The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-12
BRYAN AND STEVENSON.
THE, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES

| The Convention Put Forward 1--WE
Strong Candidates and a Most Wig
| Orous Platform.
The Democratic convention met il
Kansas City on July 4th and was callct
to order by Senator James Y. Jones, 0
Arkansas, chairman OF the natluna
committee. Congressman James d.
Richardson, OF Tenness' e, was pcrma
nent chairman. Tho Declaration o.
Independence was road amid great
| enthusiasm. 80.
On Thursday, William jennings
Bryan was nominated by acclamation
for president. and tho next day, Adlai
| l.. Stevenson, Of Illinois, vice president
under cleveland, WAS unanimously
nominated for vice president.
The platform was road by Senator
Tlllman for the committee and is as
| follows
| which an impcrialist would extend to
| q sorrowing mother, assuring her that
the trade purchased by her sons blood
would be worth all that it cost %
Mr.. Bryan makes a telling point
when he says:
zone OF the great objections to i'm.
pprialism ia that |, destroys our proud
| pre-eminence among the nations
| When the doctrine OF self government
.is abandoned, the United States will
cease to be q moral factor in the
worlds progress. We cannot preach
the doctrine that governments come
up from the people, ard, at the same
time,. practice the doctrine that gov.
| ernments rest upon brute force. We
Cannot set high and honorable ex-
ample for the emulation OF mankind
While we roam the world like beasts
3f. prey seeking whom we may de-
YOUR"
Mr.. Bryan says that if the Republi-
cans had accepted the Bacon resolu-
tion, ,Antroduced in the Senate, its pas
sage would have averted war with the
I,Filipinos and saved the blood which
has been shed in that needless conflict.
lie concludes with these impressive
words
Tho warning voice of history can
not longer be disregarded. No nation
has ever Travelled so far, in the same
space Of time, from Democracy to plu-
tocracy as has this nation during the
We, the representatives Of the Dom
semblcd in national convention, on the
anniversary Of the adoption OF the ID &C.
laration OF independence, do re-atlirm
our faith in that immortal proclamation
OF the inaliable rights Of man and our
allegiance to the constitution framed
in harmony Herewith by the fathers
Of the Republic. We hold with the
United State Supreme Coufs that tho
Declaration of Indcpcndehcc Is the
spirit OF our government, Of which
the constitution is the form and letter
We declare again that al governments
instituted am6nT men derive their just
powers from the consent Of the gov
crned : that any government not based
upon the consent OF the governed is Il
tyranny, and that toiiinposc upon any
people 4 government OF force ia to sub
stitute the methods OF imperialism for
those Of u republic. We hold that the
constitution follows the flag, and de-
nounce the doctrine that an executive
or Congress, deriving their existence
and their. powers from the copStitu-
tirn. can exercise lawful authority be-
yond it. or in violation Of it. We as
ser: that no nation can long endure
half republic and half empire, and We
warn the American people that impe-
ria!is.n abroad will lead quickly snl
inevitably to despotism at nome.
THE PORTO RICAN SCANDAL
Believing in these fundamental prin.
ciples, we denounce the Porto Rican
law enacted by a Republican Congress
against the: protest and opposition OF
the Democratic minority, as a bold and
open violation OF the nations organic
law and a iiagrant breach of the ma
tion9l good faith. 1t imposes upon the
Of 4
without their consent and taxation
without representation. 1t dishonors
the American people by repudiating q
solemn pledge made in tbcir behalf by
the commanding general Of our army,
which the Porto lticans welcomed to g
peaceful and uDrcsisted occupation Of
their land. 1t doomed to poverty and
distress people whose helplcssncss
| appeals with peculiar force to our JUS.
/ tice and magnanimity. In thus, the
first act Of its imperialistic program
the Republican party seeks to commit
the United States to Il colonial policy
inconsistent with Republican institu.
tions' and condemned by the supreme
court in numerous decisions.
WE MUST NOT CHEAT CUBA.
We demand the prompt and homes,
ktuliilment OF Qnr pledge to the Cuban
people ana the world That the United
States has no disposition nor intention
to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or
| control. over the island OF Cuba, except
|ior< lbs paei9cati9n. The war ended
! neatl9t@6 years ago, profound peace
'reigns over alf the island; still the ad
miristration keeps the government OF
the island from'its people, While Re.
! publican cannat.oag officials plundor
It's revenues and exploit the colonial
theory. to the disgrace Of the American
Fpeoiile. ,s.sv->.~.I;.':
: .stIAlE Or TIE FILIPINO WAR.
tNVc condemn and denOunce the Pail
ippihe policy Of the present admuis
tratibr. 1t h as,1nvOlved The Republic
in unnecessafy war: sacrificing the
lives Of Hlqtsy Of. our poblcst sons, and
placed the United States, previously
known and applauded throughout the
world as tho champion Of freedom, ir
the false and un- American position O
crashing with military force the cf
forts OF former allies to achieve libcrt,
and selt-sovdrnment.' The t,iipino,
cannot be citizons' Without endanger