The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-10
A WORD OF WARNING.

President Cleveland Addresses Letter to
Mississipprs Governor on the Silver
Issue.
JACKSON, Miss, May 4.-Gov. Stone
last evening gave to the Associated
press letter addressed 10 him by Pres
ident Cleveland under date of April "a
The following is the full text of the
letter:
Hon. J. NJ. Stone. Governor. etc:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, April
e6.-My Dear Sir: Your letter OF the 2lst in
slant is at hand. I do not feel inclined to find
fault with your criticism. but think the mat
tiers referred TO should be judged in the light
Of the circumstances existing at the time the
things we're done never had an idea Of build
| ing up or fostering personal following. but so
far as politics should properly influence me 10
making appointments, / nave tried to be DEM
ocratic and not proscriptive. l am glad you
are frank enough TO admit your participation
in bringing about condition In ONCE holding
which may not be OIL that could now be de.
sired. Whether those appointments TO place
shall in speech and action behave decently to-
ward the administration under which they
hold ONCE must remain, to q large extent, a
matter OF taste and good breeding.
There are. however, some oficials who de-
vote themselves SO industriously to yillifca-
tion and abuse Of those under whom thy hold
ONCE as to indicate that their fidelity cannot
be trusted for the performance Of their duties
in a manner creditable 20 the administration
and who apparently assume they may spend
the time they owe the public service in doing
political mischief In the interest Of good
government such ofice-holders must not be
surprised if they are summarily dealt with.
When received your letter had just fin
ished reading letter Of yours, in which you
,T.s. 81 Hsgg Eesw
views on the currency question. 1t seems 20
me you have in that letter contributed IN the
best possible style and in a most valuable way
to the fund OF argument in favor Of sound
money.
Ihave never ceased 20 wonder why the peo-
pie OF the south. furnishing so largely as they
do, products which are exported for gold,
should be willing to submit to the disadvan-
tage and loss Of silver monometallism and to
content themselves with deprecated and
fiuctuating currency while permitting others
to reap profit from the transmutation OF the
prices Of their productions from silver to gold.
hope this letter of yours will be given the
widest possible circulation, especially among
our southern fellow-citizens. and that they will
be permitted TO see the pitlan which is direct
ly before them who madly rush toward the
phantom light of free, unlimited and indie
pendent silver coinage.
II we who profess fealty tosthe democratic
party are sincere in our devotion 20 its prin-
ciples. and if we are right in believing that
the ascendency OF those principles is a guar
antee OF present liberty, universal care for the
rights OF all, non-sectional American brother
hood and manly trust in American citizenship
in any part OF our land, We should study the
effects upon our party, and consequently upon
our country, of 4 committal OF the national de-
mocracy TO this silver arbitration
" there are democrats who suppose that our
PARTY can stand on platform embodying such
a doctrine, either through its affirmative
strength or through the perplexity OF our op-
ponents on the same proposition, or IL there
are democrats who are willing to turn their
backs upon their party associations in the
hope that free and unlimited ard independent
coinage OF silver cen win q victory without the
aid Of either party organization, they should
deceive themselves no longer. nor longer re-
fuse to look in the face of the results that Will
follow the defeat. il not the dis.nteGration, OF
the democratic party upon the issue which
tempts them from their allegiance.
II We should lie forced away from our traGi-
tional doctrine of sound and safe money. our
old antagonist will take the field on the plat
form which we abandon, and neither the votes
OF reckless democrats nor reckless republicans
will avail 20 STAY their easy march to power.
This is as plain as anything can possibly be.
Il therefore becomes the duty Of every demo-
crat, wherever he r1ay be, TO consider what
such a vic;ory would mean, and in the light of
q proper conception of its results he should
deliberately shape HIS course. Yours very
truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.