Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-04-09
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anu Will win ia ASRf1s a thC OonsOu-
ton Is guided by common sense,
said one OF the leading democrats Of
the nation TO me a few days ago.
As said in my last letter, ! cannot
give his name at this time because
he is not ready to be quoted, but he
nevertheless wants his opinions FL
tered through the press of the coun-
try ia order that the people may
think them over.
''The democratic party should not
surrender TO the so-calied reorgani-
zers," continued this distinguished
gentleman. BY that / mean that we
should not nominate man for the
presidency whe bolted the party or
CARNATIONS in 1S96or in 1900. There
arefundamental principlesand tenets
CT faith in the democratic party
which are immortal. and which viii
forever keep this land a free and in
dependent republic, and to which
the vast majority of the people Of
the country subscribe, and when
they are not beclouded By fanciful
and extraneous theories the result
will show itself in great democrat
ic majority, popular as well as in
the electoral college. The demo
cratic position on the money ques-
ton in 1896 and 300 was a policy
adopted at that time in order to re-
iievs the necessities of the people
and of the business world that were
ciamoring for more money to do the
business Of the country. 1t simply
involved the quantitatiye theory of
money, and our every contention in
that'regard has been amply proved
by subsequent events. We wanted
and needed more money in circula.
tiOn and advocated bi-metallism as
the remedy. The remedy came, but
it came in the shape of one metal
only, superinduced by the failure
OF crops in the old countries, by the
war with Spain, and by the food OF
gold from the mines of Alaska. The
result was the same. Prosperity
returned TO the country just as we
said it would if we could get Lore
basic money on which TO do the bus
mess Of the country.
We now have TIRES times the vol
ume of money in circulation that we
had in 1896, and the result is that
we have comparative prosperity
where then we had stagnation in all
lines OF business. Therefore, the
money question is no longer an is
sue.
The question of special privilege,
the parent OF monopoly, and opposi-
ton 20 which is fixed principle OF
the democratic party, is one upon
which all democrats can unite, fight
under the same banner and bring
victory. On this platform, construct
ed as above indicated, / think il
will be wise for us to place a young
and vigorous democrat whose de-
mocracy is known by his works,
whose name will appeal to the labor
ing masses Of the country as well as
to the business interests and accept
able to both. We must take into
consideration the conditions that
confront us. The farmer has. not
yet begun TO feel the fact that the
trusts are charging him more for
everything he buys than they do
the foreign buyer ofthe same article.
and the majority of the farmers are
standpatters," and while those
who are democrats probably would
not vote the republican ticket, they
might not realize the significance of
the election. In the face of this fact
we must nominate a man who has
the confidence and can carry the
vast labor vote Of the cities of the
country. An overwhelming MAORI
ty Of this vote will turn the scale in
many pivotal states of the union, es
pecially in the East and the middle
West, and bring victory to the dem
ocratic party. With that kind of a
leader on the platform that denoun-
ces monopoly and special privilege
in all its ramifications and demands
tariff revision, trust control and,
where necessary, trust extinction,
an income tax and election of United
States Senators by vote of the PEG
pie direct, we can and will win"
| have repeatedly stated in this
correspondence that the so-called
antitrust" bills which the repub-
licans permitted to become laws
last winter viii in no way benefit
the peopleor curb the trusts. There
is nothing in the party record and
nothing in the bills, except the IL
ties, that forebode evil to the trusts.
u win, therefore, surprise few men