The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15

Jefferson, by q suhscr'p'' ION dinner,
on Wednesday, April IL, at which
Hon. William.J. Bryan and Senator
Jones, Of Ark, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
will be guests of honor, has issued
a circular letter urging all demo-
cratic clubs to celebrate in some
way by joining with the National
Association ain a common homage
to the memory of the great apostle
of American liberty, the author Of
the Declaration of Independence,
and the founder of the democratic
party, and in fresh expression of
our unalterable determination to
preserve the heritage of freedom
as it came to us from our fore
fathers, and to resist by every law
full means in our power the en-
croachments of organized wealth
and monopoly upon the constitu-
tional rights of the people,"
Senator Allen offered lesolu-
tion this week, which the Senate
adopted, calling on the Attorney
General to inform the Senate how
many writs of injunction were
granted during 1S97-'9S by the u.
S. Courts, against labor leaders and
labor organizations, and to furnish
it with certified copies of such
writs, the affidavits upon which ap-
plication for them were made, and
of other papers connected. with
them.
Unless Mr.. Mckinley takes a
notion to veto the bill appropriate
ing $2SS,000 to reimburse the pub
fishing house of the SoL thern
Methodist Church for war damage
TO its property, which was this
week passed by the Senate, the
the Methodist brethren will soon
get the money.
There may have been worse
violations of the canons Of good
taste than that of the Providence,
Or. ~ Board of Trade, in sending
IA circular letter to each Senator
and Representative, in which the
! attempt is made to use the destruc-
Ption of the Maine and the probabili-
ty of war with Spain as an argu-
ment for the gold legislation asked
for by the Indianapolis bankers
convention, but none such is re-
called Just now. representative
Freeman Knowles, OF S. Oak, who
is serving his first term in the
House, is SO far as known the only
man in Congress who has answered
this extraordinary circular letter,
but the answer Of Mr.. Knowles was
II very warm document, as may be
judged from the following quota
ti0ns therefrom: "I can find no
language to express my adherence
of men who will seek to take ad-
vatage of the patriotism of the
people to force a financial system
upon them which means their en-
slavement." "You are the same
class AS those who took advantage
of the peoples patriotism in 1861
60, to fasten upon the toiling
meshes n system of bondage by
which you have absorbed TO entire
product of labor since the war;
"This class Wodld not hesitate tC
sell our country for gold, and would
welcome TO our shores foreign
armies and naVies, rather than lose
the interest on tn cir bonds. This T.
the same class which is now trying
to fasten upon the struggling patri
OTIS Of Cuba the 100000, 10000 o.
bonds which the European Shy
locks have taken from Spain in re-
turn for the money they loaned
that nation with which to butcher
the Cubans." "You talk about go
ing to war upon gold basis. 1
you are not even more ignorant
than you are unjust, you would
know that no nation eyer conduct
ed Il war upon gold basis. At the
very first scent of danger gold al
ways hunts its cowardly hole
"Men who would take advantage
Of the present delicate and strained
foreign relations of their country
to foist robber financial system
upon the people are, in my judg
ment, greater traitors to humanity
than was Judas Iscariot or Bene
dict Arnoll'
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