Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-07

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with both the candidates themselves,
in regard to what policy should he
pursued toward our finances. They
contributed money for the booming
of Mr.. Cleveland as the only available
Democratic candidate, and they abused
and ridiculed every other Democratic
aspirant.
"There was plain evidence to show
that the President himself had weak
ened on tariff reform, and that the
financial plank was cunningly drafted
so as to satisfy both the gold and silver
men, with the intention that it should
be interpreted, if Cleveland was elect
ed. as meaning the cessation of silver
coinage and the forcing OF a gold
standard upon the people. Whether
the scheme was agreed to by the Presi-
dent in person or not, and whether lie
bound himself in plain terms or not.
will perhaps never be known. His
course has been unswerving in the alb
solute contradiction OF his public pro-
fessions and letter of acceptance"
There has been no trouble with the
gold reserve, the Senator asserted, and
no hint OF any loss Of confidence in
the national credit until about the
time of the last Presidential election.
Then for the first time we got
glimpse of the conspiracy which he
had referred to before. Secretary
Foster, he said, gave the holders OF
greenbacks and Treasury notes the
option OF having Government paper
cashed in gold or silver; and, as they
all demanded gold, the gold in the
Treasury rapidly ran down. The
financial papers took up the cry of the
country going to silver basis, and
the first premonitory breezes of the
panic OF 1894 swept over the land and
the conspirators fomented il by every
possible means. Tillman quoted from
President Cleveland's response to the
committee that notified him of his
nomination the last time, and declared
there was nothing in it to warrant one
to expect that the leader Of the Demo-
cratic party would ignore the platform
and treat with contempt the trusted
lisutenants whom the people had sent
to the national capital to assist in
shaping legislation. The language
would lead rs 20 expect the very re-
verse.
"How many" he asked, "of these
reasonable expectations have been
metz Whose advice has he (the
Fresident) recognized? None but
that OF the bootlicks and sycophants
who have crawled on their knees for
crumbs of patronage and betrayed
their constituents for the offices in
gift. In the entire history OF this
country the high Office of President
has never been so prostituted and
never has the appointing power been
go abused. Claiming to be the apostle
of civil service reform, he has de-
bauched the civil service by making
appointments only OF those whose
sponsors would surrender their man
hood, and, with bated breath, walk
with submissive head in his presence.
With relentless purpose he has ig-
nored his oath OF Office to uphold and
obey the law, and has paid out gold
instead OF coin and issued bonds 10
buy more gold, by both actions over
riding the law, and giving no heed to
the interests TO any but moneyed
friends-I might say his owners OF
partners. While to this besotted
tyrant coin has come to mean gold
alone, he cannot by his mere 'ipse
dixir change the law of this land and
pervert the plain meaning OF the
English language"
. The repeal of the Sherman law, il
is asserted, which was the first point
of attack of the "unholy alliance
was only accomplished through the
. aid and IN conjunction with a ma
, jority OF the Republican Senators
8 This Democratic President accomp
lished what was not possible for any
, Republican executive under the cir
. cumstauces to have brought about
A change OF the party in power hat
:. left o large number OF offices in hi
gift with which to buy votes.
:. In discussing the honest meaning
/. OF the parity OF gold and silver in th'
D Sherman law. he said: "The objec
q was to have them assist each other
to hold silver up by holding gol'
n down, and an honest Secretary of tn
v Treasury should have resigned hi
n OI1Ce IdtucI thdu euUIis w WV Wv
tation OF a besotted chief; would hav
a paid out silver to protect the Treasur,
# from the gold gamblers and bon'
q gamblers, as the law and his oath 9
e Office required. No wonder the Sena
v tor from Massachusetts feels warrante
q in twitting us with the decay q
Southern craftsmanship and chargin
n us with dishonesty. He charges il
q. however, in another connection an
n is aiding and abetting this Judas fror
,e Kentucky, who after q brilliant caree
Of of twenty years and more as leade
II and champion of silver forces, has
le his old age come TO this pitiful pas
II And then to think the indictmer
a. thus brought against whole sectio
ID should have so much color OF trus