The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-05
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Chairman Thomas S,,o..E

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we meet under most suspicious infu.
ercs On the nations birthday in a
great General city of the republic ar tha
close and opening of a century We S, .,lo
together to reafirm our allegiance 70 ~,
principles of Thomas jefferson. and our
! 4oyaley 10 their greatest living exnopent
we come not with the porrp and cir
/ cuhlseahce of consolidated wealth but ne
,he oe.esates OF the plain people. who he
neVe tnat all men were created equal and
! tHdt mat governments derive their
| erned. INV eoF-
I'VE are not here as the REPRESENTATIVES,
OF the vast interests which dominate every
industrial life. but as the chsmnions If
I tIlt IhalVidual citizen who stands helpless
1 III ther present We speak not for tbos,
VINO would pivot the finances of the vorl1
| upon single metal, supplementing its
lHaueQuacy by a paper currency issued Nv
private monopoly at the expense of the
people but for the millions who believe
III the money of the constitution, and in
sne aplilty OF their countrymen to legislate
/ LOT themselves without the previous rer.
mission of foreign parliameuts. notentates
or princes.
democracy wages no war against
wealth Under her benefcent rule. its
| creauon and amusement have ever been
among the most worthy objects of human
eHort. The desire for material comfort
ana wei being is the very handspring of
progress. The wealth that comes as the
! reward OF honest industry and thrift.
commands and must receive the encour
asement and protection to all. But the
wealth. that comes through partnership
/ with the government, which usurps IT,.
plerosatives and perverts its agencies
| Whlch absorbs the resources and blasts
'le opportunities of the individual, stitles
| competition, levies tributes on the pro-
| queer and corrupts and poisons all
/ branches of official life. and reduces the
| citlzen to dependence upon its will, ex-
cites our just apprehensions.
free institutions must lauguish with
our communism of wealth Official
integrity cannot survive its tenn
tauons. Against its continued prev
alence.N the conscience of the ma
ton must be quickened If it's baleflll in
Huence IS TO be destroyed. Modern mon
opoly Is the offspring of the Republican
party. 1t is the genius of organized com
merciaism. 1t has neither conscience.
sentiment nor patriotism. 1t knows neith-
er justice nor morality.
About Finances.
Against this UBIQUITOUS scheme OF
finance, Democracy protests We will
nave no money system founded upon tie
public eebt and dictated by those w&o
hold It, We stand for the gold and silver
of the constitution; for a paper currency
founded upon them and issued by the
/ government as the embodiment of our
sovereignty. We would not tax the people
! for the maintenance of a private money
/ system. We would pay and not perpet-
uate cur public debt. We will dig our met
ais from the hills and open our minis to
| their coinage, We will pay no tribute to
Caesar for that which is our own. We
! will scourge the money changers from
| the temple of our treasury and reconse-
crate it to the service and welfare of the
common people
1--WE have cheerfully submitted to
burdensome taxation that Cuba might be
free; that Porto Rico might enjoy the
heritage of our constitution. We have
/ consecrated our sons 10 the cause of lib
| erty and sent them freely forth to ex-
| tinguish the last vestige of despotism in
our hemisphere. We protest against pay
ment of tribute or the devotion of life to
the cause of empire. We will emulate
monarchy neither in conquest nor in gov
ernment> We would pertutate the Mon
| roe Doctrine, and realize with jefferson
that its first and fundamental maxim is
never to entangle ourselves in the broils
of the old world. We need not despoil the
| helpless that we may trade with them.
| We realize that a standing army is the
| attendant of imperialism. We should avoid
| the latter, because avowed as a national
| policy, it must undermine our domestic
institutions.
The True Expansion.
1--WE believe in the expansion which, I'M
der Democratic rule, brought half the
continent as a galaxy of commemorative
into the Union. We denounce that eXpan-
son which, by contrast, overcomes the
PEOPLE of hem sphere under the pretext
of giving them liberty, which denies to
them the rights of citizens, which sub
jects the American workmen TO the COM
p -tition of hordes of orienta!s from the
so-called American provinces to take his
Mace at the forge in the field and in the
factory
1--WE would build the Nicaragua canal
as an American enterprise for the Amer
zeal. people. We would operate it in times
Of peace and control 1t in times of war
We would fortify it in spite OF
protests Of trans Atlantic Powers
We would share the nehehts
and responsibilities of its management
Win no associates. We would concede its
| advantages in times of peace to other ma
! lions under terms and conditions OF our
! own prescription and deny TO them ana
! "a all of them any other identification with
| its affairs.
1--WE would relieve the people of the bur
1ens of taxation. If administrative au-
| thoritv is TO be credited, the Spanish
American conflict ended eight months ago
| The same authority assures us with every
moon that the Philippine insurrecuon Is
! over. The treasury is bursting with pc
| thoric revenue, millions whereof are depos-
| ited with fayorite banks which lend IL 10
| the people on their own terms, that the
! volume of circulation may not suffer dlm-
| mutton. -,
Notwithstanding these conditions, there
! 10 M surcease of taxation. Measures cum
| ninely devised to fall upon the backs OF
| the neoDle and screen large interests from
responsibility for the public burdens Will
ineiv assumed and cheerfully borne i'm the
heal of conflict press with full weight In
,in,es of peace with no signs of reliet from
| the Marty in power. Unnecessary taAalloh
! is unjust taxation, and unjust taxation
| nv whatever name ID may be Called Is tne
| piunder of the citizens by his government.
1--WE would investigate the pubic eNpeh-
! ditures and demand an accounting for the
millions that have been lavished In the
nlrchase of naval and war munitions, IN
sunnlies eauipmen and transportation
/ we would inquire into the conduct OF the
war. stamp out favoritsm In hlgh places
| and reward the real heroes of the CONNECT.
| we would ascertain and fix the respohsi-
| hilitv for the terrible mortality of our mil
ftary camps for the inefiiciency or pu-
reaucrats and their subordinates ana ior
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