The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
DEMOCRATIC UNITY
 WAS THE KEYNOTE
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 1 -.se of the power of legislation to make millionaires of one class of people and paupers of snother.
 'The county is just now aroused to the injustice and enormity of the Dingley tariff (which it should not be forgotten was passed by Republican Congress and approved by Republican President especially In its application to the sister Rerublic of Cuba. The subject is being jukgled with fin the United States Senate. and an unsatisfactory compromise with injustice Is proposed whereby fcur-fifths of the cfYicial robbery shall be permitted to remain solely in the preservation of Republican harmony It i. not believed that it is the province of the Democrats in Congress to assist in the consumma- ton of any such inadequate and ques- tionable scheme.
 "A reciprocity measure is a misnomer which does not contemplate at least 50 per cent reduction of the existing taiin burdens.
 Democrats Friends of Cuba.
 I've were the friends of Cuba when she was suffering from Spanish oppression and when a Republican administration was reluctant to interfere in its behalf. We are the true friends of Cuba teday, and we are prepared to mete out to her the full measure of justice to whf h she Is entitled and which the pre-ent Nation her.
 Mir. Hill asserted that the logic of events had demonstrated the ssoundness of many Democratic contentious of re- cent years. He recalled that portion Of the Kansas City platform which con dernned the Dingley law as trust breeding measure, and said that this measure had not only succeeded in ere ating more trusts than ever before In the history of the country. but it has also succeeded in stifiing competition to greater extent than was ever known. He declared further that 1t has succeeded in unnecessarily raising the cost of living and had caused more strikes on the part of the workingmen than at any period of our history.
 He then spoke of the suits brought by the authority of the administration to test the efficacy of the Sherman act, and said:
 ''It is a sufficient commentary upon the whole proceedings to say that no crim- final prosecution has been instituted mo arrest has been made and no indictment found anywhere. What the people want high prices extorted from them. That relief can be obtained by the application of speedy and effectual remedy in the repeal of all tariff duties upon produc- tions controlled by the trusts.
 The Fictitious Prosperity.
 'It has unreasonably increased public taxation for the benefit of private inter- est" he continued, land finally 1t has promoted dangerous speculation to an extent which the boldest business gam ble- never dreamed whereby millions upon millions of worthless stocks have been unloaded upon the public upon the promise of dividends which cannot be earned. and which can never be realized, creating an alleged prosperity which which must necessarily be false and fic- titious; and when the bubble bursts-as ere long 1t surely must-it will inevi- tably bring disaster to the business com munity and the public will have learned to their sorrow that lesson of political economy which teaches that a people can never become rich by simply taxing themselves
 Upon the subject of Democratic Unity" he said:
 There is substantial accord among the Democrats of the country upon all the timely issues which are now, expressing public attention. We are all united in favor of the preservation of constitutional liberty wherever our flag floats. We are opposed to the permanent policy of this government to the maintenance of de- pendent colonies to be governed outside of the pale of the Constitution. We are all agreed that the civil power should always be superior to the military power.
 We all concur in the principle that public taxation should be imposed for public purposes only.
 We all favor freedom of commerce and therefore favor genuine reciprocity with slam Republican reciprocity which is only another name for Republican hypoc- risy.
 Opposition to Monopolies.
 There is no division in sentiment in our opposition to corporate combinations of capital, which create monopolies. sti- file competition and unreasonably en- nance prices for the necessaries of life.
 We all stand for free trade in all arti- cies controlled by the trusts.
 We all desire justice for Cuba and justice to the consumers of the United States also. We all stand where Jack son. Benton and Tilden stood, in favor of hard money. as opposed to an ire deemable paper currency. We all recog- nize the dignity of labor and its right to demand just and adequate compensation.
 "We are all opposed to an immense standing army In times of peace.
 We are all in favor of the constitu tional reform involved in the election of United States Senators by the people of the several States rather than by State Legislatures.
 We all adhere to that doctrine de-