The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-24


barrassins duty it will be to conduct the
campaign of his party's candidate.
In my city there used to hang in front
of saloon an ingenious sign 50 painted
| that as one approached 1t from the east
| he read the word Beans; approaching
| from the west the sign presented the
word Pork; when the thirsty traveller
stood directly in front Of the sign 1t bore
| plainly and unmistakably the refreshing
! word Beer" AS the rays from the east
I fall on the figure of the Canton Napo-
| leon one reads In yellow letters the word
Cold as the light from the Colorado
h:iis falls slantingly thereon the white
| word Silver appears; but as one stands
squareiy In front of the figure the word
word Hanna And they caal this
| figure on whom this triple light falls,
| Napoleon! What marshal over -shadowed
Bonaparte? What aide-de-carnp dictated
| to Napoleon? What minister enjotned
| silence on the Emperor? No, he is no
! Napoleon, or If he be, the birthday of
| his candidacy is fitt.ngly the anniversary
| of his Waterloo.
/ Facing Chicago, we confess that the
situation is not without peril. Clrcum-
4 stances-soine of which perhaps might
we believe to be. an erroneous financial
ingly in the West ana South and which
North. It is a faith which is not to be
eradicated with the sword, but with the
pen and tongue. With many It s a pana,,
these false views through misconception
| of economic truths and through not un-
derstanding economic faws or the times
and season of their appl l5cation. Not every
thing which is signed and sealed is valid.
The stamp of the Government on a piece
of silver can never make It worth much
| more than the world is willing to give
| for it. It is passing strange that the very
men who have such marvellous faith in
1 seem to have 50 little sentiment as to its
| homer They reverence its seal, but tap-
/ pear to be Indifferent as to its escutcheon.
If we are to accomplish our mission at
Chicago, we must go there to persuade
erring brothers and not TO quarrel with
enemies. The people who held those
strange views are honest but mistaken.
We must make them see that we are as
are right At this late DAY. sthe task
seems gigantic, but it Is fit te employ the
talents and discretion of a HIN and of a
Whitney. We may wei applaud the
resolution which has made them se.ze
the banner and hasten to the front II
is not hopeless task. Truth will al
ways vanquish error. Light win always
dispel darkness. The handful of States
which might be carried for the un-
limited coinage of silver, never could
control legislation so as to authorize free
avail them beyond affording an expires
4 sion CT views. They win only arouse
bitterness which may compel the Re
publicans to oppose even an internationa
| L.
the Democratic party, and what helF
can that party offer, If, when they turr
toward 1t, they find it broken and dis
rupted by their own frantic and de-
| A false view of finance is worse thar
false views. on such a question as the
tariff 1T affects the National credit an6
touches with coarse hand the Nattona
| honor 1t is the duty of the Democracy
in the present crisis to speak clearly or
the financial question. The. party Of
Jefferson and Jackson. of Benton ant
T'ilden, has always favored the bes
standard by the most enlightened na
t.ens of the earth. Neither consideration
Of expediency nor the selfish interest o.
those who own silver bullion should leat
us to depart from the safe and secur.
path 1t was the Democratic party tina
established an independent treasury
against the protests of the opposition. I
was a Democratic Governor, Hocati,
, Seymour, who demanded that the inter
est on our State debt should be paid IL
gold and that at a time when the green
back was in full reisn.s Our Republican
friends may pose as the advocates O
sound money, but the people have no
forgotten that the si1ver-p purchase law
bearing the name of another Ohio states
man. was the work OF a Republican Con
gress and of Republican President
That law made of silver a comrnodft,
and untitled it for its true mission,
medium of exchange. Nor have i'm
law was the work of a Demecratic Con
gress and of Democratic President
it had done no other thing in its fou
years of power and responsibility ou
fidence of the country for thus stoppin
the coinage of a fifty cent dollar
The Democracy stil adheres to tn
enue only. we % deny the a right Of Of Con on
! gress to nse the power of taxation t
buiad UP monopolies to depress wages t
: lower or. increase prices to distribut
business at the expense of another an
J all under the false and speciolls plea @
l protection. The recent Republican plat
: form has thrown off all disguise an
promises what it cannot give protectio
/. toseverybody and everything. 1t eve
i proposes tip exact from an unwilling so
( those swedts which the Creator inteaae
should be grown on Cuba and Hawai-
to CAN our own. The tariff bill enacte
4 by the Democratic party, white not pc,
: feet, is constructed on right lines.
it does not produce adequate revenue
!. at this moment, the difficulties in tn
q way are apparent and will be remove
: in the future. This much is certain, nc
3 dollar has been stolen, not a della
= has been squandered, not a dollar ha
I been misappiied, not an unnecessary do
lar has been wrung from the natious
= taxpayers If sufficient money has ne
t 1 been placed in the peoples treasury t
L
o rnentt, the money is still safe in tn
= peoples pockets. In addition to tn
e policy of economy and retrenchment O
d yt1e part of the National administratfo
e 4 we are proud of President Cleveland
It foreign policy which with vigor and COY
Il s.stency maintains the settled purpose
: our party.
s This convention is called for Nations
object, and ! may not therefore allui
n to- State issues nor speak of the recor
e of the last Legislature, of its enaetmeY
e OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL unjust and arbitrar
! laws. of its unreasonable methods, of i
:. high rate of taxation of its multiplyin
q of expensive State commissions, of i
betrayal of home rule principles.
, Whatever final fsue shall come out
: Chicago. We must remember that "
? nave to contend with an enemy we hay
sents today those same forces again.
s which Democracy has always contends
an snemy which Is officered by 1barens al
s 4 nat BY patriots. an enemy which despoi
: the field to enrich IT'S camp, which sfleel
n 4 when we speak of the traditions of OF
d free government and which regards itse
k as the ordained governing class. 1t
against such an enemy that the Democrat
! of the nation must go forth to fight. 4
5 Diace in the line OF nattie, Ter me say
= is as Exeter said to Sal sbury:-
I Fight valiantly today:
= And yet do thee wrong to mind tn
i. For thou art framed of the firm tru
" of vator."
! At the close of Mr.. Thacher,s speec
r Charles r. DeFreest, Calvin J. Huso