The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-16

| OUT us GRlStcilCc.
IF it is to baeontractG to believe
irSate's rights. in its widest Sense,
giving the State GOVERNMENT abso,
H4te control of AL its oWn Affairs and.
forbidding Federal interference. only
allowing such authority to be eXer-
cised in cases where State courts can
give no adequate relief, then MIR.
| Bryan has 4 contracted mind, for he
advocates State controlling It's own
affairs, free from Federal court III
functions ami -habeas- corpus. only,
| granting the right of & centralized
court power III casesWhere nc reIna-
dy can be offered by the State. as ~
| the matter of the prevention OF mo,
nopoly, the regulation Of interstate
commerce and the preservation OF
interstate;: resources. And, as de-
ctared by MIR. Bryan, there. is 10
twilight. zone between the State aid
Nation in which exploiting interest
can take refuge from both, for where
one ends the other begins. Mr.. B:y-
al is broad enough 20 advocate these
great. truths, and brave enough TO
see that every violation Of Law shall
atnbrace in his creed every condition
stf1d type OF man, and, filed win the
Christian SPIRIT. to proclaim hcottt;el'-
~ leVe.-as taught by his Master, the
Prince Of Peace. Ia. - ..-....r
.''I'ne Democratic party stands g.
lay for the protection Of all the in
cltvilual rights Of every class of pc0-
Pile, and .for. the up5a iAFing OF the
! Nation s. power by rtscossggr, zing i ne
Masses. instead OF glasses, and ele=
! ;ating the man created By God over
the dollar pro,jlceu by man: 1t IA
| ,tu1ss d just income tax, to the end
that wealth derived from interest Oh
bonds, stocks and. other securities
and property not now taxed shall
bear its just proportion Of the Ma
TONS burdens, as we'll as an innari-
lance tax, to reach swollen and, alasi
often ill-acquired fortunes. We
stand for exact justice between capt.
| tai and labor, and favor every legiti
mate means for the adjustment OF all
disputes between employers and en-
pIoyes, to the end that the property
| Of capital shall not be destroyed, and
that those who toll with their hands
shall not suffer unjustiy from the
exactions of the rich, thus causing
all classes to dwell together in broth
erly love, and the country moi TO be
shocked and ccnVulsed by strikes and
strife We. likewise, il the interest
Of fair elections and TO prevent COR
ruption, demand that the utmost
publicity be required from all caadi-
dates and their committees, showing
the amount Ct the funds received.
and how used, and the source from
which they We're obtained.
To-day, in no uncertain language.
| arraign and denounce the Repuhli-
can party for its hypocrisy and false
assertions, as set forth in its Nation
al platform at Chicago. In blatant
assertion it assaiis 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, with which to-day they
taunt US, commenced under Harri-
sons administration, and was
brought about by laws Of a Republi-
can Congress and transmitted to US
before Mr.. Cleveland took charge of
affairs Or a single Congress had as
sembied under his administration;
while all 'know that the panic Of 1907
the worst in ages, with the Repub-
licans' boosted tariff and financial
laws in full force and effect-llappen-
ed at q time when the executive, leg
isIative and judicial departments
were all under the absolute control
Of the Republican party, and that
breaking and dissolving banks, as
signing business Interests, stril.gen-
gency in the money market, en-
! pioyees out Of jobs, and empty din
nar pals, give the lie to It's cry Of
prosperity and prove it unfit to con
troll public affairs.
Il arra;gn it for falsely declaring
that it stands for higher wares,
when, by the panic produced under
its methods, thousands ard tens Of
thousands Of honest toilers have been
deprived of work by the shutting
down Of mills, the taking OF OF trains
for want Of freight 10 haul, and the
closing of mines for the lack Of
money to operate. And as we listen
to the cry for Bread from hungry
children, and see the lock of Gesoia-
ton and desperation on the faces Of
strong men out of employment, with
wives ard little ones dependent Oh
them and begging for help, we can
but denounce q party which, in hon
eyed language in it's platform, boast
fully cries out, Prosperity and high
wages! but, ii practice, gives to the
hungry a stone instead Of bread and
, serpent instead of fish.
Il denounce the assertions of the
Republican party when it declares it
stands for law and order equa!
rights to all, and no special privi-
leges to rich or poor, when its pre-
tective policy has produced monopo-
ly, built up the rich at the expense
Of the poor, and, by injunctions and
other writs in its courts, shielded
trusts, while denying to the laborer
even the sacred right of trial by
jury. l defy any honest man to deny
these two cha"ges--that we are to-day
under the control and dominion Of
trusts, created under Republican
law s, and that no relief has been at
tempted against this wrong, until
the President himself was compelled
: to cry out, saying, in a special mes