Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-05
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honor you have bestowed upon inc II
calling me TO preside over this grea
Democratic convention. We hHv,
been clothed with the authority to for
nially name the candidates who. a.
the next election, are TO be chosel
President ana Vice President Of tn,
United States; and to lay down a plat
form of principles upon which the bat
tie Is to be fought and The victory won
With your pernissmion I will address
myself to some of the issues of the
impending campaign.
''rhe last great national contest fol
supremacy WIS fought mainly upon
one issue-that Is to say one issue was
paramount in the struggle. That issue
was familiarly called '16 TO L. II
involved the question of the free coin
age of gold and silver at Il ratio of
sixteen parts of silver to one part of
gold with which we are all familiar.
The momentols issue this year Is aga in
1G to /, but the sixteen parts to the
one part of this campaign, which |
will briefly discuss, are wholly differ
ent from those Of 1896. | will first
refer to the sixteen parts, and then
TO the one part. These sixteen parts
are:
First We have the Issue frought
with indescrlbable importance to our
people. native born and those who
have for patriotic reasons cast their
fortunes with US; namely, that of the
Republic against the Empire. On this
ODt part ulcDt Vi llt flAlppIl, IL There
were no other, we confidently expect
to win a sweeping victory in Novem-
ber The Republican party stands for the
Empire. Tho Democratic party stands
for the Republic, for the Declaration
of Independence, and the constitution
of our country.
"Second-Thc paternal and fostering
care given by those with whom we
contend to the combinations of cor.
porations and companies into power.
full organizations familiarly known as
trusts. Under three years of Republi-
can rule, while they controlled the
Presidency, the Senate and the House
of Representatives that is. all of the
law making power of the government
trusts have been propagated and fos,
tered by legislation until they not on
ly dominate all markets. both the buy
ing and selling but defy the very pow
az of the government. itself.
"The farcical efforts put forth by the
Republican party in an alleged attenpt
to restrain them in the dying hours
of the late session OF Congress ONLY
excited ridlculc and contempt, and
served to emphasize their inability and
to grapple the monsters
and regulate their conduct and ac-
tions. No matter what their excuses
may be, the fact is their policies have
created them, and though clothed with
all power they refuse to enact lcgisla-
tion to control them.
Third Called to power March 4,
1897, under n pledge TO reform the cur
rency, they seized the first opportuni
~ to fasten upon the land the highest
protective tariff law ever put upon the |
statute books of any country. This |
aw was enacted not TO raise revenue, |
out to give protection TO favored mani
1t failed to raise sufficient
revenue for the government, but an
;wercd the purpose of cnrichlng the
'avorcd few while IL robbed the many.
md at the same time brought forth
rusts to plague us as numerous as
he lice and locusts of Egypt Their
nigh protective tariff Is the mother
If trusts.
"Fourth This Administration came
nto power with solemn declaration
n favor of bimetallsm and a pledge
O promote ii, 1t has failed to keep that
'ledeg. 1t has erected in its stead the
ingle standard of gold and has en-