The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-23
overthrown at any time and confus,or
turmoil must ultimately result 20
supreme Court Not InfallIhi.


Now. my fellow citizens. we insi.,.
the language in this Chicago platforrrn si
lating to the supreme court is more LsIr
" ana Is much more respectful thar ID
the language Of any OF the great r,a sss
have named. These great men All rssa
nized the fact that that court, like aIi c.sys-
courts IS faliible, as all,other human ts
situations are. That while its dsctnu, 70.
were binding and conclusive In nc issiots
In which they were rendered and v-ayeses
titled 70 great respect Ia all cases ,a. 81
accept them as a binding rule of poiits,.s,
action would lead to the destruction ~
publican institutions and the est Ii,llss-
ment in the end of oligarchy In eov v,'sa'
ment. And when you reflect that we III
already reached q point where a fe5ee.ss
JudEe-in fact, several federal Judges "a
actually issued orders prohibiting mo, ,s-tse
are working for a railroad from ouit,isoo
their employment and Threatened - tlng
prison men for refusing 10 work 20 20 IN
that there IS no limit TO the authority NEE
they attempt to exercise. 'ea
Questions Involved.
mo campaign ever made in this co,,..-
involved 50 many far-rcachlng ouesticrvy
as this one does. Questions. every OILY
which gees TO the foundation OF free ~ ~
eminent and affects the perpetuity Of ~.
free institutions. y WI
First. The question whether the ueo.,
have surrendered the right Of self-sagse
eminent into the hands OF the stinr s.s
court of the United States. ard wketbs.
the courts are thus placed above erificisell
and their acts exempt from that scri,,,.
which every patriotic and INTELLIGENT rsss
should give 70 the acts OF the ctIs.
branches of the government ei
Second. Whether both the constituft,.
and the traditions OF the government sfsr
henceforth be ignored and the presids-.
shall be conceded the power Of sendlrr
federal troops at his pleasure into AM
neighborhOod IN the United States or
thousand neighborhoods at one tjrns
troops who Will not be subject to the cfva
authorities. who are under instructed,
r zr tr1 g de
done not only without the request Of TIA
local authorities. but In defiance Of them
Third Whether the people Of this cous
try and especially the laberirg masses
who do not have much Of a voice in IN
selection OF Judges. shall recognize ana
thus perpetuate the system OF government
by Injunction. which does away with con
stitutional government. which does away
with government by law. does away with
trial by jury, does away with trial accord
ing to the forms of law and substitutes tbs
caprice. within, prejudice or passion OF a
Judge for all these. making him at once
legislator. judge, and to certain extent
executioner
"Fourth Whether we shall dissolve IN
DOODLE bribery and corruption. Whethsr
the men who have grown great as lohby.
lists shall rule this land Whether we shsr
declare to the world scoundrelism is IN
the end the lofffest form Of ratrIotisrr
II Is a remarkable fact that those mer
and those influences whose slime Is dls.
solving our institutions are ell helping NJ
Hanna. Everything within their reach Il
being Drpstituted Where they can thew
degrade the religious press ard defle tht
pulpit They have DRAGGED the American
1ac IN the uire by using II p 8 IN advertis.
ing sheet for Mckinley md Hobart IN
Chicago n is q fitting coincidence that
most Of the buildings from which ~ . fsr
IS thus degraded do not pay their fell share
Of taxes Wave the fag o~a plurder the
puhiir Is +he posnel of NcFtolevism
Fifth Whether the british monetary
policy shall be made perpetual so that the
toiling and PRODUCING masses Of this coun.
try will he reduced IN their purchasing
power. will he reduced n the end TO low
r'ane ~ civilization. Will be reduced IN
TO erd 70 the conditions ~ the men who
~ The fields OF Europe or the valley Of the
Nile
Mckinley vs.. the People.
It IS d remarkable circumstance tia.
Marx I1Gu1IG Az me WnoIe crown OF Insa
WHO ale s4ppor4Es this BRUSH poi4Cy 81
p4utocfaeJ ale against the people Or his
country IN alI u these great quesuonS
1 NAT c. Obsu OI men VINO nominated AIr. Nc
Kinney anu who treat him klEa 4
COW enIeuee, favor federal military inte
ference. sustain the Osut i,Ation OF ths
tcueraI courts, sustain government BY III
Junction, and sustain this i-EsES mons
Iary poucy which makes everything that
the American people produce. everything
that the American people create, cheap
while II makes what the English have 70
sell, namely, money, very dear.
The American people are called on this
year TO make new declaration OF inde
pendence 10 mankind. over lUU years ago
the declaration that was made by less
than S.OOV.CeJ people TO the word was that
they were not only free but that they wers
independent OF ali the nations of he earth,
now the American people are asAed 10 an
nounce to the world that free institutions
have persisted among them; that the presi-
dent OF the United States has arbitrary
power with respect to the use of troops,
great as the car OF Russia or Emperor
n Ia nzt I'D n n Tan
the world that the people have given up
and surrendered to the courts of the United
states the power of self-government and
are bound now to take without question
or without criticism whatever policy those
courts may dictate; the people are asked
to make a declaration to the world that
they are no longer governed absolutely
by law and according TO the forms Of law,
but that the right of trial by jury has been
abolished and that every man now walks
the streets only by the grace of the fed.
eral courts. We are asked to make dec
laration TO mankind that we were once free
and were once independent OF all the ma
tons on the globe. but we are now mere
financial dependency of England. These
arc the issues involved in this campaign
Low prices have destroyed the purchasing
power of our farmers and in that way have
shut up the mills and the factories, turned
the laborer out OF his Job because there
was and IS no market for what he makes.
Low prices have spread poverty, misery,
and Increased crime throughout the civ.
tiiZed world. They are the result Of that
legislation In Europe and in this country
which interfered with the law Of supply
and demand with regard TO money: that
legislation, which by destroying part Of
the worlds supply OF money and by making
gold tho sole standard increased the de-
mand for gold So long as this STANDARD
IS perpetuated. so long will those condl
lions. which Il has produced continue II
the toiling masses OF this country. II the
patriotic men OF this country favor a con
tinuation Of these conditions then let them
vote for Mr.. Hanna and pl1tocracy, fg
Mr.. Mckinley is scarcely a factor In ths
campaign. Mr.. Mark Hanna and the ayers
or svnficates and trusts constitute th
power that IL suhverting free institutions
a New Declaration of Independence.
MY fellow citizens, If you do not beliew
in the policy advocated by these men,
you are not in favor of converting ny
republic into an oligarchy, II you believe
that this country should at least be In par
governed by the men who toll and not sore
ly and alone governed by the men whoc ~
YOUR the fruit that others toll for, Dsn
rise in your manhood. stand out in the sul
and before the Almighty declare. as as
the fathers over hundred years ago. tna
We are not only free, but that we are ~
independent people. Declare that the tims
has not yet come when this country mus
be made a financial dependency upon Ens
land, that the experiment of twenty o..
years of having the worlds business dosae
on a single gold standard has been ran
ure, that 1t has covered the earth WY.
misery and distress and that II must ~