Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
TRULY He CAUGHT A TARTAR
In His Drag Net, Did Hon. Tom
Clark,
But GETS SOME G0ODADVICE
Mr.. Goss Tolls Him Why No Sound Money
Club Can Be Organized at
Carbon Hill.

The following correspondence explains
itself:
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 10, 1896
My Dear Friend: AS you perhaps
know before this, 1 have gone in with the
sound money movement in this state.
Ihave seen no expression from you, and
naturally | feel some hesitation in APP
preaching you on the subject that deeply
concerns every democrat and involves his
feelings more or less strongly. 1 venture
to hope, however. that you are with us
in this movement. If so, can you not
help US in your county?
We are anxious to get a representative
delegation from your county, and tho
friends of sound money would be glad
especially to see you at the convention.
If this, however, finds you not in SYM
pathy with the national democratic
movement, 1 would greatly appreciate
your kindness If you would write me to
the general situation in your county, and
give me the names of such of your friends
and neighbors as may have declared
themselves against the Chicago ticket.
Very truly yours,
THOS. II. CLARKE.
Carbon Hill, Ala. Aug. Is, 1896.
Mr.. T. II. Clark Montgomery Ala
Dear Sir: l have your letter. Also the
pdIHpUIel, L dI1 SOIIy ~ tel you tildl
your s5ed has fallen in rocky ground"
1 have no patience whatever with these
new republican aid fellows" nor with
man who puts himself ahead of his party,
or when his party does not do just eX-
actly to suit him and he goes over to the
opposition. The Sound money" crowd
are, in my estimation, no more than pop
ulists. They bolted the regular democ-
racy and some years ago, when the reg
ular democracy did not suit Captain Kolb
and others, they did the very thing you
are now doing.
When the Chicago convention assem-
bled they declared by over two-thirds
majority in favor of free silver coinage
at 16 to /, and for any democrat to refuse
that platform-well, it only shows that
he was q democrat in name only. The
democratic party has been for bimetal-
lism ever since its organization and has
never until this convention refused ma
jority rule.
No, sir; l can't help you organize a
Sound money club" here unless its prin-
ciples are based on the Chicago declara-
ton. Because / had little ahead in the
way of this worlds goods the single gold
standard gang used to tell me that had
better advocate it, and actually had me
doing it until l read myself some better
sense. Sound money!" "50-cent dollars"
and bluff are all the arguments l hear
for the present state of affairs, and L
pray to God that w. j. Bryan will be
elected and knock that argument into a
cooked hat So thoroughly am I disgust
ed with the present status of affairs that
1 can see no reason whatever for a man
advocating the single gold standard un-
less he has plenty of money and cares
not for his fellow man, or is woefully de-
luded. Hurrah for Bryan and Sewall!
Down with their antagonists. Very
truly, r. V. GOSS.
p. S.-Your Mr.. Bucl1ner's charge that
Bryan is a populist is very false. He
has never been so charged until the Chi
cago boilers saw fit to use that falsehood
to further their ends.