The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-22
THE TRUE CAUSE.
Not a Moral Revolution But q
Tremendous Disclosure
OF TERRIBLE FACTS
Has Caused the People to See the
RascaIl.ieS OF the Trusts and the
Republican Party as Pointed
Out by Bryan Ten Years
OF TERRIBLE FACTS
Has Caused the People to See the
The Wall Street Journal says:

The Wall Street Journal says:
A tremendous moral revolution Is
taking place. Many practices which ten
years ago, five years ago, one year ago,
and even six months ago, were In fa
vor, public opinion havir & no condem.
nation for them, are now held to be
odious and even criminal. This Ia,
perhaps, the most notable development
of the day, namely, the creation OF g
higher standard for the conduct Of
American business"
In reply to the above The Common.
er says:
Ten years ago! That was 100 years
after the American fathers agreed
upon that great constitution which
they declared was ordained to ''estab.
lish Justice, insure domestic tranquil
ty provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and Sc,
cure tho blessings of liberty to our
selves and our posterity."
Ten years aye That was 100 years
after the signing Of the Declaration
Of Independence.
Ten years ago! That was nearly Q,
600 years after Christ walked the earth
and taught those moral principles
which, In other lands than our, are
pres umed to rule in the hearts Of menp
Yet we learn from the Wall Street
Journal that ten years ago the Amer
lean people had not progressed far
enough to know that it was wrong to
steal and wicked to kill.
Ten years agcl That was In 1898
The Wall Street urnals 'tremen
dous moral revolution" notwithstand
ing, there must have been--aven In
1896 some great moral principles at
work In the hearts OF many Ameri
cans.
1t was In 1896 that 1t was charged
by the representatives. Of the great
democratic party In convention assem-
bled in the oity of Chicago that SO fish
interests were at work In the aft airs
OF our government, and that the pur.
pose Of these selfish interests was to
exploit this great nation for the bene-
tt5 OF p cotorie Of men and at the ex-
panse OF the masses OF the people.
Then 1T was asserted that tar;ff sys.
tenn which breeds trusts and monopo
lies Is dishonest. Then 1t was said
nan an income tax whereby mon pay
for this support Of common govern
ment In proportion to the beneflts
they receive is in line with Justice
Then 1t was claimed that the burdens
of taxation should be equally and i'm
partially laid; that differences batWeeL
wage payers and wage earners should
be settled by the peaceful method Cf
arbitration; that railroads and other
great corporations should be required
TO do Justice to the people by whose
law they were created; that public of
fcers should be economical In hand
ling the money; that courts sboulo
not use arbitrary autharity for the op
press1o), OF the weak aud the helpless;
that government should be admins.
tered for the greatest good to the
greatest number.
Yet we are told by the Wall Street
urnal-and this is but fair sample
OF what we read In many REPUBLICAN
newspaper today-that In 1896 Gh,
American people dii not have thu
same conscience which prompts them
been recently exposed.
There has been no moral revolution
In the sense meant by the Wall Street
Journal. There have b. on exposu @
and the very large number OF people
9ho W. re misled by republican newspa
psrs a. d rcpublicsn leaders now know
mat the chatges made by the demo
ctatB In 1895 we're true that the SD,
lal 1nteresUB were even then prey ia.
upon the pcCpie and siucs then hav,
6aken advantage 0! their great viGtOr5
IN That year 10 impose upon the peo
pleas though republican victory
meant license for these men to do theil
worst.
1t Is absurd for publications like
The Wall Street Journal to talk about
the creation OF higher standard for
The conduct OF American business" or
chat the Things which we now hold to
oe "Odious and even criminal" were a
few years ago really in public favor
| Long before the editor OF the Wall
Street journal was born men knew
that theft was theft While the men
Of our earlier days had their faults, 1t
Is safe TO say that they would not have
tolerated one one hundredth Of the
imposltionS to which the men OF today
have submitteed.
If one. tenth OF the facts revealed
curing the past six months had been
known to the American people In 1896
the republican party would have gone
down to an iRnomlpous defeat.
Did the republican party win be-
cause the peopl we're Without moral
Did the republican party wi. because
the people were Indifferent to the
schemes or trust maRnatesp No. These
men who are now exposed az common
rogues posed then as defenders Of ma
Cional honor. And republican editors
the editor OF the Wall Street JOurna
among them stood sponsor for the
rasoal8.
When George w. Perkins, Richard
a. McCurdy, James II. Hyde or ali
} other insurance magnate issued an In
, terview I'm behalf of the republican
: ticket, we were told that that wa,
the opinion OF successful man who's,
only concern Was that the business
Interests Of the country be protected.
When the proprietors OF the packinl
b houses issued interviews In support o
, the republican ticket, we wore tolt
that these men were captains of In
. dustry" and entitled to lead good cit
Y izens.
When Bigelow, the Milwaukee
banker, and Andrews, the Detroi