Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
q 2VELVE PAGES
I. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1893.
BRY.AN1sM ANDJEF RsoNIANlsM

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The platform upon which Jefferson
was first elected President of the
United States should truly indicate the
general principles of the Democracy he
represented and advocated, and the
yirginian- Pilot appeals to it as a sub
.stant!al yindcation of the Democracy
voiced so we'll at Chicago in 1886, and
which William ]. Bryan has ever since
$50 CALAMITY championed before the peo
pie At Philadelphia, In the year 1900,
the adherents of Thomas JEFFERSON nom
mated him for President upon the fol-
lowing platform:
tsi l. AN involable preservation of the
Federal Constitution, according Ito the
+ true, sense In which 1t was adopted by
the States, that In which 1t was advo-
Gated bysits friends. and not that which
Its enemies apprehended. who, there
fore, became its cnemies."
Here is announced strict adherence
to the constitution, in Its true meaning,
the foundation of Democracy, reiter-
ated In 1896 The platform Of 1900 goes
on:l
2. Opposition to monarchizing It's
1 features by the forms of It's admins
itration, with the view TO concillate n
transition, first, to n President ana
Senate for life: and, secondly, to an
hereditary tenure of those offices, and
thus to worm out the elective princi-
5ple."$
[That is certainly anti-lmperialisnl.
3. preservation to the States OF the
powers not yielded by them to the
y Union, and to the legislature of the
Union Its constitutional share in the
division of powers; and resistance
therefore. to existing movements for
transferring all the powers OF the State
to the general government, and all of
those of that government to the ex-
ecutiye branch"
[This movement is still pressed by
McKinley.at home and abroad.l
"a vigorously frugal administra-
ton of the government. and the ap-
Dllcationt Of all the possible savings of
the public revenue to the liquidation of
the public debt. and resistance, there
fore, to all measures looking to a null
tiplicatlon OF offices and salaries, mere
r.
the public debt, on the principle of lis
being public blessing"
5. Reliance for internal defence
SOLELY UPON TIE MILITIA. tn
actual invasion, and for such q naval
!, force only as may be sufficient to pro-
gtect our coasts and harbors from dep
relations, and opposition, therefore, to
THE POLICY OF A STANDING
ARMY In time of peace which may
oYerawe the public sentiment, ana to
I navy which, by it's own expenses. and
the wars Into which 1t Will lmplIcate us
VII: grind us with public burdens and
Sink us under thenln g
.. FREE COMMERCE. WITH ALI.
3 ! MAIloNs, POLITICAL CoNNEC-
LION WITH NONE, AND LITTLE OR
s. N0 nL1dPLOMATIC ESTABLISHMENT
:: opposition to linking ourselves,
by ne" treaties, WITH THE QUAR-
Eniis OF EUROPE. entering their
J. neius9 OF slaughter to preserve their
s balance, OR JOINING IN THE CON
FFDETtACY OF KINGS To Whp
AGAINST THE PRINcIpIEs or
: LIBERTY" ~
s.ff'..free dom Of religion. and opposi-
tion to all manoeuvres "a bring about
Z a legal ascendency OF one sect over an
other.
. 9. "FREEDoM OF SPEECH AND
OF THE PRESS. and oppositlon
therefore. to all violations OF thc Con,
lstitution. to silence, by force. nnd not
by reason, the, complaints or criticisms
Just or unjust, OF our citizens arninat
\ the conduct Of their public agents"
5s 10. Liberal naturalization laws nm.
der which the we!l-disposcd OF All ma
tons who may desire to embark their
fortunes with ua and share WITH MS
: the public burdens, may have TINT on
portnnity. under moderate restrictions
i for the ,deyelopmertso OF honest Intention
i and severe ones to guard against The
4 s1surpatton OF our flag" IT
y: Al,nan rAgement OF science and