The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-07-24
STANDS LIKE A GIBRALTAR.
Missouris UnAinching Loyalty to the Dem.
Ocratic Party Appropriately EuloSizsd
by Mayor james A. Reed at Chicago.

ocratfc Party Appropriately EuloSized
by Mayor James A. Reed at Chicago.
Chicago, July 2O.-Mayor James A
Reed, of Kansas City, was among the
distinguished democrats of the nation
who spoke from the platform with w
J. Bryan at the picnic of the local
democracy Saturday afternoon. Mayor
Reed spoke in part as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: 1 have beer
asked to respond to the sentiment
The Democracy of the West Possibly
if we consider the question from the
standpoint of success, the thought might
be limited to the Democracy of Mis-
souri, OF all the great states of the
west, lying north of Missouri's south,
ern boundaries, Missouri alone can bt
counted solidly in the democratic col
umn.
THE democracy of Missouri is a gran.
lite wedge driven into the center o.
republicanism. In the hour of success
she leads the van; in the hour of de-
feat, camps upon the field and forms
the rallying point for scattering hosts
1nvincible, indomitable, unconquered,
the democracy of Missouri challenges
the admiration of mankind.
This condition obtains in Missouri
because her democrats are not mere
time-savers, acknowledging the creed
OF expectancy, and willing to sacrifice
principles for Office. Great leaders of
the democratic party of Missouri have
always stood for the fundamental
principles which must umderlie all free
government And in standing for these
principles, they have but expressed the
sentiments that are deeply craven on
the hearts OF the masses of Missouri's
democracy.
But MisSouri'S democracy will insist
that the next national convention shall
adopt platform that, in every letter
and line, will ring true; and that, in
unequivocal terms, shall express allegi-
snce to those great principles which
are necessary to the liberties of man.
Il affirm that monopoly has been
the curse of the ages. And that
monopoly granted in express terms,
by the decree of despot, is not more
obnoxious than a monopoly created
under a general law. No man. has
ever sought to create a monopoly with
any other purpose than to eXtort unfair
prices. Back of every monopoly is the
scheming brain of man who expects,
by its creation, to reap where he has
not sowed, and gather where he has
not titled
I'm all the years that are gone the
one great lesson that stands out upon
every page of written history is that
those powers. Whether the powers
are found in laws creating despots, who
exercise the functions of government.
or in grants which create monarchs in
the commercial world, these powers,
have III the end resulted in burdens
being placed upon the backs of the
masses of the people; and the whole
effort of humanity, through all the
ages, has been to destroy those special
privileges.
The very soul of democracy. is
inspires it is the determination to
forever keep the laws of the country
SO that the door of opportunity shall
open TO every willing hand, and every
honest skT1ful brain. And all of the
efforts of the democratic party, from
the days of Jefferson to Bryan, have
been grouped around this great central
pillar of liberty.
Il have said that to-day the country
is in the midst of crisis. l say this
for the reason that until within recent
years-aye, within recent months, all
political parties declared external
,.fo
form of monopoly; but within the last
few months, the republican party has
absolutely reversed it's position and
given the lie to every platform adopted
by its conventions. You may read all
of it's platforms from the days of Lin
coin to its last general convention, and
they are replete with pledges of enmity
to monopoly. Only few months ago
the president of the United States, then
vice president, proclaimed his allegi-
ance to this faith: he declared that
trusts. which is only another name
for monopoly, were enemies of the
republic Then came the memorable
council at Oyster Bay; and then was
announced the new doctrine of the re-
publican party, that there were good
trusts and lad trusts And that in
making warfare upon the bad trusts
we should use the EXTREMIST care not
to injure the good trusts
81 deny that there ever was such
thing as a good monopoly. There
can no more be a good monopoly than
there can be pieus rattlesnake. To
attribute righteousness of purpose to
monopoly. is as ridiculous as to
attribute philanthropic motives to Lu-
cretia Borgia, or patriotism to Benedict
Arnold
.sThe whole truth is that the republi-
can party is absolutely surrendered to
these gigantic institutions. They con-
troll its nnIicv They dominate its con-