Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-08-21
BLOWS FROM THE SHOULDER.

Governor Stone represents, as chei ex-
ecutive of Missouri, State OF great wealth
and industrial enterprise. The bold and
manly stand he has taken, and the telling
blows which he is giving, are having ire
mendous effect His speech in New York
last week at Madison Square Garden is full
of strong points which should be kept be-
fore the people. They are too good to be
allowed to drift away with the days papers.
His comparison Of the two platforms IL
strong and in decided taste. Among the
strong remarks he made are the following ::
"The gage of BATTLE" he said, "thrown
down at st. Louis, was taken up at Chicago.
Against English ideas we place American
ideas; against English policy We place an
American policy; against foreign DONNA
ton we place American independence, and
against the selfish control Of privileged
classes we place sovereignty of the people.
The Republican platform is the antthesis OF
the Democratic platform. One stands Tor
gold monometallism, the other for gold and
silver bmetallism. One proposes that we
wait upon other nations, the other that we
act for ourselves.
"One proposes that the Government shall
lean upon the bankers of New York and
London, the other that the Secretary of the
Treasury shall stand erect, confident and
fearless, and assert his power to protect the
rights Of the people and the honor of the
nation One proposes to continue the policy
of issuing bonds, the other to stop it, One
declares for a European alliance, the other
is a declaration for American independence.
Upon these all-important questions issue is
Joined between the two great political par
ties of the Republic"
Gov. Stone freely admits that plutocracy
tried to use the Democratic as we'll as the
Republican party. Referring to the atti-
tude of the two parties, he said:
"The Republican convention declared for
foreign supremacy-ior American subserv-
iency. II upheld the British policy of sin
gle gold standard, !raudulently fastened up
on the country, and declared that we are
utterly incapable of maintaining an indie
pendent policy of our own. Confessing that
the gold standard is raught with evil to the
people, and that bimetalism is the best for
this nation and for the world, it yet declared
that we are helpless-that we must stand
idle while our industries are Frustrated and
our people ruined, until England shall con-
sent for us to lift our hands in our own de
tense.
T. l,,, ,,.rt,f
the great party of the immortal Lincoln,
For years plutocracy has been winding its
Shiny and poisonous coils around the Re-
publican party and it will strangle 1t to
death as the sea serpcnts of old strangled
the Trojan priest Of Neptune and his sons.
So, also, il laid its foul, corroding hand on
the Democratic party-the party of Jeffer
son and Jackson-and used all its giant
strength 10 bend it to its purposes. Within
both parties there was mighty struggle for
supremacy between those who believe in
the sovereignty of the people and those who
believe In the divinity of pef.
"Upon the Republican party the hand Of
Marcus Aurelius buckled golden mail and
sent it forth dedicated to the service of plu-
tocracy in this free land of ours. But in
the Democratic party, thank God, the PEG
pile were triumphant. There the clutch of
the money power, after tremendous con.
fict, was broken. The priests of Mammon
were scouraged from the temple, and to day,
under the providence of high heaven, the old
party, rejuvenated, stands forth, stronger
and better than ever, the undaunted cham
pion Of constitutional liberty, popular rights
and national independence"