Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-17

From Fruitdale, Ala, MT. J. H. Posey writes the Atlanta Constitution as fol- lows:
 "I am a subscriber and constant reader
 of your paper. I have been a lifelong
 republican, but I find that the money
 power has such control of the govern
 ment that 1t is time for the people to
 throw aside party lines and support
 those who work for the best interests of the people. I wish now to predict that
 the democratic convention at Chicago
 will give us a free coinage platform and
 nominate a man for president who will receive PAP electoral votes. The Hon. Jo-
 seph F. Johnston will be elected govern
 or of Alabama by an overwhelming ma
 jority."
 MT. Posey is more than a wise man; he
 is patriot and a prophet.
 It is said that President Cleveland is
 preparing "sound money" letter. which
 will be read at Tammany Halls Fourth of July celebration, intended to influence the Chicago convention. MT. Cleveland's
 success in having 'sound money" dele
 gates elected to that convention has been
 so wonderful that it is eminently proper that he should now write a letter in- structng them how they must deal with the financial question. No doubt his di- rections will be obeyed.
 The free silverites in Indiana seem to have control of the democratic party, and, to use MT. Cleveland's polite and pious expression, "are on the straight road to h--l with it." The democrats of the First QGvansville) Congressional dis | trict have elected solid free silver dele gation to the state convention, which will be held in Indianapolis on the 24th | instant, and adopted resolutions indors- ing free silver. And so it goes. | The republican national convention will l declare for sound money" alias the gold l standard. The democratic national con vention will declare for honest money, | the free coinage of both gold and silver | upon terms of perfect equality Then it l is to be hoped that democrats who have | been since 1893 calling black white and | contending that republican doctrine Is democratic principle will know the diff | ference and act accordingly.
 Upon the principle that a good and graceful deed comes better late than
 never. death-bed conversions are not bad
 things. It is therefore pleasing to see
 so many democrats, late advocates of l the republican gold standard renouncing
 their heresy and embracing the true dem-
 ocratic faith of genuine bimetallism. | They will be received into full fellow ship, but hardly invited to take the high
 est seat at the table-not just now. | Who thought four years ago that then honored member of the democratic party
 would in the year 1896 fawn upon cold 1 black negro in the house of congress and
 cause the representatives of the demo- cratic party in that body from this state l to blush with shame for their state, while the negro-loving radicals of the east | looked on with delight? l It was evidently delightful to the south
 hating radicals of the east to be able to gaze upon a cold black negro from South | Carolina occupying a seat between two white men from Alabama in congress, while he would occasionally permit them | to take whiff at the bouquet he received upon being seated in that body over a white democrat.
 | The republicans who gave Goodwyn his seat in congress made him champion the cause of the negro. Murray, from South Carolina. They-wanted to make him show '