Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-15

/ low up the little credits The return Of
money borrowed OF other lanus on Amer,
/ lean securities would he at once demanded
/ The banks OF international exchange would
come back on the local banks. The loCa
\ banks would he forced to call in theii
/ loans and close their accounts, and. mos
! likely along with them. their doors. Ions
/ before the promised streams of free silver
reached him. the farmer would be wiped
out-the merchant would be wiped out
4 leaving only the adventurer. with nothing
| to lose. to tell the tale. Even he would tr
ing, or with worse than nOthing-like those
who. during the war. found themselves
loaded down with that money OF which II
was commonly said that the more you had
OF il. the worse on you were. In short
the remedy proposed by these visionary
| iinanciers and optimistic philosopher
these Chasers of political and other rain
bowls of a piece with the prescription
OF the quack doctor. good 70 cure in thir-
~ days. and consequently ValueleSS 10
the patient doomed to death except he
get relief In twenty
Kentuckians Not Regulators.
let us give thanks to God that we are
not a nation of bankrupts, Neither are
we a generation OF swindlers. IN Ken
lucky al least-and Just now We are most
concerned about KCntucky-we claim to be
a race of brave. upright and solvent men.
who mean TO pay our honest debts. dollar
for dollar and will do so if permitted by
those rampant leaders who have stolen the
housebOat of Democracy for their hare
Drained excursions, and who. luTed by siren
voices and needless of the volcano frowning
above them, are sailing I'm fancied security
over the treacherous waters OF NesuVian
seas. From the beginning they Were
doomed TO shipwreCk. They are wanting in
all the essential elements Of success in life
on land or sea. Even in their own trade of
professional politics, they are rank failures.
Where they are sincere. they are deluded.
Where they are loyal. they are mtsta ken.
Whre they are disinterested-if the word
has any place in their vocabulary-they
equally lack discernment and composure.
Intolerant and shortsighted-overtiow
with excitement and misinformation-too
often they are merely vain. selfish and
vengeful. Men of this stamp never win in
the long run. and never deserve to win.
They would not know what to do with a
substantial victory even If II were possible
for them to achieve one. Across the brow
of each OF them is written the motto. rule
or ruin and just beneath IT the curse OF
Reuben. Unstable as water. thou shalt not
excel Knowing them for what they are.
no prudent man would commit any private
affair of pith and moment into the custody
OF such attorneys; though 1t is not easy TO
conceive how they could separately. or as a
body handle the least of private affairs
more diSsstrously than they have handled
the affairs of the Democratic party. For,
to change the figure somewhat. to fetch
1t home and adapt il to our native parts
of speech they have played a very loose
and losing game: they have run very de-
vious and very desperate race: they have
left out of their betting books q dark horse.
and an exceeding dark horse. but one that
was never known 10 be left at the post;
dark horse they have not even mentioned,
far less considered in their calculations.
but which they will have to reckon with;
and this dark horse Is the heart. the brain.
the conscience. the moral nature of the
people OF Kentucky.
True Democracy.
''For one ] am willing 10 trust my fate
for good or ill-to rest my case now, and
through all time-with that heart that
I am not conscious of having committed
any crime unless II be crime to love Ken
lucky and to place her fame and honor
above every other consideration / do not
think that 7 have perpetrated any act. or
written or uttered any word. which should
cost me the loss OF the confidence and re-
spect my fellow Democrats of Kentucky
have ever been good enough to manifest to-
ward me. | am ready to go: to lay at
their feet whatever of service I have done
as their agent. whatever success or failure
may have achieved I'm their cause. to take
my discharge from their hands and to de
part in peace. Political annihilation has no
terrors- for me. OF political ambition I
have had none which has not embraced
the glory of my country and the happiness
Kentucky. and everywhere throughout the
Cnion and when I go to the exile and OBJ
not be left quite destitute. There await
me green fields and bright eyes and loving
hearts. and books and music and peace.
yea and all that should accompany the
man who has done his duty as God has
given him the light TO know and the sight
to see. But my discharge must emanate
from headquarters and come to me by au-
thority | will surrender my commission as
a Democrat to nobody except the Demo-
tuted leaders. IN their impotent blasphemy
arrogating to themselves the providence of
God and consigning Democrats at least as
good as themselves not merely to death.
hut TO damnation. can drive me. or such as
me out of the Democratic party. IT is fit
that men should talk about the guillOtine
who carry in their hearts the spirit OF
Robespierre, DautOn and MaTat. II is fit
that we should hear nothing higher. purer.
wiser than the gibbet and the stake from
men who have no other conception of party
warfare than personal defamation, insult
and menace nor of government. except as
an almshouse for mendicant politicians.
try me; they cannot convict me: they can
not scare me: and. above all, they cannot
things except the Democrats of Kentucky.
and they only at the ballot boX-and.
speaking not alone for myself. but for az
box I appeal. and each one OF MS appeals.
calling God to witness our profound con-
he iS5 Snnar au NJ TX Kentucky and the inteerity
of the Democratic party.
Mr. WattersOns speech was most liber-
ally punctuated by voices and hands eX-
pressing approval of his utterances. but
oudest and longest perhaps. was when he
ir:' matically declared thai .he coming Of
silver at the ratio of is TO I was as dead
as the institution of African slavery.
The Resolutions
At the conclusion of Mr.. Watterson's
speech. the resolutions, which had by this
time been formulated. were read by the
Hon. W. {. =. Breckenridge. The senti-
nent revealed in these resolutions found
he fullest of appreciation, and the unan-
nous adoption followed with an Old-time
kentucky heartiness. The resolutions are
Is follows:
The National Democracy of Kentucky
in convention assembled cordially approve
the action taken last year resulting in the
indianapolis convention. the nomination OF
Palmer and Buckner. and the complete re-
and perpetuatiOn of the Dem |
ocratic party. not only for that campaign.
but for all time: and with equal cordiality
ndorse the platform OF principles an
nOunced by the Louisville convention of |
1896 and the platform adopted at lndisnap-
oils, and reaffirm our hearty allegiance 70 |
the principles and policies therein eX-
pressed. and declare they are In accordance
with the Democratic platforms adopted by
The various preceding national conventions, |
which platform we hereby readopt, and by
which we stand.
we reaffirm. as the pledge OF the Dem |
OCratic party, that. when entrusted with !
federal power. il will enact such tax laws |
as will produce sufficient revenue, and |
framed for revenue only. levytng necessary |
axes only, and with impartiality and with |
lut bounties. bonuses or favors: viii reform |
he currency laws so as TO maintain the |
standard of the world and furnish a sound. /
stable and sufficient currency OF gold and /
silver, interchangeable with each other a. /
Equal commercial value. Will regain, with /
suitable revenue and navigation laws. the Il
supremacy OF the seas; enforce proper /
1rder; maintain the public peace. and pro- !
he rfobfs Hharffae and DroDprfv ~ /