The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-27

principles ike Other good Things are de-
signed for use, and that a party which
forever pirates of principles, but never re-
duces its principles to use, never offers
to apply them to existing conditions, will
be repudiated by disappointed and dis
gusted people.
''In vain may Senator Hill summon be-
fore the experienced gaze of the re-
stored Democracy. the stale and anti
quated ogre of socialism The reclaimed
Democracy is thoroughly conscious of its
own identity and of the legitimacy of its
claim to the Jeffersonian inheritance. 1t
is not socialism 1t is not anarchy. 1t
is not pIutocracy. 1t is not lawless. 1t
is not licentious. 1t is not predatory. 1t
is not destructive. 1t comes as Tilden
came, with reform on its banners and
healing on it's wings 1t is apt sympa-
thetic. receptive 1t has no bourbon cor
puscles in it's strong healthy blood 1t
listens with interest but with caution and
criticism to all men. 1t learns from the
individualist that safety lies in distrust
of poweS.' Not only governmental pow
er. but also the power of property. And
it is admonished by the growth, solidarity
and boundless ambition of property, that
monopolies must be governed. checked
and controlled by government. Democ-
racy recognizes the individual as the unit
in the social and civil compact and has,
therefore, regard for numbers. The great
est good of the greatest number being
the desideratum, and preservation of the
rights and opportunities of each individ-
uaI being the effectuaI protection of all
Democracy is pledged by its very genius
to abolish, remove and destroy the great
monopolies, which having vanquished
competition. rule commerce, trade and in
dustry, with a sway absolute and excIu-
Sive.
In it's choice of means, Democracy
ternalism. will, nevertheless. resort to
restriction, segregation, and suppress
sion, as likewise taxation not only of in
comes. but undue Accommodations. and by
amendment of the constitution where
necessary.
TT must make railways public high
ways in fact they are in name, and it
must not falter at any step necessary to
accomplish this. It must Danish protec-
ton and monometalism. disincorporate
ordinary trade, disenthral commerce,
emancipate labor, and restore to the peo-
pie their lost right to live.
1.-THE preservation of human rights the
sole aim of Democracy, fmperatively
quires that property must be kept under
control by government, lest property con-
troll government The Magma Charta ex-
torted from King John by the barons was
for the barons; The Bills of Rights in
constitutions were designed to limit Off
cia1 action and prevent official encroach-
ments upon the rights of the people.
new Magma Charta, new Bill of Rights
must be proclaimed. A charter can and
will be found in the eternal principles of
Democracy. not only negative, restrictive
and prohibitive, but affirmative and sug-
gestive, which will reach, treat and dis
pose of wrongs which have grown up in
the very shadow of the republic, out of
Industrial. commercial and economic con-
ditions wholly unforeseen by the founders
of our institutions. Liberty is the goal
character is the end; virtue the ideal. To
the possession, enjoyment and develop
ment of these. material independence, or
at least comfort, is indispensable. Laws,
therefore, which render inordinate ac-
cumuIations of property impossible, and
which tend to the dissolution and diffus-
ion of existing aggregations of wealth
are imperatively demanded by every con-
sideration winch could move a wise, just
and humane people
Civilization rests upon property. It is
at once the product and parent of civil1>
cation. He who has 1t can live as he will
He who has it not must live as he can.
It Quenches all thirst. 1t appeases all
appetite. 1t ministers to every taste. Re
spends to every impulse. Supplies every
want-Satisfies every desire. Avarice, am
bition, cruelty, greed and ostentation join
like a ravening pack in fierce pursuit of
property. Except at intervals the world
has been unable to Withstand them. We
have reached that stage in our develop
ment as a nation where we are face to
face with the question as to whether ours
shall be any exception to the fate of 9TH
err nations. If we are incapable of self
government; if we are too voluptuous to
be humane. too sor1fd to be patriotic. too
selfish to be just. too cowardly to be free.
If we are to go the way of all other ma
tions. the sooner we suceumb and sink in
to the inertia of hopelessness, the better.
But in that case let us at least not poll
lutte souls by any false and pueriIe
protestations in the name of Democracy.
If our bosoms no longer hold the celes-
tiaI flame If on the altar of our hearts
longer burns the Prometheian fire. If
cupidity and cunning have SuppIanted
courage. justice and compassion. then in
deed it were idle to discuss the future of
the Democratic organization Liberty
equality, fraternity were the watch
words of the old as they are of the re-
newed Democracy Has Senator Hill the
handhood to assaiI them?
In Jererson's day the preservation Of