The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-16
DALY'S BLAqHERSKITH.
The Would Be Vice Presiden.
tial Candidate Yawps About
Bloated Millionaires.


pleasantly about him. The Senator re-
fused copy to "The News because it
does not treat him right" ''The News, =
however, secured copy which it prints
for the amusement of the public:-
To the Democrats of New Jersey:
The convention is ended, the platform
adopted and the candidates named; ana
the question to Democrats is presented,
What is the duty of the hour from
different quarters is heard the sentiment
of disSension, and the air is fual OF threats
to bolt. But from whom does 1t come!
have tried to be impartial and view the
situation from an unprejudiced and con-
serva tive standpoint and ] am forced to
the decision that the dissatisfaction con-
sist in the wealthy and the immediate rol-
lowers of that class.
Heretofore nominations were made by
combination of individual wealth and
monopoly, influencing alleged leaders Of
party by purchase or promise of reward,
and the absolute policy of party was die
tated from that standpoint Now, for the
first time since the war, the people have
conquered, and monopoly and wealth have
been defeated. and the cry goes forth
from them that the ticket must not
win.
Let me say at the outset that if wealth
intends to combine against the masses
then they must not complain if the
masses combine against the classes. They
call the convention .tPopulists''; what this
would mean as applied by the ordinary
eQllOT or average lO1lOWtT Oh Wtdllu
would lead men to believe that they were
ignorant, vicious and enemies of con-
stitutionaa government. But not so:
The average delegate to Chicago was of
the highest order of intelligence, and the
leaders were they who have led the great
Democratic party for the past quarter
of a century.
Among those who moulded the policy
of that convention in person or by advice
was that great constitutional lawyer and
maker of our foreign policy to great
degree, Senator Morgan of Alabama; the
ever eloquent and versatile r. Blackburn:
the conservative and cool Jones of Ar
kansas; the brilliant and dashing White
of California, who was temporary chair
man of the convention that nominated
Cleveland in 1888; the charming and
astute scholar Daniel of Virginia; that
great champion of tariff reform, Benton
Mcmillan of Tennessee, and his colleague,
the chairman of the Committee OF the
Whole in Congress during the debate
upon the Wilson bill Richardson, of the
same State: Congressman Fitflian OF
Illinois: Tom johnson and John r. Nc
but great lawyer, David Turpie of Indi-
ana; Williams of Massachusetts, and the
nominee of the party for Vice President,
SewaM of Maine. What man viii say
that those whom / have named are not
great indeed?
But you say that Altgeld and Tillrnan
were there. True indeed. and many SEN
ents srn and acts bv Of erS n6 hase BEEN
conservative press. But just as danger
GUS as they sal in the Republican conyen-
the power Of weaiss made sIcFsla
possibility? And Platt never falls to use
the same means when he determined 10
accomplish his ends. The Aitgeld and
Tiliman influence was in evidence but
not controlling. They mold extreme views
put put the aa other 1yg; party; by Z no less danger
Gus engine tWeaith), debausles and cor
rupts public office, making government
the instrument of their acquisitions, and
thereby fomenting and creating the senti-
ments Of public distr1st which breed the
to this not to justify T.llman and Altgeld,
but to impress upon the public mind the
danger of both, one being the outcome of
the otner. The late demonstraIion lpon
the floor of the stock exchange in New
York Is to me significant. Let the money
harpies of Wall street, who gamble npon
they have fnuch 10 answer for to tie
west and South, who produce everything
that goes to make THIS country a great
industrial and agricultural Dower.
The convention was not Andrchistic or
Populstie. Not sentiment was ut-
tered nor a word expressed by any one
a desire to perpetuate constitutional gov
ernnent and existing institutions. The
sen ntiments that were uttered were those
of long suffering people who felt That
the powers that be mad drifted away from
the spirit of the Constitution and had been
legislating for the classes ,Astead of the
masses ana now meant to try and ger
back to Jeffersonian principles, rehabilitat-
ing the money of the Constitution by re-
r96d,g m9ons,tizing the same. expanding the
n,ss-L elr,ealating medium instead Of pursuing
This campaign will be battle TO restore
silver to its proper place as a circulating
medium, to correct the evil resulting from
the demonetization of 1873 The gold rnono-
metalists avoid a debate on the cues
ton. Their argument consists in prophe-
cies of disaster Their whole contention
is that the commercial ratio of the two
me tails is such that a restoration hy Ie-
gfslation to the old and natural ratio in
wolves reputation and dishonor Their
argument conyicts them of inconsistency.
II, as they say: legislative action cannot
restore the parity at 16 to /. how was It
that legislative action worked the delhase-
ment of the white metal after. 1878? They
forget that before the decentralization OF
silver the ratio OF gold stood at i6 to [,
and even 1512 to /. Gold and silver are
the moneys of the Constitution-both are
necessary; and the adoption of the gold
standard and the consequent appreciation
OF gold mas contracted circulation and In
creased the purchasing power of the gold
holders--the wealthy classes of the coun-
try.
The people are fun Of trouble. There
are thousanas Of homes In distress wllicn
under ordinary circuns tances. with wise
legislation and honest government would
have plenty and to spare They ask WHY
does our country with IT'S fertile fields,
~ ~ NOttSSr, Ato great ldcllI1ES lOT
manufacturing industries, its endless re-
sources, permit of one class accommodating
millions while another great class labor
IN distress? What has produced this re-
suit? They answer you as / have sug-
gesled. Legislation for the classes
When they criticise the courts in the
platform they do not mean that the
courts are corrupt, but they feel that it
Is an unwarranted assumption of power
that courts one day declare a principle
and the next day reverse it. When they
speak of not issuing bonds in time Of
peace they mean that our government.
with it's great facilities, should not be
compelled to bond when, by wise legisla-
Iion. our treasury vaults should be full.
They very wisely turn to monarchtcai
Europe and say: why does France
thrive; why does all Europe prosper. and
we, the greatest people on earth, langliisl1
N financial distress. When they speak of
the general government invading the DOW
er OF the State they do not deny its pow
er, but they insist under the Constitution
the State shall ask for It, and when they
DO not, It is an invasion of the States
rights. This is not fleresy. but the teach
ings of Jefferson
Eastern capitalists, and the Eastern
press, have by vituperation and misrepre-
ssptatlon snught to make this contest Sec
tionAi. It IS net sectional contest. how
ever; it is, more than any other campaign
since the war. a national one, for ii Is
q contest over the greatest popular issue
that has arisen since the war Eastern
demagogues have sowed the wind which
will reap for them the whsrIwird The
masses of the United States have not VET
adopted Wall street as their political head
rf1s4 ri nrC neither WILL fhav ~. v.fclc5 -.