The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-09-14

In his speech at CovingtOn
last Saturday, Col Patterson
asserted that he was informed
while in Somerville recently
that several parties in Fay
cite County heard Col. Young
deliver a speech at Williston,
about two years ago in which
he stated he was at one time
in favor of the free coinage of
silver but was convinced that
it would be better for al. of
the silver in the United
States to be dumped in the
bottom Of the ocean than to
be coined free. In answer
ing the charge Col. Young
said:
"The truth Is the State Executive Com
mittee got me to go out and tell few lies
I thought was telling the truth when ]
said the democratic party would carry out
its pledges, and that Col. Patterson would
vote for free silver | will not Iro uble Col.
Patterson to bring up his witnesses. |
have no doubt they related my speech TO
him as they remembered it, and in the
main their recollection of the speech Ia cor
rect. / was addressing an audience of far
mers; | was demonstrating with them
against the land-loan and subtreasury
schemes, and told them hat the democrat
ic party would give them relief if it could
under the Constitution. / told them that
they wanted Tree silver and that the demo
cratic party would give iC to them. But
indeed, eff you are driven to the wall, and
money brokers and sharks of Wall street ii =
ually destroy silver altogether, and it the
farmers are not absolutely destroyed, those
who survive il can probably stand the blow
be tier than those who inf let it, / told
them that the farmers have vast gold
mine in their cotton fields, richer than all
the gold fields. and that If every pound of
silver bullion WAS sunk 10 the bottom Of
the sea il would hurt them less than il
would Wall street. but never said that
was opposed to free silVer.p
1t is rather strange that Mr..
Young would ask members Of
a party which has lied to sup
port him for congress. How
could he defend or respect a
lying party? How could he
have any faith in it? OF
course Mr.. Young is too much
Of a George Washington to
tell a lie; hence we don't see
how he could conscientiously
represent a lying party. Mr..
Young said; 81 will not trou-
BILE Col. Patterson to bring
up his witnesses" Wonder
if Col. Young is extremely
anxious to see those witnesses?
Col. Young admits he told
the farmers that if they were
driven to the wall and money!
brokers and sharks ofWallSt.
destroy silver altogether, and
if the farmers are notabsOlute-
ly destroyed, those who sur
vive can probably stand the
blow better than those who
inflict il" Such an assertion
proves that Mr.. young is
of the opinion that to de-
stroy silver would probably
be very injurious to all mem
ey sharks and would propa-
bly, be quite profitable to the
Surviving" farmers. If Mr..
young knows he was not ~
ing when that speech was de-
livered, the money-brokers
would "probably" commit f.
nancial suicide if they were
to strike down silver. But
for some cause it seems that
Mr.. Young's sentiments have
undergone a change. Judg-
rig from the free silver
speeches he is now making,
to strike down silver would
result most beneficially to the
money sharks and so iniuri-
Gus to the farmers that none
would be able to "sur-
Yive' 1t, Indeed he now
seems to think that it. would
be a master stroke for the
money sharks to strike down
silver, but at that time he adj
mits telling the people thai
if every pound of silver bull
lion was sunk to the bottom