The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-28
WEATHER FORECAST. wanhinGfen. June 27.--For Ainbamai Occasional showers Thursday and Fri day, light to fresh south winds.

the Republican party has ever made its appeal, saying to the citizen as he stands on lifes thereshold that within its rank may be found the wealth and influence of the commercial world This assertion Is only too true. for more men have been enriched by the ill-gotten gains as the fruit of the Republican policy of levying tribute upon the many for the benefit Of the few than under any and all of the most corrupt governments the world has ever known.
 Upoh the right Of government to levy tribute upon one class fol the fered with them, and from the watch tower of democracy has been sounded the keq note of warfare against that system that has strangled individual enterprise and has stifled legitimate competition.
 The prediction of the party of years ago has come to pass, and to quote the Republican Governor Cummins of Iowa the total life insurance grants for all time have not seen onc-fifth of the annual amount of what people have despofled by excessive tariff rates"
 We have seen the effect of the tariff on the three great industries that should go hand in hand and
 
 greatness of the country and the prosperity of her people. or say to them that the cause of this condition Is the ineauitable protective tariff sys- tenn. They dare not. and they do not deny 1t. You may investigate every trust in this country today and you will find that the article manufacture ed by it Is protected article and you will not find a manufactured article controlled b, a trust that is not pro- tected article
 scathes JoIo Incident. The Democratic party takes its stand in opposition to any policy that says to the world that the American flag shall serve Inconsistent purposes, but now declares that the flag that for a hundred years. has waved on land and sea. as the emblem of peace and purity and of the protection of the weak. shall not be prostltuted to the base purpose of protecting any one in American practices: that 1t shall not serve as a shield to the Sultan of Jolo and his underiihss in the practice of polygamy; that in the name of those who laid down their lives that human slavery might be wiped forever from American soil, they now say that the American flag shall not protect for eign potentate In the maintenance of human slavery~-the holding of human beings untii they, who in slavery earn nothing. can purchase their liberty by paying the usual market price. even though sanctioned by a treaty.
 We have seen the Ill gotten mill lions. the levied bIackmail. the tribute paid for governmental favor. the money wrongfully held by the life insurance companies from widows and children poured out upon deiuded people, and by a criminal conspiracy and coercion. without parallel in history, purchasing the highest office within this great re- public
 But as truth crushed to earth will rise again. the untisd Democracy stands today facing the rising sun of the east watching for the face and waiting for the sound of the voice that for de- cade has. in the cause of true Democ- racy. pleaded men in the days of trial ana tribulatfon aS dsd Columbus. the mariners on tHe troubled reas saying. sail on, sail on. sail on, the craft will yet ride triumphantly to the lea
 Recognizing In him the embodiment of the principles of Democracy wltn outstretehed arms, he Is today hailed .nd welcomed as the leader of his party and though twice defeated by means corrupt and weapons befouled. now bid ding defiance to their power he whJ led Democrecys brave battalions in the memorable campaign of 1sse and 1900. lives the loftiest, and in the hearts of the American people the pest beloved of them all That he may live to see the triumph of the cause ani answer the reoples call to the helm of state. leaving an official record as that of his private life. we all hope He may rest assured in the sunset of his political career, he may nttingly emulate Henry Clay in calling to God in Heaven to witness that he had serv ed his country with single heart and never held her interests subordinate to his own
 The temporary chairman's reference to William J. Bryan was received with tremendous applause. Mention also of senator Bailey in connection with tn" national railroad rate legislation was also greeted with applause
 At the conclusion of MT. Grady's speech a recess was taken until tnls evening.