The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-04
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BILE form OF demonstration. Men passed
through the audience and the commo-
diouS grounds of the summer. resort with
valises full of buttons bearing the pic
ture of the chairman of the convention
and the inscription Tom l. Johnson In
1G04.'
Mayor Johnson, with his big tent, opens
the campaign at Lorraine next Saturday,
and the convention voted to have dele
cations present from as many counties as
possible. Chairman Frey stated that the
State Committee already had arranged TO
have BigeIow speak in every county, and
that Johnson and Bigelow would now
fill engagements every day and night I'M
til after the November election.
JOHNSON'S SPEECH.
In his speech before the convention.
Mayor Johnson said in part:
The principles OF Democracy. always
Old, but never obsolete. confront US to-
day beth In local and in national ques-
lions. One of the national questions
relates to trusts. For this evil our adj
versarles ADVISE publicity as the remedy.
Publicity-that might protect investors
against fraud. but how could 1t protect
the public against monopoly. which Is
the basis of trusts? Men whose incomes
have increased but little, or not at all.
but whose living expenses have increased
SIOIIlOuSlS-Wliy SIOuII lIleJ SdiC lui
publicity? What is needed is not ex-
amlnatIons OF the account books of
trusts: 1t Is the sweeping of monopolies
from the statute books of the people.
1.-THE money question also is national
and let me tell you this is no dead issue,
as some would nave us believe Dead
though it may be in one form, it is alive
in other and more radical forms. So
long as Wall Street interests dictate our
t,r1E,y ,rI -I.fIr inv
cannot die. You know that L have never
accepted the doctrine commonly known
as 10 to L. I have worked with those
who do accept it because l have believed,
as I believe yet, that the free silver
fight was the first great protest of the
American people against monopoly-the
nrst great struggle here OF the masses
against the privileged classes. 1t was
not free silver that frightened the plu-
tocratic leaders, what they feared was
tree men.
sELF-GOvERNMENT.
eve have in national politics also the
vital question of lf-government Shall
we continue to govern distant colonies
from Washington as distant provinces
We're governed by Imperial Rome before
her fall. and as crown colonies are
governed by the British empire to-
day? That question also is at bottom
monopoly question. There would be no
such colonies if colonies could give no
monopoly franchises. But national ques-
tons are not for US to deal with in this
State convention. Great as in Ohio in
territory and population and wealth, i'm
portant as she is in the sisterhood OF
States. influential as she is, she is not
great enough nor important enough nor
is she Democracy Influential enough TO
warrant this convention in debating ma
tional policies of renodeing national
platforms. We have not been elected for
that purpose. The function of revising
national platforms belongs with conven-
tons for national purposes. Our function
begins and ends with unmistakable iden-
LITIGATION of the Democratic party or
Ohio: with the Democrat tic party OF the
republic. That can be done in GOOD
faith only by acknowledging the authors
ty of the latest national expression OF
party doctrine on national questions
I'm my judgment, therefore this conven-
ton ought to recognize the Kansas City
platform. 1t ought also to pay the
tribute Of its respect to the great Demo-
crat who in two national campaigns
brilliantly led us against the Republican
party and its allied hosts OF non-partisan
monopolists.''
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The plat adopted reaffirms the prin-
ciples of the Kansas City platform, faith
fully and ably represented IN the pres
idential campaign OF 1900 by William Jen-
nings Bryan" and condemns any effort
to repudiate those principles. It then
makes a specific statement or principles
substantially as follows:
L That in making assessments for tax