The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-10-06
Toms Talk.

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purified and strength restored.
Toms Talk.
Hon Tom L. johnson was unan-
imously renominated for congress
by the Democrats of the twenty
first, Ohio district. In accepting
the nomination he said:
Fellow citizens, am deeply
grateful for this, my fourth, nomin-
alton at your hands. rendered to
me unanimously, as it is, nomin-
alton by the Democracy of the
Twenty first Ohio district is
an especially high honor at this time
for the Democratic party is passing
through grave ordeal, charged
with the responsibility of the pres
ant business crisis and torn by
diversity of opinion in its own ranks.
l could, therefore, hardly have ex
pected to be made your standard
bearer without a contest.
History tells us that after a party
has been long in power and is over
thrown by the united efforts of men
differing widely in their opinions the
first result of attempted legislation
by the successful party is to magnify
their internal dissension. We have
not escaped this. Under the Dem
ocratie banner of '92 men were elect
ed to congress differing as widely
on the main question of the tariff as
Mills and Mckinley. To some ex-
tent the result might have been
forseen, and it therefore should not
discourage us. The dissension that
followed was, however among the
leaders, the people were united, and
the issue before them was perfectly
clear.
at is an issue which, once brought
squarely to the front, cannot be
thrust aside. 1t will not down. We
were elected to power on a platform
denouncing protection as a fraud.
Is it any less a fraud now than it
was then? No. Parties may change,
but principles do not, and when a
great question like this comes to the
front, the party that stands for free
dom must take its place squarely on
one side and the party that is for
restriction and special privilege
must inevitably be on the other
THE question before the Ameri-
can people is whether protection is
a blessing or curse, and men who
believe in protection in any form are
as much out of place in the Democrat.
ic party as free traders are in the
Republican party. The duty of all
good citizens, therefore, is to vote
men into the halls of congress who
stand squarely on one side or the
other Abhor all trimmers, local
protection, special protectionists and
incidental protectionists.
"Let US have men who will give
everybody all the protection hi
wants, or let US have men who will
abolish protection entirely. Mere
notifications, merely nibbling 8
little of some unnecessarily higt
duties, gives no real relief The
attempt to reform the tariff by leav-
ing to some favored pet of theil
party an advantage that is denied
to others is doomed at the outset t.
ultimate failure. If protection il
right then all who claim it shoulC
have it, if it is wrong, as you and
believe, it should be denied to all.
at is perfectly evident that the
two great parties to-day are under
, going rapid change The Repub
lican party is honeycombed will
free traders, and under the Demo
cratic banner there are many pro
tectionists. These men must ano
will change sides. The question o
what either part stood for in tn
past is of little moment, the vita
question is what they stand fol- today
The republican party is the part,
of protection, and the Democratic
party has no reason for existence
$ it does not stand in opposition t,
protection.
5 at matters very little that som
e men, holding to what they call tn
tradition of the past, complain o
i the present position. 1t matter
e very little that the owners of som
: so called Democratic newspaper
s still hunger for the feshpots of pre-
> lection, and that some misguide
e editors are vainly trying to stem tn
popular current. Long after the
. are gone, lost and forgotten, tn
principles on which the Democrat
{ party is founded, and by which W
k are to try present aud future quei
2 tions, will live.
Equal and exact justice to al
> special privileges to none," will b
the rallying cry of true democrat
: aud the object for which they striv
a so long as man loves his fellow ma
and is willing to fight for freedom
and justice"
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