The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26

slow you that those people cannot
recognize Democracy when they see
it it printers ink. Let me refer to
this platform.
The Democratic party in conven-
ton asssembed at Chicago endorsed
a platform of principles. They are
true aud represent honest govern
ment and are dear to the hearts Of
every one of you. They have been
endorsed by your convention proper
ly as true Democracy, and these
principles connected with them have
been endorsed, and ! will show you
that the National Democratic party in
convention assembled in Chicago has
Incorporated a majority Of those
principles, and that the Democratic
majority in Congress have enacted
into law every principle of that plat
form no. so adopted save one.
Is not that the highest evidence Of
it's Democracy?
1t reads as follows !: "We demand
the abolition of national banks.
That is Democracy as formulated in
Sec. 8 of the Chicago platform.
When they asked for the abolition of
the tax on State banks what did that
mean? It meant death to national
banks because they cannot compete
with State banks whose issue is
untaxed.
"We demand that the amount of the
circulation medium be speedily in-
creased to not less than $50 per
capita" The National Democratic
platform deplored the state of affairs
of the farmers of the country, calling
attention to the tremendous mortgage
indebtedness upon the farms, and
called on Congress to afford relief.
How was that to be obtained if not
by an increase of the circulating
medium? So that plank is included
in the national platform.
1--WE demand that Congress shall
pass such laws as will efectually
prevent the dealing in futures of all
agricultural and mechanical produc
tions; providing a stringent system
of procedure in trials that will secure
the prompt conviction, and imposing
such penalties as shall secure the
most perfect compliance with the
law" That has passed the House
of Congress, where the Democrats
had over 80 majority, but was defeat
ed by the Senate. So, is not that
adopted by the Democracy?
eve condemn the silver bill recent
ly passed by Congress, and demand
in lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver" That demand is
made absolutely in section of the
Democratic platform. If English
means anything it means that free and
unlimited coinage was demanded by
the Democratic party, but under the
prostitution of the President of the
United States different construction
was placed upon that demand and we
were cheated and defrauded of its
benefits. (Applause.
eve demand the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership of land,
and that Congress take prompt action
to devise some plan to obtain all lands
now owned by aliens and foreign
syndicates and that all lands now
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of such as is actually
used and needed by them be reclaim
ed by the government, and held for
actual settlers only" That is section
6 of the Democratic platform adopted
at Chicago, and almost identical in
language.
Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none" Those are Jefersonian prin.
ciples which are set forth in the Chi
cago platform.
We demand that our national
legislation 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 chi
cago.
ave farther 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 tariff for revenue only.
But what have we to-day? We nave
a Democratic House, Democratic
Senate and Democratic President,
and we had the right to expect tariff
for revenue only, and yet we have a
bill comparatively little better than
the Mckinley bill. Why? Because
tI,o Conth au9 Wost now raise raw