Evening journal., 1896-11-16

agement, is to make money scarce in
comparison to the wealth that rests
upon 1t, and thus make it dear, and
products and property, estimated in It,
low The managers of that party own
all of the real money OF the country
and also the mortgages and stocks and
bonds, which are the same as money
and dollar buys them q great deal OF
the products of labor. To make the
dollars stll more valuable they now
want to increase the burden upon gold
and make the silver redeemable in it.
Under such a policy the already tre-
mendous demand for gold will be in
creased. and the dollars will go higher
and higher, and everything estimated
in them lower and lower until the la
borer and producer will be brought to
the slavery of poverty. This is the
method of plutocracy, this is the mean
position in support of which they have
degraded and prostituted the Republi-
can party.
The Democracy, on the other hand,
contends for the money of the Bible,
the precious" money metals made by
God for this very purpose, which also
are the money of the Constitution. On
this ground the old relation and ratio
between money and products will be re-
stored. Money will be more plentiful
and cheaper and consequently pro-
ducts will be higher. and labor Will be
better rewarded. This elevates the
masses and is the true Democratic pol
icy, and should, and will, command the
support of all intelligent workingmen
and producers of wealth, be they tillers
Of the soil, workers in factories, fur
naces or mines.
The plutocratic newspapers are now
boasting OF the great majorities that
| Mr. Mckinley received in the chief
cities OF the country. OF course he did,
for the cities are composed largely of
traders, spectators, brokers and mid
dlemen, who produce nothing and de-
rive profits by clipping the products of
the farmer and other producers. The
contest Is chiefly between the cities and
the rural districts, and through the ly-
ing city press, city producers of COM
modities are misled, as are also agri-
cultural producers, into voting against
their own interests. In spite of the in
fiuence of the press, before the next
campaign, the producers will recognize
their own interest In the monetary
question, and will vote as intelligently
for their own welfare as did the nom
| producers a few days ago. So apparent
is this, that the great daily papers have
already commenced their campaign Of
deception for 1900.
The Democracy is also in favor of an
income tax. the most just and right
eous tax that was ever levied, because
Il falls upon the rich and relieves, the
poor. The plutocrats oppose this right
eous measure because they have the
tax TO pay, but favor a system OF taxa
tion under which the poor man pays
as much as the rich. Their measure Of
taxation is that of consumption, so
that a poor man who consumes as
much as q rich man shall pay as much
tax. If he eats, drinks, or wears for
eign goods, he shall pay the customs
tax, just as the rich man does although
the governments chief expense is in
protecting and defending the property
of the rich. If a poor man enjoys the
luxury of tobacco he pays the same
amount Of tax as does the millionaire;
n he takes q dram his whiskey is 90
cents a gallon, while that of the rich
man is no more; If he wears imported
clothes he is taxed as much as the rich
man, and so it is through the whole
system of taxation. This is plutocratio
taxation the rich escape their just
share in the expense of the govern
ment, while the poor are compelled To
pay as much as the rich. But the in
come tax the rich will not endure, even
! though they are forced to resort to un.
just means OF influencing court decis-
. ions to nullify and break down the law
In peace the poor sustain the govern
ment as much as the rich; in war they
Z give up their lives in defence Of the
countryside property of the rich
while the rich themselves procure sub
Z stitutes and escape the dangers of bat
I tie.
Wealth rules the world and make;
g serfs or poems of agricultural laborers
and mudsills, or the slaves of poverty
! Of all workers. The effort now in ou
country is to "press down upon tn
= brow of labor this crown of thorns,
and the results in this direction are al
ready too apparent The call of pa
i triotism now is, not to arms, but. 70
- the coming four years, to ballots, Z
save the country to Democratic liberty
- "a government of the people for tn
! people, by the people and thus cI11s
the effort to make IL plutOcracy. II
= this end thousands of honest Republi
cans have already taken their place
= under the Democratic standard an
y fought with you TO save the countr
y from the greed and tyranny OF wealth
o and hundreds of thousands more wi
= flock to your standard in the comm
y years, until they shall conquer the
I'M oppressors and deliver their countr
40 from the worst form OF aristocrat
al government that ever cursed a frS
!, people.
Ss Let the party in Delaware be true I
- its colors, adhere strictly to the Ch
be cago platform and in full alliance wit
he the national Democracy. putting 4
man on guard in the United States Sci
be ate, or any other position Of trust. WI
has not proved faithful in the past an
= who is not strong enough to withstar
all the efforts of the plutocracy TO S
duce him from allegiance to the ne
and true Democracy. IL is now a ne
and real Democracy, having adopted