Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-13

to the Mckinley tariff law of abomina- tons itself, has been pushed forward un- der practical gag law and Is now pending in the senate, and already threats are heard against the freedom of debate, and where a passage is to be forced by the use of the executive patronage, reserved for the purpose.
 This is one of the stones which the people of the United States are to get ins. cad of the bread they asked for and so much needed. Whether the promises made to them as to other matters and the hopes they were led to form through the extraordinary expedients employed by the monopolists in the late campaign are to be similarly disposed of can hardly be an object of conjecture. The party which openly uses the terrible power of
 taxation for private enrichment and Tor corresponding oppression of the peo pie cannot be expected to use any other power with modern ton and justice. All though the paramount question beforel the people was, and is, that of the singls gold standard as against the free an6 unlimited coinage of gold and silver and mighty majority of the whole people declared unequivocally for bimetallism either independently or by international agreement, as promised by the rspubli- can party, We see not the slightest indi- cation of any disposition to move in that direction
 While all industries languish, while thS Soiu dollStf appreciates and the silver dollar is denied it's natural economic fllnc- tiors while business suffers, tariff sched- ules are being revised for the exclusive benefit of the tax-ea ters and the gold owners are tacitly assured that they need apprehend no encroa chmsnt upon the monopoly, which is visibly appropriating the profits upon the labors of civilized mankind. To the bitter complaints of the people the answer of the Roman farmer of the revenues is returned, name iy: More taxes and dearer currency With which to pay them Federalist ad- mlnistrations have uniformly run into excesses not unlike these we are wit messing at present. Both never before in the history of the republic have they been so candidly avowed or so coolv justified. a policy rendered necessary by camp aign contracts in order to secure the power thus to be abused. The administration and congress having taken this attitude ana agalnl thrown the gage of battle to the allied hosts of American freemen who supported the democratic candidates last fall, casting. their millions of unpur- chased votes, the only vote allowed by law, we of the democratic party are left mo alternative but to take 1t up. Our cause is far stronger today than ever before. We have only to organize to bring thing and right feel ing people together in democra tic societies, where the designs of the mo- nopolist party in power may be discussed II, couraged by his neighbors, will resist the seductions and resent threats of the com mon enemy-to sweep up. great ma jority of the representatives of the masses in the next house and to carry the elections of 1900 as triumphantly as our democratic for2fathers carried those of 1900. We respectfully suggest the demo- cratic clubs, coastitated after the man. ner of those which MT. Jefferson deserib- cd as the Very nurseries of republican principles be established in every dis- trict and that the dsmccratic state, c.ty and country ch'airnen throughout the country take immediate steps to secure the institutions, of such orgaaizat tions These. when unitedfn state association and with this national organization will constitute an irresistible force in the con- test before us. To insure popular vic tory which will inaugurate the new cen tury will assure promise of liberty peace and prosperity as Jefferson's election in augurated the last. we require only the means of constant discussion and the means cf polling our honest vote in spite Of corruption or intimidation. This, a thorough club organization will accom- plish."