The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14

mark that. We would be just as
much voting for the Democrats as if we
had Cast our ballots for them, and the
Senator from Tennessee knows it, aud
he would be forced to admit it if he
dared to say anything now.
II repeat that if we had voted as the
Senator from Tennessee says we ought
to have voted we would virtually have
been voting for the Democrats, and he
knows it. I wish to state right here
that there are two reasons why we did
not do so. The first reason is that we
expected that the Senator from Ten
neseee and others on the other side who
have made such loud professions for
free silver and for financial reform
would at least be among the foremost
join hands with us in trying to organ
ize the Senate for silver and the people
and against the gold standard mo-
nopoly.
"Mr. President. we were sOrely dis
appointed, and on top of it we see in
terviews in the newspapers from gen
tlemen on the other side saying the
country will go to perdition if we do
not have free coinege, and yet in the
same interviews say that it their
party dominates a gold bug for Presi-
dent next time they will bow down
and lick his feet and vote for him.
There is something I wish to say now
and to say with emphasis. l would
not say it, for I dislike to say unpleas-
ant things, but for the fact that I be
lieve the situation in this country is so
perilous with respect to the welfare of
the people that I ought to say it. It is
this: Free coinage would have been
secured long ago if it had not been for
those who claim to be free coinage
men, but who sacrifice it for party sue
GEES. If these men would stand for
free coinage, party or no party, the
people of this country would have had
free coinage before now. Such men
are the worst enemies of free coinage,
although they profess to be its friends
"Mr. President, there is n other
reason. If the Democratic party had
more votes here than the Republicans,
we would have acted just as we did.
Why's Because by. not voting we
would have allowed the party that
had the most votes to take the offices,
since they would not help US, We de
cided that we would not help a minor
that would not help US to organize
principle but that between the two
sides we would allow those who had
the greatest number of votes to take
the organization before we would help
those who we're in the minority to take
minority that had refused to raise
it's hands to help free coinage when we
called upon them to help us.
There is something else, do not
think the members of the party
the Senator from Tennessee
[ Mr.. Harrie] represents a afford to
ask for Populist help 50 long as they
stay inside of that party, with its pres
ent views and leadership. I wish to
say that in my humble opinion his
party does not deserve the support or
the help of the Peoples Party. 1t had a
ma )rity in the last Congress, and yet
on the statute books today there is a
r publican law under which the Presi
dent assumes the power to issue bonds.
He issued bonds under your teeth here
in the last Congress. And we under
stand now that he is in another dark |
trade negotiation with private
individuals for the sale of moro bonds
a law that the Democratic party !
has denounced but refused to repeal
when it had the power. We suppose
the President will make another deal
that will put ten millions of the peoples
money into the same private pockets.
The Peoples Party is opposed to such
infamous laws and to such. infamous
transactions. Therefore the Demo
cratic party does not deserve Populist
any more than the Republi-
can party, on its record, deserves Popu
list support, and neither party will get
it. We have simply stood by prin,
We have let the two old par
lies fight it out. The Republicans he'd
,he most votes, and they got the or
IL the Democrats had had
The largest number of votes they would
AVE secured it. We have been consis-
5ent. You gentlemen must make the
pest of your records you can"
WHAT DEAR ROONEY HAS DONE
AND IS DOING.