The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-18
JUS READ
THIS RECORD
Democrats Kill Eleven Silver
Bills When They Could
Have Passed Them.
THE FACTS AND FIGURES


goldbug party.
In other words, Gen. Warner ad
vises all silver men to vote for the
nominees of the Democratic party if
they nominate silver ticket on
silver platform at their national con-
vention this yea. And as the Dem
ocratic party has never failed to
vote against silver in Congress
whenever an opportunity presented,
it is clear that Gen. Warner thinks
the best way to get free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver is to support a
goldbug party. Following is the
Democratic record on the silver ques-
ton in Congress, and if Gen. War
ner can get any consolation by the
perusal Of THAT record, he is well
come to it:
1st. In the 49th Congress the Dem
ocrats had AZ ma Jority, yet on April
Sth, 1856, that Congress killed bill
providing for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of l6
to |.
ID. The 52nd Congress with a
Democratic majority of 14S, on the
oath day of March, 1892, killed a
free coinage bill at q ratio of lG to l..
3rd. The same Congress on July
18th of the same year, overwhel-
mingly defeated another free coin
age bill, 16 to l, AFTER 1T HAD PASS
ED A REPUBLICAN SENATE, and when
it was we'll understood that a Repub-
lican President, although individu-
ally opposed to free silver, had said
he would approve it, if passed by the
Democratic House.
4th. The 53rd Congress had a
Democratic majority over all Of 50,
but the ten Populists voted for sill
yer, thus giving the Democrats, if
really in favor Of silver, majority
of 103 over the Republicans. Yet
that Congress, on the 23rd of Au-
gust, 1898, voted down a bill for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at 16 to l by two-thirds vote.
9TH. On the same day this same
Democratic Congress voted down q
second proposition to coin silver free
at II to 1 by a still larger majority
9th. On the same day this same
Democratic Congress voted down
another proposition looking to "the
parity" of the two metals, at Is to l
7th. On the same day another bill
, providing for the free coinage of sill
: yer at 10 to l was rejected.
3 Sth. On the same day, another
5 proposition looking to the free ant
t unlimited coinage of silver at a ratlt
5 of 20 to | was defeated in a Demo
3 cratic House.
. And thus it was FIVE BILLS pro
/ viding for the free and unlimited
t coinage Of silver was defeated in
Democratic House as fast as tn
t clerk could call the roll. And be l
S remembered that in every solitar,
| instance A MAJORITY OF THOSE DEMO
3 CRATIC CONGRESsMEN VOTED AGAINS
S SILVER and in favor of the gol
Q standard.
: 9th. On November this same Con
4 gress voted down Bland's amend
r ment to the pending bill, providing
9 for free coinage at the ratio of l
t to l.
t 10th. On October 9th, 1898, tn
!. United States Senate. having
o Democratic majority of three owe
Il all and when four Populist Senate,
q were counted for silver, the maJorit
y over the Republicans was II, defea
ed Senator Stewards amendme1
It providing for the free and unlimite
Q coinage of silver at the ratio Of
= to l.
f 11th. In February, 1895, this SAN
y Congress was in session. The +
g nance committee of the Senate wit
10 Dan Voorhees,, chairman, and a M
h iority of Democrats on the commi
tee, killed in the committee room tt
is last proposition made for the frt
le coinage of silver at 16 to L.
s, Thus it will be seen that in nil
t. years the Democratic party in Co
So gress has killed eleven free silv
u bills, and wholly failed and refuse
y to rebuke ''the crime Of 1872
m Platform pledges count for rot
10 ing when compared to records cool
is and deliberately made.
n. In 1890 twenty-n1ne Democrat
he State conventions declared for FIR
an silver.
ey In 1892 these same Democrs
tic elected Grover Cleveland and
as Democratic House and gained &C
as troll Of the Senate, thus having ab:
en- lutte possession of the government
In 1893 they voted silver do
, If and stopped the coinage Of silver {
he tirely. Since then they have issu
cth 1862 100000 of interest -beari
ne- bonds in time Of peace, and unt
ate such suspicious circumstances tt
ou- the Senate has been compelled
ect investigate their actions.
For a number of years the Der
list Gratis have been going before
ern people in each successive campai
BOD pleading for a chance to undo
the wicked legislation of the Republic
the party. Time and again, on
stump and in their State platfo1
rec they declared against natio
16 banks, the demonstration of sill
cty. and the issue of bonds. They pied,
nse the people their sacred honor tha
you once given the opportunity t
gis- would abolish national banks, en-
3 to a free coinage silver law, reduce
Q IN alton and increase the volume of
pu- currency. The opportunity
) to given the party to redeem its pied,
i'm The election of 1892 gave them
control of every branch of the s
Il. ernment. Not single one of
ople pledges made has been redeem
ood Now in the light of these facts,
Gen. Warner, or any other int
gent man suppose that the Popul
efn- would so far stultify themselve
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