Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
Farmers Accusing. declarations
of Labor Stirring.
THE REIGN OF PLUToCRATS
Is Nearly Over and the Bright Day of Demo-
cracy is Approaching Dawn.
Democracy is Progress, Liberty is Its Vital
Air, Constitutions ane Laws Its Self
Imposed acknowledgement
of tho Next President.

Fellow Democrats: Your COMMITTEES
summoning me to this presence have ap
prised me of that unanimous vote which
will make known your approval of me Il
the authorized representatives of the De
mocracy of the United States, and be re
corded in the annals of our national conven
ton. With what terms shall I acknowI
edge this official act my fellow Democrats
which, instead of pointing to some new IN
| tried career, might amply reward anc
crown the labors of the longest lifel From
that great cardinal whose Lead, kindly
light" has touched the hearts of all Christ
endom, let my gratitude humbly borrow
this worthier response than myself coulG
ever frame to the great Democracy whom
you represent My respect for them OBJ
liges me TO submit myself to their praise
and TO grave and emphatic Judgment upor
me, which it would be rude to question
unthankful not to be proud of, and impos
sible ever to forget.
DEMOCRACY REAwAKENED.
The reawa5ening of the Democracy al
over our land is the most suspicious sigu OF
the times. When the people of France rose
against oppression 100 years ago it meant
revolution-a change of rulers and a social
earthquake When the Democracy OF
America rises it means an upheaval at the
ballot box, change of their servants and
political reform. This is true Democracy
this is government of, by and for the peo-
pie.
When you see the farmers arousing and
allied, when you see all the decorations of
labor stirring; when you see in every state
the great Democratic party up and afoot, it
means that the reign of plutocratS is nearly
over and the bright day of Democracy is
approaching dawn. the use of political
parties is to promote the expression of the
peoples mandates. The function of states
men is to frame and execute the same by
Just and equal laws The Democratic party
has this proud record. 1t is swift in its re-
sponses to the peoples needs. 1t makes
choice of safe and wise statesmen to the
statutory landmarks of the peoples prog
ress and release their energies to an ever
larger liberty.
DEMOCRACY IS PROGRESS.
Liberty is its vital air.
Constitutions and laws are the voluntary
self-imposed safeguards of Democracy. If
any words of mine could reach every fire.
side in our land this is what I would ask
my fellow-countrymen at this time to con-
slider.
All our troubles, all our dangers at this
very hour, after so many years of Re-
publican rule, are the direct consequence of
that rule, and flow from unconstitutional
legislation by the very men who sit in
shivering fits over what the Democracy
will do with power. On the other hand,
Tie DCluOCIdllC party WHICH tEuoGS ILO
people. would see all "broad-based upon
the peoples will" is precisely that party
whose creed has ever been a strict
Interpretation of the constitution and con-
finement of the government to few
specific granted powers.
l commend those contrasted facts to my
fellow-countrymen for neighborly debate
and Preside meditation.
TILL THE SNOW MELTs.
The Republican party neither trusts the
people nor obeys them. 1t now requires
another upheaval at the ballot-boX like that
of 1880 to be convinced that the wicked
work of the billion-dollar congress must be
repealed and the peoples will obeyed.
Felow-Democrats, 1 rejoice to know by
by the reawakening of the Democratic
hosts, by the arousal of nigh and noble
young ambitions through our land that we
are advancing to cordial union and an
other overwhelming triumph. We are ad-
vancing to final renewal of the nations
verdict in the mad, insensate reign of auto
Gratis and plutocrats in the billion-dollar
congress, whereby their verdict, now
scoffed at and stayed, shall have efficient
execution in the election of both branches
of Federal congress and Federal execu-
tive obedient to the sovereign peoples will.
Continuing Mr.. Rlll said:
The Sherman silver law now transforms
the Federal coinage power of silver and
gold into an instrument for the gradual ex-
pulsion of our gold, for the establishment
of an exclusive basis, and for the perma-
nent reduction
OF EVERY AMERICAN DOLLAR
by 80 per cent or more below the level of its
true value during the whole period of our
free bi-metallic coinage from 1892 to 1873.
Shall such law stand2 There has been no
such legislation for free men since Crom-
well called the law of England ''tortuous
and ungodly iumble.''
The demand for repeal of these edicts of
the billion congress has extorted from Re-
publican leaders their published purpose to
refuse repeal. Repeal is not a proposal to
stop at the tariff of 1888 as finality
My language expressly barred out that
absurd idea Moreover, when the tariff of
1888 was the law of the land in the hour of
our defeat three years ago, said here in
Albany, "The Democratic party nails to
the mast the flag of tariff reform"
Tariff reform will remain and require
solution with tie wise and
poliJic method OF abolishing whenever
practicable, one after another
ONE INDEFENsIBLE TAX
ut time, were the two Mckinley laws
today replaced by the tariff of 1888. But
10 not finch backward from the advance
inc of entrenchment which the Democrats
If New York have won, kept and will
guard
do not shirk deadly grapple with the
Republican revolutionists whose banners no
onger fly the tariff of 1888. but now fly the
mad Mckinley laws and the wild Sherman
aw, and mock US from the citadels of
power. The cause of tariff reform has
ately made u great practical advance. Sec
'etary Manning in mis- last report of 1856
advised congress to begin practical tariff re-
,orm by single act, an act for free wool;
IN act untaxing the clothing of about co.
100000 people. One year later, in 1887, the
'ecretary's report was writ large" in
Message by the president. Now, five years
alter, one of our most enlightened econo-
nists, David A. Wells, writes to the chair
nan Of the ways and means committee that
THE PATH OF PROGRESS
which Secretary Manning blazed first and |
llone, is the true path. Il is a maxim of |
ound policy, better fitted to win elections |
han to lose them: better dividing. into |
,asy chapters, the lessons of q long cam |
Iaign OF education, abolish whenever you |
an, one after another, one indefensible |
AK at a time. This is true progress. Let |
IS rejoice. The senate and the executive |
nav now refuse the least, as they refused |
he largest measure of tariff reform. But |
f the future of our cause we may now feel |