Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-16

for the weak ana oppressed. the last
citadel between government by law and
government hy laWlessness. If this
court can ho packed to uphold an in
come tax statute il can be packed. as
ne The courts Of old, 10 carry out the
mandates Of their creator. no matter
~ hat they may be. Az judges may err
at times; some may have been corrupt
but an errine court is preferable to a
hacked or deiased court.
In view Of this indictment Of the
york Of the Chicago convention. | can
rot support its candidates except upon
The plea of party regularity. The claim
That Democrats should support the
ticket for the sake of regularity would
have more weight if it were urged on
behalf of a candidate whose Demo-
cracy was unSulled. The statement
has heen repeated 50 often and not de-
MED that we must accept as true that
"a March l.. lS96,at Mount Vernon. H.
Mr.. Bryan said: / am not Democrat,
and that again. in accepting one of the
three nominations he has received, he
stated that if the Chicago convention
had declared for a gold standard he
thc first time within my memory the
party standard bearer stands as an
apolosist for Democracy without TAX
ing back tho declaration but recently
lade that he was not a Democrat, and
without the courage to proclaim unre-
$ rVedly to the world that he IS
sup
1t is a grave mistake to charge that
an the supporters of the Chicago ticket
are governed by unpatriotic or dis
honorable motives. or that its follows
are advocates of lawlcssness or an
archy. 1t is undoubtedly true that the
radicalsm and fanaticism of the coun-
Try are supporting it; but it must not
'' forgotten that large PERCENTAGE of
our party favor il. and they are not.
and never have been, believers in law
icssress or anarchy. Ii matters not
That the chief reasons for their supper.
Us love of party regularity; if they be-
heVe they are right. they should be
treated with respect. and should not be
denounced as anarchists or law break
eIs
1T is not pleasant to break old asso-
iations. | wish | could bring myself
@ believe that the Chicago convention
vas right and that national blessings
might flow from the ratification of its
work. but my conscience. my judgment
and the experience of other nations
convince me of its error
Il believe most firmly that the sue
cess of this ticket would mean paralysis
pt business, that the employer of labor
auld be unable to secure the cedit
necessary to conduct his business and
tEat the avenues of industry would be
closed.
production cannot find a profitable
market in the improvishment of the
9eople. Panic, disaster and ruin will
follow. and ere the plaudits of the vic
torious multitude have died away they
viii realize the poverty and degrade
ton of the nation and will turn with
the anger of a once-deIuded but disillu-
stoned people upon the false prophets
and idols whose advice they followed
If the object of those responsible for
ms movement were to correct existing
abuses, to make impossible the forma-
ton of trusts and combinations that
raise the price of the necessaries of life
We could all join in the cause. 1t would
pc true Democracy. But when their
thinly yelled purpose is to SOW the
seeds of human hatred and distrust. to
play upon the passions and prejudiccs
of the people for dishonorable purposes
stern rebuke should be the answer.
The free coinage of silver NAV he
advocated from patriotic motives. but it
is arrant demagogism to array for sell
fish and un-Democratic purposes class
against class, the poor against the rich
employers against employees For the
first time within my memory we have
candidate of so-called Democratic
convention appealing not to the patrio-
tism and democracy of our people, not
to their conscience and intelligence
but to their prejudces and dislikes.
For several years l have been the
representative of this State upon the
Democratic national committee AT
the recent Chicago convention / was
honored by the - representatives of
New York With a unanimous re-elec-
ton In the struggle in which they
We're engaged I was with them heart
and soul. There is no existing power