The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28

at the -, ~ peaSS, are TYING 10 borTOW
publican platform refers to can mean no
more than the. prosperity and success Of
vast conspiracies against common veal
and common good, the success of graft,
arice.
IF If such prosperity is to continue, how
become nation of industrial slaves? If
by means mean of special legislation the mo.
a1p4lstle fbn eorR9ratien,s;. who today control
to be. allowed to fix the price at which
they buy as well as the price at which they
sell but also the price at which their pur-
chaser sells, how long. / say, will it be
that our merchants Will last? No longer
in trust made goods can they. fix their mar
gin of profit any more tnan they can fix the
price of their license,and what is there that
man must eat or wear, that is not today
party is retained in power we can antici-
pate, nothing but continuance of these
conditions, and then the question arises
how long will q merchant even be per-
mitted to handle trust made goods? Al
ready we can see the wagons of Standard
the shops its Of e see the
out its food. and the American Tobacco
COMPANY directly giving to the consumer
suit of such prosperity is the, e1termin
alton of our Independent merchant. and a
few years will find him a hireling left de-
pendent upon the wages s which the final
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| fit to give him, and those wages subject all
the time to continual and nice calculations
man in working order. Liberty and Free
dom are no longer safe in the hands of a
party which boasts of such prosperity.
And the republican party cannot go into
ef for fo the
of his and his party's advocacy of relief
for the people is questioned by them, for
of reform that he advanced. though sup
ported by the Democrats in Congress. was
opposed by the Republicans. They do not
They do not forget that when that fight
was almost won THE Interests caused
Rockefeller and his kin those who had
stood by him. They do not forget. that
he the deed 9 to S erosece a
small men. but that when the head of a
huge railroad granted rebates in favor OF
large shipper han mt to in run sarnes smd ha
they do not forget, that when public clam
or at this outrage became too great TO be
withstood he was unloaded through the
influence of Wall Street and a Presidential
And now we Equitable policy holders are
s5siin"s msi" Paul Paul. why perseeutest thou
But 1 fear. Mr.. Talbot, 1 have talked
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ted to call attention to local matters in
which the people Of your district are con-
cerned, chief amongst which is the success
from Washington to Gettysburg as mem
orial to Lincoln, most fitting and endur,
ing testimonial to that great man. and
support Your support of this measure
will, 1 believe. insure its success. for the
is dey ID to long 2gur &
| trict. and the love which your fellow
Democrats in Congress have in you will
enable you to secure their votes. Your
| time could not get one Of them, and /
therefore believe that in Carroll county.
the success of this measure, many Repub-
licans. who have the interest of their
county in view. will vote for you. have
some Of the features of this campaign.
campaign whose importance consists in the
fact that unless the Democratic party is
ture concentration of wealth in the hands
| of a few. and to curb the strides Of the
t9onopoes usdioa such as il outlined in
people will in short time be reduced to
a more pitiable economic condition than
and FORM eS9e OF of Es9Re The
suits the purposes, and perpetuates the
| iron rule of Cannon and his kind who
are the servants of our railroad kings and
industrial barons, yet that will be all.
~ Fortunate are the people in having
Bryan at this time as the leader. OF the
Democratic hosts; Bryan. that fearless,
home, and d. wife, and Children, M eSS the very ~
so Ia be Of df he s nf et Re
whose teachings redeemed the world faith
in whose resurrection enabled twelve poor
world which at that time believed in
faith led to the settlement and success Of
ing His testimony in spite of persecution
and the stake to the utmost confines of the
earth, and which crusade begun nineteen
centuries ago. will never end until all
men believe in Christ.
That Bryan is our leader is the one re-
assuring star in the dark sky Of our coun-
try's future for a trust system has grown
its hand The land of the free has become
the land Of economic .serfs. Its necessities
built built up up BY the Republican party at the
dictation Of the plutocratic and monopo.
listic power which dominates it, if allowed
but starvation or paying the price. If the
serfdom which threatens US is to be es
capped it can only be by the success of the
Of commerce the fetters Of private monop-
oily. 1t is for the liberation of the people
for the passage of laws which will protect
the many weak and lame IN the race of life
from the conspiracies OF the cunning. avar-
icious, and dishonest few; for the pas
sage of laws which will no more allow
unlimited freedom to the individual in
the accumulation of wealth than unlimit-
ed freedom is now allowed to him in his
physical conduct toward his fellow MEM
bers of society, for which Mr.. Bryan
stands. Knowing this and standing with
him as you do, how can you or any OF
your friends, in spite or the misguided and
i'll directed stones Of your enemies which s
peoples success this fall? 1t would be
absurd foolish and ridiculous to think
that the people believe in organized mo-
nopoly, organized graft, and organized
greed and will set their seal of approval
upon it; and not believing in it how could
same time vote for your opponent!
For many years the people of this coun-
try have been crushed i'll the hands or the
They have toiled for the favored few
hut no reward has been obtained. Stand
ing here today. sir. 1 say that | belieye the
hour of deliyerance is at hand. AS Moses
Mt the command of the Lord time
and again went to Pharoah and told him
THUS saith the Lord. let my people go,
so for years has Columbia gone to and
called on the trusts. The time is at last
ripe. the hour has arrived. and | can see
her now standing over the monOpol1es and
their agent the Republican party, VINO
would forever hold the people bound fast
by the fetters of special legislation, caus,
ing us to continually labor ana toll that
ple go; :" and I predict. sir that In Novem-
her next we will begin our journey into
the land of promise.
Mr. ,r.Ihott | have the honor to notify