The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-24

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10 resume
While I am grateful for the confdenc,
| which the Populists have expressed il
me. ! am not vain enough to regard a.
! personal their extraordinary manifesto
/ tons of good will. The ties which binc
| together those who believe in the semt
! great fundamental principles are strong
/ er than ties of affection-sronger, even
than the ties of blood; and cooperation
| between the reform forces is due TO the
fact that Democrats. Populists and Silver
/ Republicans take the side of the people
! in their contest against greed and agree
! in the application Of JcheTsonian princi-
pies to the questions Immediately before
! us.
On the Money Question.
In 1895 the money question was Of par
amount Importance, and the allies in that
! campaign united in the demand for the
! immediate restoration of silver by the in
! dependent action of this country at 1G to
| l, the ratio which had existed since 1854
/ They We're defeated, but that did not end
/ the discussion. The Democrats We're de
| feated in 1855, but that did not put an
/ end to tariff reform. The Republicans
were defeated in 1892. but that did not
I permanently overthrow the protective tar
i'll. Defeat at the polls does not neces-
sarily decide a great problem. Experience,
ana experience alone. settle questions.
IL an increase in the volume of
the currency since 1896, although unprom-
ised by the Republicans and unexpected.
| mas brought Improvement in industrial
conditions this Improvement, instead of
answering the arguments put forth in IA
Vor of bimetallism, only confirms the
contention Of those who insisted that
more money would make better times
The Republican party, however, while
claiming credit for the increase in circu-
lation, makes no permanent provision for
an adequate supply of standard money
It denies the necessity for more real mon
ey, while it permits national banks 10
expand the volume of paper promises to
pay money
IF the Populists felt justified in op-
posing the Republican party when
it sought TO conceal its gold
standard tendencies under the mask
of International bimetalsm, the op-
position should be more prOnounc-
ed in proportion as the Republican
party more openly espouses gold mono
metallism.
As to the GreenbncLs.
In 1896 the reform forces charged the
Republican party with intending to retire
the greenbacks This charge, denied at
cial bill, which converts greenbacks, when
once redeemed into gold certificates and
extends new privileges to banks of issue.
If a Populist opposed the Republican par
ty when its hostility to greenbacks was
only suspected, that opposition should be
greater now, since no one can longer
doubt the purpose of the Republican par
~ TO substitute bank notes for green
backs.
1T is true that the Populists believe in
an irredeemable greenback while the
Democrats believe in greenback re-
deemable in coin; but the vital question
at this time, so far as paper money is
concerned, is whether the government or
banks shall issue it, There will be time
enough TO discuss the redeemability of the
greenbacks whom The greenback itself is
saved from the humiliation which now
threatens it. The Republican party is now
committed 20 a currency system which
necessitates a perpetual debt while the
Populist finds himself in agreement with
the Democrats. who believe in paying off
the national debt as rapidly as possible.
What the Two Parties Favor.
IF belief in an income tax justified a
Populist in acting With the Democratic
party in 1896, what excuse can he find for
aiding the Republican party now, when
sufficient to bring that party to the sup
port of the income tax?
"Populists believe in arbitration now
as much as they did in 1895 and are as
much opposed to government by injunc-
ton and the blacklist as they We're then,
and upon these subjects they have as
much reason for cooperation with the
Democratic party to-day as they had four
years ago.
Democrats and Pooulists alike favor
the principle Of direct legislation. If any
differences exist as to the extent to
which the principle should be applied,
these differences can be reconciled by ex-
pertinent.
Democrats and Popuists agree that
Chinese and other Oriental labor should
be excluded from the United States.
"Democra s AID Poru is desire to so
enlarge the scope of the interstate COM
merce act as to enable the commission
TO protect both persons and places from
discrimination and the public at large
from excessive railroad rates.
The Populss approve the demand set
forth in the Democratic platform for a
labor bureau, with cabinet officer at
its head. Such an official would keep the
administration in c,ose touch with the
wage earning portion of the population
and go far toward securing such rene
dial legislation as the toilers need.
Farmers and the Trusts.
I'm 1896 the Po2ulsts united with the
Democrats in opposing the trusts, al
though the question at that time ap-
peared like a cloud scarcely larger than
a mans hand To-day that cloud well
nigh overspreads the Industrial sky The
farmer does not participate in the profits
of any trust but he sorely feels the bur-
den of them all. He is dependent on the
seasons for his income. When he plants
his CROP, he knows not whether it will be
blessed with rain or blighted with
drought. He knows not whether wind will
blow it down, or hail destroy it, or in
sects devour it, and the price of his crop
is as uncertain as The quantity
IF a private monopoly can suspend
production ard fix the price of raw ma
teriel. as well as the price of the finish
ed product, the farmer, powerless 10 pro-
tect himself when lie sells, is plundered
when he purchases. Can any farmer hes
itate 10 throw the influence of his ball
lot upon the side of those who desire TO
protect the public at large from monopo-
lies?
1.-THE fact that the trusts support the
Republican parry ought to be sufficient
proof that they expect protection from it..
The Republican cannot be relied upon to
extinguish The trusts so long a he draws
his campaign contributions from their
overlooking vaults.
"The prosperity argument which the
r,o,,,blfca,e bring forward 10 answer all