Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
NATIONAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Arthur NJ. Sewall of Maine.
LET EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTE.

power of the country is on the side of
Mckinley and against the people in the
pending presidential contest. An i'm
mense corruption fund has been sub
scrlbed with which it is hoped McKin-
ley's election can be purchased
The democratic party is the party of
the people. Nominee Bryan is making
the fight for the people, 1t is a clear
cut issue of the classes against the
MASSES
solutely necessary to have some money
for campaign purposes.
There are no bloated bondholders and
trust barons on the side of the people to
contribute fabulous sums of i'll gotten
money to their campaign fund.
There Is no way by which the neces-
sary money to defray the legitimate ex-
penses Of the campa ign can be obtained
except it be through popular subscrip-
ton.
In a recent address to the plain people
OF the union Chairman Jones of the
national democratic executive committee
says.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN
THE PRESENT. CONTEST IS EN-
GAGGED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE
PLAIN PEOPLE AGAINST THE EN-
ENGAGEMENTS OF THE FAVORED
CLASSES THIS is PURELY AN
ECONOMIC ISSUE. IN IT'S IMPOR-
TANCE, HOWEVER, IT OVER
SHADOWS EVERY QUESTION
WHICH HAS OCCUPIED PUBLIC AT
TENTION SINCE THE TRAGIC CAM
PAtGN OF 1850.
III PRESENTS AN ALTERNATIVE
AT ONCE IMPERATIVE AND TERRI
BILE, IT IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE
DELAY a Y TAKE FROM US THE
POSSIBILITY OF CHOICE. AND TER
fRlBI.E BECAUSE or THE DIRE CON
SEQUENCES WHICH MUST FOLLOW
FAILURE.
rs THE AMERICAN UNION BIG
ENOUGH, STRONG ENOUGH AND
PATRIOTIC ENOUGH TO HAVE IT'S
OWN FINANCIAL POLICY? IF NOT.
THEN WE ARE THE SERFS OF THE
MONEY CHANGERS OF EUROPE
AND TIL EIft AGENTS IN THIS COUN-
TRY, AND ARE DOOMED TO VAS
SALAGE MORE 1GNOMINIOUS AND
MORE DEGRADING THAN THAT
AGAINST WHICH OUR FATHERS
FOUGHT A CENTURY AGO.
OUR MANHOOD, OUR FREEDOM,
THE FRUITS OF OUR INDUSTRY,
INTEGRITY OF OUR HOMES,
EVERYTHING THAT ENLiGHTEN-
JED MEN HOLD DEAR-ALI, THESE
ARE THE PLAYTHfNGS or ALIENS
AND THE PREY Oh. USURERS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
NOT READY TO SURRENDER THE
LlBERTIES FOR WHICH THEIR
FOREFATHERS SHED T H e l II
BLOOD. WE BELIEVE THAT LIB
ERTY AND SELF GOVERNMENT
ARE DESTINED TO REMAIN THE
HERITAGE OF THIS SPLENDID Ma
TION; THAT WE SHALL NOT BE FA-
TED TO BECOME A LIVING LIE, A
NATION OF SLAVES, CALLOuS AND
DEGRADED ENOUGH TO WEAR ON
.I.Y THE MASK OF FREEDOM.
1--WE HAVE ALLIED AGAINST US
IN THIS CONTEST NOT ONLY THE
FINANCIAL FORCES OF EUROPE,
BUT THE SUBSIDIZED PRESS AND
ALLTHE MONoPOLIES AND TRUSTS
HERE AT HOME, WHO ARE DETER
MINED, lF POSSIBLE, TO FIX FOR
EVER THEIR RELENTLESS YOK e
ON LABOR FOR ALL. TIME.
ITO OPPOSE THEM WE MOST RE-
YUPON THE PATRIOTISM AND HE
ROlC MANLINESS OF THE PLAIN
PEOPLE-THE TOILEKS WHO GRE
ATE THE WEALTH WHICH SPECU-
LATORS ABSORB. WITH UNLlM-
TIED MONEY IN THEIR HANDS,
OUR ENEMIES ARE PRINTING AND
DISTRIBUTING MISLEADING AND
UNTRUTHFUL STATEMENTS; HIR-
ED SPEAKERS AND EMISSARIES
ARE EVERYWHERE ATTEMPTING
TO MISLEAD AND DELUDE THE
PEOPLE.
40 MEET AND COUNTERPART
THIS WE MUST DISTRIBUTE poCU-
MEMS FOR TEE DfSSmMINA ALTON
or THW truth: WE MUST EN-
PLGDE THEIR FALLAGtEa, THEIR
MEASUREMENTS AND THEIR Ut
TER SEiLFiSENE TO DO THIS
WE NEED MONEY AT ONCE, AND
CAN ONLY HOPE FOR HELP FROM
TIL; PLAIN PEOPLE.
1--WE Ask ONLY FOR THE NECES-
sARY MEANS 10 CONDUCT A VlG-
OH0IfS AND AGGRESSIVE CAM.
PAIGN. NO MATTER IN HOW SMALL
SUMS NO MATTER HOW HUMBLE
THE CONTRIBUTORS, LET THE
FRIENDS OF LIBERTY AND MA