The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1892-06-28

unity and CO operation. 1--WE want no
skulkers in this great fight. Every
man must work" he said, and the sen.
timent was cheered roundly. "Select
q solid, firm Democrat for this contest
and put the banner In his hand and
then rally about hiW," said Palmer.
"IIill is the man." came q voice from
up IN the shadows beneath the roof,
and the name of the New Yorker was
caught mp and shouted until from shore
OF sea OF faces In lower regions shrill
hiss shot ort into the clatter of sounds.
1t grew until the cheers and misses died
away.
When the aged speaker claimed Hi.
noi5 would be Democratic, the shouters
were wild In their enthusiasm.
The committee on permanent organ
ization then reported VIM. l.. Wilson
or West Virginia as permanent chair
man, 5. Il. Sheerin Of Wisconsin for
permanent secretary and the list of as.
sistant and yice-presidents and secre-
taries by States. On taking the chair
Mr.. Wilson spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: thank
you heartily for this honor. shall try to
meet the duties Of the high position to
and equality that is Democratic. This
Convention has high and patriotic work
to perform. We owe much to our party.
We owe much to our country. The mission
Of the Democratic party is to fight for the
under dog, When that party is out Of
power we may be sure that there Is an un-
aer q, dog to light for, and that the under dog
u generally the American people. When
that party Is out of power we may be sure
that some party Is in control Of our Gov
ernment that represents section and not
the whole country; that stands for c.a ass
and not the whole people.
Never was this truth brought home to us
more defiantly than by the recent Conven.
ton at Minneapolis. We are not deceived
as to the temper and we are not In doubt
taxed us for years without excuse and
without mercy, they now propose to disarm
us OF further power to resist their exac-
tions. Republican success In this cam.
paign, when we look to the party platform,
the party candidates or the utterances Of
be stripped Of their franchises through
force bills in ordar that they may be strip
ped of their substance through tariff bills.
Free government Is self-goI ernment. There
Is no lrce government where the people do
not control their own elections and levy
rights Is taken away or diminished breach
is made, not In the outer defence, but in
the citadel Of our freedom. For years we
have been struggling to recover the lost
right of taxing ourselves, and now VIC are
threatened with the loss of the greater right
OF governing ourselves. The loss Of one
follows in succession the loss of the other.
When you confer on the Government the
power of dealing in wealth you unchain
every evil 1t can prey on and eventually
destroy free institutions, creating excessive
tayation, clrss taxation, billiOn-dollar Con-
crosses, a corrupt civil service, a debauch-
ed ballot.box and purchased elections. In
every campaign the privilege of taxing peo-
pie will be bartered for contribution to
corrupt them at the polls, and after every
victory new Mckinley bill to repay these
contributions with taxes wrung from the
people.
For every self.governing people there
can ca pe no more momentous question than
Burke truly said, around which all the
great battles of freedom have been fought.
1t is the question out Of which grow.all the
issues of government. Until we settle this
question wisely, permanent!y and Justly