Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-03

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plank of 1t is stronger to-day than 1t was
when the platform was written
Would Not Alter a Single Plank.
Those who believe that we should invite
INTO the Democratic party all those who
cannot share In the purpose and the as
p'rations OF that party-I cannot speak
and say that would not abstract from
1t n single plank to get back every man who
left It, Nor do believe that we could draw
people to us by cowardlce. The day for am
something. and If you ask me why 1t was
that In the campaign of 1890 the hearts of
the people were stirred us they have not
been lately stirred. I Will tell you that 1t
was because the struggling masses found In
| that platform an Inspiration, and aggregated
| wealth found In 1t menace to every man
who rohs his neghbor for his own benefit 1t
was those who have entrenched themselves
behind abuses of government who objected
to that platform, and well they might OBJ
1ect, because TINT platform was aimed Mt
every abuse of government, and was glad
that i was supported by those who would
have only asked me for Just laws. am glad
| that the SIX million and half who voted for
me simply wanted me to get other peoples
hands out of thcirpockets tapplause). and not
to get their hands into other peoples
pockets.
Let me recall some of those planks: We
advocated the arbitration of differences be-
tween corporations engaged in Interstate
commerce and their employees. The doctrine
OF arbitration Is stronger now than 1t was In
lS''U Every great strike which brings loss
to the employer destroys the laborer and
Inconvenience business and brings us one
step nearer to arbitration as a means of set
thing these differences.
The Chicago platform favored arbitration.
q OF Od 60.
now. The platform declared against gov
ernment by injunction, and since the cleo
tlon we have had lessons which we did not
have before. Thomas Jefferson believed In
trial by jury, and government By injunction
ID merely Il disguised method by which n
man charged with crime shall be denied the
right of trial by Jury. loud cheers and
nppauseD That plank is stronger than 1t
was before.
The Income Tax.
The Chicago platform declared In favor of
the income tax, and an income tax Ia strong
or now than 1t was before. When discuss
the Income tax decision always resort to
quotation, because have reputation for
conservatism which must protect. (1nugh-
teri When want to he severe quote md
when want to criticise the Supreme Court
quote from member of the court, and l
nm so cautious that l even prefer to quote
from Republican member who cannot pos.
sibly DO an anarchist, because he s Repui-
lican. Justice Brown In his dissenting opin.
Ion used these Words ~ fear that in some
hours of national peril this decision will rise
up to phralyze the arm of the government"
We saw In 1906, but many people were 40
blind that they could not see. the danger.
but the hour of peril came. The war came
ON. we needed more money. We could not
tax incomes. because the decision rose up to
paralyzc the arm of the government. We
had to resort to stamp taxes. We had to
hunt up any old thing to put n stamp on.
One OF the things stamped Is /; telegram.
whenever you want to send n telegram you
go to the telegraph Office and you find that
the Republican party has so made the law
That the telegraph company can transfer the
burdens from its shoulders to yours.
The Republican party In all of Its policies
Is putting the dollar above the man, and In
that Is departing from the doctrine of Lin.
coin, Its founder, for. In 1859, he said the
Republican party believes in both the man
and the dollar, but In cases Of conflict the
man before the dollar
The Republican party is putting the dollar
above the man In all Its legislation, and no.
where Is 1t more apparent than in mutters OF
taxation The Republican party is not try
Ing to restore justice In taxation. The war
has shown that when this government deals
with nm Individual Its power Is unlimited,
but when 1t deals with property its power is
limited. 1t can draft the citizen, but 1t can.
not touch the dollar The hour Of peril then
and the husband from his wife, and stand
them up In front of an enemy's gun, but it
dare not lny Its finger upon the wealth OF the
| rich and make them contribute their share.
The Democratic party lie n protector of the
rlch aud the poor, and that party which
makes the rich bear their share of the bur-
den is a better friend of the rich nun than
the party that takes his money and sells
exemption.
The Dead Issue.
There Is another PLANK In this platform
which desire to make mention Of The Re-
publican party and the gold Democrats have
been burying the money question SO often
that almost feel ought to apologies for
speaking of the dead before so large an audi
ence. The Democratic platform denounced
the gold standard called 1t un-Amcrican and
anti, American and pledged the party to de.
stroy 1t at once and substitute In Its place
independent bmctallsm mt the ratio of IL
to 1. II the gold standard was un- American
In 1896 1t Is un-Amerlcan now. IL it was
anti American two years ago, II is anti
American now, and II the gold standard was
bad II ism. you We're convinced that X was
three distinguished commissioners to Europe
to get rid of the gold standard.
And why did they not succeed. 1t was be-
cause they asked of the lnanclcrs of the Old
World favor that they ought to have known
the tinanclcrs would not grant Why did we
oppose the gold standard: Because 1t has
raised the purchasing power of the dollar
and lowered the price of the products of la
Dor. When our commissioners went abroad
ilnd profted. and how absurd to expect them
to join In doing away with a thing out OF
which they had made money! Then, my
friends: want to suggest to you that the
Republican promise of international bimetal-
llsn,. coupled with the pledge that the gold
| standard would be maintained until other
nations came to our relief, was the most alb,
surd plank that any party ever put into IL
Platform. Think of 1t. Let me make a
speech such MS Il man would have to make to
carry out that program Ii the Republican
purity had delegated Its representatives to
present this subject to the tinanciers of Eu-
rope along the line of that senscless plat.
form, the spokesman Of the commission
would have had TO make speech about like
this:
Gentlemen, we have had the gold stand
AID for twenty-three years. and do not like
1t. The American people have tried 1t and
suffered from 1t, and they have sent us over
here TO ask you to help us to get rid Of 1t:
they recognize that you have made money,
while they have lost. and. therefore. we ask
you to join us In restoring the status by
which we won't lose so much, and by which
You won't make so much" daughter and
loud applnuse.)
But then candor would have compelled the
spokesman to have added another sentence.
Ire would have said, But while we suffered
n good DEAL we cnn suffer more If necessary
While we have had a hard time, we have not
reached the limit of endurance: and If you
people would rather go on plundering us in
definitely we will stand by You while the
world lasts
That Is the Republican platform That is
what 1t says-that while still trying to get
along on national bimetallism. yet If we get
leading commercial nations of Europe to join
with us we will maintain this thing which
they want.
The Democratic Plan.
My friends, our plan was different. We
would not have sent IL man over to beg be-
cause we read in history when we were chill
dren that more than 100 years ago our people
by their blood bought the right OF the people
to leglslate for themselves. According to
our plan, when we send n man over 1t will
not be to ask II man to help us, but to an
nounce to them what we are going to do
daughter and applause.) 1t will be to say
to them that 70.0OO,000 people have as much
right to protect their property from depre-
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