The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-27

plank Of 1t is stronger to-day than It wa
when the platform was written.
Would Not Alter a Single Plank.
Those who believe that we should lnyit,
into the Democratic party all those wht
cannot share in the purpose and the as
pirations OF that party-I cannot speal
Tor others, | speak for myself-are wrong
and | say that | would not abstract frcu
1t single plank to get back every man wht
left 1t. Nor do believe that we could draw
people TO us by cOwardice. The day for am
biguity has passed. That platform mean:
something, and II you ask me why it wa.
that In the campaign of 1896 the hearts Oi
the people were stirred as they have moi
been lately stirred, | viii. tell you that II
was because the struggling masses found il
| that platform an inspiration. and aggregat teC
| wealth found in Ii menace to every mar
who robs his neighbor for his own benefit II
was those who have entrenched themselves
behind abuses Of government who objected
to that platform, and well they might oh
1ect, because that platform was aimed al
every abuse of government. and | was glad
that | was supported by those who would
have only asked me for just laws. I am glad
| that the six million and half who voted fol-
| me simply wanted me to get other people
hands out Of their pockets ,applause), and moi
! 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 ana their employees The doctrine
of arbitration is stronger now than 1t was In
ie9o; Every great strike which brings loss
| to the employer destroys the laborer and
| incohVehiehces business ana brings US one
sIep nearer TO aroltrntion as means of set
/ tlng these differences.
The Chicago platform favored arbitration.
Delliot[a.s n. tnat stoou upon II then favor II
now. The platform declared against gov
erhhent py injunction ana since the eiec-
lion we nave nau nay lessons wnich we dld not
M naHe ueioIe. iloLlas 1enersoh oeNeVed In
triai D! jury ana government Dy injunction
Is merely a dlssuised method by which a
man charged win CRIME snail be denied the
risnl Oh 'riai al ny jury. 'Loud cneers ana
appiause.J ihat punk is stronger tnan II
was before
The Jncome T,1
| rbo r,h,,,o.. al, -. ,,,
Tho income toy and nn ~ 1884 ~ ~ iator ol
| or now than r. ,aS hafnro w. s,s stlons
| 81 - Hd" t .Aan ~ "ao oeioiT' Nueh ulscuSS
n,otation hanarse 7 Ta, aiwaSs ,s.ef aeSort 10
consarro+isn, .hioh n,us, 'ra.at ~ & a1r
,er1 Whan nnt - ha .o,nu. t.aus ~. u, !,
wha, 7 uont w nri+io,.a 81. S,,,,no Iuo'S "uu
7 nnn,a frnn, nan,har - ,ho po.,n. Soai a !.
| am go oantinns ,hnt 90 nr..o anu
srn,n a Pannh,ioa t,a,oher he ph eiea " quote
sibIv ha a N annrcbist hacars. N. 70 p.'h pTs
Tcan Iustina RrnIvo in h,s Si.san,1n. nep ,'i
ION rsad thasa words. ..I 60, H.. i @ 80
nf ma
mn to naraivza tba arm, ~ the ,,orarmn,ant 's
We saw in ISoe hut r,onr neon,a - 90
hind ,hat tbav could Mt 90 rha da,a-
bnt rho bonr nr nsriI oama Tba aA 80 ns,,,c
ON W. naadod -. ,,'nmo, w wa, ,,,, salne ae
tar ,ncomes haonnna tho nco,s,o .o eouiu NJ.
nar,Ivza the arm of tho corarnmont ny W. Va
had to resort to stamp taxes We had to
hunt up any old thing to put 4 stamp on.
One of the things stamped Is telegram.
Whenever you want TO send a telegram you
so 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 1893. he said the
republican party believes In both the man
and the dollar, but In cases of conflict the
man before the dollar.
Inc RepuDNcan party Is putting the dollar
above the man In all It's legislation, and no.
where Is IL more apparent than In matters Of
taxation. Inc Republican party Is not try
Ing 10 restore 1ustice In taxation. The war
mas SHOWN tnat when TINS government deals
with an individual Its power is unlimited.
but when 1t deals with property Its power Is
limited III can draft the citizen, but 1t can
not touch the dollar The hour OF peril then
at once can take the son from his mother
ana the husband from ms Wl1e, ana stand
them up In front OF an enemy gun, but 1t
dare not lay lis nhger upon the wealth. OF the
rich ana make them contribute their share.
The Democratic party 10 protector Of the
ficn ana the poor ahu tnat party which
makes the rlch Dear their snare OF the Dur
den Is better friend OF the rich man than
the party that taxes MIS- money and sells
exemption.
The Dead Issue.
There is another plank I'm this nIotform
which I desire 10 mako mention of Tbe Ra.
nublican Marty and tbe gold Democrats have
been burying the money question so often
that I almost fool I ousbt 70 anolo1ize FOR
speakipg of the dead before so large an oudI
ence The Democratic platform denounced
the gold STANDARD called n nAmerican a nd
nti-American and Dledged the Marty to de-
strny r. ot on.a and suh.t,tuta In IL u,ooa
Inaanandsnt himetaiI,Sm at Tho rati" ~ Ie
to II the gold stondord was nm American
In 1sa6 it 10 nm American now IL it wos
anti Americon two Years 400 n ia anti,
American now and n the gold standard was
had In ISoG Won vera convtpcad tbat IL ,ras
hsd in Isa- hacansa AIR NcKinisv sent
three distingnished commissjoners To Eurona
to ,,at rid ~ rha gold standard
And .vhv aid thev not succeed If wos ba.
couSe tbev asEsI ~ tho tinancIars of tba ola
WorId - fovnr that they onght to have Enowu
tho f,nanciers wnnld NOT Grant why ala We
onnaHa rba aoia StanTard. Racau.a =, hoe
raised tho nnrcba sinu mower of the dollar
and Iowarad rho nrjce ~ tba nrodncts 81 Ia.
nn,. Whan onr ann,,nissionare u~a,t 80,
IN
had nrofited and how absurd to aynect them
tn iain In AIM ou,v witb a mir, ont -
which thav had made monev, T5en my
friends I want to sngoest tn Won that tho
RanuIIica n nromisa of international himetaI
Ism connIad With The niedoa thar The cold
standard wouIJ he maintained mntiI oebar
pntions came to onr relief was the most ah.
surd plank that any party ever put into a
platform. Think OF 1t. Let me make a
speech such as Il man would have to make to
carry out that program. lr the Republican
party had delegated Its representatives TO
present this subject to the fnanciers of Eu
rope along the line of that senseless plat
form. the spokesman OF the commission
would have had 10 make speech about like
this:
Gentlemen. we have had the gold stand
ard for twenty-three years. and do not like
1t. The American people have tried 1t and
suffered from It, and they have sent US over