Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-05
SENATOR JAMES K. JONES.
tChairman Democratic National Committee.

pies upon which the battle is 10 be
fought and the victory won. With
your permission | will address myself
10 some Of the issues of the impending
campaign.
The last great national contest for
supremacy was fought mainly upon
one issuc-that is to say one issue was
paramount in the struggle. That issue
was Familiarity called sixteen to one"
1t involved the question OF the free
coinage Of gold and silver ut Il ratio
of sixteen parts of silver to one part
of gold, With which all of us are fla
miliar.
The momcntous issue this year is
again sixteen to one, but the sixteen
parts to one part Of this campaign,
which | will briefly discuss, are wholly
different from those of 1896. viii
first refer to the sixteen parts and then
TO the one part. These sixteen parts
are
SIXTEEN ISSUES DISCUSSED.
First-We have the issue fraught
with understandable Importance TO our
people, native born, and those who
have for patriotic reasons cast their
fortunes with us, namely, that of the
republic against the empire. on this
part alone of the sixteen, Ii there were
no other. we confidently expect to win
a sweeping victory in November. The
Republican party stands for empire.
The Democratic party stands for the
republic, for the declaration of indie
pendence and the constitution of our
country
Second-The paternal and fostering
care given by those with whom we con-
tend. to the combinations of corpora
tons and companies into powerful or
carnations Familiarity known as trusts.
Under three years OF Republican
rule. while they controlled the Presi-
dency, the Senate and the House of
Representatives, that is of the law
making power OF the government.
trusts have been propagatcd and fos-
tered by legislation until they not only
dominate all markets. both the buying
and selling. but defy the very power OF
the government itself.
The farcial efforts put forth by the
Republican party in an alleged at
tempt Ia restrain them in the dying
hours of a late session of Congress only
excited ridicule and contempt and
served to emphasize their inability
and disnclnation to erappic the mon
sterS and regulate their conduct and
actions. No matter what their excuses
may be, the fact that their policies have
created them. and. though clothed with
all power, they refuse to enact legiSla :
ton to control them.
HIGH TARIFF SCORED.
Third-Caled to power March 4. 1897,
Uh'leT Il lituSe 10 reform tnc currency,
they seized the first opportunity Ia
taslen upon the land the highest pro-
tective tariff law ever put upon the
statute books OF any country. This
law was enacted not to raise revenue
but to give protection TO favored man
ufacturerS. Ii failed to raise suflicinet
revenue for the Government. INT an
! sWeccd the purpose of cnriching the
! fay otcd few. While 1t robbed the many
and at the same time. brought forth
| trusta to plague us as humorous as the
| lice ana iocusts OF Egypt Their high
| protective tariff is the mother OF
! trusts.
AS TO BIMETAI.LISM.
| Fourth-This administration came
\ into power with solemn declaration
| IN favor of bi-metallsm and pledge
10 promote IL. 1t has failed TO keeI
! thai pledge. 1t has erected in its stcat
the single standard OF gold, and ha:
| sendeavorad to destroy all hope of bi