The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-02
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mocracy.
Since the last Democratic State Con
vention adjourned this writer has been
expecting to see some changes cleared
up and set right before the people. 1t
has been repeatedly charged that the
convention did not represent the mass
es of J, If .reonIan Democrats, but that
il was captured and controlled by m9n
who would prefer to see Cleveland
President than Bryan. It has also
been charged that go,dhugs aud mo
nopolists who did O support Bryan
and silver in 1896. and some who sup
ported either Mckinley or Palmer and
Buckne-, were On hand as delegates
helping to defeat a CO operation OF the
silver and and anti N )nopoly forces,
as recommended by Bryan and the
National organic stion.
Is this so2 The people have q right
to know, and they will know. There
have been no positive and specific de
niais. The denials come by way Of
charging other parties with certain
shortcomings. Does this answer the
charged Surely it does not, but, on the
other hand, is it not an admission that
a positive direct denial cannot De
made7 The sickeniug conviction is
coming to the masses of the Silver
Democrats that the charge is true.
Is 1t not shameful that lao, 900 silver
men stand for Bryan and the whole
Chicago platform, shall be dominated
and betryed by about 1000 goldbugs
and monopolists who are against
Bryan and silver, and many Of whom
boIted and openly supported Mckinley
or Palmer and BIckner and that
crow9 Yet, it seems that these are the
men who took complete charge OF the
Democratic State Convention on May
%, 1898, ard who now have complete
control of the machinery OF the party.
They repudiated the policy Of Bryan
and committed the party to the policy
of Cleveland. Bryan wanted the
14O, 600 Silver Democrats and the 40, 900
4OPOll5b W JSAA 4O4SOo " " OPO40SC3
which would make a sweeping victory
over gold and monopoly. Cleveland
wanted these silver and aRti-monopoly
forces kept apart 80 that gold and mo-
nopoly might control the State. These
5000 Llevalandites have captured the
party and carried out his goldoug pol
icy. They have not only done this,
bus these CIeVelan iites now control
the machinery of the party. Will
they not use this machinery Of Cleve-
lands till 1900 against Bryan and
silver and ia support Of CleVeland's
gold and monopoly policy2
This is shameful treason that has
been committed il the name of D5moc
racy, and this is the reason that the
question is lodged and not answered.
It was not thus IN 1896, when by a
union of the silver forces the State cleo
toral ticket was carried for Bryan and
silver over the heads o. the Cleveland.
ties.
II the charge cannot not be positively
denied, if the charge is true, what
may silver men expect IN 1909 Will
not the ClevelaDdites, who now con-
troll the machinery of the party, use it
to try to defeat the nomination of
Bryan or any true silver man7 and, if
he should be nominated over their
heads, would they nos use the ma
chinery Of the party 20 try to defeat
him and carry the State for the nomi
ness of the cKlnley Pal.
mer aDd Buckner combine9 Certainly
they will. Some of them bolted in
1896 10 try to carry the State for Nc
Kinley, and, failing by that method,
they went to work to capture the ma
chinery of che Democratic party for
the same purpose in 1900 This is a
Question for every silver man who is
earnestly opposed to the rule OF gold
end monopoly TO think about, and Sc
riously, toe.
There were some at the recent Dim
ocrRtic State Convention who had been
50 bound and who seemed so pro
nouEc5d in their devotion to silver and
IN their opposition to monopoly, that
the people thought they were sincere.
Bat it seems that they ell surrendered
to the CleveIRndites without even a
struggle. They made no fight for their
convictions, or, rather, their protested
principles. Where was the editor OF
the News & Observer, the member of
the National committee, the SO called
representative of Mr.. Bryan and the
self styled Tribune of the People2"
He, too, surrendered at the conven
ton to the Clevelandites. They put