The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-16

on any smaller concern or individual
to either destroy or lesson its produc-
ing power, else it, too. shall be con-
trOlled, even though it be necessary
to blot out it's existence.
III it is to be contracted to believe
in States rights in it's widest sense,
giving the State government absolute
control of all it's own affairs and for-
bidding Federal interference, only al
lowing such authority to be exercised
in cases where State courts can give
no adequate relief, then Mr.. Bryan
has a contracted mind, for he advo-
Gates State controlling it's own al
fairs, free from Federal court inlunc-
tions and habeas corpus, only grant
ing the rights OF a centralized court
power in cases where no remedy can
be offered by the State, as in the mat
ter of the prevention OF monopoly,
and regulation of Interstate COM
merce and the preservation OF inter-
state resources. And, as declared by
Mr.. Bryan, there is no twilight zone
bestween the State and nation in
which exploiting interest can take
refuge from both, for where one ends
the other begins. MIR. Bryan is broad
enough to advocate these great
truths, and brave enough to see that
every violation Of the law shall be
prosecuted; catholic enough to en-
brace in his creed every condition and
type of man and, filled with the
Christian spirit, to proclaim broth
erly. love, as taught by his Master,
the Prince of Peace.
The Democratic party stands today
for the protection of all the individ-
| ual rights of every class OF people.
and for the upbuilding Of the nations
power by recognizing the masses, in
| stead of classes, and elevating the
man created by God over the dollar
produced Oy man.. 1t favors a just
income tax, to the end that wealth
derived from interest on bonds,
stocks and other securities AID prop
| erty not now taxed shall bear it's just
| proportion of the nations burdens,
| as we'll as an Inheritance tax, to
| reach swollen and, alas! often lilac
quired fortunes We stand for exact
| Justice between capital and labor,
and favor every legitimate means for
the adjustment of all disputes be-
tween employers and employees, to
| the end that the property of capital
shall not be destroyed, and that
those who toll with their hands shall
not suffer unjustly from the exac-
tions of the rich, thus causing all
classes to dwell together in brOtherly
love, and the country not to be
shocked and convulsed by strikes
and strife We, likewise, in the in
terest Of fair elections and to pre-
vent corruption, demand the utmost
publicity from all candidates-and
their communities, showing the
amount Of funds received, and how
used, and the sources from which
they were obtained.
Today in no uncertain language |
arraign and denounce the Republi-
can party for it's hypocrisy and false
assertions, as set forth inits national
platform at Chicago In blatant as
sertion it assails the Democratic
party as the party of adversely, and
praises itself as the party of pros
perity, when, all reading, thinking
men remember the fact that the panic
of 1898, which today they taunt us
with, commenced under HarrisOn's
administration, and was brought
about by laws of Republican Con-
gress and transmitted to us before
Cleveland took charge of affairs or a
single Congress had assembled under
his administration; while all know
that the panic of 19O7-the worst in
ages, with the Republicans boosted
tariff and financial laws in full force
and effect-happened at time when
the executive, legislative and judicial
departments were all under the alb.
solute control of the Republican
party, and that breaking and dis
solving banks, assigning business in
terests, stringency in the money mar
ket, employees out OF Jobs, and empty
dinner pals give the lie to it's cry O
prosperity and prove it utterly unfit
to control public affairs.
| arraign it for falsely declaring
that it stands for higher wages
when. by the panic produced under
it's methods, thousands and tens o
thousands OF honest toilers have
been deprived of work by the shut
ting down of mills, the taking off o
trains for want of freight to haul
and the closing OF mines for the lacl
of money to operate. And as we lis
ten to the cry for "BreadF from
hungry children, and see the look o.
desolation and desperation on tn
), faces OF strong men out of employ
ment, with wives and little ones de
;, dependent on them begging for help
We can but denounce a party which
Il in honeyed language in its platform
boastfully cites out "Prosperi3y AM
:, high wagesn' but, in practice give
i to the hungry stone instead Q
Il bread and a serpent instead OF fish
6esaounce the assertion of the Re
J. p"DH..can party when it declares i
stands for claw and ORDER" equa
e rights to all, and no special priv
8 leges to rich Or poor; when its pro
: tective policy has produced monop
oily, built up the rich at the expens
3 of the poor, and, by iniunctions an,
, other writs ill its courts, shielde'
!, trusts, while denying to the lahore
I even the sacred right of a trial b.
jury. l defy any honest man t.
r deny these charges-that we ar
IL today under the control and domir
o ion of trusts, created under Republ
IL can laws, and that no relief has bee
}, attempted againso this wrong, unit
the President himself was compelle
to cry out, saying, in a special mes
e sage to Congress, that the laws ia
e voring trusts and monopolies are S
y unjust in their robberies that the
e would justify every form of crimina
e ity on the part of labor unions an
N every kind of violence and frauC
!. from murder and bribery to ballot
5 box stuffing.
e arraign the Republican party 10
a its utter Inconsistency in declarin
IL for the preservation of our forest