The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-25

| pro8ross, thcn tho Democratic party
having allowed its opponent to appro-
pirate it's principles can no longer
live.
l bolieve that tho Democratic party
doos not exist for the moro purpose
of opposing whatever the Republican
party may suggest. brliovc that
it lives rs it has lived in times past
for tho purpose Of adopting that
which is right and discarding that
which is wrong and conducting tho
affairs Of State SO rs to mako all mon
equal under tho law.
(Sonator McLaurin dwolls ut
longth upon tho money question and
its interest docs not warrant giving
full space in thcso columns.)
1le says in part
There is not line in any Demo
cratic platform fixing tho ratio Of
silver and gold prior to 1896. There
is not line in any Republican plat
form advocating or opposing tho
ratio Of is to | or any ratio. There
wore strong mon in tho Democratic
party in favor Of tho FREQ coinage Of
silvor; thcro wcro strong mon in tho
Republican party in favor Of tho
free coinage of silver Tho Ropub-
lican party adopted tho first FREQ
coinage platform. Although silver
was demonetlzcd by Republican leg
islation in 1878, tho only objection
to that actssmade prior to 1896 camo
from the Republicans who had
passed tho mintage act under which
silver WAS demonetizod.
What did those mon find when
thoy reached Kansas City! They
found western delegations in which
not single man had been Demo
crat in 1852. These mon demanded
a roiteration Of tho 1G to 1 plank Of
the Chicago platform. The PROPOSE
tion was made to them that they
could have both candidates, and they
could have any planks thoy wanted
which are not socialistic or anarchis-
tic and all the Democrats asked was
that their party be preserved by main
taining its reputation rs safe and
conservative organization. John w.
Daniel, Of Virginia, rs thorough abo-
liover in the free coinage of silver rs
any man in his party and ono Of tho
grandest characters in the United
States senate, worked like boavor
day and night to try to convince
these western delegates that their
policy was suicide. Governor Smith
of Maryland told them that tho Dom
ocrats could carry Maryland with
hout that plank and could not car
ry Maryland with it.
The old llne Democrats declined
to be driven from their party by n
man who during ton yoars of politi-
cal life had been Democrat, Popu-
list, and socialist. Tho only Office
which William j. Bryan ever held
he was elected by the Populists, it
boing impossible for the Democrats
to secure an election in that district.
He acted with the Democrats in con-
gress, but distinctly stated that he
was no. bound by Democratic plat
form.
| Senator McLaurin quotes tho con-
grossional directory to show that
Charles A. Towne, advocated by
Bryan for vice president, mover ran
for Office until elected to the Fifty
fourth congress as Il Republican,
against Meluin r. Baldwin, Domo.
crat, and Kittel Halvorson, Populist.
| When a party Of mon aro willing to
SOC their party 60 down in defeat in Or
der that ono issue may bo maintain
cd they either believe that this ISSUE
lies at tho very foundation Of all
government or else they have some
ulterior motive.
| The south produces no bullion. 1t
would have no neod for maintaining
a reserve in the east such as would
be created for the benefit of the west
| by the bullion.
| All OF it's contracts would be gold
contracts. For all Of it's money it
would be dependent upon the cast and
be compelled to pay whatever rates
the eastern banks saw fit to charge.
Then part Of tho Same scheme
| was to nrayant tha Do,nonrof,o ,,ol;o,,