Evening journal., 1898-01-12

business. He left the people OF the
states to work out their own salvation,
believing that every man had a right
to pursue HIS own happiness and lib
erty as long as he did not interfere
with the happiness and lib
erty of another He believed that
every man could handle his own busi-
ness better than the government could
The Democratic party Of to-day can
only maintain its usefulness by adher-
ing to those principles of free govern
ment and states rights, in which An
drew jackson believed.
He was fequently applauded heartily.
KENNEY ON JACKSON.
Hearty applause greeted Senator r.
r. Kenney when he arose and advanced
90 The speakers stand i'm response TO
tne pleasantly -worded Introduction Of
Pros dent Murphy The Junior sena-
tor was In the best OF health and
spirits and entered fully into the effort
to do the great warrior. stdtesman and
Democrat honor He said:
''At no time during the last half CEN
tury have the conditions OF the people
made the celebration of This day 30 inn
portant as in this year, A. ID. 1898. The
extraordinary qualities OF THAT great
soldier and statesman, who, as prea-
dent Of the United States,so courageous
ly defended the rights of The MASSES
of the peOple against The combined ait
tacks OF the then trusts and syndicate
classes Of the country attacks, which,
if successful, would have placed the
| government helplessly in the hands Of
these c.assCs-must to-day call the
| people 10 a full sense of the dangers
now SO Imminent and cause them, under
the inspiration Of the name OF THAT
great apostle of Democracy and cham
plon Of personal liberty, 10 array them-
selves for the great struggle that Is ON
"a struggle between them and the
| forces like which he 50 completely, la
his day, defeated and destroyed
Andrew jackson was not OF thcse
who, honored by his party, afterwards
deprecated its organization by means
of which he was elevated. He recoS-
nlzod in party organization that under
lying principle, which accepts the ar
bltrament OF party conventions. He wai
not Of those VINO would kick down th'
ladder upon which he had assembled Il
the top, nor did he hold for brca'
craftsmanship filings at PARTY organiza
tiOn. He was Of that class ct grea
statesmen whose Iife-work was for tn
. peoples interest, yet who never fallo
in loyalty to his party.
1T is The fashion, with our podicl
, enemies, to speak and wrlte Of shes
who are to-day most truly the raprt
sentatives Of the doctrines and prin
ciples fer which Andrew Jackson e-oo
I and fought, as enemies Of the nation-
+. | men banded together in a crusade
. | dishonor. In no age of our history ne
: | there been so great reason why a
classes Of our people should cultlvate
knowledge. one of the other, than X
=; lday. But the tend among the classes {
y great wealth has been to the contrar.
. so that each day less understood is u
- great army of wage-earners by thOs
= who. by the aid Of trusts and combinl
- | tions Of wealth, are the rich.
- "Cblef amcng the causes which han
- lead TO these conditions, has been u
: poy.cv Of that political parity which 4
I, thirty years had continued control
p the government-lth policy that tax
- the poor for the benefit OF the rich
= svstem Of taxation, that makes the r'l'
~ richer and the poor poorer; syste
. that builds up trusts and syndicate
- and fosters and protects them In the
= unlawful practices. The last and crow
. ing aid. Of this system being the Ia
enacted by the present COngress at
. 6rst session: and the most neiaIions
all that precedes tin seven mont
,o creating deficit of $45,O00,0 ,0O0. and y
"a the excuse for its enactment was
40 raise revenue. The fact is, it was paf
- ed to reimburse those who paid q
nm freight on the hast presidential cal
g. paign.
or Next, and no less important eau
in Of the present depressed condition
,he .aboring and dagricultural class s, %
"a been the restriction of the money OF
Va country-the demoneization Of silve'
a I'm the wake of which has followed U
Ve told sorrOw and misery.
M "Republlcan tariffs have no more d
.es criminated against the producing cla
al es Of The country and favored
'o- wealthy. than has this destruction
is the half of the peoples money, there
cd concentrating the wealth OF the nat
he i'm the hands OF the few, limiting by
tic restricted circulation the resources
II the people and placing labor at
Ike mercy Of the few who hold the mci
CIV Of ehe conntry.
nm 'eThe people were promised by
igt Republicans, that the elevation or q
Ter party to power would insure the retl
Inv to prosperity. that 1t meant the cont
IN uarlee Of the single gold standard
no- result Of which would be prosper
he Some. however, when it was thou
nly necessary as an argument for vo,e-s
ne ting. claimed that bimeta.llsmlby INT
eat na.fcnal agreement, would as surely
on low ihe election of VIM. Mckinley
,ti- day fellows might, and at this NOM
M the forces in power are warr.ng am,
ng. themselves as to what was said, W
md was meant and what Is. I'm f@lt.
ere truth of the situation. Where q
in found the ground upon which to di
bic I am unable to see. in the light OF
Authoritative statement Of the admit
OF tration through the secretary CT
ose Treasury.
md mo promise made has been k
ats save that made to the money-hang
rly which was that for the aid recei
Iow from them no change would be m
boy in the monetary standard, That
on been most faithfully kept. The pr01
lde. ed prosperity has not yet arrived,
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