The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-04

ton. and the consequent domination of
every commercial pursuit by a score of
colossal monopoiies- These predictions
have in general been verified
Democratic defeat had scarcely been
recorded when the march of consolidation
was resumed. Every pursuit that engages
the attention of man has been exploited.
and the waters round about it have been
explored FOR subjects of monopoly, and
/ those who have Numbered against I'M
sound money nave used the printing press
and the engraVers art to turn out thouS-
ands of millions Of fictitious values to
whose profit the toilers and consumers
industry is closed 10 the competitive ener-
gies of the citizen. has been listed the
stock exchange and rises and falls with
the turn of the gamblers card. Consoli-
dationS succeed conSOlida tionS, and as
they lessen in number. they enlarge in the
volume of their real and fictitious accum-
uIattOnS. and their more deSDDIic SWAY
over an malerlai aho pontlcal interests
These evils. startling In their magnitude
and inevitable in their consequence, must
either eliminate in one immense aggre-
cation, all powerful and all absorbing, or
be arrested and dissolved by the force of
an aroused public opinion. finding express
sion at the polls in support of the noui-
nees Of this convention
THE party in power carried the last
election h. and through the support of the
Influences We now criticize. Hsvfne mr.
chased the right - pursue their various
objects, the government has been at all
times their powerful ally. Hence the on
ward march of organized wealth to alb
solute power and the exaltation of the
OF the multitude Hence the crisis in our
commercial affairs whose issue. presented
in acute form to the voters of 1900, is that
of industrial despotism as against the lib
erty of the citizen
Democracy wages no war against
wealth Under her benefieent rule. it's
creation and amusement have ever been
among the most worthy objects of human
effort the desire for material comfort
and weN-being is the very handspring of
progress. The wealth that comes as the
reward of honest industry and thrift com
Tnands and must receive the encourage
ment and protection to all But the
wealth that comes through partnership
with the government. which usurps its
pFerogatlveS and perverts its agencies,
which absorbs the resources and blasts
brushes competition. levies tribute on the
producer and consumer. cOrrupts and pOis
ons all branches OF official life, and re-
duces the citizen to dependency upon its
will, excites our just apprehe nsions- Free
communism Of wealth. Official integrity
can not survive its temptations. Against
the nation must be qu{ckened and aroused
if its baleful Influences are to be de-
spring of the Republican party It is the
genius OF organized commeFcialisn- 1t
mas neither conscience, sentiment nor pa
morality. Its inspiration is greed and its
purposes accumulation. Corruption is its
necessary instrument No public service
IS too high. none too low to escape its in
huences- It's hand IS on the throat and
in the pocket of every human being in the
nation It sneers at the rights Of man,
and defies the sovereignty of states It
regulates wages and the prices of life's
Union into commercial provinces. Furnishes
integrity and rewards the unscrupulous
It gives or refuses employment at its
pleasure It blacklists the working man
and sets him adrift to starve in the midst
of plenty It marches its batfaIions OF
employees to the polls, places its chosen
ballot in their hands, and cOerees their
support for it's favorite instrument 1t
is enthroned in the councils Of the nation
and the states sits upon the bench, and
makes and ssxpouTn.ds the law It gives
bauch the consciences of freemen and re-
ceives ten-fold return through the legis-
Iation tnat 1t dictates II IS marching to
despotisrn under the canopy of the re-
public It is the enemy of Democracy,
which has accepted its gauge of battle
Either the trust or the government must
disappear At the demand of the social
ed financial interests the present congress
has enacted new currency law BY its
terms the government has presented to
the national banks TWENTY-FIVE millions
of dollars, given them control OF our cir
culation provided for the payment in cash
of the premium values of the greater part
of its bonds, and created a perpetual ma
tional debt It has declared for the pay
ment of all obligations in gold. stricken
the government to use its own money for
the payment of debts, and delegated to
private interest the power to supplement
All deficiencies IN the circulating medium
by the paper money whose volume they
shall regulate. and which the people are
taxed to support The. green back and the
treasury note are retired an inert mass
OF Sl5u, IN gold, Is TO De Kept IN the
treasury by the issue of bonds whenever
necessary, the currency must shrink and
swell as the judgment of selfishness shall
dictate, and the pretended menace OF BIZ
metallism against sound money and the
national honor has been evaded.
This law. commended by the money
changer and the holder of idle capital,
seeking investment where taxation can be
avoided is the elimination of a series of
enactments beginning with the measure
of 1869 to strengthen the public credit. by
which the financial affairs OF the Union
~ boil hi
troll of a select few and the burden of debt
is constantly increased by the sacrifice
quence Of that sinister influence which
has from time TO time introduced changes
covenant in the public interest has disaP-
peared 1t contains within itself a pan
dora box OF evils Wnich time VIII surely
c2an Those who now applaud will live
to curse it. it's beneficiarfes will re-
pudiate il when the wrath of an outraged
people shall be aroused by the experiences
of its Operatio The skies are smiling
now and the hills are green, but the storm
cloud already gathers over those who
have barJered the dearest interests of the
people to the organized greed Of a power
whose avarice can not be satiated with
Against this ubiquitous scheme Of fin
ance. Democracy protests We will have
no money system founded upon the public
debt. and dictated by those who hold II.
We stand for the gold and silver OF the
eG upon them and issued by the govern
ment as the embodiment of our sovereign
ty- We will not tax the people for the
maintenance of private money system.
We would pay and not perpetuate our
public debt We will dig our metals from
the hills, and open our minis to their
coinage. We will pay nc tribute to Caesar
for that which IS our own We will
sconrge the money changers from the
temple of our treasury. and recousecrate
it TO the service and the welfare of the
common people.
Those who assert that the money ques-
ton is dead have given but little heed TO
the lessons of experience. 1t can never
die. until it shall receive the righteous
If it be true that our monetary
is the life-biOod of our COM
merciaI system. it must follow that upon
its wholesome quantity depends our con-
tinued welfare. NoStrun1s administered in
time Of stress may postpone but can not
defeat the demand for complete and thor
ough renovation of a vicious and destruc-
tive policy The Democratic party will