The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-30
4 Increment for Union


the frss coinage Of silver q . ratio
Of ls 10 l.
Hon. Joseph c. Sibley made .
brief address. He did not care from
what party . silver man came. II
he vas his worst personal enemy be
would
kECosHizE HIN As HIS LKApKR.
He feared that the machinery Of the
two old parties Was 30 manipulated
and controlled that it would DO i'm
possible for the silver meA to get il
into their hands.
The evening session Was taken up
in speaking. and some enthusiastic
addresses were made, the most sig
nificant Of which was one by ex-
Congressman ". II. Hatch, of Mis-
souri,. He said: Il have always been
. Democrat" and am one to night. II
WAS my ambition to lead the wing
Of the Democratic party which
would stand up for Democratic
principles, and / believe that the
free coinage Of silver to-day is the
fundamental principle Of the Demo
cratic party. never fight under .
false banner. When l embrace
John Sherman Republieanism l will
cease to claim that l am . Demo-
crat.
CANNOT BE LID
by any Executive or any Secretary
Of the Treasury into the Republi-
can camp. The great masses Of the
Democratic party in Missouri are
waiting for the action of the Demo-
cratic conventions; waiting and
hoping and praying that that con
vention will adopt such . platform
as will secure the vote of every man
in this conference. ] come here to
plead for union. There must be NO
three tickets in the field"
81 have never scratched q Demo
cratic ticket but once in my life,"
and that was when my own name
was on it, but this hand will
NEVER VOTE FOR ANY TICKET
that has not inscribed upon it, the
restoration of the peoples money
Applause loud and prolonged, fol.
lowed.
1--WE must declare now," resumed
the speaker, "that after July Z We
will take our stand firmly for free
silver. l hope you will 60 hand in
hand in the nomination of q ticket
pleded to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of II
to l. You have got to
FIGHT THIS BATTLE IN 1896
for what will become of us in it.
clutches for another four yearsi"
| Other speeches were made by Gen
IL. B. Weaver, E. Gerry Brown, o.
Massachusetts,, T. M. Patterson, o.
Colorado, ex-Congressman b. l.
Bartine, of Nevada, Senator Ma
rion Butler, of North Carolina, ]
l.. johnson, of Virginia, DR.. j. j
Mott, of North Carolina, and r. E
Difenderfer, of Pennsylvania. TIL,
conference adjourned until eleve,
clock Friday morning.
Secoud Day.
The session was opened with ad
dresses, and among the speaker
was Mr.. B. F. Keith, of Whining
ton.
} The committee on platform thel
made the following report through
} Senator Jones:
, United States is indisputably the none
, question. 1t is between the gold STANDARD
gold bonds, and bank currency on the on
, side, and the bimetallic standard. no bond
and government currency on the other.
| | On this issue we declare ourselves to be
favor of distinctive American finance,
system. We are unalterably opposed to th
single gold standard, and demand the in
t mediate return to the constitutional stant
ard of gold and silver, by the restoration b
g this government
INDEPENDENTLY OF ANY FOREIGN POWER,
), of the unrestricted coinage of both gold an
silver into standard money, at the ratio
] as they existed prior to 1873; the silver col
to be full legal tender, equally with gol
: for all debts and dues, public and private
q We hold that the power to control IN
: regulate paper currency is inseparab
a from the power to coin money; and, henc
that all currency intended to circula
s as money should be issued, and its volun
B. and
ri SHOULD BE LEGAL TENDER.
I We are unalterably opposed to the iss,
by the United States Of interest. beari1
bonds in time of peace, and we deneunce
q blunder worse than a crime the prese
Treasury policy, concurred in by Repub
2 can House, of ptunging the country in de
z by hundreds of millions in the vain attem
to maintain the gold standard
BY BORROWING GOLD;
: and we demand the payment of all coin o
: legations of the United States, - provid,
: by existing laws, in either gold or silv
coin, at the option of the government n
;, not at the option of the creditor.
Whereas the demonstration of silver
J. 1873 enormously increased the demand 4
i gold, enhancing its purchasing power Al
Q lowering all prices measured by that stan
ard; and
q Whereas since that unjust and indefen.
b bic act, the prices of American produe
e have fallen upon an
AVERAGE NEARLY SO PER CENT.
carrying down with them proportionate
the money value of all other forms of pro
erty, except in peculiarly favored localiti,
y Whereas such fall of prices has destroy
n the profits of legitimate industry, injuril
the producer for the benefit Of the non-pl
> ducer, increasing the burden of the debtt
% ard swelling the gains of the creditor. pal
/. lying the productive energies Of the Anne
!. can people, RELOCATING to idleness vast nul
bers of willing workers,
SENDING THE SHADOWS OF DESPAIR
into the homes of the honest toiler, fill
d the land with tramps and paupers, q
y building up colossal fortunes at the mon
+ centers; and
Whereas in the effort to maintain I
% gold standard the country has, within t
last eighteen months in q time Of profou
d peace and plenty, been loaded down vi
1T $162, 600, 900 of additional interest beari
~ debt, under such circumstances a. to all,
- :, syndicate of native and foreign bank
/" to realize