St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01

TlSHLS CI l6DOr are certainly no lcss
vested, no less sacred and no less inalien
able than the rights of capital Tht
time is opportune to emphasize the
truth Of this utterance. The most sacred
right of property is the right to possess
and own ones self and the labor of ones
own hands--capital itself being but
stored-up labor. For years worked In
the ranks as wage Garner and / know
what it is to- earn my living in the sweat
Of my brow. nave always believed
and my convictions came from the hard
school of experience-that, measured by
the character of work he does and the
cost of living, man is entitled to full
compensation for his services. My ex-
perience as q wage Garner and my as
sOciation with labor have alike taught
me the value OF democratic principles.
for in them the humblest has the strong
est security for Individual right and the
highest stimulus to that independence
. of spirit and love of self-help which pro-
duce the finest private characters and
from the base of the best possible gov
eminent
Furnishes Few Figures.
1.-THE receipts of the government for
the year ending June 30, 1902, the first
fiscal year OF the present administration,
showed surplus over expenditures Of
$91 100000. but for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1904. instead of surplus.
there was a deficit of $41 100000. From
July 1, 1904, to August 10, or for about a
month and a third of the present flsca!
year, the expenditures of the govern
ment have exceeded the receipts by ST.
715,000. There could be no stronger
evidence OF the extravaganza into which
the republican party has fallen and no
more potent argument in behalf of q
change to the party whose tenets have
always embraced prudence and economy
in administering the peoples affairs.
"Our republican friends are prone to
refer to the great commercial growth Of
the country under their rule and yet the
census reports show that from 1850 to
1860, under democratic rule and the
Walker tariff, the PERCENTAGE Of in
crease was greater in population, wealth,
manufactures and railroad milage, the
factors which affect most largely the
prosperity of the country, than in any
decade since.
The cost of government has largely
increased under republican rule. The
expenditures per capita for the last year
of the administrations
given, taken from the reports Of the Sec
rotary of the trasury, are as follows:
In 1860, under Buchanan, s2.01.
In 1893. under Harrison, $5T
In 1897, under Cleveland, $40
In 1901, under Mckinley $685.
In 1904, under Roosevelt, S.1O
''The republicans now claim great con-
sistency in their attitude upon the cur
rency question and the president in his
recent speech of acceptance said that
they know what they mean when they
speak of a stable currency, the same
thing from year to year. and yet in the
platforms Of their party in 1884, 1888 and
1892 they favored the double standard
Of value. In the platform of 1888 they
said the republican party is in favor OF
the use OF both gold and silver as money
and condemns the policy of the demo-
cratic administration in its efforts to
iemonetize silver
Some Bouquets for Parker.
II congratulate your committee and
the constituency it represents in the
selection by the delegates to the national
~ Tho rov,o;poa for tho nroci-
lency. He is a man of courage, yet pru-
lent; of high ideals, yet without pre-
.ense; of the most wholesome respect |
'or the constitution and the majesty Of
he laws under it and sacred regard for |
heir limitations; Of the keenest sense
Il justice, which would rebel against |
wrong to an individual
IF to a nation; positive In conviction,
ret of few words; strong in mental and |
moral attributes and yet withal model; |
possessed of a sturdy constitution and |
manhood and yet temperate
n his actions and dignified in his de-
neanor.
TT is not the orator or man OF letters
tut the man of reserve force, of sound |
of conservative method and
readiness of purpose, whom the people
ave called to the Office of the presi-
lency, notably in the contests between
Jefferson and Burr, Jackson and Clay,
lincoln and Douglas, Grant and Greeley,
Cleveland and Blaine.
''Dire predictions were made by our
'oliticai opponents of what would hap
zen at the st. Louis convention, but they
nisudgsd the temper of the party and
he people. While there had been differ
noes in preceding campaigns, at St.
.ouis they were all harmonized and
ommon ground was found upon which
II could stand and do battle for demo-
ratio principles. A platform was adopt
d by unaniomus vote, embracing the
ssues Of the day and presenting to the
eople declaration of principles which
n the language of the times is sane, safe
nd sound
Sees Chance Of Victory.
with candidate whose personality
ppeals to the good sense and sound
Judgment of the American people, plat
orm whose principles are for the great
st good to the greatest number and a
sunited party earnest for the restora-
on of good and economical government
e should succeed and the principles of
emocracy again triumph.
Il beg my countrymen as they value
leir liberty to guard with great care
le sacred right Of local self-govern-
tent and to watch with a jealous eye the
endency of the times to centralize power
i, %ho do - kho for /