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defeated by the Senate. So. is not that
adopted by the D D3mocracy

passed by Congress, and demand in lieu
thereof the free aud unlimited coinage
of silver" That demand Is made abso-
lutely in section Z Of the D Democratic
platform. If English means anything
it means that free and unlimited coin
age was demanded by the Dem ocratic
party. but under the prostitution of the
President OF the United States diff
ferent construction was placed upon
that demand and we were cheated aud
defrauded of its benefits. (Applause.
"We demand the passage of laws pro-
hibiting alien ownership of land, and
that Congress take prompt action to
devise some plan to obtain all 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 of the
Democratic platform adopted at Chica-
60, and almost Identical In language.
"BelieYing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
n0ne." Those are JeffersonIan princi-
Piles which are set forth In the Chicago
platform.
"We 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 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 our
land must have" That Is the Demo-
cratic plank of the Chicago platform
demanding a tariff for revenue only.
But what have we todayp We have
Democratic House, a Democratic Sen
ate and a Democratic President, and
we had the right to expect tariff for
revenue only, and yet we have a bill
comparatively better than the McKin.
ley bill. Why2 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 raw
materials because the farmers consume
manufactured articles and sell the raw
materials. We asked for bread and
they gave US stone.
ave further demanded a just and
equitable system of graduated tax on
income" That is not incorporated In
the Democratic platform, but 1t has
been passed as a law by the Democrat
tc party in Congress. And that Is the
stumbling block which will make Re.
publicsns of every Democrat in the
Northeast. Already ths Republican
Legislature In one Northern State has
ratified the course Of the Democratic
Senators Of that State in their oeposi-
tion 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 u
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 Democratic 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 denlsnd the govern.
ment ownership Of such means of COM
munlcation 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 Dam ocracy and
for the protection of the people? That
has been enacted by Congress when
the interstate commerce bill became a
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.
"We demand that the Congress of the
| United States submit an amendment to
the Constitution providing for the cleo
tion of United States Senator's by di:
rect vote of the people of each State.
The Democratic Congress has that en-
acted into law and Democratic Sen.
ate defeated 1t.
So you see every plank of that plat
form save one, which is the sub-treas'
ury, is included III the Democratic
platform and those which are not have
been enacted into law by Democratic
| Congress. The sub.treasury Is simply
a plan put forth as an evidence OF
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 Congressp / maintained this be-
fore the people and 1 claim that they
have such right under the Corstitu
tion Of the United States. l am
true Democrat and l stand on the ma
tional Democratic platform and stanc
on the Ocsla platform. l will not foo
my people, let it cost me what 1t may
Uoud applause.)
Now, gentlemen of the convention,
say this because 1t has been flung II
your faces rs a taunt. We in South
Carolina are noble people. We shoulc
not cherish aninosity and do not. W.
Invite every true and honest citizen Il
come with US and join in this bill o.
rights to preserve white supremacy
White supremacy Is worth more thar
party principle Cloud applause) and tht
man who oppose these demands, Wht
Opposes the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, cannot stand before his peo-
pie and claim to be Democrat. Gap
plause)
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