People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-28
Getting Together.

I
suasion form in this state two very
distinct wings, which differ from
each other about asmuch as populism
differs from one of them. They
vainly try to make each other believe
that they ought to contend for the
principles they advocate within the
same party organization, and they
are most industriously engaged in
the impossible task of blending gold
bug oil and free silver water.
Before the meeting of the state
convention democratic editors de-
lighted in giving reports of meetings
and writing wordy editorials showing
! how the democrats were ''getting to-
gether." Since the convention they
have labored industriously to con-
vince the people that they have got
together by calling each other pet
names, and each faction proclaiming
that its peculiar views form the
proper construction of the silver
plank in their party platform. Be-
tween their irreconcilable claims and
conflicting assertions the poor my-fa-
ther-b before me-was democrat is be-
ing driven well nigh distracted, and
in utter despair is asking himself the
question: "Where am I at, any
howl"
But while the getting together of
the different factions of our demo-
cratic brethren has not been howl
ing success, the republicans and
democrats are rapidly getting to-
gether.
The leaders of these two wings of
the plutocratic party are accomplish
ing the work without making any
great deal of fuss about it.
In our issue of last Tuesday we
placed together the Nebraska repub-
lican silver plank and the Georgia
democratic article and showed that
they were as much alike as two black
eyed peas. We give today the sill
yer plank of the New York republi-
cans adopted in their state conven-
ton yesterday. Can any democrat
point out any material difference be-
tween New York republicanism and
Georgia democracy as defined by
their declaration on the silver ques-
ton?
Here is the republican plank:
We favor an honest dollar and oppose
any effort, whether by the repeal of
the tax on state bank issues or the free
coinage of silver, to lower our currency
standard, and we favor an interna-
tional agreement which shall result in
the use of both gold and silver as cir
culating medium.
Even the esteemed Constitution,
Will favors silver coinage, but has
acoTP together" with the party
which opposes it, sees where it must
evidently land. 1t bemoans its con-
dition, and in pathetic helplessness
sends forth the wall:
The democratic party of Georgia can
not be fish at one end and fowl at the
other. What is good republican doc
trine in New York cannot by any pos
sioility be good democratic doctrine in
Georgia.
There is one fact that both the farm
egs and business men of the South
should take into consideration-name
that although this country has estab-
lishcd the single gold standard, we con-
tinue to sell our crops and our staple
commodities for silver prices. In other
words an ounce of silver will buy no
less cotton now than it bought in 1873
no less wheat, no less calico, no less
iron. But it will but only half as much
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sensible business men as to the increase
in the value Of gold, but they do not
seem to regard it in that light
But there are other facts to which
they can hardly close their eyes. AS
the value of silver is increased Great
Britain and Europe will have to pay an
increased price for our staple commod-
tiles An ounce of silver would buy
bushel and ten pounds of cotton in
1878 1t will buy a bushel of wheat
and ten pounds of cotton now The
price of these commodities is fixed in
London or Liverpool, In whatever
proportion the value of silver is raised,
in that proportion the price of our
commodities is raised. If silver is 90
cents an ounce, England will have to
pay 20 cents for bushel of wheat and
nine cents pound for cotton.
That is the interest the people of this
country have in the silver question. 1t
is special and importantly is pressing!
Believing in double standard,
the Constitution is harnessed to the
single standard chariot. 1t attempts
to reach certain point by going in
an opposite direction.
It can't be done.