The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-01
PRITCHARD THE DODGER,


eral amendments and lodging during
the preliminary motions when ne
| Thought he could safely do so. When
he knew that the majority for the Tel
Ter resolution was so large that 1t did
not matter how he voted, he voted with
the silver men. If his vote had changed
the result. nobody doubts that Hanna
and Mckinley could have controlled ii
rs they control his action whenever it
is important to do so.
When he first came into public life.
Pritchard's friends claimed for him
that you always knew where to find
him. and that his word could be depend
ed upon. His ardent support of Nc
Kinlcy, and his actions, accept
ing a few ill-disguised votes, are
in favor of the gold standard his close
association with Hanna and all that
Hannaism implies, his webbing on the
money question in talk and his devotion
to the Republican party which is de-
stroying silver, and his now-you-see-it-
and-now-you-don't attitude on the
money question-all these show that you
can no more tell what he really be-
lieves on the money question than in
which direction a staggering, drunken
man is going. As to his actions, he al
ways does what Hanna and Mckinley
Ia,
his vote is matter of no consequence
as to determining the result, he votes
often enough with the silver men to let
him claim that he votes for silver as a
method of deceiving gullible people
After McKinley's New York speech, the
man who does not repudiate him wholly
cannot pretend to be bimetallist.
Pritcharfs vote on the Teller resolu-
ton was characteristic of his webbing
attitude. The Congressional Record,
pages 1927, 1,2SS, 1889 and 1890 show
him up in an attitude that ought to
cause his friends to hang their heads
in shame for him. At a time when the
true friends of silver were making a de-
termined effort to show that Mckinley S
administration is robb;ng the people to
unlawfully enrich the bcndholders,
Pritchard was first here, then there, and
then lodging so fast that nobody could
tell what he was going to do.
He wired in and wired out
And left the people still IN doubt,
Whether the snake that made the track
Was going in or coming back
Upon Nelson's amendment to main
tain the parity IN value of gold and
silver he voted with the gold men
against Senator Vests motion to table
the amendment
Upon the Lodge amendment that the
bonds are payable in gold, he voted
with the silver men.
Upon the Quay amendment that the
bonds are payable ''in the money that
is the highest money of the world" he
lodged Every other Senator either
ed of the entire membership of the
Senate. That was trick that will fool
nobody.
Upon the Hoar amendment that the
public debt should be paid lin no other
money than the best money of the
world" he lodged again. Every other
Senator voted except Pritchard, War
rem and Mantle, both of whom are sill
yer men like Pritchard, that is they
vote for silver when they cannot adj
vance free coinage, but upon am issue
that tests their true position, they vote
with the goldbugs, all the while pro
claiming that they are great bimetallists
They talk with" the silver men, bu:
drink with the gold men.
Upon the Foraker amendment that
the gold standard shall be preserved
until there is an international agree
ment for the free coinage of silver,
Pritchard and Warren lodged again. A
nice pair they make!
Upon Hoar's second amendment sub
stantially the same as Foraker's, Prit.
| chard and Warren lodged again.
| Upon the bill, when it was clear that
| the majority for it would be large
Pritchard suddenly quit his lodging and
| shuffling and voted for the BILL He
| thinks he pleased the godbugs by voting
| against Vests motion to table Nelson's
/ parity amendment; made himself solo
| with the straddlers and dodgers by his
| evasions and lodging; and deserved the
| good will of the silver men because upon
| the final vote he fell on their side He
| will come back to North Carolina pu
| ling about having voted for the Teller
resolution, thinking that the country
| people, whom he hopes to fool again
| will not have sagacity enough to tracl
| him up through the several amendments
For that reason, we give the facts now
| against the day of his campaign-cOming
AS to the early claims for Senator
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