Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-05-07
NO FRIEND OF SILVER.
That is What the Record Shows the Dem
ocratic Party to be-Dont
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ocratic Party to be-Dont
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That the Democratic party, as
a party, is not friend of silver
and cannot be relied on as such
can be easily proven by reference
to its past Legislative record.
The Congress before the last
with a Democratic majority of
las in the house, defeated free
coinage bill, and during the same
session after a bill for the free
coinage of silver had been pass
ed by a Republican Senate it was
defeated in the house with this
las majority. Does this look
like friendship for silvers If
you were to call on man to be-
friend you in an hour of great
need and he was to deny you and
then when another man should
propose the needed assistance this
same man would prevent, it could
you reasonably take him to be
your friend!
How has the friendship in the
present administration been man
Tested towards silver! With a
silver plank in the Democratic
platform upon which were elect
ed a Democratic house and a
Democratic senate, what has been
, done to show such strong party
fidelity to the cause of silver!
i Nothing but the most deadly
hostilities has been shown.
The purchasing clause of the
Sherman law, the only statute in
existence friendly to silver, was
repealed. This repeating act
passed both houses and received
the signature of the President.
Was this an exhibition of strong
friendship for silver and for a
: suffering people? Who but a lu-
, matte, or a man who has no re-
gard for veracity could answer
in the affirmative!
But this is not all. When Mr..
Bland of Missouri introduced a
measure for the coinage of the
seignorage, belonging to the gov
eminent, and lying in the treas
= ury where it could answer no pur-
pose; and when this measure had
passed the House and Senate, Mr..
Cleveland vetoed it. Was there
! any thing in this to sustain the
peoples confidence or to elevate
the Democratic record on the sill
yer question!
This latter piece of mischief,
however, is always packed on
Cleveland's shoulders. We are
determined, however, not to per-
NIT you to transfer this. Did the
Democrats of this county, of this
State and of the whole country
not know where Grover Cleve-
land stood, as to silver, before and
after his election? Certainly,
just as well as they know today
where he stands. Why did you
nominate him! Why did you
vote for him after he was nomi-
mated! Can any sensible answer
be given or any reasonable ex-
cuse be rendered! What does the
blunder of Democratic promises
called a platform-amount to
any way! We want to tell you
Democrats in due time, that we
have no sympathy with your sill
yer movement, because we have
lost confidence in any thing which
you promise. This silver move
ment has suddenly become very
popular in Attala county. 1t has
shot up as suddenly as "coco'
does after a garden has been
freshly hoed. The reason of this
change in tactics is easily seen.
If there was no election to take
place in Mississippi this fall, the
silver question would not be men
toned. BY reading reform pa
pers it would not have been nee
essary for so many poor Demo
Gratis at this late day, to become
alphabet scholars in "Coin's
School of Finance.
We wish to inform the Demo-
cratic leaders that this flank
movement is we'll understood and
the Peoples party stands ready
to meet it.-Alliance Vindicator.
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