The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-14
DEMOCRACY VS..
FREE SILVER
Why Free Coinage Of Silver Can
not Be Secured Through the
Democratic Party.
RECORDS, FACTS, OPINIONS,

which show the Faisity and Hypocri.,
.f Democratic Projections and Plat
form--The Views of the People tn.
Question Of the Day-whnt They Know
and what They Think
Under this head will be presented
communications competing for the
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the best article on "Why the Free
and Unlimited Coinage Of Silver
Cannot Be Obtained Through the
Democratic Party."l
The Free and Unlimited Coinage of
silver" cannot be obtained through the
Dpmocratic party for the following
reasons:
/. The Forty-ninth Congress was
divided politically "a follows: In the
House 1872 Democrats, 40 Republicans,
Nationals and vacant, giving the
Democrats a majority Of i2. During
this Congress bill for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at ratio
Of lG to was introduced, and was
KILLED BY DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
The Fiftieth Congress was divided
politically as follows: 40 Democrats,
i5l Eepublicans; Democratic ajOrity.
10 No free coinage bill was intro
dncpd. In the Fifty-first Congress
thp Republicans had n majority in the
House Of II, and a majority in the Sen
ate of 10. No free coinage bill was
introduced.
3. The Fifty-second Congress was
divided politically as follows 23b Dem
ocrsts. ~ Republicans and Alliance
men. giving the Democrats ma ajOrity
nf n Pr 4,
a. 1892. "A bill for the free coinage of
silver was
x,tIrp ny THIS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS-
Of llS ma ajority.
July IL, 1892, this same Democratic
Congress with majority of 147 killed
another bill for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at ratio Of 10 to /,
after it passed Republican Senate.
+. The Fifty-third Congress was di-
yided politically as follows: 2lS Dem
ocrats, III Republicans and ii Popu-
lists: a Democratic ma jority over the
Republicans of 81. This Congress
called an extra session, and defeated a
hill for the free coinage of silver at a
ratio of IL to l.,
BY TwO.THIRD VOTE,
the II Populists voting for the bill.
There were III Democrats in the
House. when the vote was taken l0l
voted for the bill, and ll6 voted against
it.
&. This same Fifty-thrd Congress of
Of majority voted OH tive separate bills
in one day for the free coinage of sill
yer. viz: at ratio of l6 to |, u to |,
lStoI, ITO and 20 to /. Thus it will
be- seen that five bills for the free coin
age of silver
WE'RE KILLED In DAY
by the Democrats. They voted down
| every bill for free coinage OF silver, ana
voted for u single gold standard.
ON November |, 1898, the Fifty-thlrd
Congress, with its 81 majority of Dem
ocrats, defeated an amendment offered
by Mr., Bland to pending bill. which
amendment provided for the free coin
| aVt, of silver at a ratio of l6 to l..
:. On October -, 1898 the Senate,
WITH A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF
THREE,
defeated Senator Stewards amendment
| to a bill for the Tree coinage OF silver.
8. In 1892 the Democratic party held
State conventions in thirty-six states.
In twenty-three OF these states tne
Democratic party declared in their
YER at a ratio of 16 to |. But when
these Democrats, who were elected on
these free silver platforms, got to Con-
gress,
THEY IGNORED THEIR PLATFORMS
and voted contrary to what they had
promised the people in the campaign.
10. Again. we turn to Mr.. Cleveland's
letter of February 10, 1891, in an
swer to a letter from f. Ellery
Anderson, inviting Mr.. Cleveland to
attend meeting of the business men
of the city of New York. This meet
ing, he says, was for the purpose OF
voicing the position of the city on the
free coinage of silver in the United
States. Mr.. Cleveland said, in answer
to Mr.. Anderson: "Surely, it cannot be
necessary for me to make formal ex-
PRESTON of my agreement with those
who believe that the greatest peril
would be invited by the
ADOPTION OF THE SCHEME
embraced in the measure now pending
in Congress for the unlimited coinage
of silver at our mints."
Mr.. Cleveland says "it cannot be nee
essary to make formal expression OF
my agreement" What agreement?
shall ever come
THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Every one who read the Democratic
papers after Mr.. Cleveland wrote that
letter denounced ..Mr. Cleveland in
most bitter terms. But when the Dem
Ocratic convention met in Chicago on
June u, 1892, Mr.. Cleveland was nOm-
mated and elected President. The
Democratic papers that had been sc
loud in their denunciatiOns against
Mr.. Cleveland
FELL INTO LINE,
as they were forced to do, and said and
did all in their power for his election
IL. What do the Democratic cOnven.
tions of Kentucky. Ohio and Mary
land indicate? They have declared
against the free coinage of silver. ano
In favor of a gold standard.
II. Hoke Smith, John G. Carlisle
Dan Voorhees,, Matt. Ransom and Sen
ator German were loud in their pre-
ttention for the free coinage of silver
In the campaign of 1892. But nov
they are under the
DOMINATION OF Mr.. CLEVELAND,
and they are no longer for free silver
but are as loud for gold standard
These are straws that point the direc
uon the wind blows:
l3. All who attended the silver con
vention called by the Democrats t.
meet in Raleigh on the 2st of Sep
tember, 1895, can but remember the &C
uons of Ex-Governor Jarvis, ).
Ashe, and others. Think of the re
marks they made in the caucus in tn
mayors office on the Gath. They
THEY DID NOT APPEAR THE NEXT
MORRING.
They did not appear at the convention
what does this mean? Were they sin
eere in the call for the convention? w
mink f. g. Smith, Mr.. Beckwith an,
Mr. Keith were sincere in the call
With the facts before lis relating to tn