The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-01
Harrington Makes Reply.

delegation IL between Woodrow VIII.
son and IudsUu Harmon Is becoming
daily clearer to all. The progressive
element I'm the state. The men, who
for years. have carried ON the fight
for the initiative and referendum, for
the two.CCnt fare for the abolition OF
the railroad pass for the Australian
ballot law, for interest on public de.
posts to go to the people, for freight
reduction bills, for express reduction
bills, and other reform measures, are
lining up behind Woodrow Wilson.
That element in the party that has op.
posed these measures, or remained
mute in the hope of more easily gain.
ing office, are behind the candidacy
of Judson Harmon. In a letter | ad-
dressed ~ the gentleman whose name
appeared first in the call for the Har.
mon meeting at Fremont, | declined
the invitation, stating, among other
things, that Harmon had been the
general attorney, political manipula-
tor and pass pcddlCr for an Ohio rail
road, and associated with the special
interests and not entitled to the sup
port Of progressive democrats. His
being a mciubCr of CleVeland's much
hated cabinet was also referred to,
and. incidentally. one error made
against uim, which ! gladly correct.
I was in error in giving his name in
stead of Oncy's in connection with
one of the bond deals i'm ClCveland's
administration. But that he acquis.
Ccd In this sCandalOuS transaction is
abundantly proved by his entry into
Clcveland's cabinet with fun knowl-
edge Of the affair. When Cleveland
picked him, he knew his man, and II
he did not approve of Cleveland's
dealing with the monetary interests
of New York and London, he would
have kept out of the cabinet Nor is
it denied that i'm Cleveland'S last bond
deal the conditions had become so
sCandalOus that the New York World,
the leading democratic newspaper in
the election of Cleveland appealed to
the bankers and the public of the
United States, to head off any more
midnight bond deals by subscribing
themselves for the bonds, and the
World did succeed in having these
bonds taken by popular subscription
without the aid of a. p. Morgan &
Co of New York and ~ NJ. Rothschild
& Co. of London"
During Cleveland's administration
the cyanide process for treating low
grade ores had not been discovered,
and gold was very scarce. The world
today is getting more money from the
coinage of gold alone than it could
have got from the coinage of both
gold and silver in Cleveland's admin
istration. This is due to the new pro
cess for treating gold ores, which was
something that nobody could forsee
in 1896. If it had not been for the
cyanide process gold would still be
scarce, and thus money dear and prod
acts low. The gold dollar in Cleve-
lands day was dear dollar. Under
1t the man who got in debt became a
practical serf to the creditor class.
This was so noticeable in Harrison's
administration that they passed the
sherman law under which the govern
ment purchased silver and issued
against 1t silver certificates. This in
creased the volume of money and en-
HANGED prices, as President Harrison
jointeu Out in his message of 1890.
HaI The money power wanted dear
money and low prices. 1t wanted the
opportunity TO grab up the property of
those who were in debt. In Cleve-
lands administration, through the in
fluenCe of TIE mOneyed interests and
the power Of patronage. the purChas-
ing clause of this Sherman law was
repealed, preventing the people from
securing any supply of money from
any source This made secure the
power OF the men who had the gold
and who were creditors likewise
They took the greenbacks to the
treasury ami demanded gold. Cleve-
lands administration was urged to
pay half gold and half silver, as the
Bank of France had done. But Cleve-
land. Harmon Carlisle. Olney and
Morton We're deaf to the pleadings of
the people and listened only to Wall
street. Gold was given whenever the
money gamblers demanded it, and
bonds were issued in a time of peace
to satisfy the greed and wicked plans
of money changers. Then these green
backs were re-iSsued and presented
for redemption in gold again and
again, constituting what was called
the endless chain" Harmon approx
ed all this. If he did not he would
not have remained in Cleveland's
cabinet. So that even if I by techni
cal error, did say that he was present
at the original bond deal with Nor
gan, yet the substance of the com
plant is true, because thereafter, he
entered the cabinet with knowledge
of the outrage, and aided, as did the
other members of Cleveland's admin
istration. to increase the power OF
Wall street, New York, and Thread
needle street London, over the Amer
lean people.
In 1896, under the heroic leader
ship of Mr.. Bryan, the first serious eff
fort was made to throw off the incu
bus of Clevclandism and the money
changers with whom it was in league
And the first real battle was made il
that campaign TO secure Justice to the
average mar What did Mr., Harmon
do in that campaign? He did the
same as the balance of Cleveland !
cabinet. lie stabbed the nationa
ticket i'm the back. The only man il
the cabinet who proposed to vote TO
Bryan was Hoke Smith of Georgia
and in order to exercise his right o
suffrage, he had to resign from tn,
cabinet, his place being immediatel!
do deny the right of Mr.. Cleveland
Harmon, Olney, Carlisle and Morton
70 accept office and the emolument'
and hOnOrs thereof as the result o
the votes and labor of democrats, ant
TO retain these offices, emolument'