The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-25

fare Of that can affect Of all
N- people9 'ne vel.
order of things for poiit Gs the natural
treat as subordinate e enG ; parties to
treat treat as a mere side inp collateral
which, in fact, towers abor Question
d Soti Il the tnos old party or go0to all oshepaI
all questions as s1I n @e't tin iin1psriop' Of
kite. After the PASSAGE ' os 70 party
ing law of 1893, by mean mean, me repeal,
the country is familiar, will Tr'n which
voters who ontinue to act ".a not the
parties Il q themselves more r' un The Old
their convictions THANH if thew o untrue to
ballots for a political partr cast Their
cess would for all time end whose sue,
discussion by embodying into Tno silver
is now unquestionably the mo sa" what
aspiration Of the producing ms asaent
"O AHAOAACau pSODI6E
80 far as Nevada is Concerned
not a question as to who is f .;o 1t is
who is unfriendly to silver T. Or
known that all the people Of N = well
without distinction of party o.s ossoa'
Gates of free coinage at the old rote aaVo'
is only aquestion as to how most pslo. II
and quickly to accomplish An oI
the achievement of which tho WV "50S'
OF Nevada and all other advoca StSp -
free coinage throughout the coun., u
hold to be the most indispensable sao
site OF national prosperity. ''
The supreme purpose which tho h..
ficiaries and advocates fthe gold sts"
dard not only in the United State. H.,
throughout the world, now bava Wv :"
view is to keep what may be called fba
"silver vote" in this country 40 divid.I
out among the old parties that it con,
not assert itself, so that it cannot avon
discover its strength. In the ranks n
the Republican and Democratic norti..
In every State in the Union are laroo
numbers Of voters who believe that tSo
free coinage of silver at the American
ratio is indispensable to the prosueritv
of our people and to the maintenance
of our industries upon a level which
shall invite the productive Investment
of our idle capital. In the present con.
dition Of these parties it is impossible
for such voters to give effect to their
convictions. In my belief, it will al.
ways be impossible while voters tame.
ly a%cquiesce in the sinister manipuls.
ton by which for years their votes
have been made to count directly
against their strongest convictions.
We're all the Republicans and Demo.
Gratis who believe in the free coinage Of
at the ratio of 16 to 1 to step out
of their old party organizations even
for one campaign and stand upon a
platform one plank-a silver one-Or
at least on a platform which makes
monetary reform its dominant feature,
not abandoning but holding in reserve
their convictions on other issues, the
President to be elected in 1896 would,
without the shadow of a doubt, be one
who would sign a free coinage BILL
NO PROSPECT OF RELIF FROM ETHER OF
THE OLD PARTIES.
I am firmly convinced that there is
no prospect of relief from either Of the
Did parties as such, and least Of all, /
to say, from the Republican
The financial leader Of the
party, Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, statedin
5he Senate at the opening of the debate
IF 1898 that the silver law of 1890 had
been passed not for the purpose Of ID
;reasing the use of silver, but OF aVold'
ng the passage of a free coinage Dill
he regarded as threatening
To give credit where credit is due'
here would be more hope of taVoraOl8
from the Democrats than nOn
he Republican party, for, although
he Democratic national CONVENTION
demanded the repeal of the law Oh I0''
t was because that law made a CON-
modify of silver, the platform demanu,
ng at the same time the COINAGE
10Th gold and silver without dIScrlm'
against either metal or cnafSs
or mintage." There were numbers III ~
however, who, at the GS
alton of officials in high places, V 0g1i,
or repeal while knowing that sni 4
constituents were firmly opposed pm
The masses of the people, from w nsgs
must spring, do not msn
primaries, and although the adVOO oioT.
# a certain policy may have mI iGne
ty of votes they feel obliged, y TotS
q thew remain in the party, 70 rU US
or such candidates as wirepule[s ots,
nanipulators may choose to nO yin
In order that a great cause mas by
It elections, it must be chamPIt aca~
partv whose leaders are TOT ~ I'd