Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-03
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CHAIRMAN COOPER's ADDkA5s-
GExTLEsEx:-YOu have assembled
here a. citizens interested in a com
mon cause. each u you with more o.
or les pride in the principles and
schIevments u your respective part
les. A. we'll a. in the part you have
taken 10 advance its int res:s 100
are not inyiteI here to deno1ncs
those principles or even % renounce
your party allegiance. bat the con
dltions that prevail in our state anh
nation requires the thOughtf1i aud
united action of the people. "ash-
lnQtOn the father Of our country
warned his people against the danger
Of party spirit.
When arrogant, corrupt and selfish
factions get into the party saddle
independent action is a patriotic
duty. When the slave power got into
the saddle u the grand old party Of
jefferson, that wise statesman gloon
ily said: Il tremble Tor ny co0ntiy
nlicu / remember that God j. just.
His fHildings Nere well-fOuuded icr
that pOweT rode the party into long
night o. defeat aud the country into
absolute rebellion, and the union
was only saved b. the legiOns of that
marty who refused 70 follow but
united with Others against a common
enemy. Now that the money power.
more subtle but none the less arrog-
ant and threatening, has reached the
saddle iu the party Of Lincoln, IL he
hOOyes patriotic citizens to leaye 10
allegiance, for the moment, all else and
unite for the overthrow Of that
power, which has al~O fastened it,
fostering fangs into the most vital
functions Of the Republic"
II ls well 10 weigh the magnitude
and gravity Of the undertaking and
let those turn back now If they fear
the results that may follow victory
at the polls, for you may be assured IL
is not easy TO oyerestimate the means
they will employ to defeat the will Of
the people. Tie threats Of the orators
and writer's as we'll as the warnings
that came from the very center Of the
money power stronghold. that they
would not submit to the election Of
VIM. J. Bryan, is still fresh in your
memory. We submitted 20 what
they claimed to be the will OF the peO-
pie and when they are defeated in
'ss and 1900, they must likewise sub
init.
Their speakers and writers promised
at once on the success Of
Jhe gold standard; now they tell us to
never more expect the good times Of
,he days Of free coinage but 10 adjust |
ourselves To present conditions, and |
.he same that prevail in foreign |
countries. We will submit to foreign |
conditions when we are carried cap.
live to a foreign country, but so long
IS the will OF the American people is
aw aud civilization Is not failure,
,ur flag cannot shelter moneyed oil
,archy ruling nation OF serfs. There
$ no roon for an England and an
Ireland here, Spain and Cuba will
rot be ours. We will not harbor a
,rood OF American Gypsy moths feed
ng on the fruits OF American In
iustry.
We sometimes get discouraged be-
,ause OF the slow progress of the peo-
pie, because legislatures don't give us
relief, because reformers and leaders
ire sometimes over jealous or make
Questionable compromises, and trusted |
men are sometimes unfaithful. II
lou will read you must know that
his country has progressed farther on
Lhe lines Of evolution, or revolution II
'Ou choose TO call IL, In four years
han Rome did In four hundred years.
legislatures are slow and uncertain
because they are the hunted game Of
.he fortune hunter, with ten hunters
Irmed with trap, poison, blunderbuss
md snare for every man you elect,
You have the result Of their work In
nigh taxes, corruptions and jobbery