The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-31
DEMOCRACY AND
FREE SILVER
Why Free Coinage Of Silver Can
not Be Secured Through the
Democratic Party.
RECORDS, FACTS, OPINIONS,

Which shew the Faisity and nvpeerss,
oe Democratic PrvGesssoss asd Piss
forms-rAs Views ss the People o. III.
Qesstiea Of the Day-whss They kso.
and what They TAi.k.
Under this head will be presented
communications competing for the
cash prizes announced elsewhere for
the best article on "Why the Free
and Unlimited Coinage Of Silver
Cannot Be Obtained Through the
Democratic Party.]
TARBoRo, n. c.. Oct. 2S.-I de-
sire to submit the following reasons
why the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver cannot be secured
through the Democratic party
/. An organized body Of men.
thoroughly disciplined, and working
In harmony, can generally accom-.
plish what they seek, but disor-
ganized, divided and rebellious, they
utterly fail to accomplish their pur-
pose.
The latter represents the Demo
cratic party to-day; but after hav-
ing wasted oceans Of eloquence TO
obtain power, it forthwith
FORFEITS THE RESPECT AND CON
FIDENCE
of the people by betraying every
trust committed to it.
Pledged to honest reform; pledged
to maintain currency system based
upon gold and silver as money OF
final redemption; pledged to make
our government thoroughly demo-
ocratic in fact as we'll as in name,
after receiving the commission from
the suffragans of this country, the
party which prOfessed to advocate
and defend the principles of the i'm.
mortal Jefferson, proves
ABSOLUTELY FAITHLEss AND RE-
CREANT
to the solemn declarations it made
in its platform.
2. The records of the votes OF
Democrats in Congress shows that
while the party made loud profes
sions of friendship for silver. i,
never failed, through its represen
tatives in Congress, to give the
Brutus-stab to the money of the
Constitution. On the vote for thu
Bland Act of 1878, to restore silver
to its full monetary functions, z
Democrats are recorded as favorine
the passage and
6S AGAINST THE MEASURE.
The Bland-Aliison Act was thel
passed as compromise measure
under which not less than two mil
lion ounces of silver nor lnore tha,
four million ounces could be coine,
each month.
3. On the Sth of April, 1886, /,
vote was taken on a bill for the fre,
coinage of silver, and the record
snow that SO Democrats voted in tn
affirmative while
II VOTED IN THE NEGATIVE.
Effort after effort had been made il
1890 to rehabilitate silver, and sam
was defeated. Another compromise
known as the Sherman act, was in
troduced and passed, sc Democrat
in the Senate voting against the bill
and none in favor of it. In tn
House 80 Democrats voted in tn
negative and none in the affirmative
On June 25, 1890, the House vote
again on a square free coipag
amendment, with 112 Democra,
voting in the affirmative and % i
the negative.
| On March "a, 1892, a motion wa
made in the House to table a fire
coinage bill then pending, and
Democrats
| VOTED TO TABLE,
and 130 against tabling it.
| On July Is, 1892, q substitute bi
was presented for the free coinae
Of silver in the House, and with i
l48 Democratic majority the mea
ure was defeated, 11S Democra
voting for it and SO against. tt
Democrats elected to this Congre,
were pledged to restore silver {
equal privileges at the mint vii
gold, yet with their
148 MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
they refused to obey the wishes
> the people, Notwithstanding the IA
that twenty-eight States declare,
,, in their platforms, in 1890, for IL
free and unlimited coinage of silve
4. Elected in 1892 on q platfor
that declared that silver should
: coined, without charge for min
: age," the Democratic party, bel,
in possession of full power and q
thority,
RUTHLESSLY DISREGARDED THE
DEMANDS
s Of the people, and obeyed the beAest
C the money power, in August, I89
8 and the last vestige of silver leg
ton, recognizing that metal as p
= mary money, was wiped of the st,
ute books, and the greatest par
/. the world has known was preci,
e tated by the money power in ord
8 to accomplish their damnable wor
IL The vote on silver at the ext
i session held in 1898 is as follows:
Ratio 16 to l:
e House-Democrats for. .lO(
8 against. :. .1ls
vi Ratio II to /:
- House-Democrats for. -. 8.
al Z" against. -. .l2$
II Unconditional repeal Of the Sh
man Act:
isI Democrats-For .l3
es :" Against. r
i'll In the Senate the vote for the
is conditional repeal os the Shern
of Act stood:
y Democrats-For. or............ i
-" " Against i
a. In view Of the record of the D,
20 ocratic members in the various C
~ gresses on the silver question, il
ut WORSE THAN ABSURD
=, to think of obtaining the free
unlimited coinage of silver thro,