Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-06-13
DEMOCRATS SHOULD UNITE.

It is very much to be regretted
that there seems to be growing
up, in certain quarters, a dis
position to divide the Democratic
party on the silver question.
This is very much to be re-
GREETED, as there is really no
principle involved that makes
a division imperative. A silver
dollar may be a sound" dofar'
and a gold dollar may be an
honest ''dollar."
To pay a debt, contracted to.
be paid in coin, cannot be said to
be repudiated, if, it is paid IN
silver, for, silver money is un-
doubleday coin. On the other
hand, to demand payment of the
same debt in gold, cannot be
said, to be dishonest, for, gold
money too, is coin. When our
silver was worth two or three
cents in the dollar more than
gold, no one, we believe, spoke
of the silver dollar as a "dis-
honest" one, or, of the gold dol
lar as an "unsound" one.
The cry of the politician, as
distinguished from the states
man, we fear, is responsible for
this warfare upon the money OF
the centuries.
The whole question, is n o
state policy, and, u upon which
the WiseSt and best men may
differ.
It is a question, though, upon
which we believe, the Democrats
of North Carolina cannot afford
to divide. The Democrats Of
North Carolina divided in the
lastelection, and, the result, was
not such that any true lover OF
this State, can contemplate with
pleasure.
In the legislature, Appointment
populist, introduced a bill to
amend a town charter, it passed
it's several readings; when desir-
ing to look into some of its pro-
visions. he found only the wrap
per in which his bill had been
bound. Another popul1st op-
posed a bill which affected his
county, and, succeeded in having
the bill tabled; when he next
heard of the bill it was in the
hands of the enrolling clerk: and
hut for his extra diligence would
Eave been ratified, and have be-
come a law.
The bill to change the manage
ment of A. & N. G. R. R., though
it failed to pass for the want of
a quorum, was found in the
hands of the enrolling clerk, and,
but for the diligence of the Re
publican representative from
Craven, would have been enroll
ed and ratified, and, have thus
become a law.
The bill to provide for running
the dividing line between the
counties of Alamance and Chat
ham was mysteriously lost and
mutilated and distracted SO Of
ten, that it came near failing t.
pass, though it met with the apo
proval of the House and Senate;
and, but for the untiring efforts
of the Republican Senator and
Representative from Alamance
would haye failed of it's passage.
The story of the Goldsboro
Graded School bill is too fresh
in the minds of our readers to
justify a restatement.
These are but a 1.-THE of the in
stances that illustrate the cor
ruption, or carlessness, so gross,
as to border on crime, that
characterized the legislation of
the last General Assembly.
Senator Cook, was elected to
fill the important position of
Judge, and the Office he was to
fill was not created until after
wards.
The will of the people as ex-
pressed by their representatives
was thus defeated. The adds
tional members of the Board of
Agriculture were elected before
the DILL providing for the election
of such additional members was
ratified.
The will of the people as ex-
pressed by their representatives
was thus defeated. A tax on
drummers, held time and again,
to be unconstitutional, was in<
serted in the revenue bill, by the
finance committee, and, but for
the earnest opposition of one OF
two Republicans supported by
the united Democracy, would
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