The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-01
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..na.5.s- silver NuuGa At az o. Ia Il 4
+uauclsf leader nf the world a.sd
make rvrry other gold stan dard
,..lr, lrrufgn q nc- urcSpt r1ty.
ra, a.av,u,. If exchange, 4 gold
.hould 70 "a premium, which, n
,he gold advocates a'lrgr. wonld ~
he cans., wculd enCourrg" exports
nd rrtarl imports. and thereby f"s-
.er home industry as ItrIl ~ India
nd as il does in China and japan
Ii is a rrmaI kshlr fact that ilar-
rison, Mckinley. Reed and other
PRESIDENTIAL candidates of the Re
publican party, and the leaders of
the Cleveland Democracy are can
yassing the country and proclaim
ing that the tariff Is he cause of the,
present distress. Tariff unkerlnG Is
the only remedy any of them pro
pose. The country has tried u re-
tablican tariff and Iemocra lC
tariff to cure the disease IF c"u;rac-
ton to the gold basis aud OBTAINED
no relief. The CleNr had Demo
ra : aHd the Republican leaders re
embie the vendors % quark mtdl
cine on street corners hagangung
the pc. pl.. on the universal cure the
lrug they sell will produce. Tn
aspiration of the bread roIit &c on
the arm to cure IA broken lrg would
be as reasonable as tariff tlnkerlng
TO remedy the universal dlstr css
produced by robbiug the world Of
half its metallic money.
The Republican party is rrimari-
ly responsible for the distress of
gold contraction. That party APP
proved the fraud of 1873, emitting
the silver dollar from the list of
CONS, and on all occasions gave
three fourths of its votes in Con
gress to keep silver demonetiz@d.
The Democratic party, until the
election of Mr.. Cleveland, was OPP
posed to the gold standard, and
voted in Congress to restore silver
coinage. But Mr.. Cleveland, after
his election, took lessons from MIR.
Sherman, Joined the god RrpubIi
cans, and fought with them. Final
~ in the extra session, by his power
and patronage, he brought over
from the ranks of free coinage
Democrats enough recruits to the
gold Republicans to ratify the crime
of 1873 and perfect the work of
establishing the gold standard.
There can be no doubt that Mr..
Cleveland and bis followers aud Mr..
Sherman and the Republican lead
ers are in harmony upon all financial
questions, and only differ as to who
shall have the offices. They are full
ly in accord as to the policy which
makes gold barons and serfs. They
also concur in the use of the cutie
fish policy to darken the waters by
sham battles over the tariff or any
thing else which will conceal the
fact that the want of money is the
cause of the disaster and that the
destruction of one. half of the me-
tallic money of the world has made
money scarce and difficult to obtain.
They know that Republicanism and
Cleveland Democracy means the
gold standard, dear money and con
tinuous falling prices.
The Peoples Party is the only
organization which is in favor of
remonetizlng silver at the ratio of
Is to l without regard to what other
nations may do. Both the old par
ties, by their votes in Congress, and
by the administration of the Treasu-
ry Department, are firmly commit
ted to the single gold standard. The
gold standard in this country is the
joint work of Cleveland Democracy
and John Sherman Republicanism.
Old parties cannot be reformed.
Party ties must be broken before the
will of the people can be felt at the
Capitol. There has been no time
since silver was demonetized when
the people did not desire its restora
ton. They relied on the vague and
unauthorized promises of politicians
IN the old parties and ambiguous
expressions on platforms, believing
that the party to which they be-
longed would, if In power, restore
the money of the Constitutions; but,
after regalning power, each party
has pursued the policy the people
and main tanned the gold
standard,
is it not time for the people to
vote for their own men and their
own party: Have they not been be-
trayed long enough and often
enough to withdraw their confidence
from those who have deceived them:
| believe they have, and that the
time is near at hand when the people
of the United States will strike for
liberty and break the chains of gold
contraction by restoring the money
of the Constitution.
Yours, very truly,
WM. NJ. STEWARD.