The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-09-26

| hlDlt1ng alien ownership OF laQQ, anC
that Congress take prompt action to
devise some plan to obtain ali lands
now owned by aliens and foreign syn
dicates; and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations in eX-
cess of such as Is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government, and held for actual set.
tiers" That is the section 6 of the
Democratic platform adopted at Chica.
90, and almost Identical in language.
"BelieYing in the doctrine of equal
rights to ali and special privileges to
none" Those are Jeffersonian princi.
pies which are set forth Ia the Chicago
platform.
"Ws demand that our national legis.
lation shall be so framed in the future
as not to build up one industry at the
expense of another" This is' almost
identically section 5 of the Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago.
"We further demand removal OF
the existing heavy tariff tax from the
necessities of life that the poor of oul
land must have" That Is the Demo.
cratic plank of the Chicago platform
demanding tariff for revenue only
But what have we today? We have
Democratic House, Democratic Sen.
ate and a Democratic President, and
we had the right to expect tariff fol
revenue only, and yet we have bill
comparatively better than the Mckin
ley bill. Why? Because the South and
the West now raise raw materials
| cheaper Than the Northeast, and they
leave high protective tariff on manu-
| factured products and demand free NV
materials because the farmers consume
manufactured articles and sell the raw
materials. We asked for bread and
they gave US stone.
"We further demanded a just and
equitable system of graduated tax on
income" That is not incorporated In
the Democratic platform, but it has
been passed as law by the Democrat
1c party in Congress. And that is the
STUN bling block which will make Re-
publtcans of every Democrat In the
| Northeast. Already the Republican
Legislature In one Northern State has
ratified the course Of the Democratic
Senators of that State in their opposi-
ton to this measure, which is not in
this platform, and which has been en-
acted by the United States Congress
And yet these men, these men who say
that We are not Democrats, support a
man who voted against that provision,
man who leagued with the Republi-
cans to defeat that provision, and to
defeat silver legislation and other prin-
ciples of pure Democracy included in
the Dem ocratic platform.
"We demand the most rigid, honest
and just State and national govern
ment control and supervision of the
means of public communication and
transportation, and If this control and
supervision does not remove the abuse
now existing, we demand the govern
ment ownership of such means of COM
munlcatien and transportation" They
have never demanded the government
ownership Of railroads. They simply
demanded the control of the railroads,
and when we come to the point when
it will be necessary to keep them from
owning the people then we will demand
government ownership, and not till
then. Is not that pure Democracy and
for the protection of the people? That
has been enacted by Congress when
the interstate commerce bill became
law and we only ask that the commits.
sion be given full power.
When you passed your railroad COM
mission law you gave your commission
absolute control of the railroads, with
power to fix rates, schedules, connec-
tions, etc., but you have never demand
ed ownership of the roads and you do
not desire it.
1--WE demand that the Congress of the
United States submit an amendment to
the Constitution providingfor the elec.
ton of United States Senators by d.
rect vote Of the people of each State. y
The Democratic Congress has that en-
acted into law and Democratic Sen.
ate defeated 1t.
Soyou see every plank Of that plat
form save one, which is the sub-treas-
ury, Is included in the Democratic
platform and those which are not have
been enacted into law by Democratic
Congress. The sub-treasury Is simply
plan put forth as an evidence of a
disease existing among the farmers
who demanded of these doctors OF the
nation to do something to cure that
disease.
Have not the people the right to pc.
tition Congress? I maintained this be-
fore the people and I claim that they
have such right under the CoIstitu.
ton OF the United States. I am a
true Democrat and I stand on the ns-
tional Democratic platform and 1 stand
cn the Ocala platform. I will not fool
my people, let it cost me what 1t may.
cloud applause.)
Now, gentlemen of the convention, l
say this because it has been flung IN
your faces as a taunt. We in South
Carolina are noble people. We should
not cherish animosity and do'not. We
invite every true and honest citizen to
come with us and join in this bill OF
rights to preserve white supremacy.
White supremacy is worth more than
party principle Cloud applause) and the
man who oppose these demands, who
opposes the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, cannot stand before his peo-
pie and claim to be Democrat. (Ap-
plause.)
We are united people. We stand
here united, and if l thought, gentle
men, that my nomination and my cleo.
tion meant unhappiness to the people
Of South Carolina and threatened the
institutions of my State, which love,
for every true patriot loves his State, l
would ask you to take back this nomt-
nation, and I would pray God to put
out the spark which CLOVIS in my heart.
(Appiause.)
If elected I shall be Governor of the
entire people. I shall know no faction
and shall see that the will of the ma
jority is obeyed and the interests of the
minority are protected by all the law
and power which is placed in my hands
as your Chief Executive. (Applause.)
And now l shall leave you. con-
yratulate you on the work that you
have today. l congratulate you upon
the bold manner in which you remain-
ed steadfast to principles and the
pledges you made to the people.
I promise you that the Dlspensary
law, which seems to be the bone OF con-
tention among some people, but which
| believe to be the only solution OF the
Whiskey problem, and the only rescue
of the naonla from the TYRANNY OF the