The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-21
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Democratic candidate for Governor
Jos. B. keim, both o. Jersey City anc
John /. Wright, of Camden, Peoples
candidate for Congress.
Members of both the Democratic anC
Republican party were well represented
and all took with good humor the gibe'
at both parties. Expressions were made
after the meeting that there was a great
deal Of truth in what was said.
James E. Smalley was chairman of the
meeting He said he believed in true
democratic principles and had been al
enthusiastic supporter of Bryan, but he
would not accept the action of the St
Louis convention by nominating Mr..
Parker, a gold standard monopoly man
and proposed to vote for Mr.. Watson,
the true democratic candidate.
JOS. B. Keim, of Jersey City, said he
was sorry the action of the St. Louis
convention had made it necessary fol-
a protest against the nomination of Mr..
Parker, with Hamiltonian principles, the
same which the Republicans represent.
About so per cent. OF the Democrats are
dissatisfied with Mr.. Parker's nomina-
ton and feel that they are not represent
ed. About 20 per cent. don't know what
to think-or don't think-and the other
20 per cent. don't care. Mr.. Watson
represented the true democratic princi-
plies of Jefferson, Jackson. Mr.. Watson
says that Mr.. Parker's nomination is a
joke on the American people, as he could
swallow the Republican platform with
welt could walk all over the democratic
platform without getting a splinter in his
foot. Ii Mr.. Parker would get out of his
way he would give Mr.. Roosevelt a hot
run.
George A. Honnecker, of Jersey City,
the Peoples Democratic candidate for
Governor, next spoke and held his au-
dience intently for an hour. Mr.. Hon
necker is a man six feet tall, broad Shout
der, and commanding appearance. In
1896, he lived in Connecticut where he
had a law practice of Sc, 900 a year. He
became an enthusiastic speaker for Bry-
anism and was boycotted so he had to
quit the town.
He said the Democratic party at St.
Louis surrendered its creed of 100 years
to the commercial idea for self ~aggrandize-
ment, and espoused the civil policy ex-
pounded by Alexander Hamilton. Many
do not realize the situation. In this ma
ton of eighty millions &c, 900 own four
ffths of the wealth. Fifteen thousand
i'll New York City can dine at belmont
cos, doing nothing but speculate and set
the price of products. They produce
nothing, while 6S2, 900 within a mile and
a half work in squalor.
There is cause for political revolt.
Bryan was s%tigmatized as an anarchist
because he fought the money power.
The money question will not down be-
cause it is the foundation on which our
civil fabric is erected between man and
man, People do not know what mono
metallism means. In 1873 before silver
was demonetized the value of the United
States was thirty-six billions. The debts
were three billions, leaving thirty-three
billions over the debts. In 1896 the
wealth had increased to ffty-six billions.
All the property today would not pay
the debts i'll the U. S. Not only is all
the property now m~ortgaged but the pro-
ductive energy Of this and another gener-
alton has a heritage of debt, because Of
our financial system and laws favoring
corporations.
Debt is advocated by bankers, because
the bank note circulation is based OH
debt. They want all the silver dollars
disposed of and the greenbacks Destroy
ed. They want all money which is is
sued by the government abolished ex-
cept gold and small silver change so they
can Brrogate the function OF exchange to
banking corporations. 1t is the most
gigantic fraud ever perpetrated upon a
people. The banker gets his money all
back when he deposits bonds with the
government and draw interest on the
bond and bank note loaned. A business
based upon a debt IS wrong-andtffe fight
against it will go on.
He declared there was little difference
between the Democratic party as now or
ganized and the Republican party and
reviewed the similar actions of Cleveland
and Mckinley and views of Parker, DAY.
is wherein they believed the same as the
Republicans on Money and the tariff.
MI. Parker is no friend to labor. He de-
clared unconstitutional an 8-hour law
passed by the New York legislature.
Thousands suffer in want who do rot
deserve it. A condition was growing
which would bring bloody revolution.
He was for peace and a system which
would prevent it.
He declared he had little faith in
Charles G. Black, getting equal taxation,
because of his hackers i'll Jersey City
who did not collect SAC, 900 from the Erie
Railroad which was owed 20 years and it
required the election of Mayor Mark Fa-
gan, to collect it. No honest Democrat
dare act against the jersey City ring.
70 hinder the enactment of unjust laws
the people must rise up and take charge.
Why is this unrest and vacillating OF vot-
ers from n party to another, then back?
Mr.. Honnecker said that for three
months he was sacrificing his law prac-
tice and making an appealfo for the homes,
from z. revolution of terror. 81 will lead
your cause in the defense of the toilers.
John t. Wright, of Camden, spoke for
a half hour and held his audience. He
said he was formerly a Republican and
left the party and joined the Bryanites
and the Democratic leaders had sold out
to Wall Street and now he did not know
where he was, but he was for Watson
and Tibbles because they represented the
principles Bryan fought for.
Alexander Hamilton founded the Fed
eldllc1 parry Ol LAlBllcH lucas. D0u IL
died the Wing party contained the same
English principles and the Wings were
the father of the Republican party. The
principles is to bond the country. After
the nation has paid over two billions of
of bonds since the civil war it is now in
debt 1905, GOO, 900 and it will take as
much wheat, corn and cotton at present
prices to pay that debt as it would at the
close of the civil war. A few years ago
the railroads were capitalized at 5 bill
lions. The stock has been watered up to
IL billions. Whittier are we drifting.
The railroad freights are SO high that
carload after carload of the farmers pro-
duce is often sold for the freight or less.
Had not the people better own the rail
roads and hinder discrimination in favor
of big trusts?
The first dollars ever made in the U.
S. were of silver, containing Bib grains
of pure silver, or 4123 grains nine-tenths
fine. Twenty-Five and eight tenths grains
of gold makes a dollar, not because of the
material but because of the sovereign
stamp of the U. S. Gold, silver and
g~reenbacks are honest money because nc
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