Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-04
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The newspapers that are howling for the single gold standard under the guise of "sonnd money''-the same journals that Informed the country so emphatical- ly that unconditional repeal of the pur- chasing clause of the Sherman law would
 bring confidence, and with that article prosperity-the same newspapers that proclaimed to the world in thunder tones that the first issue of bonds by the pres ent administration would be all that
 would be needed, and later on that the second issue would do the work, and still later on that the third issue settled the whole business, and finally that the fourth issue was necessary to establish confidence, an article long past due, but which was to make it's landing in these parts before the ink got dry on them the same papers that only a few months ago were so certain that the silver craze was dead that they even ventured to mention the fact in their editorial col umns-are now consuming a vast deal of their valuable space in putting the country on notice that the democratic party will stand not even the shadow of a chance to win in the coming election on a free silver platform.
 If these able and far-seeing journals had not missed the mark so far and so often in the very recent past they might now have some hope of being able to at tract some attention and possibly secure for their present direful predictions some degree of consideration, but as prophets
 they have proven to be no good. Their prophecies in the past have fallen entire
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 expect their present predictions to have any effect on the men who will frame and adopt the democratic platform at the Chicago convention.
 Having had three years time in which to bring the democracy of the country around to an indorsement of the crime of '73 and the advocacy of the British gold standard, together with the aid of
 the New York chamber of commerce,
 with its well known and frequently felt SUBSTANTIAL argument, and the as-
 sistance and full cooperation of the pres ent administration, with it's world of patronage and wonderfully talkatiye and influential cabinet, these papers are now forced to confess that the advocates of the free coinage of gold and silver at the ra tio of 16 to 1 will control the next na- tional democratic convention, thereby proclaiming that their efforts to prose- | lyte the democrats Of the country to John Sherman republican doctrines have | wound up in signal failure.
 Such being the case, it does appear that these gold standard organs in the democratic party would, for the sake of decency if for nothing else, quietly | stand aside or return to the advocacy of the doctrines they preached up to and 1 including 1892, and cease trying to dam age the democratic party further by pro- 1 claiming in advance that it has no show of success in the general election in Mo- vember.
 If they are really democratic and de-
 sire to see the people rule and democratic principles prevail they will do that very thing and not be long about it.
 The edemocraticparty is going to declare for free coinage at 16 to 1 and nominate men fully in line with that old and well established democratic doctrine; and more, they are going to elect them in November, the direful predictions of the goldbug press to the contrary notwith- standing.