The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-10


minded statesmen agreed upon tina
system as the right system II re-
NAMED in force. giving full satstac
zion, until the money power in it'
march 81 conqueat, found II 20 be a
barrier The money power demm Il
I a standard which 1t can control; and
one metal II easier 70 control than
two For the same reason II opposes
governmental issues cf paper money,
and will never be content until the
greenbacks ARE all called in and de-
stfoyel
r.. establish the single gold stan.
dard, which sets the constitution
aside. the statute had TO be violated.
The word coin had to be construed
to mean gold only and the paper
note. issued on silver. had to be re.
deemed In manner different from
that prescribed by law
tMr. watson here goes into an eab-
crate argument against the gold stan
dard)
Both Old Parties Wrong.
The contention OF the Peoples par
/ ty being that both the old parties are
wrong, we wage war on both, Ours
| Is the two.edgad sword In our cam,
paign it may happen that we do great
er damage to the Republicans than to
the Democrats as in 1892, when MI.
/ Bryan and other western Democrats
were Instructed by the Cleveland man
ayers to vote for Weaver, In another
campaign, ii might chance that the
Gratis In the one case as in the other
we would not concern ourselves about
the matter. Such a result is the acci.
| dent of war. NOT the purpose of the
campaign Ii Is, our business 10
preach sound Populism which Is
sound Jetfersonian Democracy. and 10
hit the Republicans on the one hand
and the Democrats on the other. We
must "hew TO the line" letting the
chips fall where they may.
The statement has been made that
In speech Ia Atlanta expressed
preference for Mr.. Roosevelt over Mr.
Parker Neither in that speech nor in
any other have | done so. Being
candidate for the presidency myself,
would have made myself a side show
to which ever Of the other two candl-
dates | expressed d preference for,
whereas | am in full, militant ag-
gressiye control OF an independent
show OF my own.
(Here Mr.. Watson again enters in,
to an attack upon Judge Parker. amt
says that the reason he devotes more
time to him than To Roosevelt in his
speeches is that the latter il 81 lily
disposed of, while it requires mo. a
time TO dispose of Judge Parker Aa
cause he is sphinx" The latter
nomination is declared TO be sal
out 10 Wall street, The Democratic
delegates went 10 st. Louis wish =, "
cipals, they came away wiIhuat
them he declares. They We're CLAY
in the hands of the Pat McCarrens of |
Standard Oil. Belmont of the Louis. |
vile and Nashville, German of the |
sugar trust The very first speech of /
the campaign was made in Brooklyn
by Senator Bailey of Texas, under the |
auspices of the Standard Oil com. /
pany lobbyists, Pat McCarren. The |
chosen advisers of Mr. Parker are the |
men who led for the trusts and corpo-
rations when the taxpayers were loot.
ed during Cleyeland's second admin.
lstration. From German, who reeks
with the foulest trust legislation of
The last twenty years, to Carlisle. who
wrote the sugar schedule at the die.
tation of the sugar trust. and Bel
mont, of the secret midnight bond
deal down TO olney, who. in effect.
advised the too willing Cleveland 10
lend the United States army 10 the
Pullman Car company In Chicago, the
notorious old band OF boodlers are
here. What may be expected Of them
Il Parker Is elected can be guessed by
hose who remember the carnival Of
class legislation which rendered for
over Infamous the second administra.
ion of Grover Cleveland.
The leopard has not changed his
spots, nor the Ethiopian his skin; that
Cleveland crowd Is hungry; It has
been out a long time. Woe unto the
people when that predatory band get
heir clutches upon the government
again.
The Standard Oil Trust.
What secret pledges have been
made to the Standard Oil? What is
rs motive for putting half million
lollars into Parker's campaign fund?
Are they afraid of Roosevelt, and not
ifraid Of Parker? What is the ground
II their preference for Parker? The
standard oil Is not in politics for
lealth or pleasure. II always has an
TX to grind. What is the motive this
ime? The sugar trust put 100000
n the New York campaign alone,
when Cleveland ran against Harrison:
md all Of US know the secret pledges
which were publicly redeemed. Ar
hur German and John G.. Carlisle saw
o II that the tariff measure was so
ramed that the trust got more out of
he people. by ten Of millions. than