The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-09-23
POLITICAL REVIEW.
fhy ReformerS Should Vote the
q. --s~ s..4fzlitsss
Republican Ticket
This Year.
(ro The Editor of The lIeroldl

scNC lud- man INV AN"o ohON'N ~
nacted. Many good voters believe
h It new party should be pllced IN
outrol of the country. 1t is my
lpiniou that no new parry can ever
aotain control of the government so
,ong as the Dem ocratic party is an or
geniza lion, nor can any great new
,sueh ,isl measure ever be enacted
ITO laws. except by the Republican
1arty. while the danger of Democrat
II supremacy Is i'm minent / sup
,ose to recite or call attention to so me
d the most important actions OF
he Democratic party ia respect to
Bitsl questions for a number OF
years past In support of the two pro-.
positions above stated.
When the law authorizing the issue
u the greenback legal tender money
vas enacted every Democrat In Con-
gIes' present voted against it, and
nany OF the leading Democrats made
sitter speeches against the bill. The
sreenback money soon became popu-
ar with the people, and then the
Democratic leaders generally assumed
he championship of 1t. The party
uted yainst the resumption law and
IN In 1875 male the famous fight for
Allen for Governor of Ohio on q
zreenback platform and for a repea
\ the resumption law. 1t Is believed
hat Allen would have been elected il
Leading Democrat had not taken the
4ump against him and otherwise la
'sored tor his defeat. He was only de-
hated by few thousands votes. AT
.er Aliens defeat the party IN the
main abandoned and greenback Is.
sae, and the next year dominated Til
sen for President, a known enemy
u tie gSeenb lck, on platform de-
bouncing tie Republican party for
,ot having resumed specie payment
IN 1884 the Democracy In national
convention, said, I'VE believe in
honest money, the gold and silver
coinage Of the Constitution. and
dominated Cl=vela ID, who was elect
% aud, before his inauguration, is.
,Ded letter recommending the re
zeal OF the Bland-Allisou silver coin
lge law, which would have lett no
silver law In force. He also in his
messages urged the repeal OF said &C,
snd predicted dire results if his rec
Mnmendatiors were not needed. He
allied during the first term to obtain
The desired repeal, and the evils he
predicted failed to come. The Demo-
G1ats renominated him in 1888, but
1e was defeated. In 1892 there was
10 national conventions held, but
iAeTe were many State Democratic
conventions held, and these conveu-
!ions generally demanded the tree
solna5e of silver. not one State con-
sention declared against fee silver.
rAe result was sweeping Democrat
history in State and Congressional
elections. When the congress then
,,ected met In I99I.g2 the Democrats
we're IN the majority, and tree sill.
ser act was passed by the Senate and
would have passed the Hous -but for the
Jenocratic opposition, which oppo.
si,ion was perhaps aided aud iucreas.
ri Sy letter written and publis he'd
" Cleveland In opposition to the free
silver act.
rhe Democratic State convention
4 th's state In 1891 declared for free
I'll ;er. II might seem passing
-Ange after all the Endorsement OF
s3yer by the Democratic party that
q would in 1892 again nominate
Cleveland, who was we'll known to
n The most pronounced anti.silver
\ n In the nation; but the party did
No 50 and placed him on platform
ding as follows:
We hold to the use of both gold
fsa silver as the standard money o
.1c country, and 10 the coinage o.
oos,> gold and silver, without discrim'
"a ing against ei-h-r metal, or charge
% coinage
Cleveland was elected, and he seems
70 nave forgotten the horror of wha
s., -l-tv called the robber tariff arc
; t,2e In his z.a' Tor the destruction
,. 3iys- money. After lonl
lAIggie * succeeded. shall no
s2sle time in calling the attention o
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