The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-03

cratic party; with this distinguishing diff
ference, that while the Brazos river does
contain some water the Chicago ticket
does not contain one drop of democracy
whatsoever.
We see the right OF private contract
taken away and revoked and the lender
denied the power to demand in payment
that which he has loaned He loans
bread and shall be compelled to receive
the uncooked dough. And is this the
true faith? 1t is a Barmccidc feast, at
which the creditor is invited to lick the
satisfied. The tOilers in the factory
and in the field are refused the poor
privilege to contract for the payment of
their work in the best money in the
world The new school of magicians
are to coin dollars out of vapOr and sub
stitute Legislative bill for the laws of
supply and demand The ordinances of
nature, the produce. of labor shall be
overturned and detied by the omnipo-
tcnce of statute. The sceptre of in
tcllect shall be snatched from the hands
of the judiciary and the courts made the
willing and subservient instruments of
robbery and spoiliation. And is this too,
democracy? They attempt to make
criminals of our statesmen and states
men of criminals. They impeach the
honesty of Grover Cleveland and cXalt
the treason of Eugene Dcbs. If that
be democracy then let it perish. and
bury it so deep that it will not emit even
the sckCning odOr of Il corpse. We are
told that we must yield an ungrudging
support to the marionettcs of Mr.. Alt
geld and dance with them whenever he
chooses to move his ropes and pulleys.
We are admonshed that unless we
trn, ,nriDiinn, INDIAN fnnt nd
rcvilc Grover Cleveland we will never
get close enough to the political chiefs
to catch the redolence of official pie
Let it be so. What is lustrum of
shOddy tenure i'll Office to decades of
everlasting shame? What is the mar
ket value of Il victory purchased at the
sacrifice of principle and the surrender
of Il national trust?
| "WhO would buy minutes mirth to
wall week.
Or sell eternity to get Il toy"
Cleveland has answered our best and
noblcst aspirations and in the arithmetic
of pure and practical results his efforts
show the greatest sum total of any living
democrat. His was the first spirit to
brood on the open tariff sea and from its
formlcss depths mould and bring to the
surface Il concrete, visible reform. 1t is
| because he would not allow himself to
be degraded into Il political fuRir to dis
pcnse nostrums to the needy that every
ant and psmirc kicks out its tiny legs
formed that we are boilers who refuse
obedience 10 the organized democracy.
This is the same logic which the Amcri-
can Tory used to the revolutionary
patriot to prevent his resisting the stamp
act and the duty on tea. He, too, was
told that while parliament might be act
ing unwiscly i'll levying the impoSt still.
as the supreme law, it had the right to
do so, and it was the duty of the colonist
to obey. AS well declare land there
would he rs much reason in it, that had
Chicago Office brokers announced for i'll
ccndiarism and horse theft it would he
the duty of the loyal democrat to submit
We have, | trust, Il more lofty notion of
the partys' destiny than to believe that
1t can fOrsakc its principles with inn
punity and ut the same time command
our unfatcring vote A party is useful
only as an agency to successfully
achieve certain tcnets in the science of
government It's organization is utterly
of no consequence when its principles
cease to exist We must catch and
cradle every spark of political wisdom
and keep alive the sacred flame of party
life. Our platform shall be no pontoon
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pedlency, but structure strong enough
to sustain the tramp of generations to
follow Its pillars shall not he of the
crlmblinS rock of temporary chicane. but
of the massive granite of eternal prin-
ciplc which cndurcs forever.
In one breath the Chicago office
brokers dcclaim against federal inter
ference, and in the next they nominate
candidate who believes that the cen
trail government should be Il locomotive
engineer, Il railway conductor. Il tclc-
graph operator; in short. the ideal
specialized grandmother, who lovingly
presses her grandchildren to her knee
and soothcS their little aches and pains
with catnip tea and weak solution of
cornstarch. TO add comedy to their in
consistency, they elect a temporary
chairman, Senator Daniel of Virginia.
who introduced the resolution in the
United States senate i'll July. 1891. ap-
plaudinS Cleveland for sending troops to
Chicago.
Who is there among us who would
prefer that the little finger of devious
trickcry should prevail over the loins of
robust honor? A vote for Bryan and
Sewall is vote to put this nation on
foundation of sand. 4 vote for Bryan
and ScWall is II vote for the dissolution
OF this government. Send delegates to
indianapolis TO fight the coilcd adder of
reputation; to fight, though we sink
forty fathoms down in the waters of
defeat.