Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-08

perlfy OF eaSn 10 bound Up ~ the prosperity /
Of all
NO HOSTILE cLsssEs.
Capital wants investment, not TO hide |
Itself in vaults. II In the activity Of capital
that makes its profit Banks want to loan
their deposits: there 10 no gain IN keeping
idle boards Of money. II is only the
wrslchsd and dehumanized miseF that
wsnts to hoard gold. He is Of no nte 70
anybody. and leaxs of all to himself. All
are bound up In q common destiny. all
must cooperate, work together. eonfde in
the future and in each other. TO achieve
common prosperity. Prosperity cannot be
noncpolized. 1t is the hope in each mans
breast that he can better his condition.
that constitutes the spring Of all the ac-
ttrenexs. all the enterprises. and all the
schseyements that have built up our ciyi1i-
xuon.
Restore that by dlspeillng the lurid
cloud. big with the threat Of national dis
honor. and Reputation. which hangs so
ominorsiy In our Western horizon. and
our country viii gather itself like strong
man refreshed BY sleep for a career Of in
dusfry and prosperity the like OF which IL
has never seen before.
Renewed hope and confidence, which Mr..
. Bryan Eneered at the other day will vital
lie the blood in all the veins and arteries
Of commerce, light the fires OF thousand
industries, drive back like evil shapes, into
the darkness from which they came. the
kzte and distrdBt and Misrepresentation
which have been doing their DEVILS work
tn behalf Of a eheapened standard and a
tlsihed money.
] agree with SIR. Bryan's oft-repeated
statement that the American people are
competent 10 manage their own Affairs and
govern themselves believe that they will
vindicate their capacity TO do both on the
third OF next November. believe they
will stamp with the seal OF their disap-
proyai the proposition that free people
can be persuaded to cheaper or falslfy
their own money in order 10 cheat some
other people out Of a part Of what they
owe.
l believe they will defend BY their votes
the institutions Of our country. and resent
at the ballot-bo1 the attack upon an In
dependent judiciary. as established by the
Constitution. II IL not that their decisions
should always accord with our views.
myself dissent from the result reached By
the Supreme Court in the Income Tax
case. but IL is essential 10 the success Of our
scheme Of government that a tribunal
should exist with power to finally decide
questions or disputed constitutional con-
etruction. And Il is a chief glory of Demo
cratic government that it has created and
successfully maintained such a tribunal
No well-visher OF his country would Try
20 undermine the respect Of the people fol-
this great department OF their govern.
ment.
do not believe that the people al the
polls will sanction the attack made by q
convention OF his own party, on Mr. Cleye.
land for his action, as President OF the
United States. in enforcing its laws and
protecting the United States mails againsi
the lawless violence which threatened tht
peace and security Of the good people Of
this country in the summer Of 1894.
They will rather agree with the resolu
tion passed with practical unanimity b.
the Senate Of the United States immediate
ly after the suppression Of the Chicag,
riots, which endorsed ''the prompt am
vigorous measures adopted by the Presi
dent Of the United States and the member
OF his administration. to repulse and re
press by military force the interference o
lawless men with due process Of the law
Of the United States and with the trans
portation OF the mails Of the United state
and with commerce among the states
The action of the President and his admin
port Of the law-ablding masses OF the pee
pie OF the United States, and he will b
supported by all the departments Of III
government and by the power and re
sources Of the entire nation.
Talk about regularity of proceeding
boiling Democrats. Here is a Democrat
convention not only Withholding a neagr
communication Of a Democratic President
thing without precedent IN the history {
party conventions, but actually denoun,
ing him for conduct for which a Dem,
cratic Senate commended him two veal
before. How can you account for this, e,
cept upon the theory that it's Popullst
allies had broken into its channels, te
Tihed its leaders into submission, an
usurpsd their functions?
Shall We be ferror.Eed to-day into Ell
dorsing pusillanimity like this, or
scared from our senses Of propriety In d
Tending as Democrats the wisdom, hde
ity and courage Of that Democrat
Democrats. our Democratic Presiden
Grover Cleveland?
1t was that convention al Chicago th
bolted from tina support Of a Democrat
President, Democratic admlnlgtratio
and a Democratic Senate, at the dictatl,
OF the Populists who invaded its councils
But, besides all this, the Chicago pIa
form Contains another threat against Il
weil-being Of the country, In it's declar
ton that the gOvernISknt Of the unlu
States alone should issue paper none
A new era Of greenbacks, imitation VII
silver falls to keep all its promises
needy or improvident debtors.
Much iurid rhetoric Is exploited o.
the money power and Wall street. We
money is power, and ne all want
II is full Of benefcence, too, when
starts the wheels Of industry, and secur
10 labor its juSt reward, and sLmulat
the activities and enterprise Of a free pc
pie. But there is another money pow
not 50 benefcent, born Of a fiuctuati
and unstable currency, money poa
that had its seat In the gold exchange
New York during the greenback era, a
was welded by gold gamblers and spec
lators. Many OF the great fortunes viii
excite the envy or the wrath Of our silly
friends to-day had their origin in tho
evil times. We struggled out Of that e
condition and reached the fast land
specie resumption and a stable Inoneta
standard. The gold room and the g
gamblers have long sincs disappear,
Do you want them back? If no, then kt
our money standard where it Is nov
gold, silver and paper circulating side
side. without variation as 10 purchase