The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-21
GETTING TOGETHER.

the necessity of Democrats getting
together. 1t was timely talk, too.
The necessity for cooperation is
apparent. If we would succeed we
must stop wasting ammunition on
each other and must turn our guns
on the common enemy. We have
read within the past few days two
statements which strike us as being
rather out of harmony with the get
together idea. The first Of these was
the following expression, attributed
to Mr.. John D. Bellamy, Jr., of
Wilmington:
''The gold men ought to leave the
Democratic party. They have no
business in it."
The next is the following from our
esteemed contemporary, the Char
lotte Observer, in reply to Mr..
Bellamy:
"We can assure MIR. Bellamy that
whenever the national Democratic
party declares for cheap money, or
even kquints at it-a thing it has
never yet done-they will flock out
of it as fast as his heart could wish.
Meantime they would have it under
stood that they are strictly in their
fathers house and are not going out
on the order of Mr.. Bellamy or Mr..
Anybody Else. The free silver tail
wagging the sound money dog
would be a spectacle for gods and
men"
The Observer takes the liberty of
changing Mr.. Bellamy's expression
sgold men" to ''sound money men, -
so we infer that when it uses the
term cheap money" it means free
coinage of both gold and silver, and
intimates very clearly that if the
National Democracy should declare
uneqnivocally for free coinage OF
both metals the single gold stand.
ard Democrats, or very many Of
them, would bid good-by to the
party.
Our understanding has been that
| the Observer inculcated the doctrine
Of Democrats sticking to and stand
ing upon the Dem ocratic platform
| whether it declared for the golC
standard or for bi-metallism. But
from the above intimation, it ap
| pears that the construction of this
doctrine is about this way: Silver
Democrats should stand with golC
| Democrats on a gold platform, but
| if the platform should favor silver,
then the gold advocates will be free
to vamoose. Such a rule would
truly be one OF the poor sort, because
it wouldn't work both ways. More
over, such limitations strike US az
being a very Ineffective way of secur-
ing harmony within the party. We
confess to both surprise and regret
that our contemporary used such
expressions as quoted.
At the next election Democracy
will need the help of all Democrats
regar dless OF their views on the cul
rency question, and it is an inoppor-.
tune time to deal in suggestions Of
reading men out of the party or Of
Withdrawals because this or that
faction cannot have absolute con
troll.
What We have said applies special
ly to our own State, where the ut
most harmony and concert of action
should prevail IN the effort to over
throw the combined forces of Repub-
Iicanism and Populism-where the
result involves not only party
escendancy, but the best interests of
the whole people.
Tt is generally conceded that a
large majority of North Carolina
Democrats are bi metallists. Dele
gates to the National Convention
should be selected with reference to
tue popular sentiment and these
delegates should reflect this senti-
ment in the National council and
strive to maintain their views and
the views of their constituency, but
whatever may be the outcome of the
National Convention. there should
be full and complete pulling together
of North Carolina Democrats in the
State election. We just cannot
afford to have it otherwise. The
evil effects of Rep Pop legislation are
upon as and the situation demands
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