Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-09
NATIONAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Arthur M SeWall of Maine.
LET EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTE.

LET EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTE.
 It is known of all men that the money power of the country is on the side of Mckinley and against the people in the pending presidential contest. An inn mense corruption fund has been sub scribcd with which it is hoped McKin- ley's election can be purchased.
 The democratic party is the party of the people. Nominee Bryan is making the fight for the people. It is a clear cut issue of the classes against the masses.
 In . great contest like this it is ab solutely necessary to have some money for campaign purposes.
 There are no bloated bondholders and trust barons on the side of the people to contribute fabulous sums of i'll gotten money to their campaign fund.
 There is no way by which the neces- sary money to defray the legitimate ex- penses of the campaign can be obtained except it be through a popular subscrip- tlon.
 In recent address to the plain people of the union Chairman Jones of the national democratic executive committee says:
 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE PRESENT CONTEST IS EN- GAGED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE PLAIN PEOPLE AGAINST THE EN- CkOACHMENTS OF EHE FAVORED GLASSES. THIS IS PURELY AN
 
 TANCE, HOWEVER. IT OVER SHADOWS EVERY QUESTION WHICH HAS OCCUPIED PUBLIC AT BENTON SINCE THE TRAGIC CAM PAIGN OF 1860.
 TIT PRESENTS AN ALTERNATIVE AT ONCE IMPERATIVE AND TERRI BILE. IT IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE DELAY MAY TAKE FROM US THE POSSIBILITY OF CHOICE, AND TER RIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DIRE CON- FAILURE.
 '1s THE AMERICAN UNION BIG ENOUGH, STRONG ENOUGH AND PATRIOTIC ENOUGH TO HAVE ITS OWN FINANCIAL POLICY? IF NOT THEN WE ARE THE SERFS OF THE MONEY CHANGERS OF EUROPE AND THEIR AGENTS IN THIS COUN- TRY, AND ARE DOOMED TO VAS SALAGE MORE ANONYMOUS AND MORE DEGRADING THAN THAT
 
 FOUGHT A CENTURY AGO.
 "OUR MANHOOD, OUR FREEDOM, THE FRUITS OF OUR INDUSTRY, INTEGRITY OF OUR HOMES. ED MEN HOLD DI1AR--ALL THESE ARE THE PAINTINGS OF ALIENS AND THE PREY OF USURERS.
 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT READY TO SURRENDER THE LIBERTIES FOR WHICH THEIR TDp A THEIRS SHEn E I I> BLOOD. WE BELIEVE THAT LIB ERTY AND SELF COVER RNMENT ARE DESTINED TO REMAIN THE HERITAGE OF THIS SPLENDID MA TION; THAT WE SHALL NOT BE FA- TED TO BECOME A LIVING LIE, A NATION OF SLAVES. CALLOUS AND DEGRADED ENOUGH TO WEAR ON LY THE MASK OF FREEDOM.
 WE HAVE ALLIED AGAINST US IN THIS CONTEST NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL FORCES OF EUROPE, BUT THE SUBSIDIZED PRESS AND ALL THE MoNOPOLIES AND TRUSTS HERE AT HOME, WHO ARE DETER MINED. IF POSSIBLE, TO FIX FOR EVER THEIR RELENTLESS YOKE ON LABOR FOR ALL TIME.
 ITO OPPOSE THEM WE MUST RE- LY UPON THE PATRIOTISM AND HE ROlC MANLINESS OF THE PLAIN ATE THE WEALTH WHICH SPECU- LATORS ABSORB. WITH UNLIM- TIED MONEY IN THEIR HANDS ' OUR ENEMIES ARE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING MISLEADING AND UNTRUTHFUL STATEMENTS; HIR- ED SPEAKERS AND EMISSARIES ARE EVERYWHERE ATTEMPTING TO MISLEAD AND DELUDE THE PEOPLE.
 ITO MEET AND COUNTERACT THIS WE MUST DISTRIBUTE DOCU- MENTS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE TRUTH; WE MUST FIX PIODE THEIR FALLACIES, THEIR TER SELFISHNESS. TO DO THIS WE NEED MONEY AT ONCE. AND