Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 August 1899 — Page 7

BRYAN IN CHICAGO.

Talks Against Goldstandard, Trusts aud Imperialism.

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At the B III it tin natioi 1 1 AtBUh ratlc committee ut Um Auditorium lilcapo. Thursday the 80th William J. I'm . in sin cei di d in restorinp peace bc:w n Um averring; factlona in i he loeel , 'n.ii-i'.ii v. iiihI ill response to a tui ultimas demand additiBBed thg inertas follows: Mr Chairman anil I.SfVe ar1 OentM -IM n : I am not fnlnp to tre-; KM long upon . ir t ! tin. Crtee of 'Louder' u l laugh 1 Vnu have already listcticl for as I a time ax you are BCCUStomed to alia rnec 1 1 n k. ami It would li"t be proper r RM to enter at any great I -r th upon i f tu aueetleag whirl, in now before v public. I nni tonicwhat cinl.arra-o. 'peaking In Chicago, hei-ause the gdVOf the ChiruRn plall. ii in are 1 1 v :.c 1 t.) two kinds, ami it la not my l.iiir.c.s i employ the an ret service to ascertain what democrat are llrniest hello vers In t parly's creej. All Chicago platform rat 'look alike to nie," ai.l my aim I i to drive out of the egSBOcretlC party ) professed hellcvera In the Chicago platf 'rm, livit to so Impress upon ail tan . :.it- the ImportaiM Of the principle at Stake that all local difference will M I OfIII R in the determination to carry this rnOMttt liark to the foundations laid Ly tba father. "W ' I. :ii oil was appealing to the pir,t .f the country In IS." he gave utterance t i a -iitiment that must he th set timent . . i ry MM who realises the magnitude . : tba struggle In which we are engaged .After paying a trllmte to the founders of t'e eOUBtry and to the declaration uf Independence, he used these words: "'1 charge y.iu to drop every pa '.try and tntflcMt thought for any man's sucrose; it is nothing, l am not bins; judge iMugia la nothing; but do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the d b nation of American lndeiendence.' Si In this country to-day we tirnl some usslng persons. BOgBe dlBCUBtlng whethl this man or that man or some other la the beat representative Of demoi atic doctrine. I appeal to you an I.lndid, to drop every paltry thought .i ut any man and think only of IBB .pies an undated by tie democratic in .V:, principle that carry us back t the landmark Of t he oonstltut Ion. Wv a:.' ; te rested f I r t In writing a platform, a: d we want a platform that IPs the demrat: party, a platform written like the . !-t . ' ttform, not by party li.s-e., but by tba v iter of the democratic p.n-y. Wi we pet a plat form that (its t .. m... rat: paity it will be easy enough tu tind In tat and nation ca i d I 1 1 - She fit the platf one but it is ttie prini Iple above the niin, and no man la tit to lie a leader when he is wanted to lead who la not tit

to ie a follower wl.tn sumo one else la ranted to lead. "In tfaa t't.'f t.me that I shall r.rrupy your attention 1 deolre to crowd lno a Paw propositions an argument on three Subjects. I need not toll u that the democratic platform of I M Bill be realtiruie.! as the first plank of tin' P in. , racy of IBM ( i, caolonally sonic one talks about gettli k off of that platform, but upon in-

attornay gatiara! to re.- nn r 1 an air.M. nient to the nstltutioa w 1. BiU glVOJ to t'OMtreaa plenary .uwi i t al Bltk this subject, liut the republican baity la yoworwea to anniblMM tba ti m 10 longj as tbO tru-t lui nlxh the m i . j t i keep 'ha tcpuniniin pnt la Mwor (applauoej so that the administration BM it hi I to p v er to Mlligilil. t .e tl UM -. .1 ,i , ,!,.... . "When we come to the PfaUIppln quoo tlon aualn they say: WhBI .r. the administration do?' There Bare too BBoatkfl between the biKiilhg of tie treaty Miilth breaklliK out ..f lo -!:!, t . lw :,, t U: la king six .lay --and when we aake . II oj what they were Köllig to ,1 ., ti ., i in. y iiadn't bad tun, p, ,i, . . j,. what t-. ilo not time t., do Ida ark .t i do. IVby, the raj aie but two .- .nr. -es . f t,,. : rient. f.rca and consent. Manor hlei irotoui ldupok force, repulilli s ut.on .nsent. :r .lerlarotion of indepeadeBoe dc. lures that go" arwHMHti derive their fuel poBcra fraai ti,.- consent of the g..ert e I ll that d ctr'ne lri! or is it faiaol If It I- fttlee, hoar Ion augkl it f.. take u t, decide rkal to do In the Phlli) pi I . - We roi gl v.. I I. . truth of tn.tt declaration when wm went t . war with Spain. We .said tie people ,f

i una are and of rljcht ought t i 1.4 free, Why? He. a use they live near uv No. In au-e they are p 11 t S. it:'-h" 0 Tl.i y were und of rlgbt ougbt to be free because they want.-,' to i... free, and govern meati come up Crum the petople , Applause l if they were and of i:i;ht oiixl.t t. b.- lue, wh.. .an di a w a lie I .et we. o th.in a id the people of the PbUlpplnea? Wbere la tba philosophy that entitle.- one t.. liberty and an .ther to vas-al i te V You -av 1..11 don't

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PLACINÜ THL iiLAME.

The Currency Question.

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owner, do you have to count the money In the pOeketbOOk before y,,u Iibob What to do with the pocketbook" "Ifthodoi trineael forth in the declaration of In.b pendOBOa is sound, then we l annot rightfully aoqulre title by eon quest, if the doctrine set forth In the .le.laratlon of Independence is sound, we cannot rightfully purchase k.ooo,io.i ,,f j pip at gl apiece from an alien monarch, whose rebeiiioua aubjecta we oureelvei arraied to

tinht arrait.st their m ,u 1. Then- Is a principle Involved, gad aben the principle is onre understood Its application Is not difficult and if the p.- iple of the Philippine osidide are and of right ought to to free, then this nation should without ore moment's delay announce ' . those people that wo are there a friend and i.ot as enemies t establish a government, which shall be their uovernrnei t and not our government when it is established. Not only oiiKht we to do that now, we oiipht to have done .t In the beginning, and If the promNe made to Cuba ha 1 been made to the Filipino not one drop of blood would have been shed In the Philippine islands. And we would be Bending school temcbera to Manila to teach them Instead of soldier to teil them that the declaration was a lie. The Filipinos CO DM i: to our I amis by accident ,,f war. end, com'.ni? Into our hand, they must he dealt arlth according to American principles and not according to Kuropcan principles. "They say that ll we were to Cive those people their Independence other nation of Europe would launh at us Are we afraid to be laughed at" Why. m re than a hundred years an , when ti an w. hut three million of people In thi country, our forefathers dared to give t.. tba W rid 'i-i larBtien at whh h the poo U- of tin. old world laughed, but for which our people fought. When the framers of tin- !. iBtptiOB of Independonce wrote anaong ti e self-evident truths that all men are created gsgjlial. endowed with Inalienable right, 'hat governmetit.s are institute 1 ami 1 mei. to ?e1 ure thee rights, deriving their juat power from ti..- consent of the governed, the people of the old WOTl i UtUgbod. Put ihey didn't leugh long, beceue our forefntkara maintained their declaratloi sr.4 fa no.rA

si t gation It is generally found that tiie than a century this republic has been the

I In- inure gnj gaM of the in, is Hie lens f bittergtesa do w led townrt

, tbeae Inatitotiuna. VVa beUeva in luyLng tlM bbtiM where it riajbtfttlly bar lbfs, 'I be trust t'ondlUoo In the nnt 1 '.mil 1 1 ffapringf of Übt nofurnod umi aitoeUier abominable oid gtaodnrd. it In . nut rif.;lit, therefore, to isit tin- nins uf the Bickod fiitln r npon Um tegltl j mntai Dfogreoy. " wonlci nrtuh Um ' bead of th" gvlden viper tis we ouii I tbnt of unv other vcnonMrua aerpectt, and sve would (on toy the gjvrn of gjood ' tliut amdoubtedljr - 's. i -1 s in the trusts I lor the benefit of all the people. The 1 MkJ Ktumiaiii is so silly, ao guieidali

kn ow what to do? Appiauae 1 f you Anal 1 ao ibotnlnwhlj unjust and wretchedly

it ml irretrievably wicked thai we caunot think of it with any defTgej of jia-

inat, W ho VIlts to et off of It Was I e. ;

in net, Upon the platform. The 1 ' pie k Ban la the lluht anil who by winning lie flght saved the democratic party In 19 are still tlrm In the faith, and there 1- ly one plunk In that platform Of B bli h I ihali speak to-night, and that is the one ; i-k toward which most of the criticism II 1. reeled. I would defend every plank assailed. 1 t tliere ate some who say that If we w. p. at drop the money question that wo w.d make It easy f..r tho se who left us to . nie back. The Sghl in lvi was wtn c: the money question. It was the tri : y u .estb.n expressed in a specific rented) t. at afforded us the means ..f distil guish the Udiever In bimetallism from the 1 evof in the gold standard. And if they t you to-day that eveeta ho vo vindicated t. g..,j Standard you can answer them f rst, that w hen Mr. McKinley ent .1 1 IBc -- all the way to Kur..pe to y.-t r.d t'.e . 11 standard lie alm.tted that we Were right In tgM when he said the gel I lard was not satisfactory. Don ul may lie so preju'l'aed that you cannot d justice to Mr. g Kiniey. but I am go fair-minded that I can give klag credit for arlty when he appointed three d:st - -'.,) nieii and ser.t them all the way t Kurope to cry out In every mark, t place: "Help, help the American pe iple out ' ti e ho.lc that the gold standard put them bite.' Not only can you point to the fact t it the commission went to Kurope as :;. re that the geld Standard w as rot I rt satisfactory, but you can point to the I .r. .,f tke reWBilnalog to secure lateral aid an evidence that Independent

1 ansoiuteiy necessary to secure "S. If they tell you that the disof gold In the Klondike and the In :t ition of gold from abroad has given tti more money and made better times, u can reply to them that w lien they ssy t. It thev i-'jnfess the truth of the quant itlve theory of money, and you can a . I that if a little gold fr m the Klondike ' little gold f r. .111 Kur pe ;s able to ike a little better times, that If we would the mint- to the coinage of silver as v- I gold and take the nun toy out ofuur 1 n luntaloa and have our own money r. 'W and at all times, we could have great c ll better time and not depend on Kng- - I or gold from the Klondike or from enn its. von can remind them that uro discussing the silver quesand our ability t o maintain the parlly, I' ' V 1 that he, a use of an Increasing 1 lUCtlon of sliver We could Hot keep the 'tai together, if thai argument had gnt when they made It, we can now 1 ' teasing proiluctlog of gold ' oaaler t.. keep the metals to1 than it need to i,e when they found x- .t wnii u. Hut tn.s 1 an Bid question, ae about Which we have talked many "J enother question, half new a., t tiulf old tk . . . . ... .

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most potent factor Iii nil the world ir. Influencing the destiny of the human race. I Appla use ) jo,;,; are be a-liain.- ! t,, admit now that we believe In tke deciaratioa of Independence? 1 repent that we muet deal with these people according to American principles. They de ire their Independence. I .et us say to them, as we said to Cuba, stand Up, be free, and then to all the world say hands off. and letexery republic live, "Tell me that we don't know what to do? All we have to d is to read 1 w. nation's history, to watch ti - t atn.n a t tra ele I the pathway to leal from the little ngajrt of might to the lefty name ..f right, and I u con toil what tbis nal .n muet do if it is true to it- pant V u have in your city a loet who has written the beat poem on the Philippine question. Dr. Taylor ha crowded into a single verse more philosophy as well us p. . try, m re philosophy than you will find In a whole apeeth on the sid. of Imperialism, ar.d If be never doe anything else he hi- d re enough In that writing ol this on.- poem to glva him Claim to the cons; ler.it. .n ..f his follow men. This nation I .1 s , t w .i-t. iit- substance In riotous living This nation Is ROt ready to turn back and with trembling Voice ask to lo class,.; among the hlrel servants of royalty. Thll notion has not sinned against heavet . .i: I ; ..i grant that the crowned heads of the old WOtM may never have occasion to kill the fatted calf to celebrate the return of this republlo from Independence back to tba en od 1 f I'aiit) What should tke democratic party do? Why, there Is but one thing It can do. Sometimes I hear the people say If th. party Is not careful about th - o ust;,! ,.f

imperialism it Is going t 1 loan Votes. My friends, when the declaration of independence Is repealed there will never more be a democratic party in this country or a need for one our faith Is bulii upon It. and We cannot turn our backs upon tho teachings of the father- Rvory wrong t 1 be righted finds Its Inspiration la that doiutnotit. We cannot ask for a single reform without showing that all we ak confonaa to the principles of the declaration of Independence. And so the iiemo1 ratlc party must ba true to the foundation principles f this government it believe In the Independence of the Individual in Industrial life, ami says to tke trust: "Tea shall not crush up the lifo of the f tniKKllng rnanhooil of tbis country ' It believes In

the itideiier.der.ee .f the financial worst) and says to the foreign Rnuncieri 'Yon cannot make the polb y t r Tn.me.noi) of American oltlBens.' It believe in the doctrine of lllierty end Independence OVOrywh. re. and when WO plead for the risht of pe iple to govern tbemaelve. although they differ from us In color and In -a. .-ar.d In histor y, we are plea la g for them We sre pleading for the safety of our own Institution. Lincoln said that the safety of this nation wss not In Its Army or Its r.avy. bui In the spirit of liberty, in the spirit that nrkatl liberty as the heritage of nil men in all lands everywhere, and he said that If we destroy tills spirit of liberty we plant the see. Is of despotism at our own door'. "Voii a.-k me why the democratic party believes in giving Independence to the, Filipinos. I reply, because we cannot destroy self-government In the orient without endatgeiing self-government in the 1'nltcl

States. It b n it for the Filipinos that We plead. It is f .r 7n.'i. f people, the greatest In the world, and yet a people not grest enough to do harm to the humt'le't COOpta In all iM world. We a re preparing for the csrr.paigi of 19W. The national committee met to-day aril prepare! for Its work. We are going out to fight. Ton ask me whether BO at" gOtflg to win. I tell you 1 i.ei, eve we ous,ht to win, aril there Is no wcy up n Which OH can prr dh't success except to deserve success (Applause) We are not going to ask : 'Is this thing popular?' or Ms the other thing popular?' We are going to ask: 'Is this thing right?' And If this thing Is right, the democratic part wool 1 rather go down as the champion of the right thau to win as the champion of the wrong. "I'on't be afraid of defeat I osn e: , ifrom a g no I to IMP, and having met fse t ' tace a large number of tlo.se who gfOfg kind enough and generous enough te. give me their support In lSflt, I can say to you without flsttery that, hav.ng seen them, I would rather go down with them to eternal defeat than kg president and atove to ask lii.g'and what to do for my country.''

Uence, it is the nbominntion of Insolation, the pestilence that W.'ilketll ill the iiiplit. the fcla.vcr of innocent women ami children, the wickedneea t hat 1 wholly wicked god altogether ilo. lint there is mine ood in the trusts. The children ure better than the fether, und aucb ooii gg there is in them would preserve Hid foster for nil in. people. Wo would BB tabll Ob by law a certain date in the future, when ;iini whereon every trust then in existence r to be thereafter orajaslsed, toffetbef with nil its f ranch laei and gggrta. ghetild becoae juiiiiic pooperty ami be opernted hy the government for the gjood of the people. Nr would vre make the date very fur in the future. The people now on eerth who have Bettered from the operation of the trusts vaghi to have sonic ,f the lionclitts. r we would not he so unjust us to conlisciite trinst prODCrtV without gfivinff tliein

11 chance to reform. J'he ptople :inI not wholly blnmelCBe in this trust ii utter. They ham stood by nnd permitted ecouiiilrt ls ami thicvi-s in hijli places to debase the coin of the reelm, I which debaaement has led to the : forinntion of the trusts. We, the pee ! pie. have Committed the sin of oini.--

Hon in rffttntng to edminwter legal poninhment to the t reltorg at bode4naed the coin nnd e tabU abed tin aingle gtandard, And now if ere guffer little for our own sin we must not eomjiiain. Atonesnent comee through sacrifice, let us therefore give the truata time a little time- to propere for the lay of nettle men t, then If they fail te heed the warning let them do the rent of the suffering. Moreover, the COB gtitution forbids Use ennctment of es )lot facto laws. We cannot create I 1 time out of Mitnet hinjf that was nt previously criminal; but we cun u date Bftd Kiiy to all trusts, thus far

ami no farther shall thou go, Thlg g the thing to do with the t rusts. Hut in order thai DO More trusts may be hred. let us garrote the gold statuinrd iiml forcier put nn 1 nd to the national banks. Missistsijii Valley Demoerats COMMON GROUND. PiepoellleBa t'poa evklek III miHoaiepollatsl bo 1 mit hoiisb ihe l.ulil g 1 11 min rd.

the Trunin lleneill Ihe I'ewple An aWlBBl iOasplO ft Ibe I'r.irni.

DEMOCRACY ALL KIGiJT. Itie Sflluatiun In Qeoeela 1 i i.i ul et 'I but In kll Deco, rulle Malea.

As a gample of how the gold standard trusts an- a giaul tbiug lor the people, tin following will show: a Clinton blnckamltb received u gotalogoe from a Chicago house thai Brat of the year, lie did not have ooooalon to order goodg front that bOUga until last nn. nth, siieii in- ordered goodg g mount leg te sending a draft for that uinoimt with oruer. The goods nemo bat there. was an additional amount of . i.l 5 added 0 the price On aOOOUJIt Of tbO increase in prices, on account of the lib gglllgg that coma from tba Brorkinjga of the gold standard and other Mark llanna prlnoipleg of government, ihre wu little over 11Ö pe? cent, added to the goat, or over one-third nore than the ame article would have eoet before tha truata on the goodg were formed. .Now, docs any sang peraon suppose 1 1 1 gooda would lie sold to Um consumer at t he same price they would Inn! the Catalogue prion been adhered to'.' Of course, the blacksmith made his price to his customer just ,15 per

cent, higher than he would have done before the trust raised the price. So that the render, though be be as big a fool as th' norse that swain the river to get a drink, can see that the consumer the last one to buy 1 he articles- has to pay the increase In price caused by the trust. In this cause, if the blacksmith would do a piece of work where it was necessary to use all the poods bougrhl at th' time referred to, be would be compelled to charire . l.lä more than he would Bee months ago, and yet pet no more for his labor than he would before tlie reifB of trust juices. Here is a lesson for the consumer thai is so plain that he cannot help sccinp; Um effect of the gold standard irusta, no matter bow blind he tries to be. It will litly apply in every ease where tin- trusts nnd combines have raised the price. On plovra the Increaaa was 10 per cent.. BiakifJjg a plow that cost fSQ before the trust was formed cost gS3. As Um fanner is 1 he last one that buy- the plow, be paya big (3 mote and never pets it back. Before the farmer buys the plow, each one who s. lis it adda 3 for the extra coal therefore lusinp BOthhsff, Bill the farmer, being the consumer, pets the full "benclit" of the jrold standard blessinp, and yet wonders why it i- he makes so little t e when In- w oiks so hard. Clinton (in.) Begiater,

INFAMOUS PROPOSITION. T MuUe I Blted Mb tee Bon da lei Bible In I. old Other liebln Included ill Scheme.

While it is alwaya diftcnlt to nee ure lutrnmniong cooperation between distant and separate politico orpiniations, there are times when this CO Operation ll both wise ami necessary, lu the caiapnign of 1896 tho democrats, popoliatg and silver republicans united in denaanding the immediate restoration of Independent bimetallism al Um existinp ratio of sixteen to one, and they apreed in declaring that the money quoartion wai of peramoual lmpor tani-c at that time. 1 lie iUCstiou now

arises: nnOUkl these three political organ bcationa act toajethtr hi Um congreaaional cainpalgjn? 1 answer without hesitation : Yes. Those who uilnwir Ko must assume the burden of proi in p. lir-t, that cooperation was unwisc ill hsC'ii, or second. Unit conditions hair bn chaiiped as to make unwise now what was wise then, 'ihe defeat that in fi ll the allied forced docs not prove pcratloe al thai time to have been anwfae, ualeaj it can be shown that noma one patty wnuhl haie been more Bvcceaaful than If we comMned Cooperation docs not oontemplnte abeg doninent of party organization, or the aurrender of any political principlea, nor is pe ration defended on the ground that the platforma of three parties arc identical. Campaigns penerally turn upon a few issues, sometimes upon one. and event a do much to determine which I saun shall most absorb public attention. If the detnoerats. populists and silver republicani were BfTfeed HpOg luit one ijucstion, that mijjlit be important etioiiL'h to justify cooperation, nlthoilgfh the pet tleg differed on ill other aubjectai but those who advocate Um union of Um principal reform forces apainst the mimon enemy oga joint not to one, but te a BUtn be r of reforms which ore demanded with equal etnphnala bj dem ocrats. populinta gad allver republicans, l ir t They art BJaalternbly oppoead to polil monometallism. Becond They demand the Immediate restoration of bimetallism nt the prosfnt ratio by tho ladepeadenl action of this country. Third Thej, nppoea the ratlremeal of the preenliai ks. Fourth They oppose the issue of paier monei bj national banks. Fifth They oppose the Issue of h terest-benrinp: )ondg in time of pence.

The meeting of republican members of the senate linance committee in New York recently to eonaider the currency

bid dr aw 11 np bj the bouse caucua committee on the currency, resulted, it is understood, in the bill bi ing handed over to Senator Ahlrich to be further Considered with other Senator. He is to o;o throUfh the bill carol' ully. confer w ith some of his ColieagueBi and report later to the other mem ben of the eons mittec It is gathered that there is now a slight difference of opinion be tWt en Individ ndl men In ra of tho house and the genate committees oicr the final and formal enactment into law of tho principle of the gold standard, it is believed that tho outcome will be an explicit declaration in favor of the pold standard. It is said t hat some inem licrs of the joint commit teeg were baclined to aioid Baking a declaration upon this subject) but strenuous opposition has been made to such a policy. The Opponent of evasion pointed out, it is said, thai the republican party la recognised as the advocate of the pold standard,

anil might as W 11 go on record once for all. Tbeae men adviaed in fa wir of draw - hi the flaaaclal issue rieht away, and placing the republican party irroioeBbly and unmistakably upon the side of the pold standard, us the standard of sound money . The advocates of u bohl polity in tili rcpard cited the experience of the republicans with the pope lists. When the populist ic erae w as nt height t lu re w ere republican politiclana who would have coqaetted with the populists. But the policy of the party as Inally adopted was to regard a populist as an enemy, A kind of Dounyhrook Pair motto was adopted of "wheretet you BCC n populist head, hit it." and the policy wa eminent ly successful. It ia now- urged that there should bo no COqnettlng with the qnestioa of Um gold gtandard, but that the perty should Come mit in the open and make the fiL'lit under an explicit declaration. National Watchman.

CongfSejBgJM .lames M. Grlggg, of ocorv ia. w hi lein Washington w UMishnl to contribute aornothiup to the i'ost'.s bureau of political baforinelion, Thli the licorpia eongressnian icrv roudilj 1 hi 1 sen ted to do, and in term brief a nd terae, agid yet gmirably iiear, aa pro O'l'led to hot forth the political .-:lunUoa iu QeorglUi which, makinp due ullowanee for local aondltlong, is the alt DSthm in all the naturaby 011101 1 II t ll atateg. Coeigreanmagj Grigga Informed the Poot'g reporter thai Mt, Bryan wrill liaiea nolid delcpation from Georgia at the next national convention; that the distinguished democratic leader is n popular iu Georgia in I !M os he was in 1896, and that he is held in the same high esteem all out the south; that there in mall likelihood ((f the presentation of any other name to the convention, and that the( hiCBgO platform W ill be rea Sinned and additional plunks eoademnatory of treats added. To Uhla the Georgia rsmgrogamnn added the atateinont that, while it is cut inly t M tonn to make am predictions ggf to the geaalt of the nexl preaideatialatriiggxle, ho does not rcpard the jirospect as ailverso to the democratic party. "On the contnu v." he declared, "there ispoml ground for believing thnt the pgurty will BttOCeed. W ith a leader like I '.r an. a ml t'ontident of hoinp on the ripht side of nil the great ltteatlong of the day. with sixteen to one the. lendiiip issue, the democracy was never in better shape to prosecute a liporous campaign." Now, that is the kind of talk we like to see democrats indulpe in, say s the Atlanta Constitution. It has the riplit ring, and. moreover, ban the advantagye of heinir true. There arc a few pessimistic democrats to be found willing

enongfc to take off their COatg ami pet down to business wheneier they are Celled on. Put are temporarily oiernwi'il by ihe brayinpof bra-- I. an. Kami tho successes of the money power, as ahoWB in the formation of trusts. To

doubt the success of democra t ie dnetrineg is to doubt the capacity of the people to govern thegnaelvea. They may, at some time or other, reach the point where they will succumb tO the power and intluenco of money combinations. This i poaaihle, but not probabie; and until this surrender is definitely and formally made the ilemo-c-ratii' inrty, representing the true interests of the people, w ill alw a have a pood prospect of BUOCCM. c ggTV with Cong naa in gn Grignyg that there is no pood ground for believing that the party will succeed in the m t cainpgdgn, It cannot be poeaible that the oppressive inovemonts in the direction of centralization inoM'tnentv which embiMly all the most icious fo. ins uf attacks on the people's intereetl are to po tinrcbuked. It cannot ! poaaihle t hat the voters arc to permit t h maelvgM to ho Bilaled into following false leaderg and Indorsing false is-tn-s. Mr. T.ryan. in his speech at the banmiet piven in his honor by Atlanta aSBBO erats, declared the truth when he said that the democratic party is nearer the principles of Thomas Jefferson to-day than it baa been since Its organieaUoti. And he tittered another great truth when he said that the Chicago platform Is the plat form of the voters, and not cf the Iced era. We an- tri Ul eg to ndmit that the campaign of next year e ill pot the principles of Thönses Jefferaon t the teat of their popularity in 'his country. We have, as it were, riaehed another erisia in the history of this government, and the people are to be called on to choose between the principle uf democr.'K y and the doctrines Oh which n centra lined plntooratle govern meml Is based. The issues are to be more clearly defined in 1900 than they were in 1800, nnd the voter who can he deceived ns to his duty toward himself nnd his neighbors does not deserve to enjoy the bteeatnga of democratic government. We have had such crises in uir history before, as all students know, hut nt the proper time, at the appointed moment, the people nave al

ways given a verdict in t lu irovv 11 favor, nnd ggalnat Ihe allied and plutocratic interests of the money power. OPINIONS AND POINTERS

WHERE TUE BLAME RESTS, ueis inte Oeegiaetoee Tartgagi u Mill! the llillliiliie ullure ou I ii 1 engjgeng.

Trnsl Poster In I'lerllnna. Proof accumulates daily that combines, orpnnied to destroy competition in the fit Id of transportation, production or BMBUfaetUre, are as surely plncingj their tools in the seats of lopislative and judicial power as thev are usinp the hrveraga of vast wealth to CrUih trade rivals nml coin pot itora. Whenever BB election occur w hose outcome may affect the interests of tbogaj combines their instruments nml their money are in ev hit rice. Working to place in power men friendly to their plana and purposes. Herein lies the menace of trusts nnd their BaaigtaBl corporation . St. Louis Hopublie. Ceentde ra tloeg Pee nmi coi, Shr lie van ts dot shall rlope. Her Tnther -Veil. I don'dt know It vould save der esbettBe of dor vedding

Sixth Thev favor the nbolition of 1 out, on der odder hnndt, you VOUkfn't truata. Nnshvllle (Tenn.) DeruiKracy. getlnoooh Veddliuy prcenda. Tuck,

Mr. llanna says that no man Peed po hungry in the United States. lie probably has reference to the nourishment derived from licking revenue stamps. It is our chief diet nowadays. Columbus Press-Tost. The St. I, ouis gWWgpBUeig are worrying themnelvea uanecsseggrily ov. r a now name for the United States What is rcallv needed is a rest n ration

of dcmoi'rSjtic principles as applied to the nffaits of povciniueiit. Atlanta ( on. tit ut i Ml. The republican petty is beginning a defense of trusts all nloiu.' (Inline. The explanation is easy. It will not he long before con 1 rihtit ions vi 1 1 le wanted for another campaign ggsd the usual source of supply must be preserved.1 1 id i ana pol is Sent inch The defenders of the president offer as a defense to his civil scrv ice order ihe fact that the Chicago platform contained a declaration apainst chil gerriee reform. Admitting for the sake of 111 i'limi'iit thnt t his is true, the president then stands in the nttitude of repudiating the republican platform and enforcing the democratic platform ns to this ipiestion.- Memphis 1 0111-Basretal-Appeal, It. necms probable that the n eiprocity negotiationg with Prenee will

prove ghortive, rhe rrenca govern merit had offered a 1111 i form r i uction of M Jer cent, in the duties on olliitiports from the United states, doubtlose expecting equally generoea Irekt ent from ns. The I tench have nppnreatly jrt t to knara that in the Araer can protect ion Ig1 dictionary "rc tjirocIty" mrnns all take nnd no j'.c 1'liiledelphiu l.ecoreL

Some of the apoloflatl of tl.i president Ueene gongfrgaa for ihe failure oJ the campaign in Um Philippinea ami for the dcplorahlg condition of our

troop- Uteri . Had conpri aulhorizod a larper army, it is auid, the insurrtcUon OOUid have bei n erubhed UMfagB Hut aot Treai on the Ut day of March paaaed the bin authorising tgntanslatt Btent of mi volunteers, to inerea.se Una army to 100,000, The pregldent did not avail bimaell of this authority until the M h of July , although it had OMM I en obvioua that our fereea in Luou, though ßgrhting aup rbly, were gaining; no permanent advantage, Na.s eongreag at fault for this rllba tori nam? Wag anybody esceptthe pgea blent to blame for plaeinp and contlnning in command at Mar-ila a t hirdrate general, who Inaiated that BOOOft goldlera ren all ba needed, .nd who sent bulletlni siiadily from February 5 to the collapse and jsuspons jon ol itia campaign announcing rictorieg and repealinp assurances that the Filipino foroeg were "disintepralinp" and that tin- bsadera were pre paring to "sue for peace'.'" Who except IfcKinlcy unlega it be Alpcr or Corbin, his "military advisers" is responsible for Otia and for b'a in adecjaate force? Other supporters of Mr. McKi. h y'g war of su bjupat ion declare that Apuinaldo has lutea cnoonragjed by the opposition in t his country to tin- preaidente policy, Could anything be more silly than thia? Has Filipino resistance to tyranny for two eentnreg needed any OUtaldg gtimuiant to keep it alive? If the president had sent a competent peneral ami an adeajueto army to enforce his edict, would any amount of criticism have prevented them from "svseepIng Agulnaldo into the sea?' The pi ain truth is that the deplorable situation in the Philippines is wholly due to Mr McKinley 's unauthorized, un-American and unfortunate proebv tnatioii of Mivercipiity ami demand for gubmbuuon, and to tho weakness, i lie wobbling and the perverse fatuity which hare characterined his eonduet of the war. Any attempt to place the blame elsewhere win be as futile as it ia foolish. N. V. World. THE TREASURY DEHCIT.

Present 1 Hillen lions Ur That An. BtBM r Bowel laaoa M in He c-i-hkii r , In spite of the best financiering ot the shrewdest gnanipnlatora the defleal for the yearjuat eloaed reaehea neerly 190,000,000. This in spite of the rcmarkshie Sood of Importg which has caused the custom house r. ceipta to incn :,-. pn ally. This showing is nearly 0 1 better than ema axpeeted by Secretary Gage six months upo. S crstnry .aL'e-., eatimatcs of reoeipts fee the aeSI Baca year mi re consiiiciably bifher than his ggUntatea of receipts for the year just elOB .!. II. counted OB 1195,000,000 from CMtOflM and J'.'To.niio.000 from internal revenue for the prosi t year, and on ö.i m ,CJ0 from customs und gVJsi.uoti.nuo from internal revenue next year. It will be seen that it ihe customs receipts only do as well next year as they have dose tins year ibey will come up to bli egtlgaatee, while the Internal revenue receipts will have to increase Sl-.oOO.noo to equal hia predictions Doth of these item. depend ao barge ly npon the busineaa condition of the country that it is Impoaebie to predict how the Baal aecount will stand. The only hopeful source of decrease is in the pen-ion account, while the expenses for war will mount hicher and higher. The ih licit for this year ' its so heavily into the bond issue mat another year cannot po by w 'it bout another issue. While we contemplate v ith regret the enormous ib licit, we are reminded of tho fact that the repeblie uns ascrilied nil industrial ills to the deficit a few years ago. i iica Observer,

Free Speech iirtalled. Thic military WCBpOO apainst free speech sc. ms to be very much liked hj lreaidea1 McKinley in the eoloaiea, ee peeially in the I'hilippin. s, win ii notbbtg in the gyature of current events ia allowed publicity there or in tin United Slates, f he Atkinson affair show s t hat the Waslkinptoti government would not hesitate to employ Gen. Wood's BMths od in Ulis country if it dared. In fact, not a few organg of the administration urpe the president to put a stop to aewspaper eriticianMi on his foreign policy in the pround thai they pive aid and comfort to the nation's onemil s. It is but n short gtep from a Santiapo or Manila newspaper office to n newspaper OtbOe iu the United States, ami there is no doubt at all that the administration would like to take that step. It does not mid a very close observer of current events to m e that the president and t hose machines arc tak npadvantapeof every opportunitl to c. St rah ie the political power of the ciuntry in the while house. They seem In have reached the . se majiste stare of the pame already Kansas City Times.

The ilclieit in tin- United States tfCOBOry la neater than it was wher. he addreeaed his trgairndnsg wisdom to the adgalgUStratioa of nftairs. The extraordinary war tnxes have more than provided for Ihe war expcii-oa, hut still Mr. McKinley ban run the poverameat behind fgmneo,ooo for t aa yeaa just expired. The president distinctly

declared at the bcpoininp Ol big BdWlll" istraiion thnt tin re could he no )tosperity in bosincsa while the g oernmeat vvas rnnnlng behind, it f I ween, "riB night the d.iv." that if wo have proaperitl and happiness thev are la spite of Mr. McKinley nml not on account of hia olTorta. Cincinnati Kn-quircr.