The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 16, 1896, Image 1
' THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
SENATOR DANIEL THE TEMPO
RARY CHAIRMAN.
An Eloquent Address from the Great
Virginian—The Tariff and Currency
Issues.
The. opening tight in the National
Democratic Convention upon the tem
porary chairman resulted in a complete
•victory for the silver men. Senator
Daniel, of Vlrgina, was elected over
Senator David B, Hill, of New York-,
tr
ment of the vote was received with
great demonstrations of applause.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, R P.
Keating, of Nevada, and Senator
White were appointed to escort Sena
tor Daniel V) the platform.
As the committee appeared on the
platform with the Virginia Senator
the demonstrations of tke silver men
were renewed. Senator Daniel having
the Appearance of aa old-time states
man. smooth face, long hair and wear
ing the conventional frock coat, look
ed as if he had stepped out of so
picture of the Senate of the past. He
nowed profoundly in response to the
ovation he received.
Escorted by the committee, Mr
Daniel passed to Ihv platform, where,
whrn be appeared, he was received
with an i mm ease eruption of cheers
and yells. The band helped the thing
along with " Hall to the Chief,” and
there were more cheers
.. When order was restored Mr. Dar-
rity said •• Gentlemen of the conven
tion. I haw the honor of Is trod sc tag
ns year temporary chairman ths Hon
Juba W. Desiel. of Virginia.”
When the delegates and evseybody
else in the hue— were yelling nan
cheer eg. Chair asa llarrity soseed
llte gSVr. t. * r r lo V r (%s .< e ' u W*>fc
can king?, led by Great Britian, which
seeks to destroy one-half of the money
of the world and to make American
rhuuufacturere, merchants, farmers
tin t mechanics^mere hewers of wood
and drawers of water.
There is one thing golden, which,
permit me, in the same good humor
which has characterized your conduct,
to commend to you here. It is the
golden rule to do unto others as you
would have them do unto you. Forget
not the greed of devils and that an ab
solute acquiescence in the will of the
majority is the vital principle of the
republic. Democrats as I trust you
will ever be, acquiesce gracefully in
the will of the great majority of your
fellow Democrats and only ask to go
with them, as they have often gone
with you. (Applause.) Do not forget,
gentlemen, .that for thirty years we
have supported the men that you have
named for President. Secretary Sev-
mour, Greely, Tilden and Hancock,
and twice XJtevetand. Do not forget
that we have submitted cheerfully to
your oompromised platform and to
your repeated disasters to their fulfill
ment. To get at the last convention
of the Democratic party in 1H92, you
proclaimed your services to be in favor
of the use of both gold and silver as a
standard money of the country, for the
coinage of both gold and silver without
discriminating against either metal;
and that the only question left open
was th ratio between the metals. Do
not forget—and I refer to the fact In
no Inferior sense—that just four years
ago in a Democratic convention in this
of ftur national pledges and presented
the country the Issue of higher taxes,
more bonus and less money. It has
proclaimed at last, throwing away the
disguises, the British gold standard.
We can only expect should they sue-
countrymen, a specimen of
panic ind a long protracted period of
depression. Do not ask us then to join
thorn in any of their propositions.
Least of all ask us not to join them
upon the money question and fight a
sham battle over a settled tariff, for
the money question is the paramount
is^ue before the American people and
it involves Americanism more than
any economic Usue that was ever pre
sented j&vPresidentlal election.
We prijf you, no more makeshifts
and straddles. Vex not the country
with your prophecies of smooth things
to come from the British-Uepublican
anda. (Applause.) The fact
pro
that the European nations are
to the gold standard renders it all the
more Impracticable that we shoutff do
so, for the limited stock of gold in the
world would have longer division and
a smaller share for each nation. Pre-
v’ous predictions have been promptly
refuted when prosperity wa pmpbe-
cied to come upon the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman law. Instead
of protecting the treasury reserve, as
was propbecied It would do, an unpre
cedented raid was promptly made on
it and two hundred and sixty-two rati-
lions of borrowed gold have been In-
effleient to guarantee It security. In
stead of causing foreign capital to flow
to us it has stimulated the flow of gold
to Europe and the greenback notes and
«*• which are just as
as la gold hav
city the New York delegation stood
here solidly and immovable for a can-1 the Sherman notes
didate committed to the free and un- j payable in silver as in goia nave
limited coinage of silver and gold at used to dip the gold out of the trees
a ratio ofNi to I. Aad If wa are still | u ry of the Ualteu 8 la ice and to store
for It, let It eot be forgotten that we n la the strong box of the war lords of
owe It ia some measure to their teach- Europe Instead of revlvtag bust
lags, i Applause,. That wa owe you
much, gmtlrceea of the East is read
tly acknowledged and will hr ever
must gratefully remembered We
one you much, gnatlemea of the con
CJ1EERS AND
HISSES
MAN.
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TILL-
He Makes a Hitter Attack Upon
Cleveland and Defies the Gal
leries.
One of the most exciting episodes in
the National Democratic Convention
was the debate on Thursday between
Tillman and Hill on the currency issue.
The prets report Is as follows:
Senator Ben Tillman, of South Car
olina, mounted the stage to open the
great debate in bjhalf of free coinage.
A striking figure he was as he faced
the audience. With no pretensions in
dress, shabby coated, wearing a heavy
silver chain across bis breast, he in
stantly drew the eyes of the 20,000 peo
ple present. They turned toward him
as if he were an antagonist. His thick
set, commanding form was full of de
fiance. Hi* head, thrown back, was
round and compact. His features,
strong and powerful, were, cast in
classic mould. The
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fmit bad year gsartaasam atll'
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d I psmddaaaiy tasaha hasa ywa t
■as* af the great emus* aades
ahaaa tmeaes wa base faaghl m maay
haMiee aad ahmh ama damaade ai aa I
eerh elaeash deeeUaa aad east Iwpai j
pare tea 1 sagsat that my * am* •a--** s >
bgM %HMNH IVM ghl la aaaa lha mead
ssnsrtamws aad aarlaas aampf tsadinm
with that af Mg dfadfghfahad Maad. |
lha gvaad asaaSas frass New I art 1
lafpwwaa.I hat tha **ry Ami that
haaa pasaslltsd Id la ta daaa safadaa |
lha eaggasdism that has baaa Imprasi
daati t saada aa Ihla hear that atlhar I
ar thorn a Losa I haaa lha haaar la i
tspraaaat aaatd asar heap iadigaitt
asoa that tsasa aad lllaalrtaaa haaa
((.rsoi appiaast) Ma saadld maa aa
dUvaaUaaada yadgmaat geai emea
aaa ssar mwiadhsp*si year msaalhg
Tha haaadar (ram Ns* Yarh hlasaaif
haaws aa you haaa aad as 1 I aaa that
there la aa arnaaaltlf la lha prvf*r-
akept atleh aaa baaa givsa la am Ha
mast haua that lha ahata aoaatry
a sir has these proasadlags aad mast
kaww that ll la solely Jaa la prtaciple
that Ihla great ■hjortly af Bern or rats
steads far aad they kaow I sload with
them (Applause) Aad that it la
glvaa la tha spirit of tha laatrarttoas
received by Ihpaa repreeretellr«o of
tha people.'froa tha paopia. whom all
Democrats will aver bow to as tha
purest aad original source of all power.
The birth of tha Democratic party was
coeval with the birth of the sovereign
ty of tha paopia. It can never die until
the derlnration of American indepen
dence is forgotten and that sovereign
ty is crushed out.” (Great applause )
1 am happy, gentlemen, to know that
what ws owe you 1
p for,s bill and the 1
tha bhrrmaa law
my of QepebtUaa left*
mi eas aimed nod mwe
I el the pfc •uiti than el lha great r i lisa af
I tha Hast aad uhlaf am, mg them tha
I great Iwmoeeary af New Yarh. with
I its mag* id real patron age That Mil
gad Ma death Maw la the Uses Vs bad
thaws was aad a stagts Dasaaorad la
| Naa Yarh as New Eagiaad in sals
I again** k.
> - maa la Ufcla high awes af aar
|aaaatryb fradssaMy aaa ess ten fame
I Mils aw* la this rwauasUad aad pw
sattsd rspaMtc Oar appaasads them*
I sal sea haaa nhaedsaad them Thaws
j a aaaa that aaa sdaad hadwewa tha
- tense at haawt* aad lha earns id hands
lha. Oewad M h*a dying siataa aaa was
' <oantag aa sag*a stags a* a* lha seas
I af saw namma* saaadey Whsa thtaa-
I ga deaasad naudhwea gsaaaa la flgmdPI
t dm hassad sasttwaa. * m asdse a mama
' lata gf iwagraasm Whwa humdhma
• saSgtars yauaswday shaased tha warned
I af hero af lha Neel I la Mtehamad lha
I dsuga ae* eased hash t * Lad an haws
i i—t ~ peas a. aafaa aad many aass
this poiiry has depramed It.
nf incraaslag wages this policy
further drerramd them las'
multiplying opportunllias for ei
re-at this poiiry has multiplied
I as trad uf Inin aslag tha pr
oar pwoducta this pa try has iuwarsd
them, aad ll la sotimeted at aheet ta
par real la th raff" years I as lead af
r*ti« lag ruaddsa* a tha policy has
baa
lag
if
• Pr
teH
misery and
Irarled tha
Matas tear
anew, laeteea of bring
has brpai
this ruaaoa II
arrawry af th
- .are a head
id child staaa Nasamhas
I. IMS. aad allh this east aggragata
asairaadhm lha prlaa af lead aad af
maaefawlerad gaada aad af all blade af
ngrtsailarel sad arnaaii ‘i pewdsae
has faDsa
Tha paww seaaaana haaa faliaa.
*egsa at lahss ba»a la, -sa and aaawy-
ihtag aa lha Ansa af tha earth has faltea
bat tassa add dsbbs WbWb ba*a bar-
*"** a lha ether bead ihsdr
) wm
■ has t
nr eeery
square and pugnacious, but the sunken
cavils which marked bis left eye gave
to his face n sinister expression. It
was n face once seen never to be for
gotten. On one lapel of bis oust he
tofta 1 wore n Cuban flag, on the other n
pltckfork.
One moment the 20,UK) people held
tbeir breath. Then they broke forth.
Cheers, mingled with hi mas, rant tha
(sir. Me Richardson, who wm
isg th* gsval, with the hid of
i si*last eergeaal st-arme, suddenly sup-
prsaaad tbsdawwwis'eni oe. fils fl' t-ei
I Anas* #Lw**d that ha had a good, *#,•
' moduli'sd votes. bat ss be png iieOwl
be pit- bad ll Is a key so ahnli that ll
. grsfew like s Ai# 11 was rharsctarl*
Its fram Um bsgistdag.
THImas real lead that ga far ss ths
ghl lee as wars roses read, ha faced aa
a ad la aaa a blah ha fait w*s ihrgaiy
hami'a H* istrodasad himaatf ta
them by *ay lag that ha a*ms he lose
them a* taass. ant aa "lha lying
gold—” he began, whereupon a “Hur
rah for Cleveland !” was shouted, which
drew quite a hearty response from tho
galleries. The attack on the Presi
dent which followed did not find any
narked demonstration of approval.
“Now, I want you all to listen,” Till
man shouted, and then he read the
substitute resolution, which follows:
“We denounce the administration of
President Cleveland as undemocratic
and tyrannical, and as a departure from
these principles which are cherished
by all liberty loving Americans. The
veto power has been used to thwart the
will of the people asexpretsed by their
representatives in Congress. The ap
pointive power has been used to sub
sidize fife press, to debauch Congress
and to overawe and control the citizens
in their free exercise of tbeir constitu
tional rights as voters. A plutocratic
despotism is thus sought to be estab
lished on the ruins of the republic.
“We repudiate the construction’
placed on the financial plank of the
Dsmocratic National Convention by
Secretary Carlisle as contrary to the
plain meaning of English words and as
being an act of* bad faith, deserving
the severest censure. The laeue of
bonds in time of peace with which to
buy gold to redeem coin obligations
of the government of the United States,
the proceeds to-pay tint primary ex
penses of — the government, are "With
of-the government, are
unlawful and usurpations of authority
deserving impeachment.”
The first sentence was n firebrand
which Ignited a great blase of hlsae*
and a counter flame of cheers oould not
equal the blmesand the entire reading
of ths rsaoiutioB was flenalv hissed.
ha*
of
ipiojr
■ Ion
m uf
the resolution was fiercely
He finished with a warning to the del
agates that they mast unite th* silver
forces for victory.
M Yos'rs so Democrat," shouted some
oao ia th* galleries, to which Dale gate
Mare las, of LojUtaaa. who dlatla-
guiahad btmaalf os lha first day af tha
aaavaaMaa by dwvalwplag a remark
able rasa of slog* fright sad
Vo ash a
down
IWei
1*4
fAMI* •\t%l
Ha
**aM*s*
chabt*
hat b
thirst. Iliad
ing this policy. They n^ver voted the
Democratic ticket in their^ives.”
“ We want to build up -the Demo-
tf^atlc party," hb said, " not tear it
down. We love and honor the princi
ples of Jefferson and Jackson who
were for hard money. If we are true
to the old faith'; if we stand by -tho
traditional policy of tho Democratic
saints of the past, then we will win; if
re^tut them aside, then we are loet.”
e goM delegates climbed op on
their chairs and joined the galleries in
the demonstration in honor of their
champion as bb descended from the
latforovand resumed his seat in the
ew Ybrk delegation.
f!
THE PWTFORI OF THE DEMOCRACY.
DECLARATION OF PARTY PRIN-
CIPLES.
We hold that the moet effleleat way *
of protecting American labor In to prw-
vent the importation of foreign pauper
labor to compete with ll in the home
ufhrket, and that the value of the hmw+
market to our American farmers aad
artisans is greatly reduced by avieloue
monetary system which depresses the
prices of their products below the cost
of production, and thus deprives them
of the meant of purohiatsg th* pro-
ducU of our home manufacturers.
The absorption of wealth by the few,
the consolidation of our leading rail
road system^ nd the formation of
trusts and pooia require a stricter con
trol by the federal government of those
arteries of oommeroe. We «*•»»»».w*
commerce. We demand
the enlargement of; the powers of the
Inter-State commerce commission. a»»«i
commerce commission, q»»H
such restrictions aod^uarantees in the
control of railroads as will protect the
people from robbery and oppression.
We denounoe the profligate waste of
the money wrung from the people by
oppressive taxation and the lavish ap
propriations of recent Republican Coo-
greases. which have kept taxes high,
while the labor that pays them is am
employed and lha prod acta of thr peo
ple s loll are depramed la prloa till
they no loogar repay tha coat of
ductloa.
battle a
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•hail Aw a4ef4aa * Us aal * -a p
Aaww that it wm set ail ar IngtalnAsan
ha lagtstmlm didaAad Ay lha advm
csta* af lha gwW siaadar* than has
caamd aad SO* saetisasw lha ttaaartai
dapramlaaT ths they am is--* that
a an Ihalr damaada spsa Aha Dames
•nrf wars asmMlwd with ia IM0 aad
lha hbarmea law rvpaaiad wlihoat a
•«*wliiuta that lha vary Staves af the
Kmt that damaadad ll Inraed agala-l
lha Ifamooracy that graatad It sad
swept kway Ihalr aisj-wtty la a torreet
of taiallols ? Had lha silver mee had
Ttitsaaa laraa
fismalg amwwyad lha 1
Maa was *•*» hleMag
aaaAamaimam ismsf ht*
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Laro taa s aolld vote to say
Vt slltae aaadidala As b*
fvam lha stag* lha delegate*
> a greet ahoal far Hill
*Wjt Hul aaaaadad lha plaits*m
a asrfarl sSurm af applaasa Ha
•amrn lha hned af lha preaid tag adlcev
aad IWa. with a *mila hew*d his aa
haowladgaMal la th* ehmsttag. g«e
t mw allag rmad Maa ware ms Ihalr
chair* **• lag haaharwhiala lags aad
Amslag hale ia lha air Aa the firm
•stems af saaad ashaad aad fiawad it
weald a* masar Amamag than M wasIATAaIAM
•g* » ha laSaa ap aad sheared aad re th# mi
*>t«md thrmagh la# hwiidlag j W*
- ham ahasra lar II . . same faam I MeWhA
lh* Maamahaaem*AatagaUaa Balfgf lodge
them sera aa ehatre. aad It wm gisaa I »-*
wita a wilt. Ham Yarh. Haw laraay I Haw af
ANmaaetaaaia and the *aas aasamiego IM Aha
Mol segaa salmiyT'^Sal with a *eMw
y reaaSmd As Ifia gaUarta*
A Hiralght forward and tTnrqalvocal
Docafhent—No Si raddle on tho
Financial tyuratlon.
The following la the platform as fin
ally agreed upon by tho committee on
resolutions to be submitted to the coo-
v chiton: .—
We, the Democrats of the United
Stales, in national convention aseem-
bled, do reaffirm our alieglaaoe Vo those
great - essential principles of justice
and liberty upon which our Institutions
are founded, and which the Democratic
party has advocated from Jefferson's
time to oor own—freedom of speech.
freedom of the press, freedom of ooo- M
science, the preservation of personal J. n ly r
right#, tha equality of all citUam ha-
fare th* law, aad the faithful obmrv- Ji®* *, ^5* .
aoc* of ooaaUtutkiaal llmllatioaa. Da- ^ ***!?f^?* dnU* th# mb-
rlng ail them year*, th* DamocraUe 01
party hm rmistsd tha teadaacy of mi- ”• danaaaoa arMtrary
flah lalermto to th* oaalrallsatloa of **> **d*«wl aathoHtlm ia
govaramaat power, aad steadfastly *'MwAfaa of lha coamitatlae af Aha
maiataiaad tha latagrity to ths 4am ' sDad Matos aad a<
•chan*# af govaramaat mtaMtshad by iMUtatioaa. aad wa
Um fouadara of thl* rapabiia of rapah- r rwr « r »—at by iaiaamisa m a i
ikw Uadae itoganiaass aad toalhlsgu { klgh'y dsagaram farm af i
great prtarlptohf kmai mJf gever? -^h •adarM jadgaa. ia
it hm fas ad tv* hast eapreaakm la laws af I
. __ maialawaae- af rights af th* Mtala ! elU*aa«, ham
aad ta lu a***rtma af tha asssaaity af I i m *t m *** •*
'wwdolag th# g*a**a> f*~rn * to *£* M>Mad a* ths Iasi saasfoa af
j th* assretm of tha power g ran tod by 1-attoi
ih* aaaatitalma of lha UaTisd hiaAm ••
Raewgalsiag that lha maaay aaaallao \ retail *a to aaoharngm la fad seal
ta pwramawal t* all alhsr* at this Hm*. ^ peaaldlag trial* kff )•? M
I w» imvito all iwilaw to lha lam that lha ******* aaam af aaetoamt
I Fvdaewi eaasutwUaa aamm stiver aafi I HadAaaelmlaafiAmahaaid I
I gwtd together m lha maaay matota af *>**• gw»»rameat af lha f«
ths Urtiad Maw «, aad It at the leal ’ 14 *•*•* af aa* afl Ms <
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lha
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the aal af M
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stag attorn aiihaw
at the kawwt- J **"* a#Mm* aw-
i a «er*eepwaa og fail *• artoiraniy ■■
•MMpfljA^t^aakaaadl ^r^LoahoISd
ataa aid
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bfani fiaeU Chsai
lea fa*w*e
taa t ia
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fa* las
tery sd Ua eevetsfa*
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, Mill.
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Ml MAfa*
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1 "that 1 ora e OeuasenSa awl eat
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af todaatoy
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mm ahJh^hm "SSHt Amt"!*! ***^g Aha
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ma th* figat
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they pradam. dhd ait
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mesh the! w*
fa af raatorlag
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lha mr afa»»« hi*
taadiag lha fight to aa
* bn* *ia»m * THto Hat
ama had ihalr iwetagx
aafi apatowd vary Iswaiy
meed that with saadii
w»-Hag ia ag%ia ma lha Dam*
arty dwraphad
• pewsaadad th* gatlarfim agata
tad mrseal ttmm Ih* aargaoaV
ihrsetoead la rtoar lha ga.
Th* Hirer sa*a had a rhaae*
aad matod half a awgala haalh
th* ; i-wrw' • aa, a>ih a- it* y w*. pmoaad
taa.sw ll^i. tmsid amdrtaa h*maal af
•ho f lha •amamadia paefiy. Ba earn* hare
i aa a mfaasaa ta aotha, am la dtttd*. to
Aalld ay, am to dasteay, am to pis! far
HJavmortm am to ptm far dsfaah Tha
mm > fwv* gredl tsspire Mata hm stoad fag years
i Ih* Ml | m the iiiavattar af Damaaeaay. Mr
hm IhayjMii- said ha
them a ha hat tawed b w
af slAem m M to 1 Ha had fa ways
me af hard Gmm OaM •** •*••* thwy
-»«• ia a AHtbeh ymw-y aad **** *h* af
l Sited
that «flefili
la el
Mas
la tna
this
y«t*m #r sold
ih aoah other
as the majority in this convention Is
not porvonal, neither in any sense is it
sectional.- It blends the palmettoes
and the pines of Maine and South Car
olina. It begins with the sun rise in
Maryland and spreads into a sun burst
in Louisiana and Texas. (Applause.)
it stretches in one unbroken column
across the American continent, from
the Atlantic shores of the O'd Domin
ion and Georgia, and it shows it* sil
very beams over the golden gates of
California, (applause): it sends forth its
pioneers from Plymouth Rock and
waves over the golden wheat fields of
Dakota. It Ifaa its* stronghold in Ala
bama and Mississippi ana its outpost*
in Minnesota, Florida and Oregon.
(Applause). It sticks like a tarheel,
(applauee)down in theold North State,
and it writes sixteen to one on the sad
dlebags of Arkanias with the traveler.
(Loud applause). It pours down its
rivulets from the mountains of West
' Virginia and makes a great lake in
New Mexico, Arizona. Wyoming,
Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Montana and
Colorado. It stands guard around the
national capitol in the District of Co
lumbia. (cheers), and it camps on the
frontiers of Oklahoma. It sweeps like
a prairie fire over Iowa and Kansas,
' and puts'up a red lighten the confines
of Nebraska. It marshals its massive
battalions in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Missouri. Last, but by far from
least, when I se* this grand array and
think of the British gold standard that
was recently unfurled over the ruins
of Republican' promises at St. Louis, I
think, too, of thr battle of New Ofr
BofwU# it
la said : There stood
John Bull la martial porno, but tbare
wm old Kmtwky(Applause).
* Urethras of tin Kmt, there L do
Aoath. there ia ao North, there la ao
Is wo West la this upris
ing af lha paopia tor I
^ - ■ 4 Europ-
proa parity,
They do nc
their way thga instead of the gold
moaomataliets. what storms of abuse
would her* todav be rmpl'ad upon
their head ; but thr people, applying
the power of memory and anal jsD alike
to discover the causes of their arrmted
, need not go to And them
not forget when Demorracy
came to power la IKW) it Inherited from
iblican predecessor the tax sys-
tbe currency ■vstem of whi:h
the McKinley law and the Sherman
law were the culminating atrocities.
It came to power amidst a panic, which
fitly followed upon their enat tment
with strikes, lockouts, riots and civic
commotions, while tho scenes of peace
ful industry in Pennsylvania had be
come military camps.
Besides manifold oppressive features
the McKinley law had thrown away
fifty millions of revenue derived from
sugar under the spectral plea of a free
breakfr st table and had substituted
bounties to sugar planters, thus de
creasing *reveque and increasing ex
penditure, thus burning the candle at
both ends and making the people pay
at least for the alleged free breakfast.
From the joint operations of the Mc
Kinley law and Sherman law an ad
verse balance of trade was forced
against us in 1893, a surplus Of one hun
dred millions of dollars in the treasury
was converted into a deficit of seventy
millions in 1894, and engraved bonds
prepared by a Republipan Secretary to
borrow money to support the govern
ment, were the ill omens of the pre-
brganlzed ruin that awaited the inoom-
seassm m I
mis samMAw
*•4 silver at
I Asp's*** j
And m owe father* la ITJfi declared
oar national I ad**pendencs af all the
world, so to-day hm tha great Demo
era tic party, mnsdad by Thomas Jef
ferson, th* oalhnr of that declaration
appeared lar* la Chiosgu to declare
tha flaaaclai Independence of th* i
United States of all othsr aatloas and *^ ow the hoodag# of
to iavoks all true American* h> assert | W**t to the heat, aad these dry figure*
it by their suffrages at the polls, tha:: C**'* Ad* gailnrln* another opportunity
ay be ‘ .
treated man af
•prat aad be *<
T# him tha qaaoHaa we*awe aa watch
»<• * ffarty a, fisred Ha hfatoegd that
th* he*! eoarsa far this asaseattoa to
parse* was to taka lha firm grant slap
to shaat their apposes* * baa ha do- toward latoraatloaal Mmataillam.
ared that that ware adapting a saw Tho Us tied males nasaul safely
Dsrlaralioa of Independence af "14 to ignore tSa ■ naa*ary syetome of tho old
I” ar bam aal too* aad yet lha majartly plat farm
Tha storm of Ataeas la*aad forth contained ao word faroenbie fa this de
ar ale abas ha re aad l aiad lha d*aia> *lrabie aad ll contained so eaggea-
Ihat Ihla was a aaciloafa cos tost. • lloa of whal should ba don* iflha
“Isay >1 is a sect tonal Imaa." ha cried, partly oould ao; ba maiatalaed oa lha
"aad II will prevail.” After lb* pyro- the exparimaat o( 16 to 1.
to- hate si pres* tom. so chararu-etatir Th# fact consol ba igaorad of tha
of the maa he drtHed lato statistics to groat production of silver ia this
bondage of the ttoulb sad
Hear doiiar shall ha a fall
fa toadar. sqaaiii with gu.dt lar all
Na. pa Mia aad private, and Wa laser
h iagto^attea a* a. . pretest far the
future th* demoeetiaallaa of any kind
of iagfa toadar mossy by private asa-
hlm down
our country may be placed where ehe | A° cr J
by right belong* as to the freest, a# | “Time, time, time.” they shouted.
the foremost, aa the most prosperoua
and happy nation that ever blessed the
life of mankind upon this globe.
ing Democrats, and a depleted treasury.
the very authors
More significant still
of the ill-starred Sherman law make
shift were already at confession upon
the stool of penitence, and were beg
ging Democratic help to put out the
oonfiagration of disaster that they
themselves had kindled.
So far as revenue to support the gov
ernment is concerned the Democratic
party with but a slender majority in
the Senate was not long ia providing
1« sod had not the Supreme Court of
the United States reven-d it* settled
doctrine of 109 years, the Income tax,
iacorporated In the tariff bill, would
siaca have abundantly supoiiad it
Republican party has
A Ue oraed of IM
-Ex-St cretary of the Treasury Fos
ter testified before the ways and means
committee of the House, five weeks be
fore President Cleveland began his
present term, that the revenues yield
ed by the McKinley tariff would not
be enough, in his opinion, by 130,000,•
000 a year to provide for the needs of
tho Government. “This one fact,*’ say
the Hartford Times, “knocks out all
the arguments of McKinley and the
partisan press that the present tariff is
the cause of the embarrassment of the
treasury and retardation of business.
Because the Supreme Court declared
unconstitutional onefeature of the pres
ent tariff law to which the Republican
party made no opposition whatever the
revenues are insufficient. But thev are
possibly larger than they would have
been if the McKinley Act had remain
ed ir force.” ,
-^A printer in “making up” the
“form,” getting ready to print, took a
handful of type from the tall end of a
fire item, and by mistake put it against
the first part of a funeral notice. To
the paper it read like this: “The pa^ll
bearers lowered the body into the
grave, and as it was consigned to the
flames there were few if any regrets,
for the old wreck had been an eyesore
to the town for years. Of course there
was individual loss, but that was cover
ed by insurance." The widow thinks
the editor wrote the obituary that way
because the- lamented partner of her
joys and sorrows owed him five years
subscription. Take warning, delin
quents. -- ■ ,
Tbis roused the Senator again to angry
resentment. He paced the platform
like an enraged lion.
“ I know, I know," he cried, with arm
aloft, “you are against us. There it
not a paper in this city that is not in
the power of the money influences.
They will not give us a fair show.
They characterise us as howling der
vishes and silver lunatics.” '
Many of the delegates crowded up
the aisles and stood at the foot of the
stage studying intently the features of
the man befor6 them.
Senator Tillman declared that the
only way to avert a revolution was to
select a man whose record would fit the
platform. Soon tbe hissing began
again at some radical utterance and
the South Carolinian took occasion to
say that “four years ago the New York
Senator was hissed a? 1 am now.
Where is New York now ? Where is
New York's leader?” From the gal
lery came the cry, 1 In the soup,”
which brought down a wave of cheers
for Hill, topped with a foam of hisses.
Tillman stayed, waiting for the noise
to subside, and then putting his hand
before his mouth for a speaking trum
pet, called like a foghorn in defiance :
“You Can just as v/ell understand
that I am going to have my say if I
stand here until sundown."
He was permitted to goon with com
parative quiet for the chairman had
pleaded with the auditors and threat
ened to clear the galleries. He sur
prised his bearers anew by ao attack
on Senator Hill because the Senator
from New York had refused to make
the first speech on "the platform and
country. Could the ix ople, even la-
spired with th* spirit of *?fi, make
copper tha equal of goM' Oould they
shut their eyes to lha question of the
production of the metals.
“I believe," declared Senator Hill,
“that the course for us to take is to de
clare for international bimetallism and
stop there.”
Aside from the silver question, Sen
ator Hill went on, why had the plat
form gone Into the greenback question?
Why had It gone into the question of
banks and bonds? He hoped that tbe
counsel of wise, calm, cool-headed
men would prevail. What was the
advantage he asked, of placing on the
[ ilatform an implied pledge for the
ssuo of paper currency ? Democrats
tradition had always favored hard
money. The Senator from Arkansas
had declared that the platform said
what it meant and meant what is said.
He challenged some one who was to
follow him, to explain what this plank
meant. He denounced the declaration
of a policy for the issue of paper money
‘ nk
give the South Caralhw man the reply.
‘' i saToof
so« ra-
—It Is • great faalWto be continually
tauli-tfallaf.
Incidentally he said of Hill:
“ He despised the Preeident of the
United States in 1892; since then be
has had cause to more than despise
blm." He sored Hill for assuming
the role of apologist for the adminis
tration. •
"Bel as Grover Cleveland stands for
as suicidal. The income trfx plan
also he scathingly criticized. He
stood amazed, he said, that the fol
lowers of Samuel Tilden who all his
life opposed it, should now seek to
commit their party to this ridiculous
scheme.
It would drive out of the party De
mocrats who had grown gray in its
service to> make room for those who
had lost their position in the party.
“ If this convention, after declaring
for free silver,” he said, “ nominates
any candidate bat one, your Populistic
friends will nominate a ticket and
your free silver friends will join hands
with them.”
“ No, no,” shouted a delegate.
“ Ah,” asked Senator Hill, “ who is
there in this convention to speak for
that wing of the Republican party.”
This set tbe gold men to cheering
The demonstration was renewed when
Mr. Hill, with, an Inellnatlan of his
head toward a little ootetie of s^Ker
lion
grouped on the platform he
saeoto this pifafu-aa % aa
Uaf alabad gentle man who
siW
edlio
tesaH: *
■bar Off dis-
■fiMH
•f M A* I, ■!
rise. Wafa,
■ W*ar|
UraaV bear lag
States In link* of paaoa, aad eoadama
thatrafllckiag with bashing syndicates
which, la exchange for hoada aad at aa
enormous profit to lhamsalvas, supply
th* Federal Trvasuryjwtih gold to mala
tain th* policy of gold mocometallism
Congress alooa has power to cola and
issue money aad Pracldaal Jackson de
clared that this power oould cot he
delegated to corporations or infifald-
ual*. Wa, therefore, denounce the in
surance of notes as money for national
banks in derogation of the constitution
and we demand that all paper which is
made legal tender for public and pri
vate debts or which is receivable for
dues to the United States shall be
issued by the government of the United
States and shail be redeemable in coin.
We hold that tariff duties should be
levied for purpose sof revenue, such
duties to be so adjusted aa to operate
equally thoughout the country and not
to discriminate between class or sec
tions, and that taxation should be
limited by the needs of the Government
honestly and economically administer
ed. We denounce as disturbing to
business the Republican threat to re
store the McKinley law which has
twice been condemned by the people
in National elections, and which)
enacted under the false plea of protec
tion to home ir 'ustries, proved a pro
lific breeder of trusts and monopolies,
enriched the few at tbe expense of the
ly, restricted trade, and deprived
( rroducers of the great American
os of access to their
markets. j
Until the money question is settled
we are opposed to any agitation for
father changes in our tariff laws ex-
cept such as are necessary to moet the
deficit in revenue caused by the adverse
decision of the Supreme Court on the
income tax. But for this decision by
the Supreme Court, there would he no
deficit in the revenue under the law
passed by a Democratic Congress ia
strict pursuance of the uniform de
cision of that Court for nearly one
hundred yean, that oourt^havini: in
that decision sustained constitutional
objections to its enactment which had
previously been overruled by the ablest
judges who have ever set on that
ueach. We declare that 11 in the duty
of Congress to ua* ail the ooasiltutioa-
fil power which reran I as after that de-
ihich raaj eorao bora IM ro
ws dealers It to bo Ih* unwritten
W ,4 Ufa Upabilc. aaiab.ishad by
wtera aed aaagi of can hsadrad year*
id naaotloaed by th* exaranlen of the
greatest aed wisest of theos who
foe ad ad aad her* raalalalet d* oar
_ varnmeat, that ao raan ehoald he
eligible lor a Ulrd terra of th* Preol-
deatial office.
■ Th* federal govoraraeat should ear*
for and Improve tha Mississippi river
and other great water wgys of the ffa-
ubllc so an to •score for lh« Interior
tales easy aad cheap transportation
to tidewater. 'When any waterway of
the republic is of fhfflclsnt importance
to demand aid of Ue goveraraeat such
aid should be extended upoo a definite
plan of continuous work until
neat improvement is secured.
Confiding in the justice of our ,
and the necessity of its success at Ue
polls we submit the foregoing declara
tion of principles vid purposes to ths
tf ths American
considerate judgment of
people. We Invite the support of nil
citizens who approve Uem and who
desire to have them made effective
through legislation for the relief of Ue
people and the restoration of the
country’s prosperity. ^
—Senator Raines, of New York, is
highly plessed with the results of his
liquor tax law, and thus far he has
reason for being pleased. He
that when the bill was before the 1
'ature last winter he estimated
the total reoelpts under theoperations
of the law would be 110,000,000. In
figuring up the SUte tax rate the
comptroller estimated that the State’s
share of the revenue would be 12,600,-
000. The senator Insisted that the
State’s share wbuld be at least $3,300,-
00(i. but was willing to compromise on
12,000,000. The receipts to date, he
declares, demonstrate that his original
figures were correct. It la stated that
the total will go as high as 110,500,000,
but he thinks that the rebates under
Ue Inw will take awqy nearly if net
quite 1600,000. A committee was ap>
i>o:nu*(i by Ue legislature to evsraias
Into ths workings of Us iaw, aad this
committee will meet at Albaaj oa Ua
l&UlMt. The question of <
isg th* law so sa to prevaai
will beoonstoarwd. 7 awTil'faj
gatloa of Ua sabjaat of
d.i
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