The San Francisco call., 1904-07-14
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

ton, which were addressed to any subject out
side the internal feuds of the party, eabo-
rate denias of any relation between Republican policy
and the progress and prosperity of the country If that
be true, then public political policy method of ad
mnisraton affect in any way the economic cond-
ton and material progress of the people This is the
logic of the Democratic and it makes idle the
promises of the PLATFORM which the subjects OF
taxation and prices and promise the rescue OF the ad
ministration of the Government from the headsrong
arbitrary and spasmodc methods which distract busi-
by uncertainty and pervade the public mind with
dread dstrust and perturbation"
This platform expression is lifted bodily out of the
trust organs. They used it in every impressive form
when President Roosevelt ordered the cases
brought against the trusts, and frantcally dup-
Gated when each of the suits No legitma te
business interest of the country has felt any dread OF
Republican policy or administration, any
tanty. What those business interests require is the
sold standard of value assuring financial stability and
adherence to our economic and policy of pro-
lection.
The gold standard plank of the platform, first
agreed upon and then struck out to please and pacae
Bryan, lying evasion, which every gold standard
Democrat knows be false. party that proposed to
be false about policy of such Importance, and
finally made cowardy surrender is not fit to be trusted
with its maintenance, matter what may be the pres
position of its candidate who twice voted to destroy
the gold standard The plank, framed and then killed.
said "The discoveries of gold within the past few
years the great in the production thereof
adding two thousand million dollars to the worlds sup
ply of which hundred millions fall to the share OF
the United States have contributed the maintenance OF
money standard of value longer open question,
removing that issue from the field of political conten-
ton"
No political by any party in this country
scanned and SCARED. embossed and enl-
brodered with contemplate cowardce and purulent
dishonesty that.
The Republicans and Democrats who stood for the
gold standard 1896 made possible and finally secured
by legislation enacted independently of any increase in
the supply of gold That increase had nothing to do
with the adoption of the standard and has influence
whatever upon its maintenance The plank boasted that
seven hundred millions of the increased supply have
to the United States. That is true 1t is also
true that if Bryan, John Sharp, Williams Champ Clark,
Judge Parker and the big and little deties of the party
could have had their way and adopted free silver not
single dollar of the increased supply of gold would have
us, would there be left with single dol
lar of the stock that hand when these
oozng enthusiasm Chicago Bryans cross-ofgod
speech, supporting his pretenses. 1t is poor
plment to the common of men like Ben Cable,
Charles s. Hamln, Thomas Taggart and Robert Patti
son. gold Democrats and delegates at ST. Louis, that
they should agree submit to such untrue state
ment of a scientific situation.
The platform is intoerably verbose and repetitious,
three
Philippines. AS for the tariff, there is half way
tinkers shop cobblers stall between protection and
free trade. Each represents economic principle that
may be defended. There be hybrid between
them If protection enrich manufacturers free trade
enrches the importers If promoting the private bust
ness, the employing and consuming capacity of men, is
bad, then stop doing anything, and protection
and free trade open to the impeachment. The
Democratic platform proposes a mule tariff something
that is neither horse ass, but has long and
bray If it had boldly declared for free trade the party
would have been entitled respect But its tariff
preston is worthy to sit in the stocks with the gold
standard hypocrisy to be egged by the people.
The people are informed that they taxed within
an inch of their lives support the Federal Govern
ment AS the indisputable official figures show that
Federal taxation, interest the public debt and all
amounts to just per day per CAPITA the bur
den will be light lift and won't be missed when
it is lifted.
The Philippine issue will be discussed separately.
The significant feature of the convention its domi-
nation by Southern Jones of Arkansas, chairman
of the National Committee called order and intro
duced Williams of Mississippi temporary chairman
and he was succeeded by Champ Clark of Missouri as
permanent chairman and Daniel of Virginia was chair
of the platform committee. Every of these
a free silver man and cursed Cleveland in 1906 Their
lack of principle is the smallpox which infects the party
they control
Annaklahaash, chief of the Juneau Indians in token