Evening journal., 1900-10-26

But / recognize scarcely a yestige
CT Democratic principle in either the
Chicago or Kansas City platforms The
organization is in the hands Of the
Populists, and by these the livery Of
true Democracy has been stolen in
which TO serve all the devils that make
for social disorder
Mr., Bryan is preaching the gospel Of
hate. Voicing that, he appeals to the
envi0us, the discontented. the imprOv-
ident, the incompetent and the unwor-
thy idle.
But worse stlh, he endeavors to set
friend against friend, neighbor against
neighhor, family against family, sec
ton against section and nation against
nation.
lie makes the always dangerous ap-
peal TO the evil in human nature. His
poatulates are Boxer and his propa-
ganda is Boxer
lie speaks no encouragement to the
unsuccessful. but tells him to lay the
blame at the door of his more fortu-
nate neighbOr, and that his sole rem
edy is to attack him.
lie invariably speaks of creditors as
'merciless creditors" and to the debtor
be teaches that his friend who has
loaned him money or trusted him is
his enemy
When a man fails and becomes de-
spondent, he does not seek to inspire
him with the American spirit of per-
severance; he does not appeal to him
to be up and doing and to try again.
but he tells him to stop trying. and
that the remedy Is TO pun down the
more successful.
Where is the intelligent citizen who
believes IN his heart that his Repubii-
can neighbors are not as good Ameri-
cans and as good patriots as himself?I
And yet. in connection with his maxi
ing a charge that the Republicans de-
mand larger army Can increase. by
the way, that was voted for by the
Bryan men in the Senate, and carried
I'm the House with a minority vote of
but 3S) he repeatedly said in his pub
lie speeches, as he said at Indianapo-
lis:
why do they want il? So that they
can build a fort near every large city
and use the army to suppress by forcel
the discomfort that ought to be cured
by remedial legislation"
This from a candidate for the pres
idency of the United States, using all
the power Of his eloquence to carry
especially to our foreign
born workingmen, whose votes he
solicits.
What intelligent citizen, loving his
country, with a stake in home. in fam
lily or in property, however great his
for the unhappy Beers. !
would, If he could have had his gov
ernment aggressively interfere for
their protection at the risk of war with
Great Britain?
We seek no more wars We want
the friendship of all nations, but now.
as ever, we stand "at peace, but ready
to battle with any of them for the i'm !
tegrity of our territory, the honor ofl
our flag, and the protection of Ameri- |
cans everywhere.
Who that seriously attacks that pol
icy is a safe man to trust with power
in this country?
Imperialism? The theory of our
government. fixed in organic law, can
not be changed in form or in sub
stance unless our Congress. with it's
house fresh from the people. and the
Supreme Court of the United States
are parties with the executive to the
reasonable conspiracy.
With n written Constitution. the
unique feature OF our system of gov
ernment and its sheet anchor is that
great court at Washington, removed
by the law OF its establishment from
partisan conflicts and from the infu-
ence of popular clamOr, whose chief
and exclusive function is to cOnstrue
that Constitution and it's distribution
Of powers. and which can say to the
Congress "Thus far and no farther"
and to the chief executive Thus far
and no farther"
This talk about "despotism" and
"despotsn and airs of Eastern pOten-
tates," the exercise of royal powers. q"
governing without the consent OF the
governed. king George the Third
and the like is not all new in respect
Of the government or unorganized ter
rtories of the United States. All these
phrases and epithets were urged and
applied to jefferson and his admins
tration OF the newly acquired Louisi-
ana purchase under the bill signed by
him and drawn by Madison.
But these Populists and Boxers set
up sort OF Joss. and then desecrate
our saints calendar by labelling it St
Jefferson.
The Philippine question is a prob
lem to be solved by Congress so far
as the whole territory is concerned.
It may be determined to withdraw the
hag as in Cuba.
But In no place on earth must the
/ flag he hauled down under fire.
On the finance question two or three
respected friends use this logic sub
stanhally:
1T is true that the Kansas City
/ platform declares for national and
commercial dishonor by the immedi.
ate free-coinage of silver at 16 to / a:
legal tender. II is true that the candi
date who stands upon II has said:
If there rs anyone who believes ;
gold standard a good thing. or that i
{ must be maintained, / warn him not t
cast his vote for me. because / promisi
him that IL will not be maintained n
this country longer than / am able {,
get rid Of It.
1T is true that the same candidat
e made it a condition of accepting tn
nomination that the declaration 70
S Free Silver should be inserted in tn
/ platform. Nevertheless. by reasen G
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