The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-17

strike down forever this conspiracy OF
gold and monopoly"
"All silver men look alike 20 me- There
Is TO be but one issue. All the great
principles for which Democracy has
stood are TO be ignored and Democrats.
Republicans and Populists are 10 form
a io!nt alliance against national credit
and sound money. That IS the pro-
gramme.
in 1896 there were many Demo-
Gratis who did not believe IN
free silver. yet. for the sake OF
party regularity" joined The conglome-
rate free silver band Butler and Jones
led the forces and the fight was made and
lost. Butler was awfully sweet on those
regular" Democrats while the battle was
waging. but after It was over he spoke
his mind freely and this is what he said
We quote from his paper, the Raleigh On.
c. Caucasian):
FOR weeks and months the Caucasian
has been warning the people against q
deep and wide-iaid scheme of the gold
cause il is being worked under cover.
Inc object is TO side track the money and
monopoly questions, TO turn over the
State Legislatures in the next campaign
10 the railroads. ana to turn down Bryan
IN 1900 for god-bug or q straddle-bug.
The conspiracy is being manipulated by
the Cle.clahd Gold Democrats. 10 may
be asked how these few gold-bugs who
boltod Bryan and supported Palmer can
have any influence with those who sup
ported Bryan The explanation Is not
hard TO give. They have partners, con-
federates and spies on the inside Of the
Bryan party. he fact is that only a
small percentage Of the gold-bugs and
monOpolists In the Democratic party
bolted.
II must be remembered that the gold
bugs in the Democratic party are so nu-
merous and powerful that they have
practically controlled the party for thirty
years 10 Is matter of history that
every Democratic candidate for President
since the war up TO Bryan has been q
rank gold-bug, and as much Of a tool OF
trusts and monopolists as Mckinley or
John Sherman. IL must also be remem-
bered that delegates from North Caro-
lima, under the domination Of the Ran
som machine and the delegates from
other Southern States. under the dOmi-
nation of similar gold-bug machines in
their respective States, have helped every
time to nominate these gold-bugs in ma
tional convention. So we see that for
this entire period the gold-bugs and mo-
nopoists have absolutely dominated end
controlled the Democratic party. though
the great rank and file Of the party has
AN the time been for free silver and
against monopolists and trusts.
when this powerful gold-bug element
in the Democratic party was last year
caught mapping and taken unawares by
the nomination OF Bryan. they al first in
tended 20 bolt I'm q body. After reflec-
ton and consultation they decided 90 stay
the party and pretend to support Bryan.
though intending TO secretly defeat him
II they cou!d But their purpose was If
Bryan should be elected TO pretend 10 be
good free silver men and TO try 10 get all
OF the Offices under his administration.
not only for the purpose of holding the
offices, but mainly 10 use their positions
TO try 10 make his administration fall
ure. But their ultimate and greatest OBJ
ject was that by staying i'm the rarity. for
"regularitv's' sake. thew would be I'm
stronger position to work on the inside
and TO help the gold crown recapture the
party and dictate its course I'm 1895 and
in 1900
They stayed in for this purpose. and
that is what they are now doing. The
open enemy on the outside Ghe gold syn
dicate and the railroad trusO are fur
nishing money while the real work IS be-
ing done by their spies and agents on the
inside.
That's what Butler thought only
month or two ago Of the regular" Dem
ocrats. and although he is counting them
again with honeyed words we have no
reason to believe that be has in the least
altered his opinion Of them. DO these
Democrats relish another alliance with
Butler? We trow not! They may do il,
f,,+ tbax- don't lilo a