The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-30
AN APPEAL FROM
CHAIRMAN MOTT,
he Shows The Continued FaIsi,
~ OF Goldbug Machine Pa.
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WASHINGTON, ID. e., April 2s.-Hay-
ing been enormously reported through
th. columns Of the Warrington Star as
| saying that fla ca.e the silver men
control the national Democratic con-
yention, and the proper assurances are
gwen, that the silver forces at st. Louis
n convention next July will endorse
| their ticket / deem it due the public
that correct the erroneous impress
sion thus given, and state TO the coun-
Try what | deem To be the duty of all
silver men OF all political parties.
| III IS well known that | have COM
| batted this position all the time.
concede that there can be no success
| iul election OF a silver ticket without
the aid OF the silver Democrats. There
must be point of co-opration for all
siVer men independent OF their differ
ent party organizations. To defeat the
| gold standard. Silver men Of any
party who prefer their party above
| the cause OF silver, and the prosperity
OF the people, cannot be relied on.
lhey are intolerance to the relief
ana prosperity OF the people, and are
the most valuable agents of the gold
| combine.
The sad condition of the country
warrants the belief that American
freemen will throw from their necks
the party yoke which has brought
| their families to distress. They will
do this if they have perfect conf
| dence in the honest purposes and 10y
atty OF the organized force they Join
| In the hight to break down the single
| gold standrd.
| They can have no confidence in the
! Democratic party. They could feel no
enthusiasm in enlisting under the name
OF party, that has had practically full
control OF the country for these three
past years of accumulated ills, blights,
ana misfortunes, such as all the his
Tory or the country does not begin to
| furnish parallel. 1t is true that
the Democratic party has been assisted
| by the Republican party in fastening
the gold standard upon this country.
which has brought this ruin. New
ertheless the Democratic party had
control Of the government.
| For nearly twenty years the people
OF this country had been taught to be-
lleve that if the Democratic party
should control the government, free
silver coinage would be restored. The
party has had full power and free COIN
age has not come, but on the contrary
silver has been further degraded. How
can honest free silver leaders in the
Democratic party think that silver men
of other parties can fight under it's
banner with any sort of hope or con-
hdence! How can they expect the
rank and file of silver Democrats, with
their wives complaining, their chill
dren kept from school, and their taxes
unpaid, to vote the ticket of a party
that has allowed such troubles to
come upon the country?
| These silver Democratic leaders are
striving for the control of the Chicago
convention. They hope for bolt of
the gold standard candidate if they
are honestly for silver. In this they
will be disappointed. The gold men
will acquisce, and send the party to it's
inevitable defeat. The goldbugs will
secretly vote the Republican ticket
where it is needed. The Republicans
who have been particeps criminis to the
murder Of silver, will assume the gold
sceptre, after having played in the
campaign the hypocritical, straddlin 2
role the Democratic party has played
for all these years. The McKinleys
and the Reeds will go to keeping
house on the pivotal gold standard
while the people will continue tc
mourn, the asylums to be filled, the
graveyards crowded, and the seeds OF
bloody revolution be- gin tosprout.
Let us have no cOncealment about
this matter. Can it be avoided? The
responsibility rests upon silver Dem.
Ocrats. If the silver Democrats con.
troll the Chicago convention, this re-
sponsibility is even greater than il
they should be minority. The only
thing that can make the election of 8
goldbug for President certain, wouIt
be for the silver Democrats at Chicago
to dominate silver ticket, acting in
dependently of all the other silver or
America.
Does any sane man believe that thu
nominee of the Democratic conven
ton, though he be silver man, car
be elected in the coming campaign,
, Such a candidate would simply serv,
to divide the silver forces of the coun
try. The only possible way to defea
the gold standard is for all of the sill
yer forces to be united on the sam,
candidate, under the same banner
Can the silver forces be united in tn,
Democratic party? No. For the sill
yer Republicans of the West can neve
be gotten to go into that organization
with it's record On the other han'
the silver Democrats of the South Cal
never be gotten to go into the Repub
, lican party, no matter whom it nomi
mates or what its platform is. Besides
the Peoples Party, which is cOmpOse'
<>f, hN hox LOT III.
parties, will never return to the or
good and sufficient reasons. There
: fore, it is too plain to admit of argu
ment or controversy that the onl,
forces of America against the gol'
,, standard tories, and their British al
| lies, is Cor them to meet on common
ground outside of the two old organi
cations. The day has been fixed, an
the place has been named as the rem
devious for American patriots t.
. meet for freedoms battle. 1t is Of
> July 22nd, in the City of st. Louis.
f can assure all silver men that thi
p silver organization will have regula
= and accredited convention at st. Louis
q which can command the respect an
o confidence of all its allies. The organ
B izatiOn is already sufficient in severa
+ States to make the defeat of the gol
. electors and candidates in these State
J. certain. There are State chairme
: selected in thirty of the States, VIII
e have been chosen with care, and al
!, good and true men. County organizs
e tiOn in some of the States is progress
# ing we'll.
o 1t is sure that with this union {
d forces by this organization with ths
q of the Peoples Party, many Demo
d cratic and Silver Republican State
y can lie carried, no matter what tt
a Democratic party may do.
l. But the silver forces must all get tt
gether. 1t is crime not to do it. TT
IS happiness of millions of people is il
se volved in it, as we'll as the continue
ID success of our great country coul
tuy h oh \ 4.