The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-04

everything 1892 was the best year this ooun-
Try had ever seen Locking for Al issue %
win a campaign upon. our Democratic friends
declared protection both unTarranted BY the
constitution and vicious Listen 10 their tsria
plank Of thar year:
I'VE dsnourcs Republican protection a. .
fraud and a robbery Of the great majority %
the American people for the benefit % thu
few. We declare II % be fundamental prin-
cipls Of the Democratic party that the Federal
Government has 10 constitutional power %
impose and collect tariff duties except for ths
purpose q revenue only
A generation had grown Up under the pro
tective principle and knew nothing OF thu
evils that always have and always viii and
always must result from tariff for rsvenus
only. When every man. woman and child in
the United States Is eating three full meals
a day. the price Of bread and meat and every
other product q labor. well labor ITSELF
VIII be reasonably high. and the demand for
cheaper living expenses viii be quite popular.
As a matter Of political expediency. Down
with high-priced living expenses Wa not a
bad slogan IN 1892
The Democratic party was successful AZ thu
polls and they proceeded Immediately 70 make
good their promise OF giving the people cheap
er living expenses. They were successful BE-
yond their most sangui1s expectation Living
expenses became 80 cheap that IL all the larger
for the sole purpose OF giving away the necss-
saries OF life and million suffering women
and children were daily fed BY charity. Wills
a million men walked the streets IN vain for
a days work ! need not paint the picture.
II Is still fresh IN the minds OF al sane men
And now come TO the campaign Of 1895.
In casting about for an issue on which our
Democratic friends could win that campaign
they found II necessary forsaks the plat
form on which they had been successful in
1892 There was nothing IN that platform
that could be used again. But Tire Peoples
party in 1892 had declared N favor o. the
free and unlimited coinage q silver a. the
ratio Of Is to I with gold. without the a3d or
consent OF any other nation. and during the
four years OF Mr.. Geveland's administrations
conditions favored the propagation OF that eco
homie doctrine. During those four years there
and they thought perchance tbs free coinage
OF silver would supply that need. There were
many who felt the need OF a cheaper dollar.
and they thought pe-chance q provision By
which the Government should coin atty csnts'
worth OF silver bullion into a legal tender
dollar. without expense 70 the owner. might
relieve. or a. least mitigate, their BuHerfngz.
This. mark you. was not an original Demo
cratic doctrine. u was the doctrine OF thu
Populist party. General James 3. Weaver.
Of my State. had the honor Of being Presi-
Dental candidate with free coinage CO silver
as Lle paramount issue -0AG years Erlor -
the nomination o. william jennings Bryan
AZ Chicago. But looking for al issue %
which a campaign might be won. our Demo
cratic friends thought ther was nothing mere
promising than this Populisric issEe. and they
held their convention first and took H. pur Z
in their platform and called II Jenersoniaa
Democracy. Il was not for jefferson 10
record in favor Of the single gold standard.
They said u was Jacksonian Democracy u
was not General Jackson Is On record n favor
OF the single gold standard But the campaign
was fought and. most fortunately for ths
American people. having little slss 20 %.
they studied statecraft for ninety days ana
saved themselves II is no disparagsment OF
the candidate or President 70 say that the
unprecedented prosperity that We have en-
5oyed is traeeable in far greater degree
the indorssment OF the st. Louis platform q
1896 than 70 the election OF william AcKin-
ley. The Government Is always safe when
its principles are correct. whoever holds the
Offices Measures. not men. make or break
the American people. II vas not Grover
Cleveland who ruined IN the early eos Il
was the Democratic platform OF 1Sa2 that
wrought the havoc
CAMPAIGNS REVIEWED.
I would be glad 10 review the period q pros
psrity which We have enjoyed since the IN
dorsemeut by the American people q the
sound financial and economic policies pro
mulgatsd BY the Republican party 40 - Louis
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