The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-10

1 LII 1t is socialism TO seek to destroy
all trusts, to prevent the rich from
crushing out all competition by the
| weak and allowing no individual or
corporation, by combination, to con-
! troll or monopoliZe the entire business
in any one commodity, then Mr.. Bryan
| is socialist; for with no uncertain
voice, in the name of democracy. he
has demanded that, while every bus
mess shall be amply protected and en-
couraged in the enjoyment of all its
privileges, it must and shall not lay
the weight of it's finger on any small
er concern or individual to either de-
stroy or lessen its producing pow, else
| it, too, shall be controlled, even
though it be necessary to blot out its
| existence.
II it is to be contracted to believe in
states rights in it's widest sense, CIV
| ing the state government absolute con-
troll of all it's own affairs ana forbid
| ding federal interference, only allowing
such authority to be exercised in cases
where state courts can give no ade-
quate relief, then Mr.. Bryan has a
state controlling it's own affairs, free
from federal court injunctions and ha-
| beas corpus, only granting the rights
of a centralized court power in cases
| where no remedy can be offered by the
state, as in the matter of the preven-
| ton of monopoly, the regulation of in
! terstate commerce and preservation
! of interstate resources. And, as de-
clared by Mr.. Bryan, there is no twi-
! light zone between the state and ma
ton in which exploiting interest can
take refuge from both, for where one
ends the other begins. Mr.. 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 chris
tian spirit, to proclaim brOtherly love,
as taught by his Master, the Prince of
Peace.
| The democratic party stands today
for the protection of all the individual
rights of every class of people, and
for the upbuilding of the nations pow
er by recognizing the masses, instead
of classes. and elevat1ng the man ere
ated by God over the dollar produced
! by man. tt favors just income tax,
to the end that wealth derived from in
| crest on bonds, stocks, and other Sc
curities and property not now taxed,
shall bear its just proportion of the
nations burdens, as well as an inheri-
lance tax, to reach swollen and, alas!
often ill-acquired fortunes. We stand
| for exact justice between capital and
| labor, and favor every legitimate
means for the adjustment of all dis
putes between 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 exactiOns of
the rich, thus causing all classes to
dwell together in brotherly love, and
the country not to be shocked and con-
vulsed by strikes and strife. We,
| likewise, in the interest of fair cleo
tions and to prevent corruption, de-
mand utmost publicity from all can
didates and their communities, show
ing the amount of the funds received
and how used, and the sources from
which they were obtained.
Today in no uncertain language, l
arraign and denounce the republican
party for it's hypocrisy and false as
sertions, as set forth in its 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 prosperity, when
all reading, all thinking men remem-
| Der the panic of 1893, which today
they taunt us, commenced under Har-
rison's administration, and was
brought about by laws of republican
congress and transmitted to us before
Mr.. 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 abso,
lutte control of the republican party
and that breaking and dissolving
banks, assigning business interests
stringency in the money market, EN-.
ployees out of jobs, and empty din.
ner pals give the lie to its cry Of pros
perity and prove it utterly unfit to
control public affairs.
l arraign it for falsely declaring
that it stands for higher wages, when
by the panic produced under its meth
DDS, thousands and tens of thousands
of honest toilers have been deprived
of work by the shutting down of mills
the taking off of trains for want OF
freight to haul, and the closing OF
mines for the lack of money to oper.
ate. And as we listen to the cry for
''Breadr' from hungry children, and
see the look of desolation and despera
ton on the faces of strong men out OF
employment. with wives and little
ones dependent on them and begging
Tor help. We can but denounce a party
which, in honeyed language in its plat
form. boastfully cries out Prosperity
and high wages"' but. in practice
gives to the hungry a stone instead OF
bread and serpent instead of fish.
| | denounce the assertion of the re-