The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-05
HAVE THE GOLD MEN co,,~
MAD?

MAO
Col. Chas. q. Jones is editor q,
st. Louis Post Dispatch, the oS ue
owner Of which is Joseph Pnli,1"
Col, Jones had a contract with +
Pulitzer by which he v as to ha1o 'po
solute control for five years. Recon ~
he published an editorial attacL;|
the goldbug policy of the New VIZ
World, and giving the facts in roao.l
to the financial plank in the last nat;a'
al Democratic convention, maIntaini1l
that it meant free coinage If siIna26
AS Col. Jones was chairman ot W
platform committee in that convont;.1
his declaration threw the gold No.
into a futter. Now comes for n.y.
Mr.. Pulitzer and directs the dirooto.-
OF the Post Dispatch to turn downCoI
Jones as editor, unless he will Albania
his advocacy of silver. Col Jones
lying on his personal contract with
MI. Pulitzer, a>ked the protection ~
the courts, and obtained an iniuncson
to restrain the directors of the Pnli,z.,
Publishing Company from interfern9
with his management of the pspe
The case will be heard next week,
We do not recall an incident Of
more brutal attempt on the part of the
gold men to strike down the advocses
Of free coinage than is manifested here
Pulitzer makes his directors threaten
to annul a contract he has personally
made because Col. Jones declines to
make merchandise of his convictions,
There are few men, whether advocates
Of gold or silver, who will not be indig-
nant at such a proscriptive policy
waged in the interest of the gold stand.
ard. This action is but another exam.
pie of history repeating itself. After
the Senate had rejected the nomina-
ton of the late Chief Justice Taney
who had been Secretary of the Treas,
ury under Andrew Jackson, he was
rendered a public dinner at Frederick,
Maryland. In the course of his speech,
Mr. fancy said:
1.-THE measures which I adopted az
Secretary are now before the public,
and 1 am ready to abide the judgment
which the American people shall pass
upon them They have indeed, brought
upon me, it seems, a deep and endur-
ing spirit of hostility. l have been
singled out from emong the number
who approved of the measure 1 pur.
sued as a fit object corrective a peculiar
mark of indignity. The most unspar.
ing efforts have been made to impeaCh
the integrity of my motives and to de-
strOy me in the estimation of the Citi.
zens of the United States; and although
I am mol niger in Office, the same spirit
is still abroad, and still pursues it's OBJ
ject with unwearied perseverance. !
do not mention these things to com
plain of them, / should have been
blind to the examples of history if
had not expected them. No man who
has at any period of the world stood
forth to maintain the liberties of the
people against a moneyed a~ristoCraCy
grasping at power has ever met with
a different fate. It's unrelenting, I'M
quenchable hate has never failed to
pursue him to the last hours of his life
and when in the grave. Money can
always buy Instruments; and l was
not weak enough to suppose that l
should escape what all Others in a like
situation have been doomed to enCOun-
ter"
This is the spirit that actuates the
attempt Il drive out Col. Jones from
his position as editor of the St Louis
Post Dispatch, and shows that the same
conditions prevail to day that Chief
Justice fancy had to face in his day.
1t is fortunately true to day that there
are men as brave, if not as great, as
this honest Secretary of the Treasury
who consulted the best interests OF the
whole country, and not a coterle OF
bankers in his financial policy. We
need more men like fancy to day.
What do such tactics mean2 Several
North Carolina papers use supplements
sent them free of charge by the goIa
men, but this is the first instance Oh
driving out an editor because he will
not worship the golden calf, -Whmln
ton Messenger.
CASTOR COUNTY RESOLUTIONS.