The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-13
KANSAS CITY CONVENTION
AND ITS HARMONIOUS WORK.
An Able and Explicit PlatormBry and Stevenson Honest
and Capable Are Nomnated-A. McGregOr Gives His
Views on the Work of the Democratic
National Convention

An important issue this campaign Is
whether the dollar shall be placed
above the man. The Republican party
ever and always gives the dollar the
preference. The Democracy, believing
in the declaration and the constitution
gives the man the preference. The in
dividuality and equality Of the citizen
is the basis of all political system;
and our government, being the agent
of the people is to establish justice"
and have no favored class. A vote for
William j. Bryan is for the man.
People hereabouts are now realizing
] the advance in sugar, price being up to
| Z cents. 1t would seem the rise in pri-
ces overlaps the raise In wages. The
sugar trust can afford to be liberal with
| Mr.. Hanna, surely. The Democratic
platform thus disposes of the Dingley
| tariff law: I'VE condemn the Dingley
| tariff law as a trust breeding menace,
skillfully devised to give the few favors
| that they do not deserve and to place
upon the many burdens which they
| should not bear" The platform also
says: Tariff laws should be amended
by putting the products of trusts upon
| the free list to prevent monopoly under
the plea of protection" John Sherman
has said the same thing, but of course
the late Philadelphia Mckinley con-
vention endorsed the Dingley law be-
| cause II is the mother of trusts which
help the party.
The world cannot and will not dis
pense with the use of silver as money.
Even the Philadelphia platform is for
| bimetallism under international ar
rangement. The Democracy does not
propose to surrender this to other ma
tions.
In the five months ended June l,
the United States exported $25, 1S4, 1866
worth of silver, of which $4,151 81 went
| from San Francisco direct to China and
the rest went to Great Britain. Lon
don exported $27,S0S,630 worth, of
which $12,966,03O went to India and &c.
2S2, $50 went to China. China took dur
ing the five months some 2S,000,000 oun
ces of silver, part of which was OBJ
| tained from Australia. The building OF
railways and employment of roylies
have increased the demand for silver,
which is used for payment of wages
and supplies.
Let every American study the situ-
alton for himself, compare the plat
| forms, the candidates, and the issues
and vote understandingly. Our Mr..
| Bryan is a man of character and ac-
knowledged ability, worthy of full and
i proper consideration. And while Adlai
E. Stevenson is not trough rider"
nor a cheap San Juan hero, we can say
he made capable and popular presid
| ing officer of the United States senate
from March 4. 1898, to March, 1897.
| The party in power is the party of
favoritism, extravaganza and corrup-
ton. 1t continues war taxes in time
of peace, collects annually nearly 800,
100000 more from the people than it
can expend, lavish as they are. This
is not the way to make a prosperous
people. 1t may be prosperity to trusts
and combines and favorites, but not to
the toiling millions who are robbed. We
need to get away from shams and fall
lacies and return to a plain and simple
government and just rule. Peace
and prosperity are the twins to bring
happiness to people. War Is hell"
said General Sherman. The Republi-
can party seems to think otherwise, and
that war is blessing. Franklin said:
| There never was good war nor bad
peace" A. McGREGOR.