Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-23
o'coNNElL's ADDRESS.
Speech of tho Permanent Chairman
at Cedar Rapids.

speech OF tho tcrnhMnent Chairman
at Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 16.-Permancnt
Chairman O'Connell, of the demo-
cratic convention, spoke as follows:
and Of the aie
the high honor accorded me in being In
vited 10 preside over the deliberations of
abe o of .. the Sa
faith and fidelity of the democrats of the
Hawkeye state, their devotion to those
whsa bx der
of this republic, are the strongest evidence
that they are animated by sentiments
ship which induces the quest for the spoils
of Office.
Inspired and sustained by the unfalter-
ing spirit Of human liberty, the fathers
foundations of the American system of
government-the first in the, history of
the world based upon the eternal frin-
tinguished from the Infamous theory of
the divine right of kings.
Today the fundamental principles OF
that government are jeopardized by IL
combination of greed. seitishness and cor.
ruptlon, startling In It's magnitude. and
g H. a in the admit
Intoxicated by the temporary success of
1886, a success achieved by organized CO.
ad aided by
ism; delirious from the effects of a three
years debauch in public plumber, in
Whieh the peoples has been
throws OFF even the semblance OF
disguise and boldly and openly proclaims
Its contempt for constitutional limitations
sovereignty OF the individual to be po-
litical and economic fallacy, and the SOW
creignty Of the dollar to be supreme:
Recognizing no constitutional restric-
ton upon its power to leglsate; deriding
the declaration of independence, wherein
the noblest sentiments of humanity have
been enshrincd for century and a quar-
ter: .stigmatiztng the lessons taught by
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln as
the political superstitions Of an age of ig-
glcs with the name and sentiments OF ma
tional patriotism to perpetuate Its despot-
ic control OF government and to fortify
Its possession of uSurped power.
surrendering every continent and every
Of INHERITED
barters the nations honor and the
peoples hope to the infamous dictates and
the th al, ina 81 MaTk
of a moral and physical coward, and all
the fia Z! ant, sa .n Of u wanton apos-
and the cherished memory of our honored
dead by claiming political kinship with
the immortal Lincoln, the great emanci-
patOr.
Hnnnaism in Control.
But this claim to honorable paternity
for the ill-born offspring OF its political
principles is a base and palpablc false
hood. Abraham Lincoln abolished sub
ject class IN this republic upon the broad
principle that all men are created free
and equal, the fundamental doctrine of
democracy, penned in the declaration of
independence by the hand of Thomas
Jefferson and imprinted upon the palpi-
tating heart Of humanity by the omnipo-
tent God of the universe. But the party
of Hannaism and McI<inleyism would re-
, establish Il subject class under the Amer
lean flag, and thus would quench the lus-
ter of every star that love and liberty
have fixed upon its field OF blue
Abraham Lincoln represented in his
person and in his political te..ets the
great masses of the people, whose aggre-
gate voice shaped and formed the ma
| tion's policy in promotion and advance
ment OF human liberty; the sole duty of
| the party of Hanna Is to register and ex-
ecute the irresponsible dictates of one
man in the interests of the unholy COM
binattons of which he Is the official
| mouthpiece, and to perpetuate in power
an administration that has not only dis
regarded the interests of the masses, but
Is pledged to the overthrow Of every cher
ished principle that has made our gov
eminent the glory OF tho world.
The policy of Abraham Lincoln in rela-
ton to foreign alliances and entangle-
mcnts was founded upon the teachings
| and counsels and warnings OF George