The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-22

Of every 1900 Democrats. There
would be no hope Of success with
the abandonment of the coinage
plank by the Democracy IN the
next contest
ITO HELL WITH WHAT
CHICAGO WANTS.
The Chicago Times Herald,
whie is edited by good man gone
wrong, prints an article 20 the effect
that Chicago wants new Chicago
platform.
The city by the lake which was
built on credit, and burned on trust,
aud founded again in the ashes OF
usury. feels discredited because
|, what i known TO all the world a
! 1.-The Chicego platform" demands
something besides gold as the mon
. ey basis o. the country 1 h e
Times Herald declares the Repuo-
licans should wipe out that STAIN IN
a new Chicago platform which VIII
satisfy the Shvlock demand Tor gold
a. the alpha and omega, the begin
, ming and the end, the MAKER and
: the tinisher of the nations financial
: faith. The Times Herald, IN COM
mon with a hoard Of other seryltors
Of the high-collared eunuchs oi the
, Eas,. declare the city has suffered
{ irleparable damage from the ohgnt
! OF the Bryan platform and ooth
Democrats and Republicans are
n called upon. for the credit 81 the
]. city, to make hard money platforms
: next wear. and 90 wipe out the dis
> grace Of Chicago platform which
! holds that men are worth more inan
a money. 1t probably voices the
4 sentiment OF the city.
! But does any man think there
/ will ever be another different
n Chicago platform? Does any man,
y born OF woman, suppose new pro-
' nouncement OF political principle
. will ever cary that name which
: since 1896 has meant the cause o.
= the people against the cause ol
. the plutocrat-? Does any man
think he can attach the name "Chi'
cago platform to a gold declara
ton? Does he think the wide
!. world will recognize anything less
.e than the last declaration under the
title that the Shylocks al hor2
/ Not for a minute, The words
|. Chicago platform mean some
k thing. They always WI mean
= something while history Is written
e These words will stand for human
1t freedom, for commercial liberty
!. for financial independence, 20 the
,e Longest day this government stands
, You may hold your little Chicago
side-shows till the COWS come home
II You may resolute till yon are black
i in the face. You may swear ailegi-
: ance to the grim god Of gold till the
i yellow mildew of your subservien'
at prostrations sends rheumatism riot
l. ing through your bones. But wher
10 men saw Chicago platform J. tie
y world will echo: ''lou shall nvi
IN press the crown u thDrns upon ths
c. brow OF labor, you shall not crucii,
r nv people upon cross OF gold.
20 Make your new platforms. Make
le them in Chicago. Call them wnat
ID ever YOU will. But the great hear
OF the American people can nevel
d be beguiled. The honor Of tha
/? Coliseum Chicago platform Q
a. 1896 will shed glory on the city
le till the distant day Of doom.
l. There l. Bunker Hill, and al
: men know il. There is Yorktown
and it stands for America triumph
a ant. There j. Manila bay, AID tht
d first thing a white man thinks l.:
7. |"There's where the American:
re wonin There's the Chicago plat
> form-and you can't make a new
" one if they dabble for years
re Chicago disdains the most credit
le able thing it, political history ha'
k known. Ii yearns for a new plat
e, form which shall renew the vows o
a. service to the money power. i
'? scorns the free born declar alton Q
Is American men. Ii calls out for
On .vindication. The debtor city
The bankrupt city, The margil
,city, The city Of promises unkepi
nd The city Of pledges unredeened
10 The city bonded beyond law an
's- y dirty beyond expression. The ia
y dodging city The iury-buyln
cityi The city that buries Dem
= ocratic mayor under an avalanch
! \; Of Republican corruption at the cal
ital, The blatant aud bOastful. III
no;sesome and criminal, the man
10 mon-worshipping AMI mortgageC
the bought, paid and drlivere
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