The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
MONEY IN THE PLATFORMS.

CulatlDS medium, because SOIO aEI
silver is the only safe and constitu
tional democratic Ma
tional Platform, 1886.
"ResoIUed, That Congress has HID
power to charter a United States bank
that we believe such an institution one
of deadly hostility to the best interests
of the country, dangerous to our repub
Iican institutions and the liberties of
the people, and calculated to place the
business of the country within the con
troll of a concentrated money power
and above the laws and will of the peO-
pie. "-Democratic National Platform,
1910.
Reafirmed by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, 1914.
And that the results of Democratic
Legislation in this and all other finan
cial Measures upon which issues have
been made between the two political
parties of the country have demon
strated TO careful and practical men OF
all parties their soundness, safety and
utility in all business pursuits" and,
"ReSoIUed, That the fruits Of the
great political triumph of 1874, which
elected James K. Polk and George NJ.
Dallas, President and Vice President
of the United States, have fulfilled the
hopes of Democracy of the Union in
defeating the declared purposes Of
their opponents in creating a national
bank. National Plat
form, 1913.
"Re8OIUed, That the separation of the
moneys of the government from bank
ing institutions is indispensable for the
safety Of the funds of the government
and the rights of the people. "-DemO-
cratic National Platform, 1852.
Same Identical plank Democratic Ma
tional platform, 1856.
Platform as a whole of 56 is en-
dorsed and reafirmed in 1860.
lone currency for the government
and the people, the laborer and the
office holder, the pensioner and the
soldier, the producer and the bond
holder. democratic National Plat
FORM, 1868.
The public credit must be sacredly
maintained, and we denounce repudia
ton in every form aud guise."
"A speedy return to specie payments
is demanded alike by the highest con-
s~ideration of commercial morality and
honest "-DemOcrGtic Ma
tionaL Platform, 1872.
I'VE denounce the financial imbocil-
ity and immortality Of that party
which, during eleven years Of peace,
has made no advance towards resump
ton, no preparation for resumption,
but instead has o~bstructed resumption
by wasting our resources and exhaust
ing u surplus income; and, while an
nuaIly protesting to intend a speedy
return to specie payments, has annual,
ly enacted fresh hindranCes thereto.
As such hindrances we denounce the
resumption clause Of 1875 and we here
by demand its repeal. democratic
National Platform, 1876.
Public money and public credit for
public purposes solely. "-DemOcrGtic
National Platform, 1880.
I'VE believe in honest money, the
gold and silver coinage of the constitu-
ton, and a circulating medium con-
vertible into such money without loss"
The platform of the Democratic party
of 1883 seems to say about this:
I'VE have been in four years, and as
we have made no financial changes we
can afford to be silent"
In 1892 they had been out four years
and they chime in again as follows:
I'VE denounce the Republican legis
lation known as the Sherman act of
1890 as a cowardly makeshift, fraught
with possibilities of danger in the future
which should make all its supporters,
as well as it's author, anxious for its
speedy repeal. We hold to the use Of
both gold and silver as the standard
money of the country. and to the coin
age of both gold and silver without dis
elimination against either metal; or
charge for mintage, but the dollar unit
of coinage of both metals must be of
equal intrinsic and exchangeable value,
be adjusted by international agree
ment, or by such safeguards of legisla-
ton as shall insure the maintenance of
the parity of the two metals and the
equal power of every dollar at all times
in the markets and in the payment of
debts; and we demand that all paper
currency shall be kept at par with and
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