Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-30

east, a sound money democratic cendi-
date cannot be regarded as of any value,
but there are democrats in Illinois, In
diana, Kentucky and other states of the
central and western country who could
not bring themselves to vote the repub-
lcan ticket, but who will vote for sound
money democrat. That will help McKin-
ley, as it will take votes away from Bry-
an"
Now if there is any man in this coun-
try who knows the purpose and object of
the third party movement, 1t is this man
Hanna. | have no doubt after he had
a consultation with those posing as the
democratic leaders, he advised it. He
talks like he was the author OF 1t, for he
says: There are democrats in Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky and other states of
| the central western country who could
| not be induced to vote the republican
! ticket, but who will vote for the sound
I money ticket" And they have brought
| this same movement into the state of
| Alabama, into the city and county of Mo-
| bile, and seek to deceive the people of
| this county and state by making them
| believe that the purpose of this move
| ment is to preserve true democratic prin
| ciples. The claim that they are the true
| democrats, under the circumstances, is
! certainly the
| Most Stupendous Exhibition OF Cheek
| that the American people have ever wit
| messed. The leaders connected with the
| movement have all of a sudden discov-
| cred that their consciences will not per-
! nit them to support Mr.. Bryan and the
| platform. The action of the democratic
| convention at Chicago has certainly
Quckened into life a great many dead
| consciences. Why, fellow citizens, just
| think of it! Col. w. c. 2. Breckenridge
| has stated in a speech that his conscience
I will not allow him to vote for Bryan and
| Sewall. 1t is great pity that the demo-
! cratic party did not do something like
/! this some fifteen years ago to arouse the
| conscience of this gentleman,
| Why, my countrymen, this thing bears
the stamp of fraud ON it's face. l see the
sound money democratic convention as
| sembled in Montgomery on Thursday,
| August 27, declared as follows:
| "3. We reiterate our devotion to the
| principle of tariff reform"
Well what does Mr.. Hanna's candi
| date Mr. Mckinley, say on this subject?
| He says in his letter of acceptance that
as soon as Mr.. Cleveland was elected
president the country took fright at his
tariff views and the tariff views of his
party and then proceeds by argument
and attempts to demonstrate that the
panic of 1893 and all of its evil conse-
quences were due to the tariff views of
Mr.. Cleveland and the democratic party,
and insists that the only remedy is to re-
store the rates of duties that existed
under the former Mckinley tariff. That
is practically his whole contention. Now,
as we have established the fact that the
purpose of this movement is to aid Mr..
Mckinley, and as Mr.. Mckinley claims
that all of our troubles are due to the
tariff reform views of Mr.. Cleveland and
the democratic party, how can our de-
parting democratic friends consistently
appear before the American people and
announce their devotion to the princi-
pies of tariff reform?" Their position is
so Illogical and so inconsistent that it Is
a-ta Of ti1lp n
certainly contradict the claim of their
Devotion to Tariff Reform
| Second, fellow-citizens, even the re-
| publican party, which lived for more
| than twenty-five years on the sectional
| issue, has abandoned it 1t, and, to our
| amazement. the leaders of what they
| claim to be the national democratic par
| ty' have revived the sectional issue. Mr..
| Bourke Cochran, the Other evening, in
his Madison Square speech, insulted all
| of the farmers of the west and all of the
| people OF the south. He asserted with
| gr at passion and vehemence that those
| who were supporting Bryan and Sewal
and the platform upon which they stood,
| represented a conspiracy composed of
| the farmers of the west and the unrecon-
ciled slave owners of the south. This, of
| course is a base slander upon the people
embraced in his denunciation. His pur-
! pose is to arouse the former hate that
| once existed between the north and
| south upon tnlS slavery question. Wn1cn
| has been so deeply buried as to be beyond
resurrection. A cause which has to de-
psnd upon such arguments Is unworthy
of the
Consideration of the American People.
! Here we are struggling, / hope, as pa
| triots to settle an economic question and
| such an argument as this has been
brought forward by Mr.. Cochran to aid
| in it's settlement In what way doss 1t
| elucidate and illustrate the financial
| question? Such an argument will re-
! ceive the universal condemnation of man.
| kind.
Among those included in this denuncia-
| ton are such distinguished men as Ed
| ward c. Walthall of Mississippi, John w.
| Daniel Of Virginia, General Cockrell of
Missouri, General Gordon of Georgia and
| a host of others who more than once
| spilled their blood to protect and pre-
| serve to the people of the south what
| they at the time conceived to be their
| liberties and civilization. He would at
| tempt to make it appear that these men
| are disloyal to the people who have
| trusted them for the past thirty years
No, my fe1low-countrymen you do not
| believe in the truth of such an asser-
| because you know it is false. You be-
| leve in your hsarts that any of the men
| whose names / have mentioned would
| cheerfully and willingly sacrifice their
| lives tomorrow for their country If they
| considered there was necessity for 1t.
| Among those who have left our ranks
| in this city and state are to be found
! some of our warmest friends and busi-
F.! ness associates We regret sorrowfully
keep our faces steadily to the front and