
form statement that has b etSarest plat.
shows that one whole stota made. L
out where the rub lies. It !. mas found
ulatlon OF what I have bean fecapt
Tor several years, and of wS au'peatas
20 the Washington Post H' l Wrote
which letter the Post vern last Juns
refused to pub.i-h. Here :. SnFeVdg
souri, silver plank: The Es.
we, therefore, demand II.
metalIlc coinage of both cold aus Tree b.
and the restoration of 9 fSo andslVr
standard as it existed u TGH IOlnetlGs
Tor over 80 years prior - nuSr Our Lawn
ton of the standard NJ uemOnetizs
1870 Il Pan and should it become ns S0Iss il
In orqeE 20 maintain the two mas9sy
circulation, to readjust the metals h
should be determined whetbeo tato, it
risen or silver has fallen anJ g0ldhs
there should be a chan5oa na Whether
dollar or of the siIvaSs0 oI the gold
ootn, to the end that whatevosF o. d
adopted, the rights of both cre5 ratio i
aeOCor shall be preserved aI;Fo I Sota and
In view the demands of Tho having
an adequate circulating medi UUpl 3 tC
or course the contention fnr
silver Is c;mmon enougheveryvho,na ::
the South and West. But -" %
sion does not often disclose how ill., J:
to be effected. This is the verv 'au !
the matter. Let the silver bo o o$' O3
free, as gold now is, and then Il -
is any difference between tia int,i IStS
values OF the gold in the gold DOLBY
and the silver in the silver dollar Iat
commission be established to find o'l
whether this is not due to the annroO;.
ton of gold above an honest ator5.
of values. Then if it be found ~.
gold has appreciated, let some gold n
taken out of the dollar until it is mad
OF an honest weight. The people ouch
to be careful this year to see that M
silver planks of all platforms a.,
Worded IN the language of the MissouT
platform, written probably BY MI
Bland. It is very important to %
any problem properly stated in orjs
to facilitate it's solution.
Pay no attention to generaIities liz
the financial plank of the Chicago ps
form, which satisfied Mr.. UeveIapl
and the goldbugs, and deceived
uninstructed and all such as are wi
fully blind. The international conts
ence dodge in that platform left opel
a back door wide enough to lead tod
struction. The reason that the pla
forms have deceived the people s
often is because they do not know th
reason for their demands well enOug
to couch them in such specific term
that they leave no room for misinte
probation. Where the people need
specific relief and the platform prom
ises a glittering~ generality, afOol Ougf
now to know that it is intended to d
ceive him. Don't demand too mucE
bat let what you do demand be unnl
taxable. Then if the candidate deceive
you he can be destroyed. Mr.. CleV
land now contends that his "constrVl
ton" of the Chicago platform is CO
rect. Doubtless his cabinet are Oh
same opinion. Doubtless the SupFen
Court would sustain his CONSTRUCTION
The bankers of Wall street would bar
~ have put any money in the Den
cratic campaign fund if they had .
seen ground for Nh. CleVelands I"
struction of the platform. In all
man probability they had him pleagI
to a CONSTRUCTION" before tn0 aOO
ment left the precincts OF wan sue
where it was written.
The negro question here III ~.
Carolina, and the force bill SCARF
nished the darkness with WHICH
platform was enveloped here anu
negro is still here to darken tn0 INV
probation of some more glitterlnS :
eralities if the people are not Oh w
guard.
The much-praised people alo
more to blame for the domlna'l0-
Wall street than the demagogGsS
hatter them would have them Ool
Criminal ignorance Of the pA !
principles of government anu nj
more criminal meanness in tnep 'ET
cation are the real causes o. D o~
of monopoly.