The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-10
BIMETALLISM.

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CLEvELAND'S EPISTLE TO GOV.
]. NJ. STONE.
soUTH's POSITION ON THE CURRENCY
QUESTION AN ENIGMA.
JACKSON, Miss. May 3.-Gov. Stone
at o'clock this evening gave to the
Associated Press, with the consent OF
the writer, a letter addressed to him
by President Cleveland, under date of
April 20. The following is the full
text Of the letter:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, I
"WAsHINaTON, Apr. 26, 1896.
Hon. }. M. Stone, Governor. Etc.
"MY DEAR SIR-Your letter OF the
2lst inst. is at hand. l do not feel
inclined to find fault with your criti.
cism, but l think the matters you
refer to should be judged in the light
Of the circumstances existing at the
time the things were done. never
had an idea of building up or fostering
a personal following, but so far as
politics should properly influence me
in making appointments have tried
to be Democratic, and not proscrip-
tive. am glad you are frank enough
to admit your participation in bring
ing about condition in Office holding
which may not be all that could be
desired.
Whether those appointed to place
Shall by speech and action behave de-
Gently toward the administration un-
der which they hold Office must re-
main to large extent a matter OF
taste and good breeding. There are,
however, some officials who devote
themselves so industriously to Wifi
cation and abuse of those under whom
they hold Office as to indicate that
their fidelity cannot be trusted for the
performance Of their duties in man
ner crcdItable to the administration,
and who apparently assume that they
may spend the time they owe the pub
lie service in doing political mischief.
In the interest OF good government
such Office holders must not be sur.
prised II they are summarily dealt
with.
when received your letter had
just finished reading another letter OF
yours, IN which you explain to the
citizens Of Mississippi yolr views on
the currency question. 1t seems to
me you have In that letter contributed
in the best possible style, and IN a
most valuable way, to the fund OF
argument in favor of sound money.
II have never ceased to wonder why
the people Of the South, furnishing
so largely as they do products which
are exported for gold, should be will
ing to submit to the disadvantages
and loss Of silver mon0metallism and
to content themselves with depre-
ciated and fluctuating currency, while
permitting Others to reap u profit
from the transmutati0n Of the prices
Of their productions from silver to
gold.
II hope this letter of yours will bc
given the widest possible circulation,
especially among our Southern fellow
citizens, and that they will see the
pitfall which is directly before them
who madly rush toward the phantom
light OF free, unlimited and independ-
ent coinage Of silver.
III we who profess fedlty to the
Democratic party are sincere In our
devotion to its principles, and II we
are right In believing that the ascen-
dency Of those principles is a guaran-
tee Of personal liberty, universal care
for the rights Of all, nOn-sectional
American brotherhood and manly
trust in American citizenship in any
part Of our land, we should study the
effects upon our party, and conse.
quently upon our country Of com
initial OF the national Democracy u
this silver alteration.
III there are Democrats who sup
pose that our party can succeed upon
a platform embodying such doctrine
either through It's Affirmative strength
or through the perplexity Of our op.
ponents on the same proposition, ol
II there are Democrats who are will
Ing to turn their backs upon theil
party associates In tile hope that fret
and unlimited and independent coin.
age OF silver can win victory without
the aid Of either party organization
they should deceive themselves no
longer, nor longer refuse to look In
] the face the results that will follow
the defeat II not the dIsintegratior
Of the Democratic party upon tn,
Issue which tempts them from theil
j allegiance. -
III we should be forced away from
our traditional doctrine Of safe ant
sound money, our old antagonist vii
take the field on the platform which
VIC abandon, and neither the votes O.
reckless Democrats nor reckless Re
putaicans will avail to stay their cas-!
marcA tdpower. This Is as plain al
anything nggnosslbly can be. 1t, there
fore, becomes the duty Of every Dem
ocrat, wherever he may be, to conslde