The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-31
which time-honored principles are ap-

which time-honored principles are ap- piled to new conditions.
 The democratic party is not the ene- lmy of property rights; 1t is, on the contrary, the best defender of both be- cause it defends human rights and hu- man rights are the only foundation | upon which property and property lrights can rest securely.
 The democratic party does not men ace a single dollar legitimately accu- lmulated; on the contrary, it insists iupon the protection of rich and poor alike, in the enjoyment Of that which they have honestly earned. The demo- cratic party does not discourage thrift, 1 but on the contrary, stimulates each 1 individual to the highest endeavor by assuring him that he VIII not be de- prived of the fruits of his toll. If we can but repeal the laws which enable men to reap where they nave not sown laws which enable them to garner linto their overflowing barns the har- lvests that belong to others-no man will be able to accumulate enough to lmake his fortune dangerous to the l country. Special privileges and the use of the taxing power for private gains-those are the twin pillars upon which plutocracy rests. To take away these supports and to elevate the ben eficiaries of special Legislation to the path of honest effort ought to be the purpose of our party.
 And who can suffer injury by just | taxation. impartial laws and the appli- cation of the Jeffersonian doctrine of equal rights to all and special privi- leges to none-only those whose gains are stained with dishonesty and whose l immoral methods have given them a distorted view of business, society and government. Accumulation by con- scious fraud, more money than they can profitably use on themselves, wise | ly distribute or safely leave to their children, these denounce as public enc mics all who question their methods or throw a light upon their crimes. | Plutocracy is abhorrent to a republic, it is more despotic than monarchy more heartless than aristoeracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It preys upon the nation in time of peace and conspires against it in the hour or its | calamity. Constituencies, compassion- ateless and devoid of wisdom 1t ener- yates it's votaries while it impoverlsh- es it's victims. It Is already sapping the strength of the nation, vulgarizing social life and making a mockery of morals. The time is ripe for its over throw. Let us attack it boldly, mak- ing our appeal to the awakened con science of the nation in the name of the counting room which 1t has de- filed, in the name of the people whom it has oppressed, in the name of the homes which it has despoiled, and in | the name of religion, upon which 1t has placed the stigma of hypocrisy. And if I may be permitted to suggest a bat tie hymn, I propose a stanza, but slightly changed, from one of the strongest of the poems of Scotland s great democratic bard? Columbia, my dear, my native soil,
 For whom my warmest wish to beaver
 is sent;
 Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toll Be blest with health and peace, and sweet content,
 And o. may heaven their simple lives prevent
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and
 vile;
 Then, tho unearned wealth to wicked
 ness be lent.
 A virtuous populace may rise and stand A wall of fire around their much loved land.