The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-26

1920
and, instead of "a public Office being a
public trust" as he had declared it to
be, he made his position a pc yer to
force on the people that selected him
for President his own views on the
money question.
The press aud public men OF the
South all declare that the Democratic
platform was an unequivocal declara-
ton in favor of free Image of silver
and gold.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina,
said in his seat in the Senate: Had
we not SO thought, Mr.. Cleveland
would not have received the electoral
vote of North Carolina"
The decided vote given in North
Carolina last year in favor of free
silver, and by electing Senator Butler
and Pritchard to the United States Sen,
ate, both free silver men, proves that
Senator Vance was right.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, stated
positively that the Chicago platform
favored free coinage, and go did nearly
all the members of the House and
Senate from the South and West. It
Is conceded that Ito thwart the will Of
the people" is bOssism, and Mr.. Cleve
land has throughout his second term
done this most eff9ctually.
The election in 1892, when Mr..
Cleveland was elected by an over
whelming majority, proves beyond
question that a majority OF the voters
that elected Mr.. Cleveland favored the
popular construction placed upon the
party platform by the Democratic
leaders South and Wes5-toat is to
say, they favored the free and unlimi
ted coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1. Since the big boss,
and the smaller ones under him, have
declared that the Democratic platform
does not favor the free coinage Of any
metal except gold, the people have,
with singular upanimiGy, wn the
bosses that they will not support the
Democratic party, except the cOudt
lions Of the original contract are kept
intact. II proof of this we nave only
to cite the facj that in 1894 elections
we're held in every State, and the Dem
ocratic party has only a c0rporal's
guard in the present Congress, and TO
emphasize their disgust, the elections
just held show that p8ople now 50 gen,
orally disGrust the leaders Of the Dem
ocrat.c party thatnownere, save where
the negro is a political factor, will the
people aver trust them with the man.
agem9nt of State eff airs.
Another cause not yet referred, too,
which materially aided the R9publl-
in over whelming Democracy will
oe found in the latest pronunciBm into
of M. Cleveland. He ga d: lit Is my
will that all of the 1916 900, 900 of
~greensbacks be called In and totally
and forever destroyed"
He declares that greenbacks are a
to the gold standard.
~ IS AlO " "a % SA ~ AN WAL
try was prosperous when greenOacks
were plenty, AID that Senator Sher
man had no difficulty in maintaining
a gold reserve of 800 600. 900 IN the
treasury. We then did not have a
single-a GOLD standard. If, then, we
were prosperous during the g~reenback
era, if strikes were almost unknown,
if prices of products and labor were
higher than now, and labor was sought
for by the employer, is it strange that
the people or Tuesday last declared
against Mr.. Cleveland's new policy?
What does our national boss want
for money and to use as currency? L95
him answer: 'G3ld as the money Of
inal REDEEM oti0 4 silver for subsidiary
coins and TO take the place Of silver
certificates, and national bank notes
Gs a paper currency"
It Is said by the large part Of our
that we have an INSULT ;ient
of money, and that this scar
:ity causes hard times. Toe other fac
ion Of the people, led by jewish ban
,ers, say that We have enough, Dur
here is no party that contends that
have too much money.
But it follows that if the govern
lent were to call in the S346 600. OOO
greenbacks and destroy them the
mount of money available fer daily
.se would be reduced more than one
bird, and if SO reduced, the purchas
1g power of money would rapidly