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termine to forgo every advantage that
requires a surrender Of his manhood.
Meet Issues in Democratic Spirit.

iCAuAI CS d surrender or his manhood.
Meet Issues in Democratic Spirit.
so with our party. We cannot tell
what issues we may have to meet. We
can only determine to meet them in
democratic spirit, to apply to them
democratic principles and to take the
peoples side always. In 1892 the para
mount issue was tariff reform and the
Democratic party boldly asserted its
demand for tariff for revenue only
IL Fought the campaign and 1t won, but
its majority was so narrow that few
senators, disloyal to the party on this
subject, defeated the verdict of the
people rendered at the polls. But the
failure of the party to do all that it
promised would not have been so dis
astrous but for the fact that the Will
son bill, unsatisfactory as it was to
tariff reformers, had to bear the sins Of
Republican financial system which
was supported by our administration
against the protest of an overWhelm-
ing majority of the voters of the party
The defeat of 1894 was more disas-
trous than any that the party has ex-
perienced since, and it was due to the
fact that the administration deserted
the people on the money question. In
1896 the money question had forged to
the front, made paramount not by the
action of the majority of the Demo-
cratic party, but by the attempt Of
minority of the party to aid the Re-
publican party to chain the country
to an approaching dollar. Without
abandoning it's position on the tariff
question, the party met this issue. and
TOOK the side of the people. In spite
or the desertion of many formerly con-
splcuous in it's councils, the Democrat
&c party polled a million more votes
IMAM it had ever polled before, and
would nave won but for the indefensi-
bic methods of the Republican party.
whose leaders held all the protection
1st Republicans by declaring the tariff
issue to be paramount, modified the
wrath of most of the free silver Re-
publlcans by promising international
bimetallfsm, and won all the advocates
OF the gold standard by revealing to
them the secret purpose of the party to
adopt an European financial system.
But even then we would have won but
for the fact that borrowers were CO.
creed and employed intimidated.
Fell Heir to Enthusiasm.
I'm 1900 the action of the Republican
party in turning war commenced for
humanity into a war of conquest COM
PEELED the consideration of another
question: question so far-reaching
IN its consequences that our party
r1ghtfully declared it to be the para
AiloOlAI ISSUE. without abandoning Its
position on the tariff question or on the
money question, it again espoused the
peoples side Of great issue. That it
did not win that year was due to a
conjunction of causes any one of which
would have been insufficient to have
accomplished defeat. The administra-
ton, having carried on brief and sue
cessful war, fell heir to the enthusiasm
which usually attends a victorious
conflict; an unexpected increase in the
supply of new gold and an unexpected
lnHux or European gold, due to large
crops here and a famine abroad, in
creased prices, relieved the stress Of
hard times and gave to the people
the benefits that always flow from a
growing volume of money. While the
advantages which followed a larger
volume of money indicated the prin-
c1ple contended for by bimetallists.
they were appropriated by the party in
power, and those who were influenced
by conditions, without attempting to
realize the condition, gave the Repub-
lican party credit for an increasing
prosperity.
The protected manufacturers, Of
course, stood by the administration
which had given them a Dingley law.
Trust promoters and trust magnates.
recognizing in the Democratic party
an inveterate foe, and numbering
AMONG lnelr STOCKHOLDERS many OF the
most influential Republicans, threw all
their strength to the Republican party,
and by their support purchased i'm
munity from punishment The Repub-
icans were greatly aided by another
influence, namely, the influence Of the
financiers who not yet have completed
their schemes were willing to risk
trusts, imperialism or anything else
rather than forego the advantage which
they expected from a. cold standard
and bank currency. In spite Of all
these obstacles the campaign Of 1900
only showed a net change Of 10000
votes in favor of the Republicans out