The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-02

soon to occupy and control the field or
| political action to so shape the course
of the republican party and to at all
| times direct it along such broad ana
sound principles of government that
! the democrats who are now with US
will never try to find the democratic
| party again. For the sophisticated
democracy is past redemption. 1t is
| led by men who distrust each other,
! who distrust the voice of the people
and are distrusted by the people.
| These leaders have utterly missed the
popular note; they are off the key on
every state, national and foreign ques-
| ton They have traitorously missed
| the tone which the state of Connectl-
cut would impress on the popular ma
tional note for the people of this state
believe in honest money; they believe
in the protection of American industry
and labor; they believe in the estab-
lishment of the independence of Cuba,
sound government in Porto Rico and
their interests everywhere throughout
the world. They believe in the sup
preston of unlawful combinations OF
honest and efficient administration of
of the affairs of the state, the pre-
judices of one class of our people
against another class to furnish their
own selfish ends, they believe that in
unity of action between all our people
of every class lies in the welfare and
safety of the nation!
SOUND MONEY.
The Republican party in 1896 pledged
itself to maintain the Gold Standard.
That pledge has been kept! With the
result that the United States has at
tanned a higher credit, paying less in
terest for the use of money than any
other nation in the world. Also, with
this result, which comes close to the
people, that the burden of debt which
four years ago clamored so loudly for
a deprecated dollar has been removed
by the prosperity of the honest dollar.
Nevertheless, the democratic party at
Kansas City declared for a complete
subversion of these conditions Should
Mr.. Bryan be elected it would be with
in his power and it would be his sol
emn duty in view of the platform he
demanded, to pay the interest and
principle of our bonded debt in silver
coin and thus to all practical pur
poses place this nation upon a silver
basis. In view of the silver plank in
the democratic platform, let no
one be lulled into the belief that free
silver is not an issue in this campaign.
Our opponents are committed to a
scheme of finance discredited through
out the civilized world and even re-
pudiated by petty republics and puny
hn+ will To
THE TARIFF.
Under the Republican policy of pro-
lection our country throughout Its en-
tire length and breadth is enjoying I'M
precedented prosperity. This condition
the Republican party proposes to
maintain undisturbed. The Demo-
cratic party Is pledged to restore the
disastrous tariff law of 1894 The fear
that a democratic congress would at
tempt to repeal republican tariff laws
under which the country has prospered
is not an idle fear Free trade has al
ways been the fundamental principle
of democracy. That party has never
attained power without bringing the
nation to the verge of bankruptcy.
Mr.. Bryan advocates taking the duties
off from all classes of goods which are
manufactured in this country by large
corporations. The protective tariff is
the bulwark of our manufacturing in
dustries. 1t protects the small MANI
facturer more than it protects the
large one. The feeble need protection
more than the strong. Right here in |
the city of New Haven lives a man, |
one of the largest manufacturers in the |
United States, who a few years ago |
appealed to congress to take the duty |
off from imported articles similar to
those manufactured by him. Private |
ly he gave as his reason for this re- |
quest that he preferred to have his |
competition come from across the sea |
rather than to have it constantly |
growing up under the caves of his own |
factory. He recognized that while he
could continue in business without the
aid of the tariff because of his great |
strength, the smaller manufacturers
who We're in competitions with him
could not exist without the assistance
of protective tariff duties Protection
has not only fostered American in
dustries but through the competition
which it has stimulated it has reduced
the price of all our manufactured arti-
Giles. When my father was at work on
the bench in the old clock shop here in
New Haven, from which field of labor
he was summoned by his fellow citi-
zens to represent them in congress, he