The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-09
RECORDS.

all public men. By searching a bound
volume of the Congressional Globe
some time ago we found a speech in
favor of the free coinage of silver, de
livered in Congress by Senator Sher-
man on the Esd of February, 1878, the
day before silver was first de~uonetized.
Yet inside of "a hours Sherman changed,
sold out, and struggled through the
demonstration bill, and he got rich
right away. By searching records the
speeches of J. G. Carlisle were found,
showing that he, too, sold out to the
money power after he was given a Cab
met position.
We keep incomplete files of a rum
Der of newspapers-that is when we
find something likely to prove interest
ing later on-we fiie the papers away.
We have just fished up an interesting
copy of q ell-known North Carolina
paper-the Statesville Landmark of
October 18Th, 1891. It was then edited
by Mr.. J. F. Caldwell, now editor Of
Charlotte Observer. The Observer is
now the foremost champion of gold
buggery and Shermanism in the State.
Below we append the leading edito-
rial in that issue of the Landmark, and
if you will carefully read it and COM
pare it with the ditorial u~tterances Of
Mr.. Caldwell recently, you will see
what q remarkable charge has been
wrou. hit in him since 1891. Here is
the editorial, head and all:
WHAT WILL IT DO ABOUT IT2
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has nee
or twice recently suggested that this
paper had better q lit apologizing for
the railroads and explain why it jumped
over so quick on the silver question"
The matter of 'apologizing for the rail
roads" has been satisfactorily adjusted,
aud as the charge, by implication, that
The Landmark has done something
very scandalous about the silver ques-
ton can be knocked on the head in a
few paragraphs, it had as we'll, per
haps, be done.
As the only jumping over on this
question that this paper has ever done,
has been to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMERS
side, it would seem that it should not
complain about it, but it has long been
apparent that Col. Polk and The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER do not want recruits
unless they are willing to go the full
bullet. Thus, Hall, of Missouri, goes
with them on five or their demands,
and because he stops at the sixth, the
Sub Treasury scheme, he is denounced
as a TRAITOR"
Now let's see: The Landmark has
not had as much to say about the coin
age question as a good many other
papers, but in the latter part of 1885
and the early part of 1886 it discussed
it somewhat frequently. The follow
ing extract from an editorial which ap-
peared in it's issue of January 22ld,
1886, will show where it then stood:
I'VE prefer upon this question, as
upon most others, to accept the Vows
of President Cleveland, a thoroughly
honest man, a wise and prudent fiji GER,
and those of Secretary Manning, a
practical business man and expert
enced financier, to the ~utterances of
mere politicians, many of whom are
seekingpopular applause without much
reference to the merits of the u
they espouse with SO much warmth"
This was The Landmarks position
until April II, 1890, when it said:
the syt tenn which forces the farmer
to sell his products in a free trade
market and make all of his purchases
in a highly protected market, is one of
the things that is the matter, and an
other, as we see it, after considerable
ref ection, is the lack of a sufficient
volume of currency in circulation. The
coinage"
This is where The Landmark jumped
over. 1t jumped to the side of free
coinage and it will give the editor of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER the use of
it's files, and if he can find in them
where it has jumped back we will print
his verdict and acknowledge the
corn. In February last Mr.. Cleveland
wrote a brief letter to a public meeting
New York city-a meeting called to
protest against the passage by Con-
gress of a free coinage bill-and The
Landmark in its issue of the week fol
lowing, to wit: February 26 h, setforth
in seven paragraphs, numbered 1 2. 3,
4. 5, 6 and Z, what it understood to be
his position on the currency question,