The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-13
Ex.COV. JARVIS SPEAKS
HE Will ATTEND THE SILVER
CONVENTION IN RALEIGH,
SEPTEMBER 18TH.
WEICHTY WORDS 0P WISDOM

WEIGHTY WORDS 0P WISDOM
He Denies the False Reports That
Have Been Circulated About His
Position--Time for an End OF the
Buzg of the Blue Bottier-"He Has
Faitn in Ri-metaIism Whether 1t Suc~
coed In 1896 or Not--His Course
Now Consistent with His lifelong
Record-.Cares Little For Criticism
When He Knows He Is Doing
Risht--The Populist Party Has Been
Fer Fiat Money Rather Than For
Observation-Disclosures Democrats Are
But Following in the Footsteps of
Carlisle, Ransom and vance~-Self'
Interest Prompts Democrat to
Change His Convictions. But Devo.
ton to the Masses Demanded Adher-
ence to the Masses.
To the Editor of the News and Observer.
GREENvILLE, N. O., Sept. 8.
have read with interest and approval
your editorial of a recent date on the
s'Buzz of the Blue Bother" and ] desire
to heartily commend it TO some OF your
brethren of the press. This seems TO De
a day in which wild rumor is running
riot and hitherto political integrity
counts for naught. 1t is only necessary
for some fellow to start some story and
for another fellow to put it IN a news
paper and here it goes upon Its rounds
of gossip and detraction; and not one OF
these political gossips seem to feel
under the slightest obligations TO ascer-
tain what the truth of the matter Is.
Only few days ago a friend sent me
clipping from some paper which purports
to be a letter written from Morganton to
the Caucasian, in which the correspond
ent said that some body else said that 1t
was reported that / said ''in the late
Democratic silver conference in Wash
ington that if | was forced to the alter
native of voting for goldbug candidate
or Populist, would vote the Populist
ticket" But for my very high regard
for the man who sent me the
clipping I would not think of paying
any attention to such an idle, baseless
rumor. Of course, said no such thing.
/ was very busy, as you well know, work
ing on plan of organization for the sill
yer Democrats to work under. What
the outcome of that conference will be |
do not know, but certainly l never
thought of action as is outlined In this
clipping in the event of the failure OF
the purposes of the Washington confer
ence In fact, have never understood
that the Populists are the peculiar
friends and champions Of silver. 1t Is
true in al their platforms, both State
and National, they have, | think, in
serted a demand for the free and unlim
tied coinage of silver, but they have
made much more prominent their de-
mands of one kind or another for a syg-
TEN of fat money. am aware of the
fact that some of the more thoughtful Of
the leaders are in favor of dropping the
sub-treasury and other like fiat money
demands and make their fight along the
silver line; but up to this time no action
of that kind has been taken by any au-
thorized convention of which | have
heard. In the early days Of
the party, if / remember Alright,
the burden of their demands and
speeches was tor the sub treasury plan
or something better, but all looking to a
system of fiat-money; so it seems to NE
that one is justified in saying that the
Populist party, as a party, is more OF a
fat money party than bi-metallic par
ty. When it becomes bi metallic party,
pure and simple, if it ever does, it will,
in my humble opinion, become much
more interesting and powerful factor in
the great bi-metallic fight which now
confronts us. IL the Southern and Yves
tern Democrats who are now making
their fight for bimetallism shall be com
PEELED to fight the Populists who profess
to be for silver, and the enemies of sil
yer in and out of their own party and in
this unequal contest shall be overpow-
cred and driven from the field, then
there is, | assert, no political organiza
ton now in existence able to wage a sue.
cessful warfare against the organized
money power Of this country. The man
who believes that the Popnlist party can
do it, weighed down as it is with so
many impracticable questions and led, in
some States, by so many political cranks,
is very credulous mar.
do not belong to that hopeful class
of persons VINO believe that the silver
movement is sure to sweep the country
in 1898, and hence am not in the move
ment for personal gain. If had been
looking to self interest would have done
like many other Southern Democrats
have done, abandon what / had taught
and believed to be the interest Of the
people and join the sc-called sound
money crusade. have stood by my
convictions, and do not think defeat,
if it must come in 1896, will change me.
Those who heard me at Goldsboro a
year ago, will recall the fact that sta
ted then, we were, in my opinion, enter
ing upon a contest between the great
body of the people on the one hand,
and the allied money power on the other
which would be long and fierce. Con
centrated power never voluntarily sur
renders IS grip upon popular rights.