The representative., 1900-09-13

been for the delegate from Hawaii at
Kansas City, silver would not have
been mentioned in the Democratic
platform, therefore 1t seems to me the
Democrats should be in favor Of expan-
sion, as Hawaii came to this country by
expansion, and It was the Hawaii dele
gate who put silver in their platform.
The Democrats really have dropped
silver, and four years from now it will
not even be heard of among them, for
David B. Hill will be the nominee and
only the cry of tariff reform and state
banks will be heard.
Imperialism is their slogan now.
Imperialism! I don't know what i'm
perialism means. Mr.. Bryan says that
unless his party wins this year that the
Fourth of July will be dropped from
the calendar and the spirit of empire
will be upon us and sway the land.
This Is but man of straw. The only
Imperialism we have to fear is the i'm
perialism of private monopoly backed
by the trusts. and that is already here.
The Democrats inveigh = nightly
against private monopoly, but what
remedy do you propose for the mon
strous evil, this frightful menace
against the liberties Of the people?
Only the enforcement of existing laws
and the enactment of other laws. The
platform demands publicity of the
transactions of the trusts and monopo-
lies, but in the meantime they shout
about Imperialism, trying to frighten
the wild-eyed Populists with this bogy
as they weep. Jones and Van Wyck,
and Hill and Croker and Joe Black
burn fall on each others necks and
weep over the Filipinos and say it is
a monstrous crime to govern people
without their consent, yet in the South
the Democracy has disfranchised
negroes without their consent. I am
not weeping so much over the negroes,
but at the same time they disfranchise
the negro, who has right to the ballot
under the constitution and statute laws
of the United States, they disfranchised
white people without their consent. A
number of these disfranchised Southern
men were brave and devoted soldiers
in the Southern army, boys fighting un-
der Forrest and Lee, who ought to have
been in school and who, going home
poor and unable to educate their child
rem, they and their sons have been dis
franchised because of this without
their consent, and yet the Democrats
Dendence, talk about no government
ought to exist without the consent of
the governed. and shed crocodile tears
over the poor Filipino! Talk about
Imperialism. This is the Imperialism
of the political machine.
Who wants an empire? Do you?
Do the trust magnates? Not much.
They are more powerful here and more
domineering than under any other gov
ernment under the sun.
"The remedy for private monopolies?
Monopoly cannot be destroyed any
more than the improved machinery Of
the day can be destroyed 1t is here
to stay. 1t is the natural outgrowth Of
our system of government, of material
prosperity and advancement. The
grandest civilization and the most
splendid development in all that goes
to make a nation great and strong is
seen and known in this county today.
Monopoly naturally and reasonably
springs from these things. This being
true, and it is true, what can we do?
The only way is for all the people to
own all the monopolies. Let the peo-
pie be the masters and the monopolies
the slaves, and not the monopolies the
masters and the people the slaves; that
is what the Populists are fighting for.
Private monopolies' must be made pub
lie monopolies.'
Mr.. Howard left on the next south
bound train to fill his dates already ad-
vertised.