West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-09-10

"""'N h'"hN'"i p'"HN it"dbplth.
The Douglass platform declared
che ailirnynce, in 1860, OF the res
olutions Of 1856 with further res
lolutiOns. Here is period OF
twenty years Of Democratic res
olutions and platform planks. in
spired by Andrew Jackson, con-
demniug national bank robbery aud
upholding constitutional money.
In the sixties greenbacks took the
place Of gold and silver that had
disappeared, and in 1868 the DEM
ocratic platform declared that
"when the obligations OF the gov
eminent do not expressly state up
on their face, or The law under
which they were issued does not
provide that they shall be paid in
coin (silver or gold,) they ought in
right and in justice To be p,id in
lawful money Of the United States.
Our currency for the government
ana the people. the aborer and the
Office holder. the pensioner aud the
soldier, the producer and the bond
holder" That simple demand for
justice, then, was characterized by
the National Bank Republican
party as reputation. Now IL Of
tends the National Bank Dem
ocratic party. In 1872, Horace
Greeley, nominee of the Liberal
Republicans, WAS Endorsed by the
Democrats at Baltimore. July 9th.
Another Democratic ticket was
nominated, O'Conner and Adams.
The straight-out Democrats re-
solved that ''the interests of labor
and capital should not be permitted
TO conflict but should be harmon
lied by judicious legislation.
While such conflict continues,
labor, which is the parent of wealth,
is entitled to paramount consider
alton" Judged by such test,
which is the true Democrat. Bryan
or the National Bank Democrat +?
In 1876, Reform with big r was
the Key note. Samuel j. Tilden,
the candidate. was a millionaire
and the party seems to have sur
rendered Jackson's Anti National
Bank issue to the National Bank
Republican party. In 1880 the
Democrats led by Hancock declared
for "Home Rule; honest money,
consisting of gold aud silver, and
paper convertible into coin on de-
mand; and strict maintenance of
the public faith, state and ma
tionnl."
The Chicago convention of 1884
pinned It's faith to Grover Cleveland
and stood him up on tins financial
plank eve believe in honest
money, the gold and silver coinage
Of the constitution, and circula.
ting medium convertible into snch
money without loss" The Dem
ocratic convention of 1892 put for
ward Grover Cleveland the third
time and be posed before the Amer
icnn voter on what western Dem
ocrats believed at the time to be a
free silver plank, namely eve
hold to the use OF both gold and
silver as the standard money Of the
country, and TO the coinage of both
gold and silver without discrimina.
ton against either metal or charge
for mintage. bnt the dollar unit of
coinage Of both metals must be Of
equal Intrinsic and exchangeable
value, or DC adjusted through in
ternatlonal agreement, etc."
And now comes VIM. j. Bryan.
of Nebraska, nominee Of the Chr
cago convention and emphasizes
the free SILVER plank Of the com
mon peoples Democratic party; TO
wit; awe demand the free end
unlimited coinage Of both gold and
silver at the present legal ratio Of
10 10 j, without the AID or consent
Ok any other nation"
! have now tried to present to the
readers Of THE ARGUS the platform
planks OF the Democratic party on
the use Of gold and silver as money
the financial faith Of the Dem
ocratic fathers. Just how the Ma.
tioual Bank aud Bond Democratic
party can convince the people that
10 is the "true" Democratic party
/ fail to understand. They cannot
prove it by the record. They can
not prove it by living witnesses i'm
the cotton fields Of the South, nor
~ The grain fields Of the Mississippi
Valley, nor IN the mines OF the
Wcst, nor ia tho factories and
foundries Of The middle and eastern
states. A national bank Democ.
racy Juggling ct the coat tails Of
ThOmas Jefferson and Apdrew