The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
WHY THEY LOST.
Congressman Caruth of Ken
lucky Talks to Tammany
Of the Campaign of 1896 and
the Next One.
''VOTINGEST" PEOPLE
On Earth He Declares Live In
State Of Ohio.
They Equal One Out of Three Of
the Population.
''VOTINGEST" PEOPLI

New York, July 5.-One Of the speak
ers at Tammany hall yesterday was
Asher G. Caruth, member of congress
from Kentucky.
After speaking of the day then being
celebrated throughout the union and the
lessons taught by the Declaration of
Independence Mr.. Caruth announced
his allegiance to the principles of that
great document, the charter Of Ameri-
can liberty and sounded note Of warn
ing against any departure from the
theories of government therein contain
ed. Proud as he was of the glorious
achievements of our army and navy, he
would think that those victories were
dearly purchased if they had to be paid
for by a departure from the fundamen-
tai ideas on which the union has been
formed and had grown so great and
mighty. He thought the doctrine of hu-
man liberty so announced in the decla-
ration which Jefferson wrote and
Adams advocated, intended for all time
and he stood ready to say with the lat
ter: Sink or swim, live or die, survive
or perish, I am for the declaration. 1t
is my living sentiment and by the bles-
sing of God, it shall be my dying senti-
ment, independence now, and tndepen-
dence forever"
He announced his adherence to the
theory of the Monroe doctrine and his
opposition to Imperialism. In speaking
of the territory acquired under the
treaty of Paris, he expressed regret at
the acquisition of the Philippines, but
trusted that when the nag nOated IN
peace over these possessions, we would
with wise craftsmanship regulate the
affairs in those far away isles OF the
Pacific, so that the people would learn
the blessings of self government, and
could be entrusted with the manage
ment of their own affairs. Coming down
to and speaking of the issue Of the
81 " ly~TTtl n n
THE DEFEAT IN 1896.
1.-THE year '96 lies in our rear 1900 is in
front Of US. It is useless for us to talk
of the causes Of the defeat IN 1895. We
know that we cast nearly one million
more Democratic votes than were ever
given to our candidates for president
before, and yet we lost. Everything
that human ingenuity could contriVe.
every expedient which desperation could
suggest were used in order to corrupt
the franchise and to secure the presi-
dency of the republic. 1t is not nee
essary to particulariZe, but the voting
est people in the union seemed to live
in Ohio, where one out of every three
of the population was a. voter in 1896,
proportion startling, previously unheard
of and grossly untrue. Take old Ken
lucky my state, which gave Bryan in
1895 two hundred and seventeen thous-
and votes to one hundred and
seventy-f1ve thousand votes given
Cleveland in 1892 an increase
I
in 1892. we carried the state by forty
thousand and lost it by two hundred
and eighty-one in 1896. It was the des-
perate effort on the part of the mOnied
and corporate powers of this country to
accomplish the defeat of the will of the
people by false clamOr and failing in
that by a false count. But 1886 lies
in the past and no regret, repentance
or repining' can bring it back again.
Let us cease to lament for that we can
not help,
And study help for that which we la
ment.'
Nineteen hundred Is before us. and
to that year we must turn for succor.
THE ISSUE IN 1900.
1--WE can not men of Tammany, ex-
pect that six million five hundred thOus-
and votes Of this country will ignore
the principles for which they cast their
SURFACES less than three short years
ago. Although defeat came to them,
Democrats over this country believe, or
at least a majority of them believe, and
democracy is but the will Of the major
ity that the platform laid down in Chi
cago in 1896, states the cardinal doc
trines of the Democratic faith and on
that platform they propose to fight the