Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-10-02
Court Of Justice.

nc improvements VI io' no" ""N -
limited coinage of silver at 10 to l. (3) for
government ownership OF railroads, tele >,
graph anl telephone lines, which could
only be secured by conhscationf"
This question l have fully answered
See my answer to question M. l. will
add, how ever, that the Chicago platform
on which Mr. Bryan stands does not con-
tain any of the provisions mentioned by
you except the free silver plank.
II "Can you, democrat, opposed to
the free and unlimited coinage OF silver
at the ratio of l6 to 1 consistently sup
port a candidate for PRESIDENT who has,
nv his actions and votes, declared him
self to be in favor Of the wild vagarles
and theories OF the pOpullsts ana mas
never recanted to the same1"
have al ways been bImetalllst, and
in this stand on every platform promul .
gated by the Democratic party. While
il, favor of rsmOnetizing silver, l have
had doubt about the ratio of 10 to l and
have 20 expressed myself. Since study
ing the question have less doubt OF IT,
am frank to admit that it cannot be
demonstrated that gold and SILVER can be
kept AZ parity at the ratio 18 to L.
Am inclined to believe however, it can DO
done. At all events feel that l am on
safe Democratic ground when l vote 10
the free coinage of gold and silver inde-
pendent of nations OF Europe. The Free
coinage of silver at Is to was not hist
advocated by the Democratic party In the
Chicago platform of 1896. as the Boiling
Democrats would have us believe. In
Congress in 1886 the Democratic party
by vote of 40 to %. voted against
making the free coinage Of silver co.,
tingent on the concurrent action OF the
nations of Europe with the United
States. Among the 100 democrats we
find Gov. O'Ferrall. who has so recently
discovered that after voting for free silver
for seven years, ne was Ignorant OF the
question, and now that the scales oil
ignorance haye fallen from his eyes has
become a gold standard man. We also
find among the 1870, VIM. D. Bynum'
Secretary of the Boiling party, and Col
Breckenridge, who thrilled the Indian
apolis Convention by his eloquenoe.
Again on June 5, when the Window
Silver Bull ion purchase bill was pending
when Mr.. Bland moved to recommlt H.
with instructions to report back bill tor
free coinage Of silver, the vote was yeas
lOl Democrats, and ~ pays Democrats
And on June 25th. 1890 vote was re-
corded for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver-ll3 Democrats voted ior
and % against Breckenridge, Bynum'
Roger @. Mills and O'Ferrall voting "ith
the parry. Again in 1853, the Democratic
party in Congress voted for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio OF
Il to l. SO you see Mr.. Editor that 1t II
a mistake to say that the free coinage o.
silver is Democratic heresy of 1876
The Democratic party has always beer
for bimetallism. The platform OF ls9'
said:-
1--WE hold to the use of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the coun
try. and TO the coinage of both gold ant
silver without discriminating lgalns
either metal or charge for nintlge."
| A.. h,a.or, Of tba nemocrati,
marty has it declared for the single golf
.tapdard until the Boilers Convention
and I challenge the production of such
declaration by any Of It's National Con
vsnnops. While the financial plank
the Chicago. does not entirely meat m.
, Views. submit without tear of success
ful contradictions; that 1t much NOR
nearly conforms to the uninterrupte'
declarations of the Democratic party tina
I the financial plank adopted by the lndi
anapolis Convention. | can therefore ne
only consistent vote for Mr. Bryan, bu
would be an Inconsistent democrat II
voted for Mr.. Palmer, who stands on
gold standard platform.
have honestly and frankly answer'
all of your questions except the last on
which will hereafter answer. Aud no
l. az Zone good turn deserves another,
" may | not ask you few questions, e1
! pecting like frankness from Joui
p l Was not the Democratic ConySntio
which met at Chicago, regularly Gale
aod constituted and therefore the on
}. legitimate National Democratic Col
d yention.
, Was not the financial plank the III
j. silver plank made the issue in the Sta'
6 Convention Which appointed the del
gates to the Chicago Convention
9 3 Did not the gold standard Democrat
IS led by Senator Hill, while protestin
. remain IN the Convention aud thus II
d cognize the validity Of the action OF Il
y Convention, aud the obligation of abb
o ing by it's "arbitramentT
s 4 By what legal and constitutional a
3 tbority was the Indianapolis COnventlc
calledi
r 5 Did not Mr.. Palmer begin his pub
IS care er as a Democrat
Did he not bolt his party % an AZ
ar slavery Democrat in 1851
" 7 In 1856 was he not made charm
at of The Hrst Republican State CONVENT
NJ and a delegate to the NAtions. Rsput
. can Convention which nominated Fl
to mOnti
AS 8 Did not Mr.. Palmer a. military g
% ernor Of Kentucky In 1865 issue
ia order, just before the August election
" that year, which if it could have be
bo enforced would have disfrAncbised nea
k every Democrat OF Southern sympathii
., in the statei And did he not threaten
% arrest and bold for military trial
confederate soldiers or sympathizers
it. voting or appearing at the pollsi
las 8 As Republican gov ernor OF lin
lb- did not Nr. Palmer at the time OF
is great Chicago fire, score the Mayor
If oa,t;ng hevond his mowers for asking