The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
WHAT CAUSED TIE LAspsl1DB ?

1He HfSt u speak or Il reOrglniZa-
ton of the Democratic party after the
defeat of Bryan were Whitney, Eckels.
Bynum, Dickinson and other Cleveland
Democrats who failed to support the
candidates nominated ut Kansas City
and endorse the platform Of princi-
pies there adopted. What such men
mean by reorganization of the Dem
ocratic party is n remuneration of it's
principles; but they might as well real
lie now rs later on that their sugees-
lions for reorganization will not be
needed by the party to whose defeat
they contributed in two campaigns.
Had such men kept In line with the
party and acted like Richard Olney
anu David B. Fill, the Democracy NAV
listen to them respectfully; but come
what may, the Gold Democrats who
threw their Influence with Hannaism
Will never again sit in the councils
OF the party they deserted to dictate
Its policies. They properly belong to
the party Of plutocracy, and with that
party they ought to remain. Between
Clevelandism and Hannaism there is
hardly any difference, and any disln-
terested person will readily acknowl-
edge the fact.
The Democratic party needs no re-
organization or reconstruction. Its
principles are unchanged and un-
changeable. 1t is now, as it always
has been, the advocate of the rights of
man. 1t stands firmly on the Ameri-
can Constitution, ON the Declaration of
Independence, and believes in liberty
for all mankind. 1t believes in a gov
eminent Of the people, by the people.
and for the people, and will continue
to oppose Imperialism in the Philip
pines and Porto Rico until the inhab-
itants thereof are allowed to govern
themselves in accordance with the Con
stitution Of the United States.
1t was neither the Democratic cam
didate for the presidency nor the plat
form on which he stood that caused
the Republican landslide this year.
The Hannaites evaded the issues Of
the campaign, and instead of defend
ing their colonial policy, their financial
policy, and the trusts which are prey
ing on the people. they harped on pros
perity and threatened another panic IL
Bryan We're elected. They displayed a
full dinner pail before the eyes of the
working man and made him believe
that he would lose his employment and
find himself in the sad condition he
was In four, five and six years ago
when Grover Cleveland was ut the
helm of state.
1t was present conditions and the
remembrance of hard times under the
last Democratic administration that
caused the working classes and the
business element to vote for four years
more Of Mark Hanna and the trusts.
The administration Of Cleveland. and
not the unpopularity Of Bryan. is re-
sponsible for the outcome. The plat
itudinous humbug of Gray Gables was
controlled by the plutocracy and
brought disaster on the party that ele-
waited him to the presidency. In 1893
he repealed the Sherman bill and the
government ceased to coin four million
and n half ounces of silver per month.
Instead Of issuing paper to take the
place of the silver withdrawn from cir.
culation he folded his arms and let
things rip. The crash came, banks
failed. people lost their savings Of a
life time, and Coxey armies tramped
through the land.
Things had changed for the better
during McIxinley's administration. and
though the people were not enamored