The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-09-22
FOR CONGRESS,
HON. j. FRED. C. TALBOT,
Their Dollars Must Not Be Impaired

Election Tuesday, November 9th, 1900.
Their Dollars Must Not Be Impaired.
Republicans are rejoicing over letter
written by Edgar II. Cans, a Baltimore law
yer. against Bryan. Senator McComas went
;pto astaeies over il. And they are halllng
the services of Harry Parr, Robert {. David
son and some more people styling themselves
Sound Money Democrats. These people
mean something to the Hanna Mckinley
cause. They have little or no personal FOL
lowing, and their personal example VIII not
aid the Imperiaists to any considerable eN
tent. But they have dollars, and they viii
contribute literally to the campaign funds
and the handlers of this fund can use It 10
purchase roteS.
Rpt are these men present acceSs1ons 10 the
Republican party Has Mr.. Claus voted a
Democratic ticket since he failed To be noml-
mated for States Attorney IN 1885, by the
Democrats and ran as an independent with
the endorsement OF the Republican parts
II IS not likely that he has Certainly he has
not marked Democratic ticket on the haiIo
for FIVE years.
And Parr aud Davidson and Hamblet"h ana
the other alleged Democrats certainly can
not be called present accessions to the Re
publican party. Although some OF these
mon once acted with the Democratic party
and some even have held Office by Democratic
votes and thereby gained prominence they
otherwise would never have gained, they
were never Democrats. They may have sub
scribed to the Democratic faith upon the tar
iff or some other question, but they were not
Democrats. They place the dollar before
the man. Democrats don't. They heiieNe
in strong government Democrats d"n T.
They believe in trusts aud monoPohes, Demo
Gratis don't. They would rather have the United
States exercising imperial powers. with pow
erful navy and large army, than to have the"
dollars impaired. They have witnessed the gov
eminent plunged into three wars N as many
wears. and seen the public debt increased
from ssh. s67. 470 in 1895 To 81 ,Oi6, ois, $50
in Is99-just one year. sui their dollars
must not be impaired.
They have Witnessed the abrogsiiou Of the
Monroe Doctrine, the denial of the Dec'ara-
tiop of Independence and the setting aside OF
the Constitution their dollars must not
be impaired.
The people of the colonies gave their prop
erty and she'd their blood TO establish the re
public, but that is nothing to ihen-their
dollars must not be impaired.
The Continenials marched and marched
fought and suffered, starved and bled, served
in rags and with little or no pay, to establish
the republic, but that Is nothing to them
their dollars must not be impaired.
They are witnessing the destruction Of two
Republics in South Africa. with the Hanna
Mckinley Administration standing guard TO
ward off Interference. but that Is nothing to
them,-their dollars must not be impaired.
They are witnessing the subjuga'ion or an
initiation of the Filipinos, who are struggling
for liberty and selfgovernment n did the
eolonists Of America in I776-sS but thai IS
nothing 10 them-their dollars must not be
impaired.
They have seen the Flag carried 10 Porto
Rico and the Constitution left behind, but
thai is nothing to them--their dollars must
not be impaired.
They have seen Porto Rico wreuched from
Spain, denied seli-government, cut of from
free trade with Cuba, Porto Rico, Spain and
all Spann;h possessions, bui that Is nothing 70
them-their dollars must not be impa red.
They have seen a earpei-bag government
set up in Porto Rico, which will as surely rob
the people as every other earpet-bag govern
ment has done ia all ages, and the island sur
rounded by a tariff wall to hamper trade and
give the trusts full play, bat that IS nothing To
them-their dollars must not be impaired
They have seen our soldiers Ted on en-
balmed beet, kept ia unsanitary camps, and
sieken and die because Of ineempeiency
through the favori,ism in appointments in the
army by the Hanna Mckinley AdministrA-
ton, but that is nothing 10 them-their dol
lars must not be impaired.
They cannot see beyond dollar Gold is
their gods aud for gold they would sacrifice
the republic and hail an empire.
The platform upon which Mckinley stands
declares that the gold standard has been es-
tabled by law, and Senator McComas, the
High Priest of Republication in Maryland,
in his speech at Music Hall last week, de-
elared that 40 to is dead as Julius Caesar.
And Mr.. Bryan could not have a free coinage
act passed, ifthe Republicans Of the Senate
are true to the gold standard. That party
has large majority of that body, aad will
control it for the next four years. Besides,
there are enough gold standard Democrats in
the Senate aud House, combined with the
Republicans, to defeat any proposed change
in the coinage laws
Still these sound money men, these alleged
Democrats, trust no one. The bugbear OF a
fifty cent dollar which the Mckinley Ad-
ministratiou is now coining) hauuts them
night and day and they must vote to sustain
their dollar, no matter if liberty perishes aud
the republic crumbies.
We have no objection 10 any action these
people may take. We care not how they vote,
but do object to having them elassed as
Democrats and paraded as present accessions
to the Republican party from the ranks Of De-
mocracy. They have not acted with the
Democratic party for years, and their present
course eonclusively proves they were never
Democrats from principle. No Democrat
ever placed a value on human life. No Demo-
crat believes in trusts, which rob the people
No Democrat places dollar above human
liberty.
Senator Wellington began his four days