Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-09
MCCLURE. O.. May 9Th,

ED. DEMOCRATIC NoRTHwEsT:-It
is hardly worth the while of Populists
to note all the Inconsistencies of the
old party press, but as you ask some
Populist to mention the time, place
and circumstances when the Demo.
cratic party was an enemy to free sill
ver," | will kindly refer you to the
last extra session of congress called
by the Democratic president, Grover
Cleveland, as being one instance, and
a fatal one, in which the Democratic
party was an enemy to silver. You
do not say what you mean by ''free
s1ver." That phrase may mean 16 to
|, or it may mean any other ratio, but
it is taken for granted that you mean
free coinage at the rate of 16 to 1.
That congress had full power and op-
portunity to pass free coninage bill,
but instead of so doing it actually re-
pealed the last vestige of law favor
able to silver. And even refused to
pass free coinage bill at any ratio.
That instance is enough to expose the
position of the Democratic party in
regard to silver.
Then again, in the national plat
forms, please compare the Democrat
ic silver plank to that of the Peoples
party upon the same question and tell
us wherein lies the only hope of free
coinage.
Much more can be said on this sub
lect, but perhaps this is sufficient.
Yours for free coinage 16 to 1.
r. G. SABIN.
Mr.. Sabin talks as most Populists
are wont to talk. They have taken
the stand that there is nothing good
in either of the old parties, and they
are bound to follow upon that line,
which they hope will lead them to
build up a political party of their own.
This ofcourse is simply delusion, and
will so end-in time. There can be
but two great parties in this country.
One of these will always be the Dem
ocratic party, for it is the party of
the people, born at the very birth of
our nation. At the present time the
other is the Republican party.
The peoples rights may be ignored
at times by the party in power, by
it's followers, or at least some of them,
proving recreant to their promises or
trusts-or even their principles, as
was the case in the last Congress when
the silver question was being agita-
ted. But, Mr.. Sabin must bear in
mind that the Democratic members
of Congress from Ohio, almost to a
man, voted on the side of silver; and
that the Democratic party of Ohio,
at their State Convention in 1894 de-
clared for free coinage of silver.
The Democratic party has always
been kindly to silver, and if silver is
to be restored to it's former money
position, it will come through that
party.
Free silver men turn to the Demo
cratic party because the Democratic
party has always and invariable stood
for honest money. The Republican
party degraded our national currency
when in 1878 it demonetized silver
without cause and made our financial
system subservient to Great Britain,
and it still further degrades and dis
graces it when it proposes to wait
for England to consent to our restor-
ing it to its former independence.
Silver men are turning to the Demo
cratic party because it promises to
restore the American system of money.
So, our Populist friends had better
jump into the Democratic bandwag-
on, and march in the procession
which has for its gool the restoration
of silver.