The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-05-16
silver Ohio.

From the g4aefnnac Ems 8zrsr.
20 nan Who q abreast With the asvEs
can doubt that the Democrats q Chic.
On a gair vote aud An honest count. are
fox silver by very large majority
TIE Democratic state convention Il
1851 held at Cleveland. resolved II
favor q free coinage by a clear
majority There had been 10 wire
pulling, and The election Of delegates
lad been without reference % the
question TIE resolution Was >
Spontaneous expression Of sae DezOe-
raey q Ohio through The regularly
constituted agency = 1854 under
similar circumstances q the Stale con
Ten1ion az Colrnbrz, rhe majority fer
; srrzagtt-o1 FREE coinage resolution
vas large and easy 70 get. a.
language waa ~ fellows We I1ssflz1
trom she President v1ews, con
ztrze=ton and Treatment Il The silver
zuesFfez, ard therefore believe thar
silver sho1ld BE- restored 70 the position
: oeezrsed a 1oneT prfor 20 ius
a@Ianes1xzTao1 BY shs Republican
2sxry. and e sa&1 End We favor the IN
limited FREE e5fzzge # silver as the
ga zzs1az = g Is and with equaI
sezzl s<-1eT pswS< This was
ssso5seS zfte- IL zeSea1 u minority
gold rs5s-t oy = vote u ~ 20 80
n - sas Democratic machinery In
Chic w2x rzn Ezde~ Administration
Influences Tlse primaries and county
conventions we're attended 20 early in
she interest If tas opponents Of silver
o1t he best the gold men eould 10 for
after all the setting up
wss 70 readops the Chicago platform Of
lss2. which Il interpreted both paya as
70 biInefaIlisa
In 1893 the friends II tE-ue 5iu.etaglism
in Ohio should BE- watehfal Industrious
and uneOmpronising The testimony
that the silver sentiment mas a2d .
Tremendous growth since 1894 Ia over
wheining. Everybody can SEE it. The
gold men know il. and if they under
take 70 carry the Democratic Conven
ton It viii not De by 4 straight appeal
70 the people, but by smart manage
msnt and packing the conventions
The recent Democratic state convention
In Michigan was not representative Of
the majority Of the party sentiment.
Undoubtly the silver principle ia an
strong IN that stste a. it Is in Chic, bnt
tae power Of TIE Federal office holders
and the trading expertness Of the
Dickinson crowd was too much for even
the majority. Michigan was mauipu
lated. The managers Of the gold eide
we're doubtless fortified by the men who
nave already been enriched by the gold
and bond policy, and who want to force
the people 10 continue 10 pay tribute 10
them.
The bimetallic Democrats Of this
state the men who are for honest
dollars that are good for all classes Of
honest men--should be alive 10 the
They have such advantage
in the popular faith that they should
not hesitate TO go into a hot fight even
with Federal power and Wall street
ammunition. They should not be
wheedled into compromising with the
They should not be tricked
with soft words about harmony. or
threats about excommuni-
cation. They should be for harmony,
Of course but being In the majority
they have the best right to dictate the
terms on which there shall be
harmonious action. They should push
the silver work with confidence, and IL
necessary with heat. II the gold bugs
win. upon the silver men will be the
humiliation Of defeat. by an inferior