Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-04-12
Democratic BANQUET.

new leader of the three reform forces
was dispelled by the repeated ora
tions and demonstrations of admir-
alton and devotion rendered Col.
Bayan at the Topeka banquet last
Thursday evening.
Among the banqueters were many
prominent members of the three re-
form parties, not few of whom Re-
side in neighboring states.
The banquet was given in honor of
Thomas Jefferson who founded
party based upon the immortal plinci-
pies of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none, and a government
of the people. Such were the under
ying principles of Jeffersonian Dem
ocracy, and these also are the under
lying principles of the regenerate
Bryan Democracy.
Upon these principles primarily
can the fabric of independent govern
ment be maintained with integrity
and security.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for one hour dur
ing which time he handled issues of
American politics with a master
hand.
He called attention of the audience
to the fact that 1.-The Chicago plat
form democrats are more numerous
than they were in 1896, and our pop
ulistic and Silver Republican Allies
are as hostile to the Republican
party as they were then.
1--WE are not only holding our own,
but we are gaining back those demo-
Gratis who left US with out fully un-
derstanding the nature of the strug
GLE"
Mr.. Bryan also stated that the
plank in favor of the income tax is
growing stronger because the war has
shown the need of more revenue.
He called attention to the fact that
the greater part of the revenue is de-
rived from taxes on the masses & that
corporate wealth was in many instan
ces exempted it's share of the public
burden, as for example the toiler who
sends the message is compelled to pay
the revenue stamp, and the wage for
Garner who buys the express money
order is compelled by the policy and
laws of the administration to pay for
the stamps, the plutocratic corpora
ton avoids it's obligation to it's gov
ernmeur.
j He stated "that the maintenance
of the gold standard is not due to a
desire upon the part of the American
people to keep it. "also that the issue
by FIee Coinage of both gold and
silver was an anti trust measure, ag-
ainst the greatest and most danger
Gus trust namely that which seeks to
arbitrarily control the monev of the
country, and that since the Reput-
Iican party has struck down silver it
has openly announced that it is the
present policy or the next step to call
in all the treasury greenbacks and
issue in their place National bank
notes there by enabling bankers to
lessen their taxes and increase their
privileges, and to control the mon
ey of the nation, as Rockefeller con-
trolls the coil oil, and Havemyer and
the sugar trust control the value of
sugar and the armours and the beef
trust control the market on live
stock. And these trusts and thous
and more that are sapping the life of
the masses of the American republic,
the former or the monetary question
will be held formost in the coming
Campaign, as the most vital issue of
American politics
There are subsidiary issues that
also will command part of the at
tantion of the American voter and as
to the recommendations of the pres
emit administration to increase the
standing army to 100, 600 and thereby
Increase the burden of the masses
Mr.. Bryan said that his observa-
ton was that the American citizens
preferred to fight in time of war and
to work in time of peace. He stated
that less than 10 months ago it was
announced by the Proclamation of
Mckinley and his administration
that the war was not war of con-
quest but one waged in the interest
of humanity, to assist a prosecuted
people to obtain their liberty and
freedom but regardless of those noble
purposes the government is with
holding independence from the Phil
lipines after they helped US in the
war againsc Spain.
THE Republican party came into
existence by securing independence
for the black man, and is likely to 90
out Of existence for refusing to apply
the same principles to brown man