The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-03
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capitol there is a growing
TOWARDS GENERALIZATION.
E1oD D ,mocrats are getting to act as
g +Lo President and his cabinet were d
e,,nreme mower. Men who have Oeen
elected as free and independent
eentatives are inclined to see IN the al
min~issration a little god they must ran
down and worship. Senator's, Win
ink on their credentials ct fresh, with
Yearly expressed instructions from
their State legislatures before them,
are d~is-egarding everything but the
wishes of the Administration
It is enough to make a PLAIN and
honest Democrat slck-all this talk
about the votes the Administration
can count on; Mr., Carlisle vOiclng the
wishes of the Administration; Blssell
carving out the wishes of the Admin
istration; Brass Collar Lamont barking
to get the larger Administration 6ogs
started; brainy Senators getting down
and
KISSING 81 BIG TOE
of the Administration; Influential news
papers crawling in 4 dust before the
Administration"
The San Francisco Chronicle said OF
Car Cleveland:
He began his extraordinary course
by attempting to use patronage among
REPRESENTATIVES. and Senators TO lndu
n 2 them to vote for financial measure
recommended by him. This has been
asserted time and again IN and out or
Congress, and no One has cared enough
for the constitutional prOprietles to
deny it. Then he organized a Caoal
among the Representatives and Sena
tors to t8k9 charge Of and push the
bill through. H3 We went so Tar as
to select a leader to represent the HAd
ADMINISTRATION forces" on the floor Of the
House. But it is not worth while 60
80 into further details Of this, the
MOST DIsGRACEFUL EPISODE
in the legislative and constitutional
history of the Republic"
Another Democratic journal de-
clared:
"As a c~entraIiz9r and q spokesman
Mr. Cleveland is an astounding instance
of change His bestoWal of patronage
and use of the threat to withhold it, "a
means of bringing Congressman to the
support of his policies, have become
perfectly open. His assumption Of
supreme authority over the legislative
branch of the government and mis-
ignoring Of the judicial arm testify to
his contempt of the Constitution and
his carelessness of the obligations OF
his inaugural oath. IL the occupant
of the British throne were to arrOgate
to herself such imperial plentiCude o.
power, the throne would
BE OVERTURNED IN \ DAY.
There Is scarcely any constitutional
c. of Europe who would dare to
trample upon the safeguards Of popu-
lar liberty N like manner. Mr.. CIeve
lands extension Of the Presidential
p~rerogatIve TO the point of deciding
what laws shall be rendered inOpera-
tive would better befi5 a royal Tudor
Or Stuart than the chief official servant
Of a public.
Liberty is not safe when people OF
this class control the action of the gov
eminent. They, with the Presidents
assistance, have placed at stake a prin-
cipie which Is of higher COns6q fence
than the question of Chinese immigra
ton, important as that question is to
this Whole country. By multiplying a
Law at ms sovereign pleasure, Presi-
dent Cleveland haF dealt the American
system q blow that never should have
b el delivered 0y g. Democratic hand.
The m0nOpOiiS5s, when Cleveland's
election was achieved, expected no
mercy. They are in a different frame
of mlndnow. Had Harrison succeeded
himself they could not have been more
impuden5, and scarcely more hopeful"
H PRESIDENT N HIS VIOLATED OATH.
Having sworn that he would faith
fully execute the laws of the United
States he proceeded to violate some of
the most urgent and important.
Anactof 1890, provided that 4, 500, 900
ounces of silver bullion should be pur-
chased monthly at the market price,
not to Exceed 81 90 for 3714 grains Of
silver. In his message to Congress,
Mr.. Cleveland declared that his
LAW WAS MANDATORY,
and must be executed until repealed
and tsa Chen, openly and defantly dis
obey d the law.
In h same manner the act prOvid-
dng for the exclu lion of Chinese was
set aU nought. And though the law
whichcOmmanded thai 4, 500. 900 ounces
OF silver bullion should be- purchased
mon1hly, provided also that treasury
notes should be issued therefor redeem
able on demand in gold or silver coin
at the dlscretlon Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, he not only violated the
law as before stated By refusing to
purchase the amount OF silver con-
manded by tn Statute,
BUT THE REPUBLICAN P,LICY
of discriminating against silver oy re-
deemirg the treasury notes redeem able
in either gold Or silver, with gold uione,
thus giving oliver a heavy blow by re-
fusing its rec ignition az a money metal,