The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03
TAINHOPE.

Appeal Of ednesday:
 The voters of this county take much interest m the discussion on financial questions. and read your journal be- cause of it's fairness to all that they may be advised fully on the most i'm. 'porlant issue now under consideration by the American people. We are almost unit for silver at the ratio of 1t to1 for gold, and the restoration of the silver dollar. as the monetary unit. aud are ready to fight it out on this line If It takes all sum mer.
 We hope that when the monetary conference is held in your city, Ne braska will send it's Bryan. Illinois It's Harvey. that natclless little tinancier, the head of the bimetalllc league. who has written and spoken 80 fearlessly for silver; that Tennessee will have her Senator Harris. McMillu and Casey Young; Arkansas her Dan W. Junes and William Nj. Fishback. and so on down the line of States with the foremost and best, till there will be such an array ot strong men on the sii- Yer side of the question as shall so dwarf the gold bugs into the littleness where Tn lies their opposition tO the people in this fight of right that they will never be heard of again.
 just read today Il special in the St. Lotus Republic from it's correspondent in Washington City, and one would think after reading 1t that the gold elements of our party will secede and vote the Republican ticket in the event the sil- yer wing of the party are successful in naming the next man that would head our ticket for president. If they are that easily driven frota the Democratic party. 1 say let them go, and mark my prediction. every time we lose a fellow like that We will galn five honest re- publlcans in the Middle and Western States, because We want to restore sil- yer to it's proper isages and purposes ] see that one wing of the legislature of Texas proposes to stand by Cleveland and the rest of them look at this Ques- tionJust Hs l do. We have followed Cleveland until he and his financial policy has bankrupted tlfe South and West. and now because we propose to loDk out for ourselves the great cry goes up that we will bust" the Demo cratic party. 1 can't see how We can damage the party by fighting for our rights inside the party. You know oHo tlIdt four-lfths of the Democratic voters of the Middle, Western and Southern States are in favor of silver at the ratio of l6 to l. There is nobooy to desert the Democratic party on this issue ex- cept a few bankers. board of trade fel. lows and few others that they have under their immediate control; 80 1 say We won't be hurt much if we lose every Vr,n nt h..tJ ,F A h.. l..rx that have been passed by the national congress has been in their and nothing has ever been done for the farming element that 1 have ever heard tell of since the war. Every now and then we have d fellow to at least pretend like he will formu- late bill that will "sorter' help the poorer class out. but it always turns cut that all bills like that are defeated because they are unconstitutional. but anything that Wall street and the Eng fish lords want can be passed. l SUD- pose you remember the anti-Option bill that was on tap in the last congress that was defeated because it was un- constitutional.
 Senator Berry told me that he voted against it on those grounds, but that Senator George had an anti-option bill that was d sumner. and just as soon as congress met this last winter that bill no doubt. in his mind, would be passed. Senator Berry was reelected. Con- gress has met and adjourned. and have never heard of the anti-option bill since.
 Now in conclusion I would suggest that every State in the South. in fact every one in the Union. hold their pri- mary elections on this gold and silver question, and all hands abide the re- suit and that is the old Democratic way that the majority will rule.
 TUE TINEs desires to call special at temtion to the second paragraph, which expresses hope that certain promi- nent champions of free coinage of sil- Yer may be present to defend the white metal. and route its enemies by the force of reason.
 If we reme mber the language of the invitations. sent to every part of the United States in the interest of this ctTreacy delegates" To our mind this suggests the very men, and others be- iieying as they do, named by Mr. Will jams. But somehow we feel that this proposed convention is not intended for their sort,
 The opinion is general, and it is no
 doubt a fact that the sound currency convention" to be holden at Mem phis, Is III the interest of the single standard. The gold bags have cap-