Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
Democracy and Silver.

The Democratic party has been de-
nouncing the Recommendations of silver
ever since that crime was committed.
1t has been voting for the full, free and
unrestricted coinage Of silver dollars at
time. For more than twenty years
every session of congress has found the
Democrats of that body almost unit
for the free coinage of silver at the ex-
listing ratio. 1t has been rallying
the Democratic faith all these years.
The men who are now urging free
coinage are standing by the faith they
have always held, advocating doc
trine they have always advocated, de-
Tending course which they have al
ways defended, denouncing wrong
they have always denounced.
1t is only within the last two years
that any Democrat has become the
avowed defender of the crime of 1878.
Indeed. it has only been within the
last year that any of them has asked
to share the honor or the odium of
that stupendous crime. John G.. Car
Isle denounced that legislation as 1.-the
greatest crime of this Or any other age,
and charged that it was accomplished
by means of conspiracy in this
country and in Europe" John q.
Carlisle voted for the free, unlimited
and independent coinage of the silver
dollar in 1890, and paraded that vote
to prove to members of the Farmers
Alliance that they could trust him as
the loyal friend of free coinage. There
was not a living man in Kentucky that
knew or suspected that John G.. Car
Isle had changed his views or his atti-
tude on this question up to the time
he went into Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet.
There is not word of his on record
prior to that time out of line with his
terrible denunciation in 1873 of the
crime he now champions and defends
not one.
Thomas c. Catchings favored the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver
until after the presidential election of /
1892, and then became an advocate of |
The single gold standard. He wrote
the free silver plank for the Mississip- |
pi Democrats for that year. No man
IN the Union ever revived Mr.. Cleve-
and so bitterly Or opposed his nomina-
ion with such fierce and furious an
5agonism.
Col. Josiah Patterson was never sus-
oected by Democrats of being opposed
% the free coinage Of silver until after
,he presidential election of 1892 In
ais speeches throughout this district
he declared that he occupied exactly
he position Of Senator Harris on that |
question. He said at Salisbury, on
he same stump with Senator Harris,
hat if he had been in Senator Harris's
place when the latter voted for free
coinage bill, he would have voted just
is the Senator voted. There is not a
word or u line of his on record prior
% the year 1898 indicating opposition
% the free and unlimited coinage of
silver
Gov. Oates of Alabama was a strong
champion of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver up to the year 1898.
Mr. Bynum of IndIna was an enthu-
siastic champion of free coinage and
went to Denver, Col, to persuade the
silver men there that they could trust
.he Democratic party on the silver
question. He changed front after the
election.
Mr.. Springer of Illinois. from being I,
| rampant free silver advocate, be-
,ame blatant bowler for the single
,old standard in 1898.
Hon. Henry. Wattersou and the Cour-
made the air blue with
objurgations of the {