The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
eve Condemn and DenOunce."

In these four words is embraced
the Democratic platform. The entire
area of what is good and desirable in
government, wise and patriotic in pub
lie policy, humane and exalting in a
nations conduct, has been so long mo.
nopolized by the Republican party that
nothing has been left to the party of
the opposition but to condemn and de-
nounce the laws the party administer
ing the government has made, the poll
cies it has adopted, the courses it has
pursued in the great emergencies which
brought it into the political life of the
nation and which have since arisen.
In the political creed patched up and
adopted at Kansas City condemnation
and denuncaton snarl and growl in
every sentence. 1t begins with the
reiteration of that contentious lie that
"the Constitution follows the hag", and
"denounces the doctrine that an Execu-
tive or Congress can exercise lawful
authority beyond the Constitution or in
violation of it,"
"We condemn and denounce the
Philippine policy of the present adj
ADMINISTRATION" continues the grim roll
of execration. 1--WE denounce the
Porto Rico law enacted by Republican
Congress-; 1--WE oppose mi'itarism and
denounce it as un-American and I'M
republican,; 1--WE condemn the Ding
ley tariff law as a trust-breeding NEE
sure"; 1--WE denounce the cul rency bin
enacted at the last session of Congressn;
"we are opposed to government by in.
junction end We denounce the blacklist
and favor arbitration as a means of set
Ting disputes between corporations
and their employees; 1--WE condemn the
Hay Pauncefote treaty.; tive denounce
the failure of the Republican party 10
carry out its pledges to grant statehood
to Arizona"-and certain other terrific.
ries; "we condemn the ill-concealed
Republican alliance with England";
1--WE oppose the accumulation of sur
plus to be squandered in such bare
faced frauds upon the taxpayers as the
shipping subsidy bill"; and so on,
through columns of fine newspaper
type the platform reeks with amathema
and ends in a climax of anathema mara
natha.
imperialism is made "the paramount
issue of the campaign" a circumstance
that threw the convention, under the
spell of the dramatic reading of the
platform by Senator Tillman, into long
sustained paroxysms of demonstrative
delight. The 10 to l principle had
clole shave in the committee on reso-
lutions, passing that body by only Two
majority after stormy all night ses-
sion. As Senator Hill says, its adop-
ton was made possible by the votes of
States, like Vermont, and territories,
like Oklahoma and Hawaii, which have
never, or never can, contribute an
electoral vote to the election of Dem
ocratic President. The doubtful States.
with large electoral votes, like Hi
nois, Indiana, New York-if any east
ern or western State can be classified as
doubtful this year--without which the
election of Bryan cannot be comprised,
were oil opposed to the resolution, and
the list is an impressive one. Never
theless, the purpoi of David B. Hill to
carry the fight before the committee
into the convention was unsupported,
even by New York, and the convention
adopted the resolutions, all and sim
gular, by reclamation, Is to / and
anti-imperialism being received by the
most, frenzed sort Of wild west demon
STATIONS, prolonged through many min.