The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
IrI70R DAVIS VIEW
n.r7ocratio Platform Strikes
y 81 the Governments
Foundation.
MT SILVER NOT BIMETALLlSM.


,..,h delivered al 81 dui Az
tn l.aror &. X. Davis pointed out
Fa>' t..rIy tine fact that tree SILVER y
very .''.atf-fn and showed what evil
DOL ..''..' ,lg follow Democratic sue
I,jI' Ill., said that for the first
c'>. a.. rhr election next proceed
tM' GREAT civil war, we are
H- IN guard the very FONDA
fQ''.,.J IuluaraS of national stability.
t'lN '..,''s...aI honesty. of financial con-
q. Tlr Democratic party which met
81" ,as.,,.. iu convention iii July suffered
r.J.rffI change III that conVcntlon-
T. IN ,rar,~ and guides of the party
luz rrIrIy turned aside. 1t was occn-
ami automatically possessed ny new
T". ..rl.ffin. which has not raised
I.li in the political conventions of
'.,.,r Marty for thirty wears. If there
y.'l .,y urc thing which the 2.00O.00O
|E"..o who went out To defend this cOun-
thirty wears ago thought that they
III entirely ublitcrated when they re-
.,rrr.l it was the malign doctrine of
,r5t. rights. which lay at the bottom
and Was The impetus Of the greatest
L.lrou which ever reared It's head
a,Iin>t , civilized government. Lo and
J1hod m that convention, from the
stst. nr South Carolina. aS Of yorc. Won
fnI tb. declaration of the same state
r,H>. In the same spirit as in The an
,:rnf time and dome IN connection. my
ffIov citizens. which must appeal to the
resentment and rcpugnance Of every lib
,ft-Ioyiug and couutry-lovng man. EY-
crlolc who knows anything about me
Lruu, that am NOT political admirer
af Grover Cleveland: but if there was
guv one act If his administration which.
after the contentious of history have
rrq>pG 10 RAGE about his acts and his
memory. ihat will remain Star-hright
forever. IT WAS bis action. when the
mise nf business beat low. when com
mcrria intercourse WAS cut off by rioters
in Chicago. by which. upon principles ana
prcccdcuts laid down by George Wash
;nstuu 100 Years before. he evoked the
strong am Of the United States To re-
sor, law ana order i'll this country.
IAupauSc and cheers.
This act is ruvcrtly land covertiy is
too mild WordI denounced in the Chi
rayu platform More than that If there
i, anything in his country or in any ma
non upon which the stability of the GOV
eminent depends. The very keystone of
The great arch upon which the ranged
empire stands. the ultimate principle of
ab>olutej>m that must exist somewhere
in all governments. it is the courts of our
land. where men SpqUrStered from politi-
cal concerns and, political ambitions.
holding the scales of justice even be-
tween cunt"ndin% passions and contend
u@ rights decide for their fellow citizens
what the law is. And for more than 100
years the Supreme court of the | nltpd
States has sat i'm that exalted position.
midway in The capitol of the nation be-
tween the Senate and the House of Rep
re>eutative>. Il typical object lesson of
their position and of their sublime cal
pacitE 10 restrain either. and has done
more 10 conduct the government to the
high plane which ii occupies. ! WAS going
1" say. than all the statesmen which this
country has ever produced. tAppliuse.)
The Chicago platform strikes ut that
court. strikes at all courts. and enun-
oates It's maljgn prorhesy of the rcor-
ganlzatIon of that court and of any other
court II necessary. to register the fTful
and passionate and repudiatinS cdic;S of
mistaken and misguided men, of mistaken
and misguided parties.
4 Crisis is Impending
And worse than that. my fellow cti-
Zcn>-w0rSe than that If there was
another thing which the veterans If the
last war thought they bad achieved and
which the loyal sentiment of the North
thought it had achieved, it was the OBJ
liberation ot all SectionaliSm in this cnnn-
Try: we were 10 have no South. no North.
no East. $50 West. any more. The whole
country was to he unity. But III these
later days we see the solid South com
ing up 10 the banks of the Ohio and the
Missouri lis before the war. and with
sectional demands upon an economic is
sue. precisely such as was made before
tne Rebellion. And now. with the pinch
I"rk OF Illlman stirring up the doctrine
ot state rights. with the bomb of Altgcid
in the Remuneration of our courts and of
I resident { 'inVn1DnI fl ItnIpr the
very fabric of our government. they have
chosen To put forward as an issue some
lhihg which touches more Immediately
he conviction. the passions. the cupidity
ana the honesty of men. and which i'll it
self contains more dSintegrating intiu
rhceS to our prosperity than all the
causes combined that | have mentioned.
i he Democratic convention. or the
Democratic party. as now organized. has
Joined the PopuliSt party in bonds of I'M
4oly Wedlock upon the demand that The
hited States shall take Il position upon
Inc currency of this country which |.
Speaking TO Won under the responsibility
OF Il man who is speaking to his neigh
DORIS say that | believe is frauglt With
more disaster to this country than the
greatest foreign war could possibly bling
about. (Applause)
And that is the subject that | have
y
am gong to do so, as | said i'll the be-
ginning. not with any attempt at deco
ratlve speech. not denouncing any men
VINO may choose to differ from me. for
ten You. my fellow citizens, that many
ana many thousand men who differ
from us today on this matter one year
! rom now will be wondering why and
now they came to do it. (ApplauseD
ANA so | shall go on. | may be tedious.
l am going to give you facts and fig
ureS. L am not going to draw on my
own imagination for my facts at all.
i ne facts that | shall give You will be
lmpregnable. 1t is for you to judge
whether the deductions / shall draw
from them can be refuted.
Now what is the question? For a cor
rect understanding of the question is al
ways the first step towards the solution
OF the controversy The question is not
whether there should be the free and
unlimited coinage of silver in the minis
oI all the nations. by the consent OF the
principal commercial nations of the globe
upon ratio to be agreed upon. That Is
not the issue. We all might agree that
when this is brought about. as il will be,
II the United States conducts itself with
judgment upon this question. | say we
might all agree that that would be an
excellent thing. The Republican party
mas pledged itself in successive platforms
TO labor TO bring about international
agreement. The most advanced think
ers upon financial questions in. both
nemlspheres are advocating. especially In
foreign lands. the resumption of the coin
age of silver. by united action of nations