Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-21


be in small comparison with such
calamity.-J. G. Tribune.
In the Interest OF Harmony"
Under this heading that stanch dem
ocratic newspaper, the Augusta CAron
icle. comments upon the suggestion b
the eastern newspapers that the demo
| Gratis of the south and west send thei
delegates to the national convention
uninstructed SO that they may be a
liberty to '.harmonize" with the dele
gates from New England.
The Chronicles article reverts in
refreshing way to the history ant
traditions of the party. and introduce
the subject by quoting the old princi
pie of law-..He who wants equit,
must first do equity For instance
how can honest democrats be expecte,
to harmonic on the basis of the plat
form of the party in Massachusetts,
which is composed of FIVE viciousl,
anti-democratic planks?-
/. Gold alone as standard of val
ue.
2. Absolute cessation of the coin.
age of silver.
3. Redemption OF all government
obligations in gold alone.
4. Retirement of the greenbacks.
5. Issuance of national bank notes
The Chronicle shows that the record
of the democratic party will not toler
ate the first and second doctrines enun
ciated above. Jefferson declared tha1
the mint value should rest on both
metals; and the mints were opened te
both. Webster said that no congress
had the right to change the money Of
the constitution-gold and silver.
AS to gold redemption. the democra
tic party when in control of the gov
ernment never issued an obligation
that was not redeemable in both gold
and silver.
AS to the retirement of the green.
backs. the democratic party in 1877,
for the first time in seventeen years,
had majority in congress, and Law
was passed forbidding the retiremen,
of the greenbacks. With respect te
the national bank notes, the Chro niclt
turns to the record of the party as fol
lows:
In 1910 the democratic party adopt
ed the following quotation from Thorn
as jefferson as its platform: Congress
has no power to charter United States
bank; we believe such an institution
one of deadly hostility to the best in
terests of the country, dangerous te
our republican Institutions and the Ii.
berties of the people and calculated tc
place the business of the country with
in the control of concentrated money
power and above the laws and will OF
the people,"
The platform was reaffirmed In 1874
46-52-56 and 1860 1t was in accord.
ance with the views of that sturdy old
democrat, Andrew jackson, who, in
1882, smashed the United States bank
by his veto, for which he was reward.
ed by the democracy OF New York and
Massachusetts, subservient then as now
to the money power, by being ridiculed
in doggerel and pictured as an ''epaul.
cited donkey" The platform tells
whether the democratic party har.
monized with them or not. The ex.
perience of the past few years has
shown whether the democratic declara
tion was correct or not.
AS the Chronicle says, for democrats
to harmonic on any such doctrines al
those in the Massachusetts platform
would be to stultify themselves. They
might as we'll join the republican par
ty ''for the sake of harmony" The
Chronicle adds:
Eloquent gentlemen. principally o.
the bond money way of thinking, are
fond of declaring that the .sbattle o
the standards" is now being fought fol
the first time in the history of thi!
country 1t was fought in 1892
when Jefferson erected the bimetallit
standard. 1t was fought again in 1884
when jackson left 1t floating from ev
cry rampant of our country, and il
1873 strategic flank movement o
..Honest John Sherman" resulted il
the erection of the single gold stand.
ard. The record shows that led By
Bland in 1877, the democratic party
began the battle which it is now fight
ing. The ..battle of the standards" i:
indeed on. but not for the first time
Realizing that, let US press forward
and in Chicago next July achieve, no
only harmony. but victory.
That is the right kind of talk
There can be no harmony that is no
based on genuine democratic princi
plies. With these as the foundation
there can be and will be both harmon,
and victory. atlanta Constitution.
The Discovery Saved His Life.