People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-21

The Democrats Of Georgia are being
in a dollar had fallen to 50 cent.
and 8 mills, and cotton had declined
to 10 cents. In 1898, when the In
dian minis had been closed to silvel
and the goldbues had elected theiI
president, ensuring the final clos
ing of the minis of this country tC
silver, the bullion value Of a silver
dollar was rated at 62 cents, and
cotton was down to 6 cents.
The other staple products and the
price of labor will show an equal de-
probation with the price of silver.
These figures are suggestive. The
proposition that an advance in the
price of silver will be followed by q
corresponding advance in the price
OF cotton, OF wheat and OF labor gen
orally, needs no argument. 1t is
well understood by the people and
the universal demand of the produc-
ing classes is that silver be restored
its constitutional privilege at the
minis, which would speedily raise it:
price and with it the price OF labor
and the products of labor.
The gold bugs oppose it and thu
struggle for the mastery is on.
The democratic party had always
been silver party, From Jefferson,
free coinage act OF 1892 down to tht
time when the gold bugs secured
control Of the democratic party, il
had been the friend of silver. In
1892 the goldbugs controlled the
national democratic convention,
adopted an nti-silver plank, nomi-
mated an anti-siiyer president, who
was elected; and the Democrat
party ceased to be the party of JET
icrsonian principles.
The republican party has Away
been the opponent of these prlnci-
Piles. 1t has always been consistent
in its advocacy of high protec ion
and dear money. 1t is the open
enemy to silver today. Senator
Jones, who advocates the free coin
age of silver, was forced to admit at
last that there was no hope for sill
yer in the republican party and as
reluctantly as southern democrat
quits his old party, he severed hi,
connection with the republican gold
bug party.
lie did not join the democratic
party, because it is as hostile to sill
yer as the republican party. There
are democrats who still cling to the
hope that the old party is 4 friend tc
silver, and some of the congressional
candidates in the south are running
upon a l6 to l silver platform; but
it is a deceit and snare. A com
parison of the republican and demo
cratic platform uttcrances on silver
will show that the two cd parties
stand upon the same plank. The
Georgia democratic platform says
I'VE denounce the republican legisla-
/ ton known as the Sherman act of 1890
| as q cowardly makes hlft, fraught wit,
possibilities OF danger IN the future
| which should make all of its support
| crs. rs well as its author anxious ion
| its speedy repeal. We hold to the usC
| of both gold and silver as the standard
! money Of the country. ard 20 the coin
! age Of both gold and silver without DIS
| elimination against either metal, Il
| charge for mintage, but the dollar LnIl
| of coinage of both metals must be OF
! equal intrinsic and cXchangcabie value
or bc adjusted through iutcrnationa
| agreement, or by such safeguards o.
! legislation as shall insure the maiutc
| nance OF the parity of the two metal,
| and the equal power of every dollar al
| all times in the markets and in paw
mcnts OF debts; and we demand that AL