The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-06
STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1899.

which the people could have that
money Every artifce that cunning,
that subtlety could command has been
exerted to reduce its volume. We find
silver pushed out of it's rightful place.
| We find determined effort to substi-
tute an Understanding note for q
noninterest- bearing note.
We claim that the government, and
the government alone, has the power
| to coin and issue expressions OF value.
That Is q rightful and just ground,
and one for which our party has al
ways stood and will continue to stand.
Government coming OF money and the
issuance Of circulating notes are alike
solely government function. The
government should declare what shall
be money and what shall be its vol
u-ne Issuance of circulating notes Is
no more within the province OF private
banking corporations than Is the coin
age Of gold and silver, or the issuance
| of government bonds. Banks Of de-
posit and discount are as necessary to
business as the circulation OF the
blood is to the body, but they should
not be allowed to issue any form OF
paper currency. (Applause.)
believe this embodies the Demo-
| cratic principles and rightly tells the
| position Of the Democratic party. The
Democratic party is party OF conserv-
atism, a party OF security, party that
stands forth for the maintenance of
every honest contract, and will raise
| its hand against any effort to break
| down or destroy. Property interests,
capital, everything expressive Of value,
can always find a safe harbor within
| the Democratic party. We, as Dem
ocrats, stand forth as champions for
the laws. Capital should be protected,
and no hindrance offered 10 the men
Of industry, enterprise. ability and
brains-men who find encouragement
everywhere and a right-minded peo-
Pile will always applaud the honest ef-
| forts Of an honest man. So much for
capital. Now for labor.
Interests of Labor.
All legislation should have for its
object the betterment Of conditions
| While capital should be protected,
labor should also find a champion in
the Democratic party. The wage
Garner, the man who earns his all by
long hours, by close application, be
| II with his hands or his mind Is enti-
tied to every consideration. Legisla-
tion is too often had that protects only
! the one, ignoring the other. Men Of
capital, men of leisure, honest men,
| should so shape the legislation OF our
state md national government that
the po Jr, that the weak, that those un-
able to defend themselves, should find
protection. Honest legislation should
mean to ward off greed, to ward off
evils that beset those unable to make
their own fight. The object of legis-
lation should always be for those
weakest. AS we try to defend the
doves from the hawks, the lambs from
the wolves, so should the strong men,
those whom God has blessed with
ability to acquire fortunes and retain
them, make every effort to protect
those less fortunate. The great pro-
ducing class OF our country should al
ways be the first care Of the legisla-
tor. Those who have must concede;
the poor, having nothing, can not. The
strong must care for the weak, the
| rich for the poor the prosperous for
those in adversely. And again I say
that all legislation should have for its
aim the lettering of the condition of
the man whose time is not his own,
and who must, in a certain sense, do
the bidding of others. Above all, the
man intrusted with power, the man
chosen to execute our laws, should be
selected with a view of his fitness, of
his knowledge Of affairs, and, beyond
all that, whose purpose Is an honest
| OuG-ouc w uu COulu CACSuIC IuC law .
as he found them, with favor for none,
fairness for all.
The Democratic party is law-lev-
ing party, liberty-loving party and
will always stand forth as the cham
pion, the conservator of the people. A
partisan, an unfair press, seek to dis
tort the objects, the motives of our
party. I think our position can be
embodied in a few words We stand
for the right; we stand for liberty; we
stand for the laws. Love of country
before all. cloud and long-coRtinued
applause)
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