The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-29

Republican Senate, which is surety. will
prevent any change In the value of our
money The Republican party makes this
the dominant issue because it suits their
purpose Their main object at present APP
pears to be to collect dollars, no matter
what kind, that they may carry on
corrupt campaign against the wage earn
ers of our land. The money question must
be decided by the law of supply ana oe-
mand, as legislation cannot create values.
1.-THE great and paramount question Is
whether this country shall depart from
the lessons of our fathers, take back
track and live with eight million slaves In
the Philippines. 1t would be better Tor
this government to let the Philippine saw
ages alone awhile and give its attention
to the slave children in the mines OF
PENNSYLVANIA. We do not want the Phil
ippines with their horde of savage slaves.
When Dewey went to Manila nothing was
known of the Philippines. They were an
afterthought, an opportunity for great
conquest AT that time there were not ten
children in the public schools of this city
nor ten members of Congress, | believe,
who knew anything about the Philippines
or could tell where the Island of Luzon
was situated Even now our people can
not get a CLINT of what is going on there.
The course that the present admlnlstra-
ton is pursuing means subjugation and
DEATH To say that standing army, no
matter how small, is not menace TO nd
erty, is not the truth, and every intelh-
gent man knows it. Ten thousand well
armed and trained soldiers can subjugate
fifty thousand men any time very easily
The Republican party may seek to put on
the flag we have loved so long and so well
the word slave, but before they accom-
plish their purpose they should remove
the honored bones of Abraham Lincoln
from out the boundaries of our land.
'.Trusts," declared Mr.. McDermott,
shave driven the poor people of our land
to the wall and have been the destruction
of individuality. 1t has been charged
that am interested in trusts. wish to
declare now that I have not dollar IN
vested in trust or combination organized
to control the nscessaries of life.
."rhe papers say Mark Hanna has set
tied the strike of the miners, which would
to my mind show that the Republican
party's great leader is pretty closely
allied with the coal trust. If the Repub-
lican party, fearing defeat could through
its treasurer, Mark Hanna, settle that
strike now, why in the name Oh humanity
was the trouble not averted in the nrsl
place. For political effect that strike Will
be settled and for one month before cleo
tion the half starved miners will be given
an increase in pay. But we all know that
the men who are settling the strike now
will reduce the wages of the miners the
day after election. The miners have my
sympathy and I only hope that they will
win permanent relief from the coal
barons."
In conclusion Mr.. McDermott said
sssIf had anything to de with making
party platforms I would recommend one
reading:-fWe reaffirm the principles of
Thomas Jefferson and demand that every
man stand up for these principles .
Candidate Hudspeth succeeded Mr.
McDermott. This nomination, he said,
recalled the tdme when he served the party
in the Senate before. He had done his
work before, he said, and hoped that the
voters were satisfied with his record.
ST proclaim that I am Democrat, had
always been a Democrat and will always
be a Democrat" Mr. Hudspeth briefly
criticised the present administration
charging that it was doing everything in
its power to deprive the people of their
liberties.
He promised to protect the interests of
Hudson Countyftes in the Senate if elect
ed.
The various other candidates pledged
themselves to good government and re-
form