The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-10
KEEP w THE GOOD WORK.
address From Democratic Club H~ad-
i"ar'ers--A" Appeal "a the People 40
s"ntin"e the Perfect system of Orgaoi-
ratio" That Achieved 50 ssgnsi = sue
cess Last Fall.

tAsHiN6ToS. Feb. -. The exesu.:va
committee of the National Association
OF Democratic Clubs have issued the
following address urging the demo,
cratic people to maintain a perfect or
ganixation and extend a system II aisil.
lated democratic societies, whose re-
cent services 10 the cause were Sd con-
spicuous:
THR DEMOCRATIC ADpxr.s.
The address OF the National Assoc.a.lcn az
Democratic Clubs issued ia April last outlined
the issues upon which the contest q lsy. rust.
IL appears. inevitably he conduct.d- We we're
not mistaken In the views then expressed. The
great battle WIS pitched "a every point upon
the lines Indicated. The vital piasiple of
strict construction was put at Issue and il was
uehterately approved by q great majority Of
the votes cast. The tariff question. resolved
and settled by the application OF the rule en-
bodied In the 10Th amendment. II qnes-
lion no longer IL the overUhclnl-
Ing Judgment Of the people ex-
pressed NJ the polls IL 70 be respected and
otcyed ny their representatives. I he details
OF tariff reform-of a system oi taxation look
Ing only TO the largest returns of revenue
sistent with the widest liberty oi trade rv
main to he adjusted ly r democratic congress
with the aid OF an enlightened executive
chosen TO serve alike the interests ~ al classes
mentioned we declared:
THE pAnTY,y PLATFORM
Congress may. under the constitution tar
the people 10 sustain their own government.
III has. however, just much right fo take
their lives. or 10 sell their children into bond.
age, as II has 10 tafe dollar from them 70,
any other purpose. But The federalist party.
purely to create moaopolies upon which il may
rely Tor political support. and TO further enrich
its wealthy fayor.tes boldly assumes the I'm.
granted and forbidden power 10 las
taxes with no view whatever TO pub
lie revenue, hut with sole and ayowcd
view 10 transfer untold millions os
money annually from the pockets OF the many.
VINO nave earned it, 10 the Golfers cf the few
who are licensed TO seize il in virtue o. theis
unconstitutional monopolies. IL tbs can he
done, there l. an end OF liberty: CIR federal
government IL utterly perverted: IL is no;
merely fraud. but dc>poti>E. ana there Is
nothing LEFT north struggle. The power 10
take and appropriate TO others the proceeds Of
the peoples lator j. the power 10 caslavc the
people None such can he found in the federal
constitution And the question whether IL
shall he Exercised though ungranfed and
therefore forbidden. Is the question rs M
Jefferson fiated IL. between limited and IN
limited government. t~twecn self-goyernmeri
and corrrrt Capitalization. tctwcen popular
liberty and n grasping and greedy tyranny. be
tween tie masses and the classes. between the
federal-fcpuhiitan and the democratic parties
With great delberaiion and solemn emphasis
the Chicago convention took the same position.
II is unnecessary TO set out here that clear and
definite provision OF the platform II one
which. could neither he misunderstood nor mis-
construed. II planted the democratic party and
its candidates OF all grades. from the highest to
the lowest in that campaign. the original
nnc impregnanle democratic Eround-upon the
constitution strictly construed which forhids
taxation except taxation for purely public
purposes The people plundered by q gigantic
examination OF monopOfcs under favor of gov
sanment and actually threatened with the sub
sersion OF free institutions by force and cor
siption. united for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF pri-
saie interests NJ the general expense. approved
che Chicago platform by unprecedented MAORI
ties. 80 distributed geographically 10 demon
strate the universally Of the sentiment and the
permanence Of the results
But. while power steals readily and almost
imperceptihly from the many TO the few TIA
process Of reclamation is ever painful and slow.
The enormously-rich benenciarics OF the fed
cralist policy taxing the many for the bcnefi,
of the few circumscribing the industries OF the 4
mass to enlarge the license Of a class. are still
I'm power" as they have been for more than .
quarter OF century. They are in fun posses
sion OF the monopoiies. which have enriched
them as no privileged class was ever enriched
in the same length OF time. and enabled them 20
protect the party protecting them.
PLrSDERERs STILL IN POWER
They will remain in power until jus. revi
sion OF tax laws on the lines Of the constitution
decreed by the people in the late ele elton
shall lop OF their undue profits and restore 10
the common people that proportion of their
own earnings which the federal government
does not plainly require for objects ie1iff-
mate and specified They are banded still. as
heretofore In defense Of their unconstitutional
privileges. They will resist stubbornly At
every point -"d stage. and tariff reform-tarif
reform in 81 whole wide. benefccn; scopc-a<
contemplated ~ the democratic party and the
majority ~ the people will r. accomplished
only after fierce and prolonged struggle The
people II T. true. have selected their .n>trfi-
ments an executive and congress 10 maze
this battle for them. But the battle T. to 10
made and Is yet 10 Re won Everything sub
stantial remains TO this hour with the enemy.
including The vast wealth Of the monopoly COM
hination. increased every day the monopoly
laws stand unrspealrd.
ORGANIZE ORGANIZE. ORGANIZE
The object Of this address s. TO urge the dem
ocrafic people and those who united with them
al the election in November las; 10 maintain.
perfect and extend the system Of affiliated dem
ocratic societies. whose recent service 10 ihs
great cause conspicuous a. TO be known
Of all men and which must. until the fruifs~o
the late victory are gathered and garnered. -
required 10 uphold the hands Of our Official rep
rcs.,nafives in the long and desperate struggle
with private interests which j. still hefore
n
cratic congress will need. in the next four
wears more than ever before. the support of -
yigilant party and an aroused people. repre-
scented In a perfect organization. whose princi-
pies and purposes are beyond any possible
question. miscarriage In ths elections Of
lsya-that H. 10 say. failure 10 return anrsher
large tariff reform maJority-woIld he "a calam-
fly 81 crushing magnitude Against IL we can
have assurance except in a system az cemo-
cratic clubs well organized active and axgres
kiyc in every state and district where a contest
IL 10 be made. and their union in state ard ra-
tiOnal assoc iations.
II is unnecessary 10 remind either straight
democrats or conscientious refJrmer- of the Inn
perative necessity for this form Of organization
or OF the importance and vaiuc of the work IL 10
appropriately and perfectly designed to accom-
pli.hcc They have been too recently DEMON
strated ty events To require further comment
From the good hour In which the national con-
vention of democratic clubs assembled At Nav
York. in the first days of October last. the elec-
tion 81 Cleveland and Stevenson was seen - tie
beyond q peradyenfurs. That magnificent as
semhlare Of active and patriotic men from all
parts OF thc country. associated under simple
declaratics Of axiona'Sc democratic principles.
was "a spectacle 80 str kinr and encourac tng -
20 resolve all doubts and II is@now very pan
that te she THOUSAND democratic clubs, repre-
scented IN that cSnys ption and this association.
too large share OF credit fsr the final iesss1
can not he acco-dc,- Let ms ~ foun 4 9seil Dss
ter prepared in lSgs and is4e
Warn truly