Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-09
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Gentlemen ., ms EQUAL, ~
ess, "e horth and OF the linton, men
Soss ah1 OK the west sOuth, OF hs
iese,i.allves OF the Deuoeov.r1ealted mn
w sag should your nom,necy to You
rn ,Use views on public n' oe a man
n,,t man whose ,H,t,esuons ars
questions which az the "'ulude on M
sne american people acoo ulne confirm,
principles OF your partv9 ''us with ns
,Mnere VIII there be found Al he should
cate? w aFe here Ia IA,
THE ONE ISSUE
IL mas been said, ma ,r,,,
one issn" 's" even decides NOV ns,
which divi, what then, ia thc MA
Renuhiieoo,,,u vs today the Democra,, nsae
mentai n ui pnIues' what Ia The 90, S,.eld
IN nnta p,inulpie upon which una.
thIng w1, ,'lS'n What Is the sss,sie
whieh wien p Democracy stands essential
v hepublicanism 4ntsgo S1 10y AID
y question OF tariffs or of SJtaa,rs,sgs'ht
r ,non, question OF stsntn Tevh
,nuney A question Of rep, ,Ii'.Iards o.
e ouiae,cy or controlling me hung TIE
fues'ion or expansion or % AIMS aIAs' A
'Su NO, Important as thesa npefla.
question Is greater than env are tAa
h tmeST' II Includes them sll' VI al a
put includes much mora trA
iuenlon which touches Tho va, "a
a.'Vns Oh our Institutions on; Vuh.
~ we very existence OF o,r sulAa
inent Let euphemlstio haSbiA soVen.
over as they may; LET trIp,n .e,s Clos
sullt their sail to ever, s Who
p,eeze that blows evade II as hpVhIlal
,el Nme servers who usurn H. '"ey can,
democracy sneer at n ne VIZ name 0,
sun the question which comfy WILL
american people today-wbi"b ggnS he
Ironted them with ever. grow, H .as con.
ehce since the Civil war-ts insist.
TINS government shall ho 90 mue'hH
Tor the benefit of the peonla tNl On
Whole people or whether "nt OF The
manipulated for the benoa, shau b
leBed class-whether IT'S eroo, a PRIV
ments' executive and ndicioI Iepalt'
perpetuated for the prolectn sual b
equal rights OF all, or who,uI VI tA
snail be perverted into thn rt thy
struments Of syndlcated cSni p,d'ue H.
WHAT is ISSUE, THEN,
4. Gentlemen Of the convention u -,
Is hot the paramount isue NJ ,h,l " MS
palBn, what Is the issna, "is can
Is not the Fundamental thh
upon which the two N.esuon
ulHeIeht, IN what do they opa'uss
me Republican party does I no, !
TO-DAY as the party Of The ny,s sanl
classes and as the exponen tt'nsegd
money power, for what does 1ae
ana II the Democratic party S eaul
represent the antithesls Of ali a@
what does It represent? II tbo m'
OF the people--of the plain neo,ie auss
the unnumbered multiudes yb6PNW
morn implore heaven TO give ,har, , .aya
daily bread, and who by dallv 10" to,, men ant
tle rlsnt TO me fulhllmont OF mel,
ptaSeI ~ not the cause Of Democracy
what rs us cause2 II rs mission Is NJ,
to defend the equal rights OF those w m,
constitute the countless hosts Of lahcr|
not OF labor IN narrow or restrlctsI
sense, not Of labor confined 10 ,ho,s
only who receive a daily wage. moi =,
labor organized In guilds OF uniop,
alone, but OF labor In its broad an,
catholic sense-of labor which Include,
all those who work with hand or hrain
and who, whether IN fields OF wayr,
grain, In the glare OF the forge IN ma
smoke OF furnace, amid the wblrr \,
eVer-restless wheels, In the depths n,
mines, In the mephitic air OF colllsrlss
upon the decks OF floating crafts a,
the desk of the counting house. in ths
chemists laboratory, among the books
OF the lawyers library In the mef.
chants shop, else for ever upon The
earth may be found those who fulfilled
the great creators law that men shall
eat his bread In the sweat Of his brow
II, | say 10 defend the equal rights o,
these, the unprivileged and the less "a.
vored be not the mission OF Democray.
what mission has it2 II TO protect them
from the schemes Of spollation and
plumber OF syndlclted wealth Is not The
justification for its existence what just.
fication has 1t to exist? Aye, gentle
men. II the cause Of the plain people Ia
not the cause to which you are pledged,
devoted consecrated by the very name
you bear, by what title do you call
yourselves Democrats? BY what right
do you usurp the name OF him whose
memories you profess TO venerate,
whose precepts you approve In your
platforms, whose example You claim
to emulate, by what right do you style
yourselves followers Of him who said
JEFFERSON QUOTED,
81 hope we shall crush In Its birth
the arlstocracy Of our moneyed corpo'
ratlons, which dare already 70 enal.
lenge our government 10 a Wlal V
strength and bid defiance TO the laws Oh
our country"-of him whose oardlna.,
maxim was equal rights for all special
privileges for none" of him whose
whole life was one incessant oatte
waged against the oppression OIL the
many for the benefit Of the few.
I repeat II, sirs, II the cause OF w
unprivileged and the less favored %
NOT your cause. II 10 secure them eQul
rights be not your mission; II 10 pro,
feet them against the oppression "
svndicated capital be not the jusuh'a'
tion of your existence as
party; aye. sirs, II you are ne,e
today bent upon outdolng hgpu~
licans I'm truculent auDseINyuts
of Republican TO the money oUsaI.a'
of wall street, II you are here telu
Ions with apprehension for fear OF ~
ing them offense; II you are mere cu W..
ishing the hope Of placating u we. .a nm.
tagonlsm. winning their favor ny n SoS,
servency and regaining ONCE anu P'' N,
by the aid of their influence anu Y,
corruptlng power Of their gold u n,t mi
marty has sunk so low u II has IeS s.aey
This depth Of contemplate dege"s arIrIt
rise from thy grave, immoGfts' y sai.
that sleepeth under the sod OF Mint n.r,
cello, rise rise and rebuke me Iu' ~ \,
Democracy which with hypocrisy a, Ia, !"
heart and with lie upon us lips u''''
usurp the name Of Jefferson
WHERE HEARST STANDS
Not among these shall our ' cano'I any
he found. Ills political pracuV .I,r m n
political creed nnd htting eHpre ,.,,1o,lo-
his address accepting his hon nn, Ist
for Congress where, in words ', no,d ~
ferson might have uttered ne '@ nnsrg,
II have always devoted my V bs \ |,
and ability, whatever they nay and
the cause Of the plain people, ' mus
shall continue to do so. The lnm N.as "s
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