HflRRA ANALYZES
BRYAN'S ACCEPTANCE.
The Democratic Leader Again
Switches His Issue.
f,ryai and Bfjanlm Punctured at an
Eaibusiastic Meetin. Held al the
Commercial MiKinley Club
in Chicago.
Three thousand people tried to crowd
Into the quarters of the McKinley Com
nercial Club in Chicago, Sept. 18, to set
and bear Senator Hanna. Go that occa
sion Senator lluuna made the following
sDeech:
I take for my text Mr. Bryan' Tiewa
a the minor issues of the campaign as
set forth in his better of acceptance pub
lished to-day. Juat before the Democrat
le convention at Kansas City many pil
CTimages were made to Lincoln, Neb., by
Democratic missionaries at the urgent
call of Mr. Bryan. 1 his was for the pur
pose of putting Bryan's pet Scheme of
free silver in me piimorni.
But." If you remember correctly, that is
sue was only pliiced in the platform by a
majority of one vote of the committee.
how Bryan has relegated the silver issue
to the rear, and brings out imperialism as
the chief issue. Bryan gained this issue
when the treaty was made with Spain in
which the Philippine Islands were pur
chased. He went to Washington and by
his own influence forced certain Demo
cratic Senators to adopt the treaty, in
order that the Democratic party might
fight against it in the coming campaign.
That proves that Bryan bus not the cour
age to stand by his own convictious.
Bryan's letter speaks of trusts. Yet he
does not ineution the ice trust or the cot
ton hale trust. In the latter Senator
Jones is heavily interested. Every one
knows the story of the ice trust. As
Bryan declines that the trust is one of
the main issues of this campaign. I can
say that we are ready to meet him on that
proposition as well as on any other.
Ilanna's Kelatlon with Labor.
Bryan also makes much ado concern
ing the conflict between capital and or
ganized labor. For myself, I have this to
say: I was the tirst man in Ohio to rec
ognize organized lubor. It was in 1871,
when I was in the coal business in Cleve
land, Ohio. John Seuney and John James,
President and Secretary of the first bitu
minous coal miners' organization in the
l'uited States, cnlled upon me and stated
. that the miners hud organized into a
union.
As I was a lending coal operator, the
two gentlemen urged me to use my influ
ence in organizing the operators. That
was my first experience with a trust. I
organized the operators in the district ill
which I was interested, and during my
entire experience there we never had
strike or trouble of any kind.
I want to make this statement here
enre and for all, in reply to all these
charges and Insinuations with reference
to my aspect toward labor: If any man
In the United States of America can
bring into my presence a man who has
ever worked for me nnd truthfully state
and substantiate that I have refused to
meet at any time and anywhere any man
In my employ, that I have ever intention
ally done any man a harm, that I have
ever insisted on lowering wages to any
man who works for me, or who enn truth
fully say that I have done evil to him
will resign from the United States Senate
to-morrow. (Great applause.) I made
the proposition in 1SD7 I bare found no
takers, aud it is still open. (Laughter an
applause.)
Republican Party Aaralnst Trusts
Now, then, about this trust question, a
few worda more. I would like to have
Mr. Bryan or any other Democrat tell me
what a trust is. I don't believe there is
a trust in the United States, for every
State law and national law will destroy
any trust that comes within its jurisdic
tion; and the only laws, State and na
tional, that have ever been put upon stut
nts books were enacted by the Kepub
Hcan party. (A voice Never enforced.)
Yes, they are enforced. (Voices Put him
ut.) No, don t put him out. I don t
want to put anybody out. (A voice He
u a good Democrat; he shoot in the
rear.)
We have no objections to the Demo-
'ratio party being opposed to trusts, but
uey have got no patent on it. (Laugh
tr.)
Bryan's Poller for Philippines.
Now, then, one word more with refer
re to the position of Mr. Bryan upoi
this Philippine question and it tins been
thoroughly exploded that I won t men
tion it except in passing. I recited to
Jou the part that he took In the exeeu
ln of that treaty, and the authority
that he used with his purty to ratify the
treaty, and I think I have convinced a
Jreat many of my hearers that hi pur
pose and motive was uot patriotic. He
t'ils the people of the United States what
ill do If he is elected President of tin
Inited States. His first act would be to
mil down the American flag la the Phil
ippine. (A voice: "He never could do
It")
Th.-n he would establish a stable gov
ernment be doesn't say republican gov
ernment and probably put Agninnldo "at
h head of If. Then he an id that hf
onld establish a protectorate by the
toiled States, pull down the Amerh ni
"". withdraw our soldiers from the soil,
nd leave our buried dead there under
til supervision of Aguinaldo. renoiiliii
very vestige of power, which has conic
Jo "a legUv nd lawfully, and then estnb
lish
protectorate which means what?
It
inenns that the government of tin
tailed States would be obliged to prof eel
"'f government of Aguinnldo from all for
K" r"es and Interference. Ami what
'ld be the result?
J'l'lginif the future by the pnat, the nex:
' lieu, of Aguinaldo would be such as to
hock the civilized world; and. If for n.
!"',"r reason, the nations would Interfere
Hie interest of hiiinniilty as we did in
t'.ut If for selfish reasons an
1 "'"oenn people should matte up tli-ti
""n is t tin t,,.y wanted a foothold in that
hipel,iBOl an, pr)ORB to ,),, ti w,
'"Id be the duty of the United States
vcrnnteiit "nder Mr. Brysn bless?
would have to say, "No, band off."
Feat of Intellect! Acrobat.
Mr. Bi-jnn lias performed a wonderful
an acrobat iau't ia It, whea b con
ey the Monroe dortric to Astatic ws- TTrwe All to TCork fnr Mrhlaler.
rr Whoever heanl of su.h a thingl Now you do yours Do yours hy not
The Monroe doctrine U founded purely 'nly depositing jour vote for McKiuley.
and simp'y on the determination on the l'u s"et many of your ucigbliors who
part of the goveraiucut uf tbe l'ui:cj ire undecided upon these Questions, per
State that no foreigu country should in- haps for want of knowledge, as you can.
tertere iu thj western hemisphere. Mr to vote as ymi do; make it your business
Brytn would do hit? Spread it ail ovel t' secure oue more vote for the President
the world and we would staud behind ani af the United States, and that small effort
deund it. What do you call that if it will put us on a perfectly safe basis.
isii t imperialism? As a result of that Won't you do that much for your family?
procedure We would Cud ourselves iu- W on't yon do that much for the national
volved iu sll kinds of foreign wars. (A food? Haven't you pride enough to do
voice That is right.) That is true and that mu h for the national honor, integ
et Mr. Bryan is for peace. He was foi rity, and the flag? (Voices: "Yea, yes.")
peace when he resigned from the arm All right, then do it. tiood by.
and he has been for peace ever since. I , -
am for peace. Ini a tjuker. I am for 1
peace, but not peace at any price. 1 am !
not for peace, aud I know that tbe m.v
jonty of the people of this country art
not for peace, with that brigand Agui-
naldo a loug as he is hiding iu the bushes
aud shooting down from ambush our bo,.
in blue. (Applause.)
Bryan f-witches lv
But Mr. Bryan has alreadv been driven
from his position on imperialism. He
knows now what many of us knew in the
beginning-that it w. m.lv .,.
that he was goiug to put iu the pit, and
he would fight it as long as he could.
,ow has got b:s last gamecock, Trust,
and that goes into the pit for the next
thirty day, and the Republican party
will be prepared to meet him on all such
questions, and if I had the time and voic
and opportunity 1 would like to speak tJ
every laboring man in the United State-J
upon that. question; because in waruinj
the laboring people of this country aguins
breath he sara that h Din.-U. Kill -.2
the incubator of trusts.
Now, we are getting to know where w.j
stand with the laboring ptople when wd
come to the tariff, and we won't allow
him to evade the Issue that he has madi
on the bald proposition that the protect'
. n,iiu iinucipie goes nanu lu nanu "wit
trusts. We keep the protective tari'J
principle there and we will furnish on
own definition for trusts. I sa we aj-d
at nome on that proposition because wo
have at the head of our national tickel
that great advocate of protection, Willi
inm McKinley; because in him rve have
the best friend of the United States: ami
there Isn t a laboring man In the city of
Chicago, or in the State of Illinois, or in
the United States, who knows anything
about public affairs, who knows anything
about the career of President McKinley,
that does not know from actual proof the
fact that during his whole public life he
Is the ouly man that the workingmen of
this country always felt at liberty to call
upon to support their interests, and he
never failed them. And he is Just it
much their friend to-day as he was fifteen
years ago.
Kryan and the Laboring; Men.
And now let me ask what has W. J.
Bryan done for the workingmen of this
country? (A voice: "Nothing." An
other voice: "Yes. he charged ns hnlf a
dollar to hear him talk.") Not a thing.
dime near saying damn. Not a thing.
His career in public life is available to
every man. His short service was mark- j
ed and made conspicuous by his opposi
tion to the tariff bill. And what has he
lone since to show any particular inter
est in the working people of this country?
He tells them wbat he would do. He is
prolific in promises, rosy in painting the
picture as to what would be the result ol
bis administration, but I charge you.
workingmen, turn away from tnat picture
and look upon the other; and the other h
McKinley.
Do not let us take any promise from
any candidate or any man whose whole
record has shown that his overawing am
bition is to be President of the Unltvl
States. He will ride any issue, he will
limb on to any platform thut is made fot
him, he will preach any doctrine, he will
even abuse me to be President of the
United States.
Most Important Issues,
Now, bringing these issues home to each
nnd every individual, I want to bring
them there because I expect and I know
-hat every man who goes to the polls on
election day having heard the arguments
n the case, having considered how the de
vision of these issue will bear upon hh
personal interests snd those of his family,
will cast that ballot intelligently in hif
own interest and not in Mr. Bryan's. But
there is a further responsibility which
"omes to every ninn and to every woman
who can Influence a man.
I say that the importance of the Issuei
in this campaign at this time and undei
these conditions 1 greater than ever tie
fore in tbe history of our country. I say
so because I believe it, because I know
'hat any reversing of the present policy
of the administration of this government,
any change iu that administration, would
'ring u bout a condition of things iu tbe
iiisiuess and industrial interests of this
ountry that would dwarf the flood and
storm at Oalveston it would mean a hur
ricane that would carry before it every
interest. It would he a flood that would
ingulf the property and the ciatcriul in
terests of every man, woman and child
that enjoy the present prosperity.
Where Interests Are,
There Is no question where your Inter
est Is, because every year, every mouth.
nd every day of the administration of
William McKinley has been an object les
son. Kvery man wno lias an insurance
on his life for the benefit of his family,
every man who has his deposits In a sav
ings bank or a loan association wlierc he
lias gatheml together perhaps fho sav-
ngs of a lifetime, where he believes it is
a fe, and it is, although that money that
le deposits in a savings bunk Is not there.
for they don't keep the money In their
vaults. What do tliey do Willi It7 'J Hey
nvest it In securities, In bonds nnd mol t
rnges, satisfying themselves that the
iroperty behind those securities is per
fectly good for the loan nimie mm it is
indcr all normal conditions, juit sup
losing that Mr. Brysn should lie elected
-Cud forbid. (A voice Amen!) Stip-
Misiug he should be. Keiiieniber 1S!'I.
Immediately capital Is withdrawn rroin
be avenues of business panic seizes and
lethroiies confidence and we find a con.li-
ion of things that sends values down the
olstggan slide until they ure cut In two
I ... !... I.
in. I niisrtereii nim no- """-oj ""
represented by the securities In the vaults
f these haul's covering your ueposu is
educed In value. That is your property.
!t doesn't Isdotig to the savings tuiNK or
he life Insurance roniny. It is yours,
on have put It In their custo.i ror ssre
keeping. They are doing tlieir duty, wey
have bullded vaults of deposit secure
...,.n.t the burglar and the thief, they
have employed men of Integrity and abil
ity to Invest your money ami protect your
Interests, nd therefor I ay they bav
Ion thir d'
HUGO DENKENSPRUCT
; . ... - , ... . ,
i ""ie 0ne Hl Experiences as J09.
lice of the Prace.
, T. w:i v a ,
' B'T A '""'m " AnjM"'00-
j "Tea, you are right, Jonathan, Mr.
' Bryan will do good to hia own party
1 U'"K '.'T" I'oli,i,", f"Jr T
! ?u 1 ? If""1, for.lt 'Iw"T
I , f,or b's fr'ends to n'k l,ca thll,g
work thi country among the Ameii-
cau-born colored citizens. But It is a
little bite to do any good in those States
where Mr. Bryan will get uearly all the
votes cast. No, you are wroug, Jona
than. The very many kvotations he
makes from Washington, Lincoln and
others isn't quite a case of the "Devil
V0,InK scripture. It goes a long way
" , of tllat and Just nts the cas 1
am about to tell you
"During my term as justice of the
peace in this town we had a great deal
! of ote with tramps.
They used to
get into the school houses to sli ep aud
at last they got so bold, a school house
wasu t good enough for them. They be
gan to profane the churches. Big Jo
hannes, neighbor Smith's son, was con
stable and he at last arrested a gang in
the Methodist church down there. He
had not much experience, you see; and a
schmart lawyer from the village was tip
before me to defend them. That mail
really was a fine pleader; and as lie knew
the Bible kvotations well, he made a good
impression on the court. lie said that
his friends, the defendants, went from
i ? h00' "T. l.? thTe CJh"rch t0et
religion; and that the Lord was where
two or three were gathered together in
His name,' and so on. Then be pulled
out the notes of a sermon which he got
A
PEOPLE'S BARK DEPOSITS
SHOW IMMENSE INCREASE.
I'rojsperity Ilnw
The one supreme test of prosperity Is
the money In the bank. This is a self-
evident truth. If a muu's family Is well
clothed aad fed snd in a comfortable
home, and besides this he can put money
in the bank, it must be admitted that be
is prosperous,
Iu the following unparalleled showing
of the increase In the number of deposits
from the dark days of the Democratic
Wilson bill regime in lSUi to tbe glorious
ilaya of McKinley prosperity, the most
marvelous of nil ia the increase In the
number of depositors and in the amount
uf deposits in tbe savings bauks of the
country. These banks are particularly
the ours where the wage earner of the
country put their ssvings.
Mr. Bryan say the people are not pros
perous. So say all his calamity follow
rs. We commend to them the following
iilllclal figures from the report of the
Comptroller of the Currency of the Unit
ed States for lS'J'.K They sre unanswer
able: TOTAL UNITKD STATES.
Total No. depoaitors.
Bank. 1WI 1M!.
rational LtlM.IMU) 1111)1. 1-S.I
Rate and private, . . u02,7,"(l
Iian nnd trust com
panies 20."i,3t;3
y.ai.o'JI
443.321
4,234,51)1
Havings
.. .3.41:1,477
Total 0,513,81)7
Incresse In number
of depositor ...
7.05.1,414
2,100,517
from one of the tramp and sld bis rtt-
ent were in church to have divine wor
ship. I reui'uibvr the text. It was. 'Co
ye into all the world aud preach the go
pel to every people. Wasn't that a co
incidence to rviu.uj me of Bryan' pious
remarks on the same text?
"The lawyer gut aloug so well that I
about made up my mind to kvit the pris
oners. But the schtuart young lawver
didn't kuow it so he began to go for big
Jihauue and cross-kvestion Dim. Jo
hannes was the ouly witness, you see,
and didn't have much experience. By
and by Johannes could not stand
so much fun at hi expense, so
he got mad snd yriled out: "That
may all be, Mr. Lawyer, what you
say. You seem to kuow that the
notes of the sermon you got from that
big hobo were his own notes; but I know
what you don't know, snd that is that
the gang you say he was preaching to
tore out of the pulpit Bible all the book
of Cenesis and Exodus, Including the ten
commaiidmeuta, to light their pipe with
while they listened to the sermon." Then
I reversed my decision. Jonathan, and
sent those fellows to the calaboose."
ARE SOLDIERS- TO BE
PAID IN SILVER?
1 rprtlnont Inquiry from an Old
Soldier Still Unanswered.
In Mr. Bryan's speech of acceptance,
No. 1, he said that if he was elected to
the olBce of President of the United
State next Novenilier that ss soon as he
was inaugurated he would immediately
call an extra session of Congress and
give freedom to the inhabitants of the
I'lilippine Islands and recall the army of
the United States, which would Include
the bringing borne of the "Star and
Stripes.
If elected President of the United
States Mr. Bryan will become command
er-in-chief of the army. Thia being the
:'lise.
Will Mr. Bryan pay the soldier of the
United State of America In silver?
It is very important that the soldiers
of the American army understand this
matter clearly and distinctly as to what
Mr. Bryan's intentions are in the mateer.
OLD SOLDrEU.
New Castle, Ta., Sept. 1, 1900.
Oom
to tlio i
t
Total amount of deposits.
1WM. ISflK.
National ..$1,135,11)1,588 $1,830,1111,140
State and
private. . 214,442,510 41S,2S1,27
Loan and
trust cos. Zin,50l,K!)2 07(1,724,117
Savings.. 1,200,450,410 1,782,074,481
Total ...$2,874,580,400 $1,008,000,005
Increase In
sm't of
deposits.. $1,733,500,509
Average Deposits In All Banks.
mt $520
1800 C02
Since the Democratic daya of 1891 there
has been an Increase of 2,109,547 bank
depositors in th whole United States.
'ibis number more people bav had
money to deposit during McKiuley pros
perity.
The total amount of money deposited
to the credit of the people was $2,874,
5M),400 in 1SIVI.
In IMl'.l It was $4,00,i,000,005, showiug
n Increase of almost one aud three-quar
ter billions of do'lars to the credit of tin
people who hsd bank accounts In the fhr
years since the country was suffering flu
agonies of a Democratic administration
Not only has there been this vast in
crease In the aggregate amount of money
placed In the banks, but the average
amount of each bank account haa in
creased from $520, In 1S0I. to an average
of $002 per bank account in 1800.
Who will say that the promises of the
Ilepublicso party have not been fulfilled'
Who will say that the aylvanee agent of
prosperity has not visited the American
people under the Itepnhllcaa admluistra
lioa of President McKiuley?
ElECTIC! CF EDI
Democratic Platform Adopted ct
Kansas City, July 4, l'O.
The Party ( Penux-rat UM St a nils
Where It I1 iu iHt) oil the
Money V"cstlou. WlllUm J. Itryao
at SfUncsvUle, Ohio, Sepu 4, 1UUO.
Nominated:
For Presidcnt-WILLMM J. BRYAN
of Nebraska.
Viee-President-ADLAl E. STEVEN
SON of Illinois.
PLATFORM.
We. the Democrats of the United
States, in nstioual convention assembled,
do reaffirm our allegiance to those great
essential principles of justice and liberty
upon which our institutions are founded,
and which the Democratic party has ad
vocstej from Jefferson's time to our ouu
freedom of speech, freedom of the
press, freedom of conscience, the preser
vation of personal rights, the equality of
all citizens before the law. and the falt-
ful observance of constitutional limita
tion.
State Rights.
During all these years the Democratic
party has resisted the tendency of selfish
interests to the centralization of govern
mental power, and steadfastly maintain
ed the Integrity of the dual scheme of
government established by the founders
of this republic or republics. Under its
guidance and teachings the great princi
ple of local self-government ha found
its best expresslou in the maintenance
of the rights of the States and in its as
sertion of the necessity of confining the
general government to the exercise of the
powers granted by the Constitution of
the United States.
The Money Question.
Recognizing that the money system Is
paramount to all others at this time, we
invite attention to the fact that the
Federal Constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals of the
United States, and that the first coinnge
law passed by Congress under the Con
stitution made the silver dollar tbe mon
etary unit, and admitted gold to free
coinage at a ratio bused upon the silver
dollar unit.
We declare that the act of 1873 demon
etizing silver without the knowledge or
approval of the American people has re
sulted in the appreciation of gold ond a
corresponding full in the prices of coin
modifies produced by the people; a heavy
increase in the burden of taxation and of
all debts, public and private; the enrich
ment of the money lending classes at
home and abroad; prostration of indus
try aud Impoverishment of the people.
e are unalterably opposed to gold
monometallism, which lias locked fast
the prosperity of an Industrial people in
the paralysis of hard times. Cold mono
metallism Is a British policy, and Its
adoption has brought other nations Into
financial servitude to London. It is not
only un-American, but anti-American
and It can be fastened on the United
States only by the stifling of that spirit
and love of liberty which proclaimed out
independence in 1770 and won it in the
war of the Revolution.
Free Fllrer.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of 10 to 1, without
waiting for the aid or consent of an
other nation. We demand that the
standard silver dollar shall be a full legal
tender, equally with gold, for all debts,
public and privote, and we favor such
!egislatiun as will prevent for the future
the demonetization of any kind of legal
tender money by private contract
We are opposed to the policy and prac
tice of surrendering to the holders of
the obligations of the United States the
option reserved by law to flic government
of redeeming such obligatious in either
silver coin or gold coin.
Bond Issues.
We are opposed to the issuing of Inter
est-bearing bonds of the United States
In time of peace, and condemn the traf
ticking with banking syndicates which,
in exchange fur bonds and at an cnor
inous profit to themselves, supply the
Federal treasury with gold to maintain
the policy of gold monometallism.
Congress alone has the power to coin
and issue money, and President Jackson
leclared that this power could not he del
egated to corporations or individuals. We
therefore demand that tbe power to Issue
notes to circulate as money be taken from
the national bauks, and that all paper
money shall be issued directly by the
Treasury Department, be redeemable in
coin, and receivable for all debts, public
und private.
Tariff for Re veil ne.
We hold that the tariff duties should be
levied for purposes of revenue, such du
ties to be so adjusted as to operate equal
ly throughout the country ami not dis-
riminate between cluss or section, and
thut taxation should be limited by the
needs of the government honestly and
economically administered. We de
nounce, as disturbing to business, the Ite
publican threat to restore the McKinley
law, which has been twice condemned by
the people in national elections, an!
which, enacted under the false plea of
protection to home industry, proved u
prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies.
enriched the few at the expense of many,
restricted trade and deprived the pro
ducers of the great Americnn staples of
iceess to their natural markets. I nti
the money question Is settled we are o:'
nosed to any agitstion for furthei
hanges in our tari.T laws, except such
is are necessary to make the deficit in
even tie cuused by the adverse decision
uf the Supreme Court on the income tax.
The Income Tax.
There would be no deficit In the reve
nue but for the annulment by the Su
preme Court of a law passed by a Dem
ocratic Congress in strict pursuance of
the uniform decisions of that court for
nearly one hundred years, that court hsv
ing sustained aonstitutlonal objections to
ts enactment which bad been overruled
i.v the ablest judges who hsve ever sst
m thst bench. W declare that It Is tbe
duty of Cngrea te ase all the ronttttar
t.'iual poser wbirn remain after that
decision, or which may come by it r-ver-al
by the court, as it may hereafter
be constituted, so that the bunleus of tax
ation may he equally aiol impartially
laid, to the end thut wesltl, may bear
its due proportion of tbe cxpcuc of th
goveruuieul.
Immigration.
W hold that tbe most efficient way te
protect Americau lubor ia to prevent the
importation of foreigu pauper labor te
compete with it iu the home market, and
that the value of the home market to our
American farmer and artisans is greatly
reduced by a vicious monetary system,,
which depresses the price ef their pro
duct below the cost of production, aud
thus deprives them of the mean of pur
chasing the products of our home manu
facture. Congressional Appropriations.
We denoum-e the profligate waste of
the money wrung from the people by op
pressive taxation aud the lavish appro
priations ef recent Republican Con
gresses, which have kept taxes high,
while the labor that pay them I unem
ployed, and the products of the people'
toil are depressed la price until ihey no
longer repay the cost of production. We
demand a return to that simplicity and
s-onomy which best befit a Democratic
.'overument and a reduction iu the dum
ber of Useless offices, the salurle of
which drain the substance of the people.
Federal Interference.
We denounce arbitrary interference by
Federal authorities in local affair as a
violation of the Constitution of the Unit
ed State and a crime against free insti
tutions, and w especially object to gov
ernment by Injunction a a ueir aud high
ly dangerous form of oppression, by
which Federal Judges, In couteiupt of the
law of the States and rights of citizens,
become at once legislators, judges snd ex
ecutioners, and we approve tbe bill pass
ed at the last session of - the United
States Senate, and now pending Iu th
House, relative to contempts iu Federal
courts, and providing for trials by jury
iu certain cases of contempt.
Pacific Knndlng Hill.
No discrimination should be indulged
by the government of the United State
in favor of any of its debtors. We ap
prove of the refusal of the Fifty-third
Congress te pass the Pacific Ruilroad
funding bill, and denounce the effort of
the present Republican Congress to en
act a similar measure.
Pensions.
Recognizing the Just claims of deserv
ing Union soldiers, w heartily indorse
the rule of the present Commissioner of
Pensions thut no names shall be arbi
trarily dropped from the pension rail,
and the fact of an enlistment and ser
vice should be deemed conclusive evi
dence against disease or disability before
enlistment.
Cnba.
We extend our sympathy to the people
of Cuba in their heroic struggle for lib
erty and independence.
The Civil t'ervlce.
We are opposed to life tenure In the
public service. We favor appointment
bused on merit, fixed terms of office, and .
such au administration of the civil ser
vice laws as will afford eoual opportuni
ties of all citizens of ascertained fitneaa.
No 1 hlrd Term.
We declare it to bo the unwritten law
of this republic, established by custom
and usage of one hundred years, and
sanctioned by the examples of the great
est and wisest of those who founded aud
have maintained our government, that
no man should be eligible for a third
term of tbe presidential cilice.
Corporate Wealth.
The absorption of wealth by the few.
the consolidation of our leading railroad
-cystcms, and foruuition of trusts and
pools require stricter control by the
Federal government of those arteries of
ommerce. We demand the enlargement
of the powers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and such restrictions and
guarantees in the control of railroads a
will protect the people from robbery and
oppression.
Admission of Territories
We favor the admission of the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona into
the Union as States, and we favor th
early admission of all the territories giv
ing the necessary population and re
sources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories we hold
that the officials appointed to administer
the government of any territory, togeth
er with the District of . Columbia and
Aluska, should be bona fide residents of
the territory or district in which their
duties are to be performed. The Demo-
rntic party believes In home rule and
that all public lands of the United States
should be appropriated to the establish
ment of free homes for American citi
zens.
- We. recommend that the territory of
Alaska be granted a delegate in Con
gress, and thut the general land and tim
ber laws of the Uuited States be ex
tended to said territory.
Mississippi blvcr Improvements.
The Federal government should care
for and Improve the Mississippi river and
ithcr great waterwajs of the Republic.
so as to secure for the Interior people
easy and cheap transportation to tide
water. When any waterway of the re
public is of sufliclent importance to de
mand aid of the government, such aid
should he extended upon a definite plaa
of continuous work until permanent Im
provement Is secured.
Confiding in the justice of our cause
and tbe necessity of Its success at th
polls, we submit the forrgoiug declara
tion of principles and purpiwes to the
onsiderate judgment of the American
people. We Invite the support of all citi
zens who approve them, and who desire
to have them made effective through leg
islation for the relief of the people and
the restoration of the coiintrj's pros
perity.
Wetwter Davis on McKinley.
"Listen, my Democratic friends and
neighbors, for I have fi lends and neigh
bors In this city, which Is uiy home; listen
to what I am about to say. Whi n th
I temocrstic party antagonizes and nt
'scks the administration of President Mc
Kiuley, upon ita pvlicy In Cuba, I'or'e
Itico and the Philippine Islmnls, TIIK
KKMOCUATIO PAHTY IS CAMI'INtJ
IN THE (1KAVEVAKI) OF DEAD
ISSUES." From a apecch delivered by
the Hon. Webster Davia In October,
IXsiS, to the Republicans of Kansas City,
Mo., when the tirst meeting wa held ia
the first convention ball that only
partially completed.