The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

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ssjoyment that We have. What mean.
sto say isst I.
THAT ever5governmentsco comes Into
contact with the citizen, whenever the
citizen touches the government. then all.
must stand equal before the Jaw, and.
there must be no high, no low, no rich.
no poor; that government must be ad-s
smintstered according, to the ma kim OF
qllaI rights TO all and special
privileges to- none 81: 50
so am going 70 ask the Republicans
here to- think.f orsa little " hiletwhen they
sgo home Of the Income tax and see II 1T
issnot In line with that doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to.
none. -
5s when the Spanish war broke out we
Z had to- have more taxes and the Re-
publican party looked around for any
5old think to put stamp on. and you;
run across the stamp taxes all the time
Every timeaI :ssend "a telegram have
to pay thesregular rate and In addition
thereto one cent is added for the bene-
fetal assimilation of the Filipino
POWERgO FTELEGRAPH. COM
EoANIBS. 81 s4
Why lis IT q that. the man who sends
the telegram has to pay the, tax? Be-.
cause the TELEGRAPH company says so,
and why was sthe law SO made that the
telegraph company could shift the bur-.
;den on to the man who sends the tele-
grams? Beca use the telegraph corn-.
s ranies have more influence with he
Republican party than sall the poor Re-.
politicians = no use the wires.
M I'm an hour Of peril this Government
. can take the son from his mother, tie:
s'r ss.and. from his wife. the father f.om
his child and stand them up in front sof
..n enemy's guns, sbutsin an hour . e dan.
ger this Government cannot lay its hands
upon accumulated wealth and make
that wealth bear its share OF the ex-
per ses.
Why is it? II. isl because the Re-.
publican party has made money more pre-
scinus than blood. /. MY friends you heard
men denounce our income tax In 1896.
7 want to say that it is stronger to-day
than it was them. And If those who have
been Sinking their taxes think that they
have settled this question forever, I
want to tell them that the income tax
will he in the next campaign and it will
he IN the campaign until the constitution
of the intel States Is SO amended as
ia specifically authorize an income tax;
that neither one judge nor nine judges
can build a trlwark around the fortunes
of the sr.lt and throw the burdens of
Government on the poor.
MONEY QUESTION.
But this is only one question. am
going to speak Of another, question which
shows how the Republican party is look
ing after the interests OF wealth and
3neglecting the welfare Of the people. am
going to say word onfthe money Ques-s
ton. I know they say that the money
question is a dead Issue. but, my friends.
silver has Eeen buried so often that a little
thing like funeral does not bother US
like it used to. When reversss In a war
with a handful of Beers will shake our
financial system. where will the gold
standard be if England eve- attacks a
nation of her size and gets into a real
war?
when We join ourselves TO the gold
standard: when We make gold alone the
legal tender for the payment of debts we
connect ourselves with every disturbance
In Europe and make ourselves Dependant
upon their conditions forseur prosperity.
..You tell me 1t is a sound system? It is
false; that system is not sound. Tell me :.
is IN American system? It is a lie; there
is no such American system that makes
us tremble every time there is trouble
among the gold standard countries Of the
old world - " - =.
. Continuing upon the currency question.
Mr. Bryan asserted that in 1886 all OF the
leading roli ical parties demanded a double
standard, differing only. in the method OF
obtaining it. Now the Republican patty
insists upon a single standard, and q bill
is pending in Congress which not only
seeks that end, but also endeavors to per-
petually force upon this . country the
present national banking system the
r Republicans had advocated such a meas
sure in 1896. hs declared. Mr.. Mckinley
" ould never have been President.
TILE TRUSTS.
Afer fully discussing the currency Dues
ton. Mr. Bryan took up the trusts, wnich
he discussed at great length, insisting. ina
the Republican party had no Intention
whatever Of interfering with such cor
nora tious under any circumstances
! From the trusts he passed to a discus
sion Of the standing army, and declared
that the presence OF 600 soldiers in this
country and the Philippines was but 4
step toward militarism.
He then discussed Imperialism. arSu-z
ing that there was great difference pc
tween that and expansion The present.
policy of the administration, he asserted.
tended toward imperialism, zstltuousa ~
friends and upholders endeaNored to
show that it was expansion.
He discussed the problem OF the Phil
ippines from the point of commerce. CIV
5ilization and religion, and cited the re-
suits of English government in India 10
show that none OF these would be ac-s
compltshed in the Philippines.
You cannot find an argument I'D
he, ..for the permanent holding Of the
Philippine Islands that would not apply
to Cuba
DOCTRINES OF JEFFERSON.
IT want said Mr.. Bryan, in conclu-
sion, sit I can, to help restore a govern
raeat founded upon the Declaration Of
Independence and administered according
to the doctrines of Jefferson; a government
that will stand as it did in Jackson's day..
between bank aristocracy and the peo-
pie. But. my friends, cannot tell you
what fate has decreed. : cannot tell
you whether 1t is to be our lot to triumph
and In our triumph lay the foundation
again in the old places. and raise again.
the ancient landmarks which the fathers
had set up. cannot tell; but = know
this: That If 1t is fate that this nation
Is to cease to be republic and become
an empire: II 1T Is destiny that this, the