The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03

siHceS ldF LloTS dangerous, ana more directly aimed at the overthrow and destruction of the fundamental princi- ples which underlie the government of free people. I refer to the blanks denouncing the due administration and execution of the laws by our executive officers, and the interpretation of our laws by a pure and independent tri- bunal. The Chicago platform in un- equivocal terms, openly advocates the overthrow of the supreme court of the United States, one of the highest and ablest tribunals of the civilized world, Its advocates openly assert that, if given the power, they will hurl down this great pillar which, from the birth of the republic, has at all times been regarded as one of the grandest and most enduring supports of our govern ment, In place of the present learned, | distinguished and fearless judges of that august tribunal, they would pack the supreme court with judges com mitted to render such decisions as the i advocates of this platform might de- sire.
 In speaking of this attack upon our supreme court ex-President Harrison most forcibly says: Tariff and coin- age will be of little moment if our con- stitutional government is overthrown There Is only one rule by which we can I live usefully as nation or peacefully as citizens-it is a rule of the laws constitutionally enacted and finally interpreted by the judicial tribunal ap- pointed by the constitution" (Ap- plause.)
 | The American government has been more than liberal and generous in vel coming the people of all nations to it's shores, but the action of the Chicago convention calls loudly upon every pa | triotic American, whether democratic or republican, or whatever his party | affiliations may have been, to main tain with all his power the principles and institutions which have made our country so grand, and to oppose the at tacks of socialists, anarchists, commu- ninsts and popcrats who, by the ut terances of the Chicago and populistic St. Louis platforms, seek the over throw and destruction of the most pre- ctous principles of our American con- stitution.
 In reading upon their tickets the names of their candidates, am re- minded of what in my school days was terms a lusus naturae. Their ticket Is in itself a freak of nature, an anil nal with one head and two tails-a Bryan in the middle, with a Sewall at one end, and @ Watson at the other. l (Applause.)
 Which way the creature will go when it starts, no one can tell, and no sane man, seeking any special purpose or destination, would dare to mount it. daughter.) In the parlance of the racecourse if the flag ever falls, no one can say whether 1t will take the l populistic road, or the repudiation track. Gaughter.) It is very evident that the boy orator is not sufficiently skillful jockey to get both ends started without being himself dismounted. Gaughter.)
 The appeal which is made by the lan- guage of this Chicago platform is to disregard the dearest principles of the constitution of our country. the pre- cepts of honesty and morality, the laws of the land, and the integrity of the supreme court of the United States. It is an insult to the honesty and intelligence of every American, | from the lowest to the highest in the scale of wealth. (Applause.) The l voices of it's advocates will make few converts among true Americans, and l predict that, in the coming Novem- Der. by the ballots of the hosts of patriotic republicans and democrats 1t will suffer d most overwhelming and crushing defat (Applause.) Thou sands of patriotic democrats helped us to win the victories of 1894.
 As in 1776 liberty-loving Americans stood shoulder to shoulder against the foes of American Independence, so do I see them in 1898 standing together, with solid front, regardless of party lines, to meet the enemies to our na- tional honor to our national progress, and even to our national existence. | (Applause.) Democrats and republi- cans stood together in the great battles for the Union from 1861 to 1865 Dem ocrats as well as republicans in 1896 will rally to the support of Mckinley and Hobart. They are coming, Father Abraham, ten hundred thou sand more" (Applause)
 We are proud of the lives of the characters, and of the records of our republican standard bearers. William | Mckinley and Garret A. Hobart. (Applause.) Their public utterances 1 show that the republicans in St Louis made no mistake in selecting them as our leaders in the great battle that is now impending. They are true ex- 1 ponents of the principles of protection and honest coinage; untainted with any of the heresies of the Chicago | platform, or the populistic or free silverite platform of St. Louis; ene- I mics of every doctrine which swayed, l dominated and controlled those con- ventions and of every sentiment tend ing to the subversion of the principles of our constitution to the debasement of our currency the repudiation of our obligations, or the injury of our na- tional honor and credit The day is near at hand when their triumphs will be announced throughout the country, and Bryanism known no more forever. l (Applause)
 How great the contrast between the principles of Mckinley and Bryan! Bryan has publicly said that he sub scribes to every word and syllable of the Chicago platform. It seems almost marvellous that an intelligent American citizen, having the honor of his country at heart, could be found who would