The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-17


chan@eable value. Two methods oX
which this might be accomplished
were indicated: international agree
ment and safeguards OF legislation
Nobody, goldbug or silver crank
questioned this interpretation. 1t was
the plain English of the platform al
everybody understood it. But the
cry of the Clevelandites was: ''Trus.
the President" He would be found
as true to silver as to gold, they SAID.
The Observer said in the same edi-
| torial:
"Since he accepted the nomination
| of his party last year and made it's
platform his own there has been no
lintimation from him of a purpose to,
dsavow any of it's pledges; and in tho
absence of such iptimation, to charge
| that he proposes to nullify all sava
one of the financial measures propos-
| ed by that platform is to assail hin
| integrity and in effect to charge THAI
| he procured his election by duplicity
and bad faith
Strong and emphatic language, and
| if it does not cover the case, the fol-
| lowing from The Observer of July 30,
| 1898, more than does so:
Upon the financial question, for in
stance we suppose it Will not be Gle,
MED that the President is mono'
metalist, but it is equally little to ba
L
| to the pledges of the platform upon
| which he was elected. Compromising
| thus, some of his invidual views, he
should be met by gentlemen on the
Iother extreme in spirit of compro-
| mise.
| In its issue Of Nov. II, 1898, the
| Observer said in the course of ring
| ing editorial headed, Repeal Accom-
plished, Next:
''The Democratic party has Il right
to exnect OF Mr.. Cleveland that he
pronounce i'm favor of Il further coin
age OF silver. 1t was proper to have
stopped the purchase of silver bullion
| for storage; right on every account to
have done so; 1T the repeal of thu
purchase clause of the sherman act
| is but clearing of the decks"
1t was not suggested that 1T would
| be a graceful or magnanimous thing
| for him to recommend liberal silver
legislation, having carried his point
| in securing the unconditional repeal
of the silver purchase act; put the
party had right to expect that he
pronounce in favor of it. The OBJ
server said further in the same trum-
| pet call:
| "A modified coinage measure would
| be agreeable to the spirit of the Chi
cago platform until there could be a
| literal compliance with its terms,
! International agreement or such safe
guards of legislation as will protect
the parity"
| Not only was he committed to BIZ
metalism by the platform, which he
made his own but he personally
assured Hon. f. M. Simmons. our
State Chairman, who visited him AT
Buzzard's Bay and discussed condi7
tons in this State with him, that no
| differed with the North Carolina DEM
| ocrats only upon the question OF ra-
| to- a matter of detail, and IL a little
| more silver was put In the dollar, toe
| many could not be coined to suit him.
Mr.. Simmons told us this himself. He
also wrote Hon. r. B. Glenn that ha
was for free coinage, which letter was
used by Mr.. Glenn in his canvass With
| Marion Butler. The following from.
the Statesville landmarks account of
| the joint discussion of Henderson and
Shuford. Congressional candidates, az
Statesville in 1894, puts the clincher
on this:
| Coming to the question of silver
he said that he had been told that
Mr.. Glenn Cleveland elector, had
| in the last campaign professed to have
a letter from MIR. Cleveland in which
| the latter said he favored free CONT
age Since then, however, he (Shu-
| ford had seen it published in the pa
| pers that Mr.. Glenn had no such let
| ter DO you say l have no such let
| ter?' asked Mr.. Glenn, who was pres
| ent L nave read it in the papers,
answered Shuford evasively. i want
| to say to you right here and now,
| said Mr.. Glenn, that l did write to
Mr.. Cleveland, l did receive a letter.
| set of men who says l received no
| such letter are Internal liars" When
| the applause caused by Mr.. Glenn's
remark-which was long and loud
had subsidized, Shuford continued his
| speech without further reference TO
| the Glenn letter..
Mr.. Glenn no doubt has the original
| letter on file and we are sure would
| take pleasure in furnishing the ObSer-
| yer with a copy, if it has any desire
| to see il.
| We have gone into this matter not
| to prove the Observer guilty of incon-
| sistency. but to keep history straight.
| All the party's troubles date back to
| Cleveland's double dealing. He turn
| ed the greatest political victory of the
nineteenth century into an overwhelm-
| ing disaster in the short space of two
/ years. In urging a policy of concilia-
| ticn and unity the Observer said in
j it's issue of December 3, 1903:
| Mr. Cleveland cannot hope for an
| other term in the Presidential office
| Tor nlmSelI, out MS place III HlStoly
| is dependent upon the success of the
| present administration, and if the par
| ty is defeated next year and again in
| 1895, history will write the admins
| tration down a failure"
| The party was defeated next year
! G894) and again in 1896" Cleveland
| boiling the ticket the latter year and
| again in 1900, and history, if 1T speaks
| the truth, will write his administration
| down a failure and its head hum
| bug.
| REORGANIZATION has come" but not
under boilers and traitors. We have
a platform that rings clear upon the
| live issues of the hour. We have
| candidate who will not let his posi-
| ton be misconstrued upon a matter
upon which the party has not bound
| him. He is for the gold standard and
| holds out no false hopes. That is the
manly thing to do. Providence has
| solved the money question for the
| time being by adding largely to the
worlds production Of gold, which has
restored prosperity. The financial
plank proposed by the gold Democrats
and adopted by the subcommittee, but
voted down by the full committee by
| 80 TO 15, reads as follows: