The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-31

Y IL IL desired to do so our party con
20 not compete with the Republican par
= In The use OF money in campaigns
o IN the deception or coercion of voter
IL because large campaign funds can on
l. DC secured in return for the promit
l. or faVorltism, and our people arc n,
n III position to coerce. Our part
: must have principles and proclaim
Q them; it must stand by them and d,
lend them, relying upon its faith i
. Inc righteousness of those principle
and upon It's faith in the intelligence
ana patriotism of the people.
The struggle between human right
the on one side and greed on the othe
J Is an unending one. Our party mus
take part III the struggle, but tha
struggle cannot be permanently set
Tied by this generation or by any fu
ture one. AS the children of Israel
wandering in the wilderness, could no
store broad for the morrow but were
compelled TO gather mama each day
80 the citizen finds it impossible tc
rest upon the achievements of yester.
day, or to frame a government that
Will run itsolf. He must labor today,
tomorrow and while life lasts if he
would be secure. He must meet each
new problem and examine each new
proposition that is submitted to the
people, but in doing 80 he will employ
The same purposes and apply the same
general rules. lie cannot tell what
temptations he may have or of what
immediate gain he may have the pro-
mise II he will but surrender his man
mood, but he knows, il he is an up-
right man, that he will endeavor to
resist every temptation, and he will
determine TO forego every advantage
That requires a surrender of his man
hood.
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 paramount issue was tariff reform
and the Democratic party boldly as
serted its demand for q tariff for rev.
enuc only. 1t fought the campaign
ana 1t won, but its majority was 80
narrow that few Senators, disloyal TO
the party on this subject. defeated the
verdict of the people rendered at tho
polls. But the failure of the party to
40 all that 1t promised would not have
been so disastrous but for the fact that
the Wilson bill, unsati sfactorv as it was
to tariff reformers, had to bear the sins
OF Republican finan cial system which
was supported by our administration
against the protest of an overwhelming
majority of the voters of the party.
The defeat of 1894 was more disas-
trous than any that the party has ex-
pericnccd since, and it was due TO the
lact that the administration deserted
the people on the money question.
In 1896 thu money question had
forged TO the front, made paramount
not by the action of the majority of
VIC Democratic party, but by the at
Wmpt of minority of the party to aid
.ne Republican party to chain the
IWVuMnUy TO an apprcciating dollar.
MAhoat abandoning it's position on
issv"' s "t'sI question the party met this
5 i,a0e Tm and took the side OF the people.
fnr,sp fm spl,e of the descrtion of many
5 tHo Mly MIy conspicuous in it's councils
noro oSn'ocratic nnatic party polled million
fora osS no'es than it had ever polled be-
= tho i'S'.wo "Ta would have had won but for
,"',I>,; u ;on" on""slenssble methods of the Re-
: tho n ,,ro,ls..ly parry, whose leaders held all
5 clar;n1n 10'it.'ohst w. Republicans by de-
clarlhg the tariff issue to be nara
0 .louhC, .n 'noNied the wrath of most Of
, ;l ;ne irte i!,e silser Republicans by promis-
b ing international bimetallism apd won
an an 1ne advocates Of The gold standard
y by revealing to them tho aoorot ,''r'
pose of the party to aaont % Enron"an p
t financial system. But oven thop wo
4 would have won but for ,S,a fact % thot "
8 borrowers were coerceS al o'',,Ton"1 I ,
i were inundated. "'i' e'npioSeo
;, In 1900 the action of the Republican
party in turning a war comnorcoJ for
: humanity into war Of con"uos, com.
) PEELED the consideration Of o~othnr
J. question: question 80 far.re.on;u" o "
II its consequences that Our nartm ~, 49,
Q fully declared it to be the nas,,,,as'n, ,lSnv
IS issue. Without abandoninp Hs .'ua;
l. ton ON the tariff question Or 10 ~ pos,. ,1'o
J. money question it again espousoa ~ .ho y
l. peoples si'le of great issue, %.. tno 10
: did not win that year was due to a "U ~, ~
" junction of causes, any ono of wS;a,,
d would have been insuflicit mt to 'haS.l has
'e accomplished defeat. The adminisira.
If tion having carried on brief and snS !"
l. cessful war fell heir to the enthusiast
n which usually attends a victorious con
" flict; an unexpected increase in III
1T supply of new gold and an unexpecte
a, influx of European gold, due to lare
~ crops here and a famine abroad, i
IN creased prices, relieved the stress
al hard times and gave to the people t
of benefits that always flow from gro
ut ing volume of money. While the O
of vantages which followed larger "
le ume Of money vindicated the princil
q contended for by bimetallists they We
no appropriated by the party in pow
i'll and those who were influenced by ca
ry ditions, without attempting to reali
the conditions, gave the Republic
a party credit for an increasing prosp
ic- ity.
at The protected manufacturers,
70, course, stood by the adminlstrati
nj which had opUen tbano q n;nulou Ia