Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-25
OLD ROMAN
Defines Attitude Of the
Party on Silver
PRESENTS PATTY RECORD SINCE
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION be-
CAME THE GREAT Issun.
TRUE DEMOCRACY
10 THAT WHICH ADuEnEs TO CON-
sTITUTI0NAL MONEY.
u Was Not known That Cleveland
Was for Republican Policies
when Elected.
TRUE DEMOCRACY
10 THAT WHICH ADuEREs TO CON-
sTITUTI0NAL MONEY.

Austin. Tex. Feb. A.-(special.)-
Judge Reagan today submitted thu fol-
lowing for publication
TO the Public;
The gold standard Democrats in
TexaB claim that they are the Demo-
cratic party. and generally class the
timetable Democrats, who demand
that gold and silver shall be the stan
dRrd money OF the country,
with equal privilege OF coinage at the
mints and equal legal tender quality.
as PopuliBts.
The Populistg claim that theirs Ia the
only party which fayora the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver at tho ra-
Ito OF 10 OF silver TO OF gold, and that
the Democrats borrowed this principle
from their party.
These two positions have been 50
often asserted as to possibly have
caused some persons 10 accept them
as true, aB Ii indicated by an editorial
In the Statesman OF the $50 Inst. "a
daily paper published ut the state cap
ital, In which, speaking OF my claim
that the Democratic party had advO-
Gated the policy OF the free ana I'M
limited coinage OF silver for twenty
years, 70 says. The old Judge rs get
ting to be quite amusing In his old age.
The Democratic party advocating free
ouinngo for twenty years. forsOOth.
Who ever heard Of It until the Pupu-
lists sprung IL ON the country "a few
henceY Did the Democratic party adj
Voeate free silver when Mr. Cleveland
was elected In lsSll Not that anybody
ever heard Of"
Now whether II liz tho aged Judge.
n .raatN IA mi
man, which ia getting to be quite
amusing viii be seen from tho follow
Ing statement from tho authentic rce-
otds as 10 what the Democratic party
has done ON this question. And this
record II the answer from the record
To the claims OF both the gold mon and
the PopuliHts on this question
The following IA taken from the Com
gressionul Record and from the ma
tonh Democratic pltfurms by the
Hon. i. NJ. Cookrell, senator from
missouri, In speech made by him In
the senate of tho United States, on
June rs, 1895.
Let ~ now briefly review the rec
ord mndc by the Democratic party
through It's representatives In congross,
to restore the true Democratic himetAl-
lie system. This record, Cunciseiy
stated, shows that IN the Forty-fOurth
congress. the lrst one with Demo-
cratic majority In the house, 10 Demo-
Gratis voted for the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver and sixteen against
II; ana again l2S Democrats voted or
and paused free coinage bill and only
seventeen against II.
In the Forty-nfth congress, BANDS
free coinage hill was passed, ninety
seyen Democrats, including Hon. John
q. Carlisle. voting yea, to only ten
voting nay. In the Republican senate
tho old
out and substitute agreed to. for pur-
chasing not less than two nor more
than four millions OF dollars OF silver
per month, and Rs so amended was
passed and vetoed by Republican
president and then passed by congress
over his veto by IFS Democrats inelud-
ing Mr.. Carlisle FOR, to twenty
Democrats against It In the house
and by twenty-five Democrats for &c
nina against IL In the senate and be
came law OF February IS, 1878. IL
the same congress the concurrent reHo'
luton presented by Senator Matthews
atorwurds Justice OF tho supreme court
was passed In the senate by twenty
three Democrats for, TO seven against
II. and In the house by li6 Democrats
including Mr.. Carlisle for, TO twenty
three against II. This resolution de
clared that all Uunited Btates bondi
issued under the refundinE and redemp
ton acts OF July II, 1870, and January
~. 1873, respectively, could DO paid a
the option OF tho government In stan
dard silver dollars OF az Ia grains
without violation OF public faith or II
derosation OF tho rights OF publ
croditors.'
In tho forty-sixth congress In tn
house one hundred Democrats. includ
Ing Mr.. Carlisle, voted for free nnt
unlimited coinage. to only nine ngains
1t, ana one hundred and seven Demo
Gratis, including Mr. Carlisle. voted for
20 only four against, an amendment
directing and requiring the seoretnr,
OF the treasury to pay out stAndar,
silver coin. the same as gold coin. Il
payment OF all ooin obligations of tn
government.
In the forty-seventh congress- tn
executive and congress were Repub
llcan. and In the forty eighth con
Gress the executive and the senate wer
Republican, and no effort was mad
20 restore bimetallism.
In the forty ninth congress, ninety
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