The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-24
PROMINENT VERMONT BUSINESS
Man
Who Believes in Cleveland but i'm Bryan
and silver Aiso-Hfs Reasons for sup
porting the Ticket.


4 St Adams. VT, July Is S.
Z Editor of the Reformer,
Sir: The ate Chicago convention
Z did not pay proper respect To Mr..
Z Cleveland and MS administrative for
( its able. courageous and honest COG
duct of public affairs in tbs interest Of
( rhe whole country a. il has certainly
J been to nv mind. acd 10 this re
! speet it showed a lack Of good iudg-
( nert TO say the east, for President
Z Cleveland will 90 down TO history q
I having given one Of the NEST eignlfiesi
and statesmanlise administrations the
eountry ever had. and that, too. in
/ the face of the birtsreSt opposition
not only from bis natural political cp-
( pocents but from those VINO should
have been his friends. But the slap
az the president by this convention
/ cuts but a small figure IN comparisou
10 the great questions OF economies,
! invoked. Because large part OF his
party choose 10 take different view
Of the vital questions Of the eurrsrcy
vas no reason Ehy they ought TO. 10
have commended the president for
administering the AVS a. he found
them even 10 the purchasing ct god TO
meet maturing obligations II the
manner best calculated 10 serve the
best Interests Of aIl-and 10 keep the
natioral faith 10 all But despite this
act OF injustice 10 the president there
can be 10 good reason why any Demo
crat should not support the candidacy
of the men placed ir nomination. i,
vas a Democratic conve1tior held by
regularly elected delegates the gges-
rIou of silver az is 70 / was adopted by
the vote of the majority and ii any
part of the convention Is binding, so
is this On all It's delegates and their
constituents. acG besides. This PROPOSE
tiou Of free coinage has lis advocates all
oTsr tire earth The opinions OF Cen
, who Insist on ! single standard at god
are entitled 10 10 more weight nor as
much as are those Of silver at IL to l,
particularly in the light Of the coinage
history o. these United States and for
that matter the world, prior To ISIS
II one will look over carefully all the
legislation for the past = years he will
ticd that IL Las been fGr ore class
against the who3e bpdv, - that 10
dzy mortgages have doubled II vslge
while prud1cts. farms ard real estate
have shIuuken 70 that extent that
bankruptcy. srares people .B the face
a. theT s3airm ard -writae under
its gziling ehaies- l. IT any EoldeT
that they plead for restoration Of the
currency a. IL vas al the tax Of
the 'EO0esi dollar. that our currency
must - a. gs1d a. soms other county
GUS bat little ice With the houest
laburing class Of people WHO never
have chance % ser any OF this honest
dollar but o1ly q representative OF IL
in the share Of silver certificate
feS nicxels or re1-ceot silver coin.
which must pay for ms tea ard MS
coffee. Gold Where Is it, What Is
IT, They may veil ask Ii Is evident
thar the old lady in Threaineedie
street has mere than . PickEickian
interest in the monetary affairs of this
country a. Eeli as the rest Of the world
and xill do her best for the adoption
OF her viexs Of finance. bg. II Is d
significant fact. that while she has
the most wealth she has the opposite
II as great proportion Eno have been
and are IN that condition which Il
stiguatized II this country a. pauper
labor. q coalition Eho can say may
not have brought about By her money
Standard | DO rot think. sir lsut
that her own subjects might BE- helped
bv double STANDARD. IL seems 10 ne
there would be 20 Injustice 10 any oue
IL re changed cur coinage providing
that ali past contracts be paid a. de-
signed but that all future contracts De
made payable il the currency OF the
United States. Further | believe that
II you'd not De necessary for Is 10 /
coinage 10 zorz the desired relief but
.hat both silver ard gold can by
cojuzge and law be made TO f.oai here
OF q par. ard further will help the
soccer TO bring about the recognition
of silver BY the whole civilized world
CA. Skeels