The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-27
O ii. p. BELnoNT's POLICY.
te states FIIs s'GOspeI of Democracy
and Denies he Is Q Candidate,

lie states FiIs s'GOspel of DemOeracy"
and Denies he Is Candidate,
In the many discussions of the {
possible democratic platform of
1900 which have appeared from
time to time in the public prints
no views have received more at
tention In the east than those at
tributed to Oliver H. P. Belmont,
who has on several occasions been
suggested as running mate for
William Jennings Bryan. While
Mr.. Bryan was in the east he made
MIR. Belmont his conidant, and, it |
is understood, intrusted to him the
management of his campaign IN
the east. 1t has generally been
believed that Mr.. BelmOnt's utter
ances have been those of Mr..
Bryan. with the exception of those
on the financial plank. Both have
announced themselves as opposed
to trusts, and both have agreed
that in complete harmony on all
subjects rests the fate of the demo-
cratic party. Mr.. Belmont has
hitherto stated that he has found
Mr.. Bryan right on nine questions
and wrong on one; the republican
party wrong on nine and right on
one-the one in both instances be-
| ing the question of currency.
In this weeks Verdict, Mr..
Belmont's newspaper, the follow
ing is given as the owners Gospel
of Democracy.
Draw your politics as you
might a sword and throw away the
scabbard. Strike for an inherl-
tance tax! Strike for a levy on
churches! Strike for the public
ownership of franchises Strike
for the death of the trust! Strike
for the-destruction of the national
bank! Strike for a live-and-let
live system of honest currency anC
banking in its stead! Strike fol
the overthrow of presidential pat
ronage-that tribe legislation-an'
strike to fill all offices, whereve
possible, from the ballot box
Strike for the popular election o
senators! Strike against expan
sion!' Strike against an increas
of the army. to the end that libert
multiply and flourish Strike t
: swell the navy, that you thereb
:, win the respect of nations, an
! because a battleship is your bes
| ambassador! Strike to cut dow
| the tariff as the wall behind whic
4 protection crouches TO bushwac
1 the best welfare of the people
! Tariff is protection, and the latte
II the seed of trustS-thOse cOmbe
! and curried!monsters of monopOl!
,! Protection is against commerce
/! and commerce is the very life
reason and prosperity. StriE
= against protection, then, as again
), original sin. Strike for an lstl
n main canal. Raleigh once said
Queen Elizabeth, Darien is Il
/. KEY of the world On Raleigh
word with all the rest, then, striI
for canal. Strike Tor the lnl'
!. ative and referendum. Strike f
it first and strike for it last. 1t
. the blow royal to bring down
the rest.
Later in the same issue Mr.. b
=, mont declares that all talk of hi
N =" self as a possible candidate for
vice presidency is unfOunded.
is not, he says. a candidate, I
would he become one under a
circumstances. On the other har
he declares he will fight his bat
for the democracy in 1900 in
ranks and principle of smash
trusts " He believes that on ST
ar a platform the democracy will pre-
urS victorious in the national campal
Of next year.
r. Mr.. P. Ketcham of Pike City, {
saws. During nv brothers. late si