The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-14
DLfNA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL IA 1904.

patriot who believes in JenerSCnlan DC
mccracy; and there is needed not only
united action by that mighty host, but
the cooperation and hearty support OF
every man, whether he wore the blue CT
the gray; OF every patriot IN whatever
section OF the country ne dwells. or
whatever party or creed, VINO holds the
welfare OF his country and the maintain
ance of democratic government aa 4
blessed inheritance and sacred obligation.
The condition and necessities of our coun-
try should awaken the highest and
earnest patriotism in order that existing
evils and threatening pcrils may be eradl-
Gated and averted and that for the years
of the unknown future the honor and
glory Of the Great Republic may be pre-
served"
The next speaker introduced was
United States Senator Edward w. Car
mack, of Tennessee, who took for his
theme Thomas Jefferson" He spoke as
follows:
"If with a single stroke We couli utter
ly destroy both the political organizations
in this cou ..rs' Two other parties would
instantly form essentially the same in
spirit and purpose. These two parties
in one form or another, under one name
or another, have always existed and will
always exist. The Democratic party is as
oh as righteousness, the Republican party
is as old as, sin. The Democratic party will
live until the devil is chained up.
The Democratic party will live so long as
the love of liberty is alive in the hearts
OF the people; and if the love of liberty is
TO perish. God forbid that the Democratic
party should survive.
Let me ask you, If history, and espe-
cially recent history, has not vindicated
Jefferson's jealousy and distrust of power
in human hands. jefferson could not
conceive how any rational being could
propose happiness to himself from the ex-
ercise Of power over others but neither
could he conceive that Theodore Roosevelt
would ever be President of the United
States. There is nothing 50 surely begets
a lawleSs and tyrannical spirit as the love
of power for its own sake. If jefferson
could today witness the lawless strenuos-
.ty Of the administration and the subsery-
iency of a weak and spiritleSs Congress,
he might be confirmed in the doubt that
he once expressed as to whether his ilfe
had left any lasting good to the world. II
he could see the President of the United
States overriding plain inhibition of the
Constitution by making war without the
consent OF Congress; if he could see him
violating the obligations of q solemn
treaty, trampling under foot the very law
from which he derives his authority; if he
could see him taking the very language
of pending bill which Congress had
failed or refused to pass, and making it a
law Ivy the simple device Of an executive
order; if nc could see a complacent Con-
gress not only uttcring no word of protest.
but eagerly defending this flagrant usur-
patton of it's own power; if he could see
all this he might well believe that his LIE
and teachings had left no perceptible i'm
preston upon the mind Of the American
people or the character Of their govern
ment. But IF the dead be permitted to
care for the things of this world l trust
that the action Of the Democratic PARTY IN
this campaign and the result of the cleo
ton in November will reveal to his
| troubled spirit that be did not live and
teach and toll in VAIN
"If we would resist the forces CT disor-
der we must preserve, intact and unbrok-
en-, the walls which our fathers reared ana
stand fast by the citadel of the Constitr-
tion as by the Ark Of the Covenant of the
Living God.
"The Democratic Party" was the sub
iect discussed by Adlai E. Stephenson.
former vice-president OF the United States.
Nj. Stevenson pleaded for united party
and the adoption of living issues in the
platform at the st. Louis convention.
His address follows:
Ex-Vice- President Stevenson said in
part
1--WE are upon the threshold of another
Presidential contest. It needs no prophet
to forecast the issues of the struggle The
party in power will stand for the present
prohibitory tariff will oppose all attempts
TO tighten the burden of enormous tariff
taxation: will stand for the legislation in
spired by greed which has brought colos-
sal fortunes to its benefciaries by increas-
ing the cost of needed articles of con-
sumption 1t will stand for the trusts.
| The unlawful combination of capital which
today threaten the destruction o. legitl-
mate business enterprise, will find their
only defenders in the Republican party.
The eXtravagant appropriations of the last
and present Congresses will find justifca-
tion-and will pave the way for greater
extravaganza yet to follow. Controlling
all departments of the government no ef-
fort has been made by the party in power
to make good the pledges of their last ma
tiCnal platforms. With large surplus in
the Treasury-drawn from the channels
OF trade by unnecessary taxation; no re-
duction of the tariff will be permitted.
"In unrelenting hostility to all this, the
Democratic party-true to the teachings
of Jcfferson-will favor the abolition of all
unnecessary and unjust taxation; will de-
mand a reduction to the minimum of the
cost of every needed article Of consump-
tion. It will stand in reality as well as in
its platform-the antagonistic Of trusts.
Believing that wherever there is a wrong
there must be a remedy, it will favor
such legislation as will seek to curb the
spirit Of monopoly and place an effectual
check upon the unlawful combinations OF
capital which are obstacles to Legitimate
business enterprises. Believing with JET
ferson IN an economical administration OF
the government it will oppose unneces-
sary and extravagant appropriations OF
the public money Confident that the eX-
perience of a century has demonstrated
the wisdom Of avoiding foreign complica-
tions and entangIing alliances it will op-