The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-07
BRABsTER VESTS LETTER.
Why Whitney is Active C~leveland's
Street Railway Deal--Silver Men are
Threatened---The Remedy---Why Gro
yer Deserves Thanks.

SSSCAHCS 4ua4ASS
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
WASHINGTON, D. @.
The situation remains unchanged.
Hanna is keeping his hand over Nc
klnley s mouth to prevent any utter
ance by that humbug and Office seeker
upon the financial question until the
Democratic convention has acted.
Grover Cleveland has been fishing at
the mouth of the James river. His
p~lscatorial pursuits will be confined to
Salt Creek next year. Teller has said
nothing ave that he is willing to sup
port any tried and true friend Of silver
for the Presidency, and does not desire
the nomination himself. Whitney and
Hill have secured a gold delegation to
the Chicago convention from New York
State, but lam credibly informed that
it was done with difficulty, for the
farmers Of western New York are al
most a unit for free silver.
Many people may wonder why Whit
ney gave up his trip to Europe and 50
suddenly came to the front in the fight
for goldbuggery. l have the inside
facts. About two years ago a deal was
entered into whereby Cleveland, Whit
ney, Lamont and several other admin
istratiOn men secured options upon the
franchises Of the street railway systems
in the large cities Of the country.
European Jewish fnanciers loaned
them the money necessary to buy the
roads upon their agreement to repay it
in gold. There is the case in a nutshell.
If silver is remonetized, the European
Jews who have cornered the gold will
not let 1t go except at q heavy pre-
MUM. The United States as a com
monweatth will not need it, for all of
cur national obligations are payable in
coin gold or silver at our cption).
Thus the usurers, who love an u~nearned
dollar more than an assurance of eter-
nal bliss, will exact the uttermost
pound Of flesh from those whose obliga
tions are made payable in gold. Cleve
land, Whitney, and Lamont know the
gang they are dealing with, and fear
ruin for themselves if they do not dis
rupt the silver forces. I can prove
these assertions.
This beng the case, all the efforts of
the administration are being directed
towards preventing a union OF the
silver forces. 1t is no longer with the
gang a question of whether they can
get any more money or loans from the
gold c~onspirators; it is q question of
avu2ailg beIng swallowed UP them
selves II the question were not 50
serious for the country, the predica-
ment Of Cleveland ct al would be laugh
provoking.
The administration cuckoos are send
ing out letters to Southern Democrats,
appealing to them to stay the silver
tide, and threatening that it they per-
sist in their free silver theories they
need look for no further financial aid
in their business enterprises from E asst
ern capitalists. When their outstand-
ing obligations are due, no further ex-
tension of time will be given them, and
they will be required to pay up or suffer
the cone6q fences. They may turn to
their free silver friends in the West,
but they are apt to find the latter class
without capital, except what they OBJ
tain through their Eastern connections.
When their debts are due their credit
Ors will not be satisfied with 50 cents
on the dollar, and the result is they
will demand dollar for dollar or fore
close the mortgages they hold upon
their property. 1t is understood that
this is the kind of logic ex Secretary
Whitney and his sound money asso-
ciates will apply in dealing with the
Southern representatives at Chicago,
and it is boldly stated in the Washing
ton Post.
With regard to this I consulted a
prominent attorney cf this city, who
promptly said that such action on the
part of the administration, it's cuckoOs
and the national bankers, who in the
South represent the gold conspirators,
was in contravention of section 55O8 Of
the Revised Statutes Of the United
States, which reads thus:
IF two more persons coDspire to in
jure, Cypress, threaten, Or intimidate
any citizen in the free exercise or en-
joyment of any right or privilege
secured to him by the Constitution or
laws OF the United States, or because
of his having so exercised the same,
with intent to prevent or hinder his