The Kosciusko star., June 21, 1895, Image 7

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Thr Timel'i"ci'at "
Judge Rrame Ulisiiiidcr
itland liach Other.
THE
DISTINGUISHED JACK-SOXITE
I)f (iiirs the Sentiment ot a Large
Element of the Pf rty.
In onr lost issue we told how
judge Brame, of Jackson, catechis
ed Congressman Brvan at the con
clusion of his speech in Jackson
and obtained from h"m the avowal
that he would not support the
Democratic nominee next year if
the party declared against the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at
1G to 1. On Thursday following
the incident the Times-Democrat
contained the following editorial
attacking Judge Brame and defend
ing Mr. Bryan:
PRINCIPLE VS. PARTY.
It will have been observed by
readers 'f the Times-Democrat
that, to judge from, the account
given in our columns yesterday of
the so-called bimetalic meeting
held in Jackson, Miss., on Tues
day evening, and addressed by
Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, the au
dience then assembled, which to a
large extent was tinctured with
goldbiiggiMn, or at least a portion
of the audience, expressed its dis
approval, in the first place, of Mr.
Bryan because he wa3 disinclined
to answer categorically the ques
tion whether, if the Demociatic
p.irty were to reluse to adopt a
silver platform at a ratio of 10 to 1
he would support the party; and
the next place because, after pres
sure, he properly answered the
question in the negative.
Without dwelling at length on
tlie discourtesy offered to a stran
gpr, who had been invited to
address the meeting, in his
having been dragooned by a coterie
at the meeting to answer a suppos
ititious question after he had made
known his disinclination to answer
it, we way say without fear or con
tradiction that the position Mr.
Bryan assumed as between party
mid principle compared very favor
ably, to say the least, with the po.
Htion assumed by his chief inquisi
tor, Jude Brame.
Judge Brame, like the average
goldbug, holds that tl e adoption
!;' the American peoph of the bi
metallic instead of the gold mono
metallic currency system would
produce chaos in the united Suites
killing its prosperity and .e nding
its industries to hopeless ruin.
And yet, with this conviction of
the destructive consequences of a
cliangu from the single to the dual
standard stiong upm him, inspir
big him in fact. Judge Brsme
would accept the silver platform if
fl majority cf the Democratic party
tter' to pronounce in favor of the
"'Me metal. Tint is to say,
Judge Brame wo'ild adhere to his
party and approve its action
wire it in his optoion of a character
(o str.d thv com try to perdition.
This u pnrUfcHii slavishness which
most people wi'l hold to be more
Ca tering to ilu party than credita
ble to the j.jdfjjent of him who
would W gnsli of it.
Mr. Brvan, pi the other hand,
by ansn-?ring,'tiat, in the event of
the Democrac) y'l refusal to adopt a
'ijver plat fonm ie, would not vote
with the Deiocrcy, -shows that his
convietrons r tore to him than
inere aJlegia'i,nt t a narty a posi
tion in whio.-h he ha the
hearty endekraemfnt'arnest nnd
bly more than the claims or the
dictates of party: conviction, be
comes in fact, the conscience and
the imperative rule of action of
honest citizens.
If Mr. Bryan believe, as many
good and earnest men throughout
the country believe, that bimetal
lism is absolutely necessaiy to the
welfare of this country, and its
people, he would be an unpatriotic
American to give over his princi
ples and his love of country to se
cure mere partisan :-nds.
Holding these views, Mr. Bryan
is completely justifiable in "an
nouncing that, in the event of the
Democracy's adopting a monomet
allic platform, he will not support
the Democracy until the Democra
cy has returned to a sober trame of
mind; and there are very few re
flective members of the "Democrat
ic party but will applaud the 'e
braskan. That Brame, however,
and others who subordinate con
viction to party spirit may keep
themselves easy as far as Mr. Bry
an and those of the Democrats who
think with him are concerned; for
it is Mr. Bryan and his friends
who will vote the Democratic tick
et on conviction, while the Brames
and others will have an opportuni
ty of outraging their judgment to
oblige their party.
JUXiP. BRAME RKPI.IKS.
Jackson, Miss., June 14, IS!).).
To the Editor of the Times-Democrat.
I have read the editorial in your
paper of yesterday, entitled "Prin
ciples Against Party." While the
reference to me individually is, of
course, a matter of no consequence,
and while I have no possible ob
jection to the use of my name in
discussing the incident alluded to,
since you have referred to me con
spicuously in discussing certain
questions involved, I ask that you
kindly accord me a short space for
a reply and personal explanation.
1. As to the matter of courtesy,
these are the facts: The "sound
money league'' here, of which I am
a member, is a Democratic organi
zalioi ; and the Bimetalic league,
which opposes us on the financial
issue, is supposed also to bo t
Democratic organization. We all
claim to be Democrats, differing
only on a matter as to the policy
of the government concerning its
coinage laws. Our league had en
gaged the hall for a meeting Tues
day evening. Our meeting had
been advertised, and it was to be
addressed by a distinguished Dem
ocratic speaker. On learning that
Mr. Bryan would stay ovev here to
make a speech, we cbrful'y yield
ed and gave up the hall, the only
suitable one in town, in order that
he might be heard by the largest
number of our citizens. While he
was heralded as a free silver ora
tor, all assumed, of course, that he
came as a Democrat to address
Democrats, although in the minds
of some there was a question as to
ly answered, and, as you know, the'ty, the advocate of the subtreasurv
converse of it has been put to ad
vocates of the opposite view.
What harm or discourtesy is there
in asking one who assumes'to teach
the people where he stands and
what are the fixed and definite ar
ticles in his political faith? If he
be a stranger is there not greater
necessity for light on this impor
tant subject? I believe in the ut-
scheme may follow after the Ocafa
demands, and the extreme free sil-
verite may call for the organization
of a new political sect, but the par
ty of home rule and political
rights, will yet abide, for its prin
ciples are those who underlie the
very foundations of the government
T Ml 1 1
i win marcn unaer no other Ha" i
, , . . . . . i
ana Keep step 10 no other music
COULD HARDLY WALK
0!f ACCOPHT OF
most toleration. I do not regard j so long as this party and its prin-
ii a crime ior a man, even in the
South, to boa Republican, a Green
backer or a Populite; but when any
man assumes ta instruct the peo
ple on public questions I maintain
that they have the right to know
what he is and who he is, and
whether he proposes to be guided
and controlled by the fundamental
principles of the great party to
which we belong. Especially is
this true when he questions the
motives of those who differ from
him and attacks the standard bear
ers of the Democracy.
Mr Bryan did not answer the
question when It was propounded
to him, but evaded it and turned
upon me to know if 1 would sup
ciples shall endure
Party loyalty indeed rests lightly
with him who would abandon
Democracy and attempt to destroy
it because, forsooth, the party
platform or some matter of mere
policy or Ideal interest does not
accord with his individual views.
Permit me to say also that, accord
ing to my humble opinion, any
man, or any newspaper, however
great and influential, that com
mends one who claims to be a
Democrat for saying that
he will not be bound by
party platform if on social, eco
nomic or local questions it does
not accord with his ideas, stands
in the attitude of encouraging bolt-
port the party if it declared for the ! ers and disorganizes
tree silver coinage, to which I
promptly responded, yes. For
this you criticise inc. In the first
place you make a misstatement of
tacts. You say, "Judge Brame,
like the average goldbug, holds!
that the adoption by the Ameri-I
can people of the bimetallic instead j
of the gold monometallic currency
system, would produce chaos
the. united
perity
L. BRAME,
RHEUMATISM
P.H.F0ED
OF
Ouachita Citj, La.,
Alter
TWO YEARS
Suffering
IS CURED
BY
THE USE Of
Ayer'sSarsaparilla
" For fully two years, I suffered from
rheumatism, and was frequently In such f
a condition that I could hardly walk. O.
I spent some time In Hot Springs, Ark.,
and the treatment helped me for the 0
time being; but soon the complaint re- O
turned and I was as badly afflicted as ;
ot i. fljaj narsnparuia nemg recom
mended. I resolved to try It, and, after
using six bottles. I was completely
cured."-P. II. Ford, Ouachita Ctty, La.
The OftAAn:iU
Admitted
FAIR ?
Ayer's i
AT THE WORLD'S
HOTEL TROLIO SALOON CANTQN mss
FRANK ORSI, Proprietor.
e. United States, killing its pros-1 0p
nty and sending its industries 0hl 0scar p fe
Murrv Hill Club, bottled bv distillerv.
11 ! W TI ii ' n ii i
M . 11. miiMiri
SI 50 per gal $t 00
. 1 1 iirm
to nopeiei-s ruin, 'mis is pure as
sumption, not justified by anything
I said to Mr. Bryan or by anything
that I ever did say to anyone.
I low do you know what I hold on
.... . V,M uuWUUU. . m urn , (lch F()rk j
assum ption that I am a gold mono-1 Rookwoodi 80ur Inash
nicLi.jiisi jiku nun ui Hie avfiasre
epper
Old Kentucky Taylor"
Maryland Club-Bourbon.
James K. Pepper
Old Crow
Belle of Anderson
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free silver shouter who demands
that silver be coined at the ratio of
It! to 1, though its actual value is
about ."0 to 1, and who would heap
epithets on those who do not think
as Iih does?
It is a matter of very little im
portance what my individual views
arc. I am not a politician, nor a
candidate; but, since you have
seen fit to refer to the matter, 1
wish to say that I am not a gold
monometallism and there are thous
ands of people in this country who
do not believe that it i.s possiMc
for this government to c::n both
gold and silver in unlimited quan
tities at the ratio of 16 to i. I be
lieve that an effort to do this would
lead t3 practical silver monometal
lism. I am for a gold standard
something definite and fixed to
measure by, and only one kind of
a yard-stick; but I favor also the
use of all the silver that all the
people of this great country in all
their foreign and domestic com
merce can use. I wish to see every
ounce at least of American silver
.oa, Scuppernong.
Ilonev
per gal $1
" 5 00
" 5 00
" 5 00
" 4 00
" 5 00
" 4 .10
" 4 00
" 3 ('0
" 3 00
" 2 50
" 2 50
" 2 50
" 2 50
" 1 50
' 1 00
5 to 5 00
1 75 to 5 00
per dozen
Lincoln County
Ky. Jack, bo'bon or rye
Pure white corn whisky
Blackberrv, .Sweet Ca
Rock and Rye, Peach and
Holland bin
Brandies of all kinde....
Imported Ale and Pcrter
Budweiser and Schhtz Beer 150
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without ii; "nd, vrtthoii loyalty to
'ii;h orgnizilioii uihh r inost cir
Cimjytanepfi, th, oriinu0" cou,d
itftt nothing. But ltrre come
'times in the history of1 aP,rty. "
i the hietory of n niiti"1. w,1,n
Uoy.ilty Woid be tret. t the
'"8bet and dearest intenV1 of the
ml. On such ncca.'?". lhe
uvictio.18 of the thoughtful and
Me .4W;re count far jn.v'sura.
his lovaltv to the party. His j coined at its actual intrinsic value
speech, of more than two hours,
up to the time he va interrogated,
was such a severe arraignment of
our Democratic administration as
to confirm the expressions of those
who had dmibtcd his fealty to the
party. He also stated, in etTcc.,
that the opponents .f free silver
coinagn were controlled by selfish
motives and were hypocritical in
that, pretending to have the coun
ty's good at heart, they were en
deavoring to advance their own in
terests by enhancing the value and
power of money. During his
speech he stated several times that,
he was not only willing to be inter
rogated, but that he would be glad
to answer any question propound
ed by anybody, and he laid stress
upon the requirement of good faith
that every man should be candid
and above board as to his posi
tion. About the close of his address,
and jut after he had made an ur
jjent appeal to all of u to support
the cause of fre (diver, I Mated to
hint that I desired to bo entire
ly courteous, but thai we wished
to know if he would be willing to
Htand by the party if it should re
fuse to declar tor free silver coiu
age ft the ratio of 16 to 1. No,
I am not a politician, and perhaps
do not know about these things,
but it seemed to me that the ques
tion was a fair one and a proper
one, especially under the circum
stances, and I think so ret, iit
withstanding the intimation of dia
eourtesv. It had been propound
ed to all other free (diver advocates
in this State and had been prompt.
and used at a parity with gold.
As 1 have said. I am conosed to
.1.., .1 I -f .!... ..."I...., I. I
uic ucmaiHi vi wif a. nil utuunn, ;
that our government, shall open all j
its mints for the free and unlimited
coinage at a ratio which assumes j
its value to be about double what
it is in fact. I believe that the adop
tion of such a policy would be in
jurious to the-best interests of this
country, and especially the bouth,
now so heavily burdened with j
mortgage debts. I believe that iti
would result in the foreclosure of
this vast indebtedness, and that the
forced liquidation of the same
would be extremely injurious. But
I may be wrong about this. Many
great ai d patriotic men in our
party think differently. The ques
tion involved is purely an econom
ic one, and if the assembled wis
dom of the great Democratic party
shall declare in favor of a line of
policy on this subject that differs
irom my humble views. I shall
promptly surrender them and
march, as I have always done, un
der the old flag. Such are my con
ceptions of the obligations of a
Democrat Mr. Bryan has the un
questioned right to think different
ly, but I still insist that the people
should know precisely how he
stands on the subject and where he
will yield final obedience.
Ours is the party of constitution
al government. On its principles
this republic was founded, and I
regard its integrity as almost es
sential to the maintenance of our
free institutions. The temperance
man may abandon Democracy for
tht formation of a prohibition par-
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