The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-25
BRYAN, CARMACK AND SHEPHERD
POINT OUT WAY TO HARMONY
Continued from First Paee)

show the people what is wrong in the
tariff question in the money question, in
The trust question. ] hen we must also
Insist that while the war in the Philip
rines has placed us in possession or the
islands. that possession continues wrong
fully while 1t continues without the con-
sent of the gov erned
1--WE should do in the Philippines as we
have at last done In Cuta. Men say that
the flag cannot be hauled down. But 1t
was hauled down In Cuba and its place
I as taken by the flag of the Cuban re-
outlic. And when 1t was hauled down IN
that way 1t as in reality raised nigh
or. We won a greater victory by peace
in Cuba than ever was won on any bat
tlefeld We want such a victory in the
Philippines.
.sThere Is a great opportunity for the
democratic party to do democratic work
for a democratic purpose. ! am glad the
New England democratic league has com
menced the work
Government by Injunction.
"Since the election, republican con-
oress has turned a deaf ear to the labor
er's cry for relief from government by
Injunction; and a republican senate has
refused to grant the demand Of the peo-
pie for the election OF United states SEN
ators by a direct vote.
and all the while an exorbitant tariff
il working injustice to the consumers
and enabling the beneflciaries of pro-
lection to sell at home at high price
and compete in foreign markets at low
er price.
ing their advantages at home and abroad
the interests of the producers of wealth
on the farm, In the factory and in the
mines have been utterly ignored and the
small business man has been left to such
precarious existence as the trusts per-
NIT him to enjoy.
Can Be No Compromise.
How can the opponents of aristocracy
and plutecracy be united for success
/ full attack upon entrenched privilegeY
/ Not by making peace with the enemy; not
by initiating their works, their methods
or their phraseology, but by honest,
straightforward appeal to the American
| people upon a platform that can be I'M
/ derstood and with an organization that
can be trusted. Already many of the re-
nublicans are wavering, but they can
never be won to the democratic party as
long as they can say that our party is
/ as bad as theirs. Not by surrender nor
By compromise, not by equivocation, not
by ambiguity, not by vacillation, is the
victory to be won, but by bold, constant
! persistent, steadfast defense Of the int ter
| eStS OF the people Ut oil tlI1t5 unueT all
| circumstances and on all questions. To
lose faith in the expediency of such a
course Is to lose faith IN the omnipotence
/ of truth. Upon this basis we cannot only
| harmonic all who are democratic in SEN
timent and sympathy, but we can draw
to our party those of the opposition who
cherish democratic IDEAS but have been
misled by republican arguments.
In the accomplishment of this work
the New England Democratic league can
be, and doubt not will be. powerful
factor"
Mr.. Shepard's Speech.
Mr.. Shepard said, In part:
1--WE cannot, however, in my opinion
truthfully say that the manner in which
we shall discharge our duty on the bor-
ders of Asia Is today our dominant issue
The attention of the American people IL
In truth fixed chiefly upon a domestic
and economic question-that is whether
or not there should be continued to
number of great and enormously ricl