The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-07
Who IS CONSISTENT
No Silver Man can Vote for
Republicans.
PROFESSION, PRACTICE
INCONSISTENCY OF SELF OF
DAMNED HIGH PRIESTS
OF SILVER.
SOME HISTORY or INTEREST
SOME HISTORY or INTEREST
Prilchard's Election Accomplished by Men who
Pretended 10 Believe in Bi.meta|Iism--
The People Cannot Always be
Deceived.

''S ~SP'S SNui'ot ShVayS w
Deceived.
A prominent Democrat, well acquainted
with past and present political conditions
in the State thus gives review of the
inconsistency of men who throw doubt
upon the sincerity of others when they
are in close affiliation with the gold
party:
1T has become the habit of late of the
Progressive Farmer and Caucasian. and
their crowd of the Russell and Mckln-
ley pie-eaters. to exercise censorship
not only over the conduct, but the mo-
tives of North Carolinians, who refuse
to play in their backyard. They as
sumo to possess divine omniscience. and
to be able to look into the hearts of
men. and discover whether they are sin
cere in what they say and do. They
make great outcrX for silver. ana
against gold. They denounce every
body whom they wish to damn, regard
less of all truth, as '.gold-bugs, and
claim that only the select few. who
submit to their dictatorship. are really
and sincerely friends of silver. These
self-ordained high priests of silver, are
Just now engaged in communicating
from the fold of the white metal. all
those whose sense of honesty and de-
cency will not permit them to march
under the Russell and Pr1tchard ham
ner, which they have so recently helped
to carry to victory in this State, and
triumphantly hoisted over the capitol.
The Democratic State Executive Com
mittee is composed of fifry-eight mem
Ix-A
cate of the gold standard. For this
reason they denounce the other fifty
seven members of the committee, either
as gold-bugs, outright, or under the
control of the gold-propaganda. In the
late Democratic Staate Convention there
were few avowed advocates of gold.
who, nevertheless vote and act with the
party. because they believe in white SUI
premacy, honest government and all
other things favored by the party. ex-
cept silver For this reason those pub
lie censors denounce all the balance of
this magnificent body of 500 North Car
olinians as gold-bugs. hypocritically mas
querading in the livery of silver. There
are in the Democratic party of this
State. a few hundredsa Vowed advocates
of gold. who nevertheless vote and act
with the party because they believe in
everything that party advocates. except
silver. For this reason, the 14O odd
thousand North Carolinians who in 1896,
voted and worked for the Chicago plat
form. Mr. Bryan, and free silver are
denounced by this crowd as gold-bugs
hypocritically advocating free silver. The
reason which these censors or the honest
voters of the State assign for this al
legged hypocrisy, is truly amusing. 1t is
this that the Democrats are pretending
to be for silver. when really for gold. in
order to deceive and mislead, and by
false pretenses, secure the vote OF a few
thousand voters whose suffrages this
crowd claim the right to control and
trade on to secure offices for themselves.
They denounce as gold-bugs, without the
slightest regard to their past record and
position upon the financial question:
every man appointed. nominated or cleo
ted by the Democratic party to any
position of trust, or responsibility. Gov
ernor Jarvis has grown old in the service
of the State; has enjoyed the respect
and confidence of the people Of the State
as but few men have: has been heard
upon every stump in the State in sup
port Of silver: as United States Senator.
worked and voted for silver; but because
he was selected by the chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee, to as
sist in writing the record of the mis-
deeds of the present fusion admlnistra-
ton in this State, he is denounced by
this crowd as gold-bug and a hypo-
crit. Recently Mr.. Simmons was cleo
ted chairman of the State Executive
Committee and despite the fact that he
is known to have begun the advocacy
of silver, when he was Il candidate for
Congress, many years ago, despite the
fact that before the Populist party was
born, he made free silver speeches AT
Alliance pic-nics, in his home county:
despite the fact that in the campaign of
1894, at the risk Of losing his position,
he advocated free silver on the stump, in
twenty counties in the State; despite the
fact that in the Democratic convention
of 1896 he made a speech in favor of
unlimited coinage. and declared that the
two metals were found in the bowels Of
the earth at about the rate of 16 to / !;
despite the fact that in the campaign
which followed he again at the risk OF
losing his place, canvassed the State for
free silver; despite the fact that in 1872.
as then chairman of the Democratic FIX
ecutiye Committee, he advocated in the
Clinton Congressional convention, "A more
then contained in the State and National
platforms of his party, he is denounced
by this crowd as IA gold-bug and hypo-
crit How different things appear to
these censors of the honest voters of
North Carolina when they turn their
comforting search-light upon the hearts
and minds of Republicans.
'In 1896 Oliver III. Dockery was a
candidate for the nomination for Gov
ernor He was loud and boisterous in
his advocacy of the gold standard and
attacked Russell, his opponent. upon the
ground that he was not exactly straight
for gold. Russell, however. tricked and
cheated him out of the nomination. The
tortuous course of Populism in this
State under the leadership of this crowd
made it convenient to have Colonel Dock
cry on the Populist State ticket, and
despite his gold record he was placed
there. 1t became necessary to satisfy
the rank and file of the party. who were
sincerely and honestly for silver. that
Col. Dockery was Il bi-metallist. To