The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14

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 while the Democratic party favors tarin for revenue only" A crisis evidently Is at hand. Great erywhere, from the Lakes of the North southward to the Gulf and westward to
 the Pacific, the people--the plain, com
 mon sense, honest, underlined people : opposition to oppressive war taxes.
 which, under the slogan of protection
 to the American industries" are re tained by the Republican party, under
 dictation of the :robbsr baTons" of spoilers cry PasesP! PsipaS iPpesSoe!" i wSsn
 there there is no peace. To them they prate tsrests, when there Is no protection
 The word is misnomer. Under le-
 gaiized system of outlawry and brig
 ation" have been steadily accumulat-
 ing millions of blood money by levytng | unholy tribute upon the humble sons | and daughters of toll. Surely their
 yoke is hot easy and it's burden Is nos
 We have been repeatedly told by Re- publican leaders that these taxes do not hurt because they are not collect
 are not felt because they are not seen- The knight of the road" who, crouch
 ing by the wayside. springs from his
 hiding place as some unsuspecting vic | {. | ger in hand, glittering in the light of
 the moon, demands his purse or his | life. is no more elon than the mid-
 night burglar who breaks in and steals while his victim sleeps. The fact that these tariff duties are collected insid- 1 iously-in ambush as 1t were-indf- | rectly. in the shape of higher prices
 for the necessities of life, Instead of by | direct taxation, does not make the ex-
 action less onerous or unjust. Let me | illustrate this: Suppose, for instance,
 one of you should purchase w1oiau
 suit of dress goods. manufactured here. l ter suit tha: that can be bought in | Europe for SIS. Here Is a difference
 of $lO; Now what becomes or tniS
 It either goes into the treasury vaults
 of the nation or into the pocket of the manufacturer, while you. unconscious
 ly. have paid $10 of oppressive taxes
 not collected directly. end therefore
 not seen, you nevertheless feel the
 weight of the burden which rests up-
 The Democratic party has been | sneeringly calltI a pc Jr mans party"
 It was founded by Jefferson, who
 trusted the people. Democracy means
 the people, for the people. and by the
 people. It proceeds upon the doctrine
 that the people are capable of self government and are the source of all ! AGS anu pOllkiCdI pOWeE. O6-
 mocracy teaches the important less on
 that the people are best governed when least governed; that the Union
 is a federation of limited authority: that the States are equal and have re-
 served to themselves aN power not dsl-
 eRated to the General Government, and
 that they alone have the right to reg
 ulate their own internal affairs and domestic concerns. Democracy is op-
 posed to centralization. It favors home rule and local government Ev- cry man, whether rich or poor, high or | low, educated in a college or taught Tn 1 or dwells in a hovel, if worthy and we'll qualified. has the right to aspire
 to the loftiest office in the gift of the
 Democracy inculcates "eaual rights
 to all; special faVors to none"
 by Hamilton. He was a sincere and
 friend of the great Washing gton, and rendered distinguished services for his country in the kevo4utS )nary war; but
 he distrusted the people. He believed In a strong government, which could reach out it's long arms from a central point--the nations capital-and inter. meddle with and sway and control the affairs of the different States. He ad-
 vooated an educational and property qualification for voters--a government of the classes, and by the classes. in contradistinction to government Of SAAC hAdSSCSf anu Oy Nn6 TndSSGA
 The Democratic party is the party of
 the masses, the Republican party is the party of the .classes
 Talk to me, if you please, of a third party-of g peoples party. The Dem
 oeratic party is the peoples party; and
 there can never be any other peoples party so long as tho people thems Ives love liberty and respect popular rights.
 The Democratic party has not yet accomplished its mission, nor lost its power to do good; and with confidence
 l assume that career more fruitful. enduring' and iliustrious than it has ever yet attained, q career more bril- liant than 1t has ever entered into our lmaglnations to conceive, and more dazzling than 1t has ever been given describe Is yet open to the people if they are but true to themselves and alive to the importance of the mighty issues which this day confront them.
 Nearly the whole Legislation of the Republican party for forty years past has been enacted in favor of capital lsts. corporations, monopolies, com
 the wealth of the land has amassed in Only think think of or it! roday tew %sn; RoI; 6S3sG, doEe1 ,ha men virtually own and facilities, both by land and sea, of this vast country, and can fix the price | or food and fuel. shelter and raiinent by simply settling the rate of trans portation.
 Our Revolutionary forefathers were the Wisest and grandest men who have l ever lived under the cycles of the sun They framed Constitution, which, in the lofty language of the great Glad
 stone, was and is "the most wonderful | piece of work ever struck off at a l given time by the brain and purpose of man. With knowledge and experi- enee of the evils resulting from the English system of allowing the eldest born son to inherit the entire patri- mony, and the estate thus to descend from sire to eldest son down through countless generations these patriotic men, experimenting danger to the liber- ties of the people from a Omone eyed ongarcny, prohibited the creation of order to prevent the accumulation of large properties In the hands of a ti- tied aristocracy-in the grasp of a
 heart!ess plutocracy. They desired
 in His benefcence had showered down so plenteously upon us should be dis triouted generally. with something like equality amongst the masses of the | people. They knew that the history of
 tne ne, human race had demonstrated, and
 still demonstrates, the truth that
 whenever and wherever vast riches have been amassed by a few men. and | managed for their own selfish aggran-
 liZement, they have never failed, and
 w %i4t never noyyt Iall' 10 prove detrimental The concentration of gigantic for | tunes in the grip of a favored few is the greatest menaee-the most over
 shadowing danger-in my humble opin- lon. 10 the safety of this Government and to the rights and liberties of inc people which can ever confront us.
 At the commencement of our fate Civl War we are told that there were