The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-24
CHAIRMAN JONES
WANTS MONEY
Al Appeal to Plain People for Cash fOr
Campaign Purposes.
HE DESIRES TO EXPLODE FALLACIES
If America Cannot Have Its Own
Financial Policy, He States, We
Are Indeed the Playthings of Aliens
and the Prey OF u lsurers.-COntri
tors May Be Upon the Roll Of Honor.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-The following ap-
peal for campaign funds has been made
In an address "to the people of the
United States: q
The Democratic party in the present
contest is engaged In the defense of the
plain people against the encroachments of
| the favored classes. This is purely an
economic issue. In its Importance, how.
ever, 1t overshadows every question which
! has occupied public attention since the
| tragic campaign of 1850. 1t presents the
| alternative at once imperative and ter
rible. 1t is imperative because delay may
take from us the possibility of choice,
and terrible because of the dire conse-
| quences which must follow failure.
IL 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 chang
ers of Europe and their agents in this
| country, and are doomed to a vassalage
more ignominious and more degrading
! than that against which our fathers
| fought century ago. Our manhood, our
| freedom, the fruits of our industry. IN
| tegrity of our homes, evrything that en-
! lightened men hold dear-all these are the
| playthings of aliens and the prey of
! usurers.
The American people are not ready to
! surrender the liberties for which their
| forefathers shed their blood. We believe
that liberty and self-government are des-
tined to remain the heritage of this splen-
did nation; that wD shall not be fated to
become a living lie nation of slaves,
! calous and degraded enough to wear only
! 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 mo-
| nopolies and trust companies here at
! home, who are determined, If possible to
! fix forever their relentless yoke on labor
/ for all time.
To oppose them we must rely upon the
patriotism and heroic manliness of the
plain people-the toilerS who create the
/ wealth which spectators absorb. With un-
! limited money in their hands, our enc
mics are printing and distributing mis-
leading and untruthful statements; hired
! speakers and emissaries are everywhere
attempting to mislead and delude the peo-
! pie.
WOULD DISTRIBUTE DOCUMENTS.
! To meet and counteract this We must
distribute documents for the dissemina-
ton of the truth; we must explode their
fallacies, their misstatements and their
| utter selflshness.
TO do so We need money at once and can
only hope for help from the plain people.
| We ask only for the necessary means to
conduct "a vigorous and aggressive cam
paign. No matter in how small sums, no
matter what humble contributions, let
! the friends of liberty and national honor
contribute all they can to the good cause.
To the Overtiowing treasury Of the money
power We will oppose the accumulated
offerings of the masses fighting to be free.
| and ask the Ruler of the universe for His
| blessing.
| Wherever there is a bank or money or
der office, remittances may be easily made
| to william F. ST. John, treasurer of the
national Democratic committee. Hotel
! Bartholdi. New York city. receipt will
! he returned in every instance.
| When victory is achieved over the un-
scrupuous combination which is en-
deavorng to thrust William Mckinley
into the presidential chair. the recorded
| list of the contributors to this good cause
will be a roll of honor of which any one
may well be proud.
| Stgned-James X. Jones, chairman
Democratic national committee.