Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-02

Administration 10 destroy the trusts lS
not exercised. We may remember that
the Republican National Convention OF
1895 denounced the gold standard, and
that thereafter the advocates of the
gold standard supplied the money with
which to buy the election OF the nomi-
nee of that convention.
we may hear from some that they
oppose the trust, but favor the gold
standard. The man who makes this
declaration is lacking either in intelli-
gence or in sincerity. The sincere man
who thinks will say that it is self-evi-
dent that he who is opposed to the.
growth of trusts is opposed to the gold
standard. lie who opposes the trusts
opposes the foundation upon which the
trust is built. He who opposes the trust
opposes that system without which the
trust could not live. 1t does not re-
quire the stupendous intellect of gold
standard advocates to understand that
the less money there is the easier 1t Is
to concentrate it. and that the more
money there is. the more difficult it is
to concentrate it. Even Democrat,
with the little intelligence credited to
him by tine gold standard advocates,
can urders and that the demone tization
OF silver was one of the steps in that
process by which it was made possible
Tor the trust TO come into being. Every
supporter of a trust and every benefi-
ciary OF trust is an advocate of the
5oid standard, and every advocate of
lie gold standard is a supporter and
upholder of trusts.
THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC CONVEN-
TION.
1T is contended by some that the
democratic National Convention of 1900
should omit from its platform the de-
c!aratlon in favor of independent BIZ
metallism at 10 to l, and should rely
upon declaration against trusts.
Those who contend for this course are
seeking only to place the domination OF
me organized wealth of the country,
which now owns and controls the Re-
publican organization. You all re-
member the contest OF 1896. You all re-
member the unprecedented and mag
nificent fight made by the Democracy
III that year. without money and witt.
out resources. and against the Organ
i2cd Wealth and all the corporate In
Nuences of the land. You know that
every vote cast for the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency in 1896 was
an unpurchasable, an honest vote, and
YOU all know that n large proportion
OF the Yates cast against that nomi-
nee were had by purchase or by force.
Those who commended against the De-
mocracy in 1896 are mortally afraid OF
the contest coming in 1900. Every sup
porter of trust. every advocate of the
gold standard. every appendagc to the
present administration, is trembling
with apprehension at the prospects of
fercd by 1900. They fear another open
tisht;- they dare not go forth to meet
1t If 1t can be avoided, and the man
who advocates the omission of the
plank favoring the Independent BIZ
metailism 1t 16 to / in the Democratic
platform of 1900. and n reliance upon n
declara ton against trusts. is seeking
not the success of Democracy in that
year, but is seeking only to lure the
Democratic party from the only plat
form on which it can know success.
PLATFORM OF 1896.
There are those who go about not
declaring for the Chicago platform of
1886. but declaring for Il platform broad
enough for all Democrats to stand up-
OIL They do not define what consti-
tutcs a platform enough for all Dem
ocrats to stand upon, but l can tell you
what they mean. They mean 10 broad
en- Democratic platform by taking
away part of it. They mean to sur
render that for which we contendcd in
1896. They mean to place the Demo-
cratic party where the Republican
party now is. under the control and in
the ownership of the Organized Wealth
OF the United States. Those who go
about eSpourng platform broad
enough for all Democrats TO stand on,
mean that they want you to broaden
your platform by taking out of 1t the