The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-11-08
LITTLE
DEMOCRAT
Wakes Eloquent On the Political
Issues of the Day.
REPLIES TO Mr.. THOMAS.

1 notice in the News that Mr.. Sam
Thomas critiCises the Democrats very
sharply and Little Democrat" in par
tiCular. He says l have not studied the
history of the Democrats duling the past
thirty years. He is mistaken. l have
studied the history of both the Demo-
Gratis and the Republicans, and 1 find
that in 1873 the Republican party de.
mometized silver, after we had enjoyed
unbounded prosperity with bi-metslism
for eighty.one years; and then 1 find
the Democrat party lighting for the
rights Of the people. We fought your
Wall Street party 80 hard that we Sc
cured the Sherman Silver Bill in 1890
and secured $4,000, 900 more per annum
for our people than we had under your
Republican law; and in 1896, l find you
still for the abominable gold standard,
crushing the labOrng man down in fav-
or of the capitalist; and l find the DEM
OcralC party fighting for the gold and
silver money of the constitution in be-
half OF the masses aud in 1899 find the
Democratic party indorsing the Chinn
School Book Bill, to make school books
cheaper, and the Republican party OPP
posing them; and the Democratic party
indorsing the McChord Railroad Bill, in
order that the state may run the L & N.
railroad, and not the L, & N. run the
state, with the Republicans opposing
this.
Now, Sam Thomas, except you indorse
that Wall Street platform adopted at st.
Louis by Mark Hanna, which three
year old trial has proven the greatest
curse we have ever had, you haYe no
platform. You only oppose the Demo-
Gratis in their efforts to relieve the peo-
pie Of their political bondage.
l suppose you oppose the Goebel cleo
ton law and think it will deprive you of
your rights, We are told by the Re-
publican cohorts that we need the gold
standard money system to enable us to
do business with other nations and in
the same breath they tell us that we
need a high tariff to keep other nations
from doing business with us. What we
do really need Is bi-metalism TO enable
us to coin and use all the gold and silver
our country can produce, and have mon
eY sufficient to buy and handle our great
amount Of produce and a tariff for rev.
enue only, 80 we can have competition,
which is the life OF trade.
We are told by the Republicans that
we are in the midst OF prosperity, but
with Disc harroWs Eve dollars high,
or than in 1867 and corn worth 223
cents per bushel, we don't think much
of that sort Of prosperity,
We have little sympathy with the pro-
duCer Of wealth who listens to the lead
ers Of party which is DESTROYS Of reduc-
ing the amount Of our primary money
one-hali, thereby decreasing the price of
produce one-hali, and which stands
against the income tax, thereby making
the laboring class pay the expenses Of
our government while the millionaire
goes free. Would It not be better 10 say
to those drones, go down In the earth !
and help dig our coal, 20 out In the held |
and nelp produce our bread, 90 out 10
the field and work 100 days and make a
crop Of tobacco, or 90 down into your
pocket and help pay the taxes Of our
Then we would not fear that
you would not vote against the trusts,
which are increasing the number OF
nilliOnaires Vote for that party that
ndones equal rights to all and exclusive
0ivilsge 10 none. !