The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-26

pie cannot recognize Democracy when
they see it in printers ink. Let me
refer to this platform.
The Democratic party in convention
assembled at Chicago endorsed plat
form Of principles. They are true and
represent houest government, and are
dear to the hearts of every one of you.
They have been endorsed by your con-
vention properly as true Democracy,
and those principles connected with
them have been endorsed, and I will
show you that the National Demo-
cratic party in convention assembled
in Chicago has incorporated majority
of those principles, and that the Demo-
cratic majority in Congress have enact
ed into law every principle of that
platform not 80 adopted save one. Is
not that the highest evidence of its
Democracy? 1t reads as follows:
1--WE demand the abolition Of na-
tional banks" That is Democracy as
formulated in Section Of the Chicago
platform. When they asked for the
abolition of the tax on State banks
what did that mean? 1t meant death
to national banks, because they cannot
compete with State banks, whose issue
is untaxed.
"We demand that the amount of the
circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 per cap
ita." The National Democratic plat
form dep]ored the state Of affairs of the
farmers of the country, calling atten-
tion to the tremendous mortgage in
debtedness upon the farmers, and called
on Congress to afford relief. How was
that to be obtained if not by an in
crease of the circulating medium? So
that plank is included in the national
platform.
"We demand that Congress shall
pass such laws as will effectuaIly pre-
vent the dealing in futures of all agri-
cultural and mechanical productions;
providing stringent system of proce-
dure in trials lhat will secure the
prompt conviction, and imposing such
penalties, as shall secure the most per-
feet compliance with the law" That
has passed the House Of Congress,
where the Democrats had over eighty
majority, but was defeated by the Sen
ate. So, is not that adopted by the
Democracy?
1--WE condemn the silver bill recently
passed by Congress, and demand in
lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage of silver" That demand is
made absolutely in Section 7 of the
Democratic platform. IfEnglish means
anything it means that free and unIim-
tied coinage was demanded by the
ia rtx t,r,f
titution Of the President of the United
States a different construction was
placed upon that demand and we
were cheated and defrauded Of its ben
e6ts. LApplause.]
1--WE 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 SYM
dicates; aud that all lands pow held by
railroads and other corporations in eX-
cess of such as is actually used and need
ed by them be reclaimed by the govern
ment and held for actual settlers only"
That is Section 6 of the Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago, and al
most identical in language.
believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none" Those are Jeffersonian princi-
pies which are set forth in the Chicago
platform.
ave demand that our national legis-
la.ion 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.
ave further demand a 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
have a Democratic House, a Demo-
cratic Senate and Democratic Presi-
dent. and we had the right to expect a
tariff for revenue only, and yet we
have bill comparatively little better
than the Mckinley bill. Why? Be
cause the South and the West now
raise raw materials cheaper than the
Northeast, and they have high pro-
tective tariff on manufactured products
and demand free raw materials because
the farmers consume manufactured
articles anIa sell the raw materials.
We asked for bread and they gave US a
stone.
ave further demand a just and
equitable system of graduated tax on
incomes.n That is not incorporated in
the Democratic platform, but has been
passed as law by the Democratic party
in Congress. Aud that is the STUN
bling block that will make Republi-