The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-04

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his siren song in the ears of the farm
ers. In this connection he quoted from
messages of the President of 1887 and
1888, and said he did it for 1.-THE pur-
pose o. pointing out the evolution of a
tyrant and showing the transaction
from a conscientious law abiding chief
magistrate to an arrogant and obsti-
late ruler who ignores the law and is
cues bonds at will, ard issues
them under a statute that is sub
ject to the suspicion that it
was intended to be temporary
and limited in its application instead of
conterrlng a discretionary authority.
He not only issues them, but does it
secretly, with his law partner as a
witness to the contract, and has Gre
ated the suspicion in the minds Of mil
lions Of his countrymen that a Presi-
dent of the United States a use his
high Office f private gain"
He differs with the Republican par
ty only in the one particular of tariff,
and On that he has blown hot and cold
as his pet hobby, and will go down in
history as the most gigantic failure of
any man who over occupied the White
House, all because of his vanity and
obstinRcy,"
To make good this CHARGE" Mr..
Tillman argues, that when President
Cleveland came to power in March,
1898, and could have called the houses
(ooth Democratic for the first time
since the war; to carry his policy into
effect, he did not call an extra session
to give the tariff reform to the people
but instead called Congress together
to stop the coinage of silver. The
President had waited until the "object
lesson of the panic, manufactured to
order by his fellow co~nspiraG0rs, had
swept like a cyclone over the country
prostrating all business enterprises and
industries and the newspapers had
howled in chorus in the ears Of the
people the coinage Of silver was the
cause Of the monetary crisis"
Discussing the repeal of the pUrchas
ing clause of the Sherman law, which
followed, he said:
Democrats AID Republicans Wed
with each other in the furtherance Of
the policy which had been formulated
and steadily pursued by the Senator
from Ohio, and he has the proud salts
faction of knowing that he has brought
the party which he so hates to it's knees
and has lived to see many of his old
antagonists enlisted under the banner
of monopoly and class privileges. They
sit at his. feet and acknowledge his
leadership.
when the Senate met there was an
acknowledged majority Of men open
and outspoken in their determination
to stay by the white metal and they
were elected on that issue. But the
process of the debauchery began. Vote
according to my will or you will have
no Offices Vote according to my will
and if our people do not like it 1 will
take care of you The newspapers
raved and abused the Senate. Bank
ers telegraphed and wrote. Chambers
of Commerce passed resolutions, and
slowly the Senate yielded. In 80 days
the deed was done and the chains were
rivitted On the wrists of the millions.
Did the raid on the Treasury stops"
Discussing then the tariff bill, which
passed in the regular session following,
he said:
1T is true the President did not sign
it and allowed it to become a law with
out his approval. But here again we
have a spectacle of charlatanrY and
hypOcritical assumption Of superiority
to his party which has always marked
his career. The tariff law which he
repudiated as unworthy, involving
party perfdy and party dishonor' is
the sheet anchor to which he clings."
And again, referring to the Presi.
dent: IF he was honest at the start
land I am willing to grant that MUCH
his association with Wall street and
his connection with wealthy men has
debauched his conscience and destroy.
ed all sympathy with the Masses"
The Senator then referred to the fall
in the price of all farm products. The
impoverishment in all the farmers had
destroyed, he said, their ability to pur.
chase on the n hand while the de,
creased prices of their products of ex,
port in European market had left our
debts for imports and interest on obi.
cations abroad unpaid. Hence the ex
port of gold to meet these obligations.
In this come ction he said in part.
"Rothschild and his American
agents graciously condescend to come
to the help Of the United States Treas
ury in maintaining the gold standard
which has wrought the ruin and only
charges a small commission of ten
millions or 80. Great God! That this
proud government, the richest, moet
powerful, on the globe, should have
been brought to so low a base that a
Jew should have been appointed its re,
ceiver and presumes a p~atronize us.
1.-THE responsibility of providing
revenue and looking after the solvency
of the Treasury which rests with Con.
gress, has been usurped by the Presi.
dent. Why u.s. he not impeached9 Be-
cause he is carrying out Republican
policies, and the majority in the House
of Representatives feel safe and be-
lieve that they are certain to elect the
next President and obtain control of
the government. They are willing to
load down the incompetent or dishon-