Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-11

people
pass over with contempt, as I'M
worthy Of a great party and q brave
people, its slurs and thrusts at the
South, and its attempt to gain votes
by raising the cry of sectiOnalism;
for, standing here. the son of a Con
federate soldier who died for a cause
he believed just and right, and max
ing no apology for the acts of my IA
Their, | deny as absolutely false the
charge that the South is .disloyal or
untrue to the Union, but assert that
it yields to no section in love for our
glorious flag and devotion to the ma
tins truest interest; and we are
brave and generous enough to return
to our enemies love for hate, and
kiDdnesssfor abuse.
I likewise hold up before the gaze
of just people the miserable subter-
fuge the Republicans placed in their
platform as a remedy against gov
eminent by injunction, and criticize
as cowardly their refusal, by vote
of $50 to 81, to allow publicity as to
the funds received in their cam
paigns, and the manner of using
them, and from whom fried out or
collected.
Strip the Republican party, as set
forth in its platform, of the progress
sive ideas incorporated into it by the
president, such as rate legislation,
protection of. our natural resources,
the eight-hour labor law, and the en-
pIoyers liability act-aIl of which
were borrowed or appropriated by the
president from Mr.. Bryan, with his
knowledge, but without his consent
and there is nothing left but the old,
hackneyed plank for protective tar
iff, which even they admit must be
revised, and the endorsement of the
hurry Aldrich' financial bill, which
means turning over the control of our
finances to the stock gamblers and
money masters of Wall street, thus
putting the destiny of the people into
their hands, to destroy or keep alive,
as they will.
In pleasing contrast to the princi-
pies of the Republican party, stand
ing as it does for. a monopoly protec-
tive tariff; a financial system, not
for the consumer and producer, but
manufactured in Wall street for the
money power; a strong centralized
government, almost denying state
rights and proclaiming government
by Injunction; no income tax, but rev.
.enues collected from necessities aud
the poor, and hatred and malice, as
shown by their mention of the South
we proudly hold up the grand prln-
ciples of jefferson, as cOntended for
by sound Democracy and now cham
pioned and upheld by the logic and
eIoduence of Bryan.
Republicanism fosters crime, breeds
corruption, and protects only the
powerful and great.
Democracy denounces vice, prose
cutes crime, and shields all alike.
Republicanism arrogates to itself al
most the power of Divinity and boast
fully processes to do all things good;
while Democracy, asking help from
a Supreme Ruler, and Wanting not
itself, points to its past history of a
hundred years as a guarantee Of its
record for the future.
Then, with such principles and so
great a leader, coupled with the mis-
takes of our opponents, bringing into
our nation suffering instead OF re-
joicing, and poverty instead of pros
perity, how can we lose the victory
this year?
II is true that tne Democratic party
has twice placed its banner In Mr..
Bryan's hands, and it is likewise true
that he did not carry it to victory,
but, as he said of himself, he kept the
faith and returaed the banner to us