The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-04

have been placed wholly within the con-
troll OF select few ana the burden of debt
is constantly increased by the sacrifice OF
property values.
Against this Ubiquitous scheme of
finance Democracy protests. We will have
no money system founded upon the public
debt and dictated by those who hold H.
We stand for the gold and silver of the
Constitution, for paper currency founded
upon them and issued by the Government
as the embodiment of our sovereignty We
viii not tax the people for the maintenance
of private money system. We would pay
and not peTpetuate our public debt Ne
viii dig our metals from the hills and open
our minis to their coinage We viii pay
no tributes 10 Caesar FOR that which is our
own. We will scourge the money changers
from the temple of our treasury and re-
eonsee-ate IL to the service and welfare
OF the common people.
Those who assert that the money ques-
ton Is dead have given but little heed TO
the lessons Of experience. IL can never die
until it shall receive the righteous solu-
ton.
The prevailing sentiment of Democratic
sympathy for all people struggling fOl the
blessings Of liberty compelled the Admin
istratiOn two years ago to interfere with
the despouc tyranny OF Spain over Cuba
and secured to the opposed people Of that
island the right Of self government. Our
ultimatum delivered, we soiemnly and Of
fcially declared them to be free and in
dependent and disclaimed to the world any
disposition or intention to exercise sover-
eighty, jurisdiction, or control over the ISL
and except for the pacihcation thereof and
asserted our determination when that was
accomplished TO leave the government and
control CT the island to its people.
The Struggle for Liberty.
The conditions OF the ensuing war cent
Admiral Dewey to the distant Philippines.
where another people engaged in the same
struggle with the same oppressor appeal
ed 10 the same impulses OF our nature.
There he broke the power of Spain. which,
suing Tor peace, submitted 10 the liberia
ticn of Cuba and the cesstou OF Porte
Rico. Our Government disdained the
spirit Of IT'S manifesto of April and be-
came the purchaser OF the Philippines in
January. Since then, We have given Cuba
the benefit q our civic Institutions by
governing her through the War Depart
ment We have kept faith with Porto
Rico by substituting the sugar baron for
the Castillan Duke. and confirmed the
/ Philippine estimate Of the white man by
pTClOlgIns the SpGniaTdS' method OF CO.
lonial government in those islands Of the
far-od seas. The national sympathy for
all who seek self government has been
made TIE Instrument BY which cupidity
and greed hold a feeble nation IN thral-
dom.
We would Investigate the public ex-
pendituTes and demand an accounting for
the millions that have been lavished on the
purchase If naval stores and war NUM-
tons, in supplies. equipment. and trans
7 p0rtatiCn. We would enquire into the
conduct CT the war. stamp out favoritism
IN high places and reward the real heroes
/ Of the CCnfict. We would ascertain and
1 fix the possibility fer the terrible NOR
tally Of our military camp. for the inef-
hcieucy Of bureaucrats iand their subOT-
diuates and for the needless sacrifice OF
thousands Of cur soldiers 10 the cupidity
Of contractors and the iueficiency OF ap-
poiutces.
We would have for cur chief nagis-
trate man sprung from the Ioins Of the
people. rock ribbed IN his convictions and
controlled by the adraouitions Of his con
/ science. 4 man % lofty Ideals and stead
fast courage A man 10 whom his coun-
+ try'5 Constitution appeals as a living and
sacred reality. 4 man who exalts the du-
ties. the rights and the welfare Of his
. fellow-citizsns above the sinister and cor
/ rodilg influences OF centralized CONNER
l cialism."
Conditions Reversed.
Concluding. Chairman Thomas said:
There was time when the Republican
party put its trust in the people. Sine
Then it has put the people 10 its trusts.
There IVES q time when its standards we're
lofty and e-u05ling Its only standard
now is the Standard Oil There was a
time when its ideals sh0ne forth like pre-
cious gems through the dust and heat or
party strife Its ideals now are the party