The age-herald., 1899-05-26

and these cancerous excreseences will be lopped from the body poiitic.
 8. We will declare emphatically and un- euuivoeally in favor Of the preservation of the Monroe dietrine in all it's Yigor and against the criminal idocy of corrupting and destroying out institutions by making American citizens out of ten million heather Aalays under the equator.
 4. We will declare in unmistakable lan- guage that we will put a sudden stop to, the wicked and wanton waste of the peo- pies money-whch as evidenced by the recklessness of the Fifty-fifth congress amounts to practical confiscation
 5. We will proclaim our everlasting hos tility to government by the sword and government by injunction both of which are being fosted upon the country for the benefit and at the behest of the trusts and jobbers of every degree.
 Tn the impending campaign, he that is not for us is against us. There can be no shuffling, no double dealing, no riding of two horses going in opposite directions, no foraging between lines.
 "rhe American people deserve to be treated honestly. fairly candidly and cour- ageously. They demand and are entitled to have a declaration of political faith about which there is no double meaning, no paltering in a double sense, no equivo- cation, no good Lord, good devil, clap-trap "a declaration so plain that even the dull est may comprehend it and so thoroughly democratic that all honest men can stand upon it. They want no victories that are not triumphs of principle, and they do not propose that the fruits of another victory shall turn to ashes upon their lips Above all, they don't want any more presidential pigs in pokes They will get what they want. The platform that l have outlined will give lovers of freedom and good gov ernment everywhere hearts of oak.
 Nominates Mir. Bryan
 Upon that platform we will place man who is a platform within hmself-whose name, l am happy to state, is eXecrated by every monopolist in America and loved by every patriot betwixt the two oceans and land him in the white house, the fore most statesman of our age, William Jen- nings Bryan, of Nebraska, and of the United States at-large.
 When he sits in the chair of Washing ton and wears the mantle of Jefferson there will be another Andrew Jackson come to judgment.
 'In times of peace he is a ciyllfan; in times of war he is a soldier; at all times he is the ideal American citizen and pa- triot.
 But we may be asked whether we want the Palmer and Buckner democrats back. Of course We do. We will welcome them not as major-generals and brigadiers, but as privates; not to teach us democracy, but to learn democracy of us, and we Will give them the glorious opportunity of winning new laurels.. Yes, we welcome these re- turning prodigals, but they must not eX- pect to monopolize the fatted calf Those who have borne the heat and burden of the brunt of the battle-eNpect the choicest and largest cuts of the veal them- selves The doors stand wide open to all who desire to help us. We will not inquire too minutely into their antecedents. There are two institutions which have no mourn- CTS bench-the democratic party and the Campbellite church. We also welcome all republicans who are dissatisfied with Mark Hanna's new fangled policy of imperialism. We hail with delight the patriotic move. ments of Dr. Anil Pretorious and other German American editors, knowing full well that the republicans cannot carry a state west of the Alleghenies and north of Arkansas without the German vote.
 "We also extend the right hand of fel- lowship to the vast army of travelling men, who have discovered that trusts are their especial enemies, and who are now preach ing an antitrust crusade. More power to their tongues"
 Altgeld on Chicago Platform
 Ex-Governor John P. Atgeld of Illinois was the next speaker. He dWeit at consld- erable length on the principles of the Ch- caso platform, declaring that a continued adherence to them by the democratic parry would mean a great success in the future.
 An overflow meeting was held in the auditorium of Music hall. Nearly four thousand people thronged the hall, and short addresses were made by Mr. Bryan, "Coin'' Harvey, Congressman Dockery ol Missouri, Champ Clark and a number of others.
 CONDEMNS LYNCHINGS.