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Hamlin, Charles S., Miscellany, Speeches, Jan. 1897- May 1906(1 of4)
RESPONSE OF
HON, CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN,
Assistant Secretary U. S. Treasury,
TO THE TOAST:
"Our National Administration,"
AT THE
JACKSON DAY BANQUET,
HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS OF THE
MIDDLE STATES,
At the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago;
JANUARY 8, 1897.
MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN :
The courteous invitation to address you this evening was to me both
an agree,able surprise and a call to duty in the name of Democracy which
no loyal Democrat could ignore.
We meet to-day to pay our tribute of affection, respect, and honor to
a typical American ; one who achieved great and deserved fame ;
who was prmninent before the people as a judge, legislator, a distinguished soldier, and President of the United States. No American ever
lived who was nearer or dearer to the people of the country. No one
was ever more devoted by precept and practice to what he believed to be
the people's cause than was Andrew Jackson.
His life was marked by a fearless deterrnination to do what he conceived to be his duty ; however much we may differ from him as to the
propriety or expediency of individual acts, we must all concede to him
rigid honesty of purpose and high integrity of character.
Whether we consider the Nullification Proclamation, the war against
the United States Bank,the French spoliation message, the Specie circular, or the Gold Bill, we find the same evidence of strength of will and
determination a purpose. In his message to Congress concerning the
recognition of the independence of Texas, he rises to lofty statesmanship
rarely surpassed in our state papers.
In honoring him let us also render honor to other illustrious
statesmen who, in the present, as was Jackson in the past, are
leaders of our political faith. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
vies with the State- of Illinois in its affection for that great leader,
John M. Palmer. It also extends its grateful thanks to the Commonii
for the services rendered by another statesman in
wealth of Kentucky
our recent struggle to preserve the honor and credit of our country —
Simon B. Buckner. They stand forth to-day pre-eminently as representing courage and conscience in politics. They fought a noble fight, and
though defeated, as was to be expected, their defeat was but a steppingstone to a victory of sound principles of finance and a vindication of our
National honor. By their courage and patriotism they have claiL!ams upon
the gratitude of all our people, and especially those who have earned the
right. by practice as well as profession, in the present as in the past, to
call themselves National Democrats
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has given us another etninent
statesman—one of her brightest jewels, the intellectual peer of any
living public man—that faithful public servant, the Secretary of the
Treasury, John .•. True to his chief, our great President,
regardless of personal consequences, he flung himself into the breach
in the recent conflict, and by his intellectual vigor, his cogent reasoning and his brilliant oratory, did perhaps more than any other man
to insure the preservation of our National honor.
Massachusetts at different periods in our country's history has
presented to the Nation great men. The name of Adams will never
be forgotten. The whole country acknowledges the ability and statesinanship of Daniel Webster ; we cherish the memory of Charles Sumner ;
with equal pride we present the name of another citizen,the worthy successor of Clay, Webster, Marcy and Seward—the present Secretary of
State, Richard Olney.
We gather here this evening as Democrats to do honor to Democrats.
Let us renew our allegiance to the great principles of our faith, and to the
illustrious leaders of our party from Madison to Grover Cleveland. Let
us with renewed vigor press forward with perfect confidence that in the
future as in the past these principles will lead us to victory.
We believe all men are free and equal ; that sovereign power is vested
in the people ; that the greatest good of the greatest number should
be the chief maxim of government. These principles are as simple
as they are grand ; as old as they are true ; cherished for generations, they have been handed down from father to son as a sacred heritage. We point to them as the justification of our course in the past; we
here announce that we shall follow them implicitly in the future.
The National Democratic party, accepting these principles as the basis
of its political faith, becomes at once welded together into a common
unity of purpose. It can be bounded by no sectional limitations, by no
Mason and Dixon's line, other than the common boundaries of our
country. It represents liberal, progressive ideas as opposed to narrow
conservatism. Its motto is forward, not backward. Its path is that of
progress, not decadence. Its song is one of hope, not of reminiscence,
a song of promise.
The toast, "Our National Administration," has been responded to
again and again in the hearts of the people during the la,st few- months.
The administration a our great leader, the people's leader, President
Cleveland, has been true to the principles of the Democratic faith. He
has carried the banner of Democracy aloft, with unsullied hands. With a
firmness and strength of purpose almost unknown in our history he has,
with the able co-operation of the Secretary of the Treasury, maintained
in the United States the gold standard of value, the standard of the civilized world, originally given to this country in 1834 by Andrew Jackson.
Unmindful of personal criticism and abuse which might well have made
a strong man hesitate, he has steadfastly kept in view the one end—the
greatest good of the greatest nuinber of our people.
The Democratic National platform, adopted at Chicag.o in 1892, demanded the repeal of the Federal election laws, the McKinley tariff law
and the Sherman silver purchase law. True to that platfoma the Federal
electiS n laws were repealed. The McKinley Tariff Act was swept from
the statute book and the presentlaw substituted. While this present law
iS not all that we had hoped for, yet it is at least a step in the right direction. So far from our markets beina flooded with imports under the new
law, as predicted by our politicar opponents, we find our Republican
frienI- criticizing the measure because it does not produce sufficient
revenue to support the Government, which is merely another way.of
stating that under its operation there have not been imported enough
fI'n goods toraise the revenue we need.
The purchasing clauses of the so-called Sherman silver purchasing
law were also repealed with Republican assistance, and thus was
removed that menace to the industrial prosperity of our country
fearlessly maintained, and this in the face
The pablic credit has b
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of a diminished surplus and a consequent dwindling gold reserve.
surplus, it would seem. was unwisely reduced by the last administration
by purchase,at a premium, of the public debt a a time when expenditures were increasing and revenues tending to decrease. The present
administratiI n in issuing bonds to protect the gold reserve, has in effect
but reissued those bonds which the last adininistration unwisely purchased and canceled.
5 5ssin„.7, from domestic to foreign relations the Adstration has certainly achieved most notable successes. By the treaty with Japan we were
the first to recognize that country as a civzed Nation. Chile acknowl•e lges complete restoration of friendship. We have exercised a watchful
care over Americans in Armenia. We have confidence that history will
apIlaud the withdrawal of the treaty of annexation with Hawaii—
a treaty which, if ratified, would have given incidentally a pension of
$20,000 a year for life to the"barbarous beheading" Hawaiian queen,
a,Senator Hoar politely charactelized her, and the further sum to her
daughter of $150,000, all to be mised by taxation upon the A merican
people.
The long-standing Mora claim ag9,inst Spain_bas beeiLEetiled.
The attitude of the aAministration towards the Cuban revolt, SD clearly
in the President's recent message to Congress, is so fresh in
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your memories that it need not be alluded to here. It may be well,
however, th recall one historical parallel.
On December twenty-one, 1836. President Jackson sent a message to
Congress in relation to Texas. The two Houses of Congress, at the preceding session, had passed resolutions favoring the acknowledgment of
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capable of performing the duties and fulfiling the obligations of an
independent power.
Having investigated the matter, Jackson sent a message to Congress
advising. against recognition. I quote the following :
true tha, with regard to Texas, the civil authority of Mexico
has been expelled, its invading army defeathd, the chief of the Republic
hinaself captured, and all present power to control the newly-organized
government of Texas annihilated within its confines. But, on the other
hand, there is in appearance at least, an immense disparity of physical
forcS on the side of Texas. The Mexican Republic, under another
executive, is rallying its rces under a new l,eader and m nanccieng a fresh
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may be considered as suspended ; and were there nothing peculiar in the
relative situation of the United States and Texas, our acknowledgment
of its independence at such a crisis could scarcely be regarded as
consistent with that prudent reserve with which we have heretofore
held ourselves bound to treat all similar questions. But there are
cumstances in the relations of the two countries which require us to act
S n this occasion with even more than our wonted caution.
He then states that these circumstances consist in tile fact that a large
majority of the civilized inhabitants are emigranth from the United
Statesthe government of Texas is of the same form as our own ;
and that admission to the Union is openly desired by the residents
there.
He continues:
"Prudence, therefore, seems to dictate that we should still stand aloof,
a,nd maintain our present attitude, if na until Mexico itself,or one of the
great foreign powers,shall recognize the independence ofthe new Government, at least until the lapse of time, or the course of events shall have
proved beyond cavil or dispute, the ability of the people of that country
to maintain their separate sovereignty and to uphold the Government
constituted by them. Neither of the contending parties can justly corn
plain of this course. By pursuing it, we are but carrying out the longestablished policy of our Government—a policy which has secured to us
respect and influence abroad and inspired confidence at home."
Thus spoke "Old Hickory," the hero of New Orleans, the valiant
soldier who knew no fear. His words are commended to those who
would impair our influence abroad and ruin all domestic confidence by
their desire for precipitate ill-advised action at the present time.
It is unnecessary here more than to refer in passing to the Venezuelan
boundary dispute, and to the great message of the President,followed by
the proposed treaty of arbitration to decide the differences between Venezuela and Great Britain. We are,further,apparently on the threshold of
a general treaty of arbitration between Great Britain and the United States,
and it is sate to say that if such a treaty is enacted into law, it will be one
of the grandest achievements in the history of the human race.
Underneath the foreign policy of the President lies the deep conviction
that the Government of the United States is great enough.and strong
enough to do what is right. He has sought for his country "all that
National prosperity," again to quote Jackson,"which can be derived from
an intercourse with foreign nations, guided by those eternal principles of
justice and reciprocal good will, which are binding as well upon states as •
the individuals of whom they are composed."
The study of international law should teach us that the selfish idea of
national prosperity, that what is one nation's gain is another's loss, is
gradually giving way to a broader and grander conception. Statesmen
now realize that with nations as with individuals the permanent prosperity of one is best achieved by the prosperity of all; that the interdependence of man upon man, of nation upon nation, makes progress permanent and not ephemeral. Every law or treaty which interferes with this
interdependence points to retrogression, which, carried to its logical end,
would array nation against nation, people against people, class against
class, and finally man against man.
It is painful indeed to realize that during the late struggle former comrades were opposed to us. But we must not forget that they are still
our brothers. united to us by bonds growing out of the real underlying principles of our political faith upon which they and we agree and
for which in the good old times together we have fought. Forgetful,
therefore, of the past, and mindful only of the future,let us stretch out our
hands to them and beg them to turn from the false light—the will o' the
wisp--of Populism and face towards the sacred fires of Democracy which
we have kept burning and share with us their warm, beneficent glow.
In the present condition of public affairs we should steadfastly proclaim
and practice the principles of true Democracy. Let us pledge ourselves to
render to the new coming Administration patriotic assistance to
secure needed reforms in our financial system. Let us here announce
that whenever a call is made upon us to help sustain the honor and credit of
our Government, that call will not be made in vain. The safety of the
State is to us the supreme law. In the recent struggle we but responded
to the toast given once by Jackson, "Our Federal Union, it must be
preserved."
We should not forget, however, that we are Democrats and not Republicans. We should not seek as Democrats to dictate to our Republican
friends their future political course. The responsibility for that rests
with them, and will be passed upon by the people two years from now.
In a spirit of kindness let us only hope that they will not be carried to
such excesses of party zeal as shall make non-partisan unity of action in
future emergencies difficult if not impossible.
As I speak, my mind is unconsciously filled with memories of the past,
ofthose good old days when shoulder to shoulder we marched against the
Republican forces, united by a common purpose, and filled with enthusiasm and vigor which no defeat could quell. Some of those valiant
leaders have been taken from us by death, but the inspiration of their
leadership we can never forget.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts mourns to-day for one of its most
distinguished sons. The memory of William E. Russell will be forever
green, and his grave will be for all time a sacred shrine for the Democracy
of his native State. He gave his very life-blood for his party.
Let us march forward inspired by the thoughts of Jefferson, Jackson,
Cleveland, Carlisle, Palmer, and Russell. We have work ahead to
do. Let us maintain the principles of the Indianapolis platform. Let
us insist in the future as in the past that taxation should be limited
by the necessities of Government economically administered; let us
reform our financial system. Let us, further, repeal the barbarous
navigation laws which have swept our foreign commerce from the seas.
Our sailors, once the heroes of our songs, are now toilers in our workshops, and the beautiful sea, once covered by our snow-white sails,
is now a closed reservation, along which our people may build houses,
but upon which they are not permitted to encroach.
But a change I believe will soon be at hand. Let every Democrat,
gird up his loins and, dropping wild vagaries born of unrest and discontent, fight for the principles of Jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland, and
victory again will be ours.
The Brotherhood Man
His Outer Life before Men
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE BROTHERHOOD
OF ST. ANDREW AT ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH HOUSE,
BOSTON, SUNDAY, FEB. 12, 1899
BY
CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN
THE BROTHERHOOD MAN
His Outer Life before Men
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE BROTHERHOOD OF
ST. ANDREW AT ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH HOUSE,
BOSTON, SUNDAY, FEB. 1z, 1899
BY
CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN
BOSTON
GEO. H. ELLIS, PRINTER, 272 CONGRESS STREET
1899
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THE BROTHERHOOD MAN: HIS OUTER LIFE
BEFORE MEN.
The invitation to address the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
came as a complete surprise. I should have hesitated long
before accepting it, did I not feel that a request from this
great Christian body was a command which must be obeyed.
The subject assigned to me is "The Brotherhood Man:
His Outer Life before Men." It deals of necessity with the
relation of man to his fellow-men, with his outer life before
man as opposed to his inner life before God. It has not necessarily to do with religion, but rather with ethics. In religion
we deal with an infinite personality. When dealing with
finite personality, we are in the domain of ethics.
The study of man is a most interesting one, to the student
and historian as well as to the philosopher. One instinctively calls to mind the beautiful words of Sophocles in the
Antigone, telling of the wonders of nature, and pronouncing
the greatest wonder of all to be man: he fearlessly sails
over the sea; earth yields him her treasure; with plough and
steed he makes the barren soil redundant; he captures fish
and fowl; he rides the fiery steed and guides the stubborn
bull; he studies the future by the past; teaches his children; makes laws; loves his country; he yields only to
death,— to the grave he must go! A better epitome of life
could not be written. In the history of the world man has
indeed proved himself a greater wonder than Nature.
At the height of our present development, at the very
zenith of our prosperity, it becomes our bounden duty to
consider just what are the duties we owe ourselves and
society, and whether or not we are fulfilling such duties. It
should be remembered that material prosperity may be but
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the forerunner of intellectual and moral decay. If we advance in harmony with true morality, we shall have healthy
progress. Without it must follow retrogression and decay.
The ethical duties of man to his fellow-men is a subject
which for centuries has engaged careful thought and attention. We must, as I have said, carefully keep out of the
domain, in such a discussion, of both religion and law. In
religion we are dealing with the infinite: our discussion has
to do only with the finite. In law personality is regarded
as complete, and society is considered but the aggregation
of equal units. The personality we are considering, however, is capable of infinite development; and it is this development of the individual in his relations to his fellowmen with which we to-day concern ourselves. Ethics has
been called the science of self-preservation. It deals with
man as opposed to his fellow-men, with self as opposed to
society. The theory of these relations has been carefully
studied, especially by the English and German philosophers,
and, beginning with an absence of the religious element
almost akin to Paganism, has undergone a steady development, finally merging into the truths of Christianity.
We find two diverse schools of philosophy, running side
by side, treating of the relation and duties of man to his
fellow-men: the one, Utilitarianism, so called; the other,
Idealism. The former is purely objective, the latter subjective. The Utilitarian school is best represented by
Hobbes, Mandeville, Locke, Rousseau, Paley, and later by
Bentham and John Stuart Mill. According to this latter
school of thought the natural state of man was considered
a warlike state. Society was an armed neutrality. All things
were good or bad as they affected individuals. Its disciples
believed, originally at least, that man had no interest save in
himself; that society is but the aggregate of completed units.
Mandeville even looked upon man as a brute seeking simply
the gratification of his own desires. While incidentally he
does seek the good of others, it was not, according to Mandeville, because of others, but because it is his own good. The
theory of these writers is one of intense individual selfish-
ness, the one man opposed to every other,—the success of
the one the measure of the loss to the other.
As opposed to this extreme selfishness of Utilitarianism,
there were other systems of philosophy,— notably, those of
the Sentimentalists and the Idealists. The Sentimentalists
early grasped the idea of a broader self, and something beyond one's self. Cumberland recognized that, although our
object in life is to seek happiness, yet that happiness must
be sought in connection with others. With him sympathy
was a link binding together mankind.
Adam Smith, the famous economist, carried the idea yet
farther: he looked upon sympathy as a universal element of
mankind; he thus recognized a broadened "self." He preferred the judgment of the man within the breast (conscience) to that of the man without (vanity). His writings
furnish an easy stepping-stone to the school of philosophy
known as Idealism.
The theory of the Idealists was the very opposite to that
of the Utilitarian school. The latter based morality solely
on the consequences to self. The Idealists absolutely repudiated this narrow conception of self in connection with
morality.
The principal writers of the Idealist school were Cudworth, More, Clarke, and Kant. They taught the idea of
absolute right and wrong. To them the laws of the world
were but the thoughts of God. The idea of right and wrong
they believed to be firmly implanted in our nature. Kant
even broadened the idea of self almost to the conception
of Universal Reason. His maxim of life was, "Canst
thou will that thy maxim should be Universal Law?"
With Kant actions were good or bad according to the
motive which determined them, not according to the object
aimed at.
Thus these two schools of philosophy stood opposed one
to the other, the one utterly selfish, the other utterly disregarding self.
The later development of the Utilitarian school, however,
brings it very near to Idealism. Bentham, starting with a
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narrow conception of self, broadened it into the "greatest
happiness of the greatest number." He clearly saw that
society has an important place in the problem of self. He
would even have sacrificed the individual to the many.
John Stuart Mill began with the belief that actions are
right in proportion as they tend to promote individual happiness, wrong as they tend to promote the reverse. He
taught that man gives up much to society, not because of
any claim which society may have upon him, but because
thereby he individually is benefited. It was a purely selfish
philosophy, but Mill, later in life, was forced practically to
abandon it. He finally recognized that there was such a
thing as social feelings of mankind as opposed to those of
the individual ; that man never conceived himself save as a
member of a body ; that the ultimate sanction of conduct is
a subjective feeling in our own minds. In other words, his
conception of self becomes broadened until it embraces society. Finally, he grasped the truth that individual ha
ness comes out of the happiness of society, and that the true
S.sperity of the individual comes from the prosperity of
society.
Thus we see these rival schools of thought, originally as
wide apart as the poles, come together in substantial unity.
But it may fairly be asked, To what practical purpose
should the Brotherhood Man apply these ethical teachings ?
One has only to look around mSt find the answer to this
inquiry. The early Utilitarian view of man we see daily
reflected in life.
How few of us in the struggle for existence strive for
other than our own selfish gain ! How many of us look
upon life as but a conflict between man and man, in which
the strongest survives! How many believe that the gain of
one in this world is necessarily achieved at the cost of loss
tI.nother!
Look around us at the mad struggle for wealth and power,
the favorable recognition of success, even though acquired by
methods of doubtful morality. Observe the tendency of the
times to estimate the value of a man's life by his material
puccess or failure.
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Or, to broaden the conception, do we not to-day see great
nations, really interdependent because of diversity of soil,
manufactures, or climate, eying one another askance and
ever increasing the burdens of taxation for the creation of
fS rtcations and engines of war, which, if used to their
capacity, might destroy civzation, and even man himself ?
Do we not hear the proposition boldly advanced that conduct which would be characterized as wrong in an individual,
and would subject him to scorn and contempt, is justable
in the case of a nation ? Can we not but deplore the steady
growth of the feeling of militarism, which openly distrusts
and even derides the beneficent peace offering to humanity
at the hands of the Emperor of Russia ?
Let it be the duty of the brotherhood man to break down
these savage, barbarous conceptions of mankind, and to hold
up the true ideals of life. Let us reveal to our fellow-men
by precept and practice that the sacrifice of self for the good
If societythe long run, not only true expediency,
but also is in strict accord with the principles of Christianity.
Let us teach our fellow-men that the gauge of a useful life
should be not material success, but its contribution to the
cI mmon cause of humanity.
Selfish, material success is limited, but the good the individual can do for humanity is illimitable. According to
the material standard, how few have succeeded in this life!
In the contribution to the general good of humanity, what a
wealth of riches has been gathered ! Let us keep before the
world the idea of the common good and the necessity of personal sacrifice. Let us constantly impress upon our fellowmen that development of society through individual sacrifice
is what tends to make the progress of man and of nations
S•rmanent, and not ephemeral. Let us obey the injunction
of the man within the breast rather- than the man without.
Let us follow the teachings and precepts of that great Saviour
of men who gave his life that others might live. These are
the truths for which the Brotherhood Man should strive.
The remembrance of the Columbian Exposition has not
yet faded from our minds. Who can forget the Court of
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Honor, guarded by majestic buildings, our highest conception
of the beautiful? or the noble columns of the Peristyle, and
the shimmering waters beyond? On that Peristyle, in letters of gold, were those sacred words: "And ye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Let us seek
that truth; and, knowing it, we, too, shall be made free,
and throwing aside the false ideals of life, we can better
discharge the sacred duties we owe ourselves, society, and
our Maker.
SPEEZR OF CHARLES S. HAMLIN
AT NANTASKET
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1904.
In the few moments assigned to me I cannot attempt to make
any elaborate address.
The issues before the country on which the
Democrats believe they will win are clear.
Lower taxes, Reciprocity,
economical government, administrative honesty, respect for the Constitution in spirit as well as in letter; on these issues the people
are with us.
It is a fortunate circumstance that the so-called
money issue is settled and that the single gold standard is the law
of the land acquiesced in by the declarations of both parties in the
recent National Conventions.
I noticed in a speech of Senator Lodge
recently delivered, the statement that on the gold standard the
people want no flexibility of opinion.
By this he intended to criti-
cise our candidate for Vice President, "Hr. Davis, because twentyeight years ago his opinions on financial questions may have differed
from those he now entertains.
But surely twenty-eight years is
rather far back to go to criticise and compare with present opinionsWe do not need to go back so far to find many differences of opinions on financial questions by Republicans of good standing.
For
example, as recently as 1894 the Home Market Club, the leading Republican organization of the country, passed resolutions which were
intended to convey a message to the west that the Club looked on
Free Silver with no special aversion.
To be sure, a clause was in-
serted for home consumption that every dollar should be as good as
every other dollar, but the fair intent of the artfully drawn resolution was to convey the impression of sympathy for the sixteen to
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one idea.
This is merely one of many instances which can be cited
and which will be cited if our Republican friends seek to inject
discussion of dead issues into the present campaign.
The silver
issue is dead, no thanks to Massachusetts Congressmen or Senators.
The principal issue is Reform of the Tariff.
The people of
the country are overwhelmingly in favor of Tariff Reform.
Remember
the Bill of Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin reducing duties on iron and
steel products.
Mr. Babcock was a prominent Republican, yet his
Party did not dare to allow a vote to be taken on this Bill in the
House.
The joint Committee on Federal Relations of the Massachu-
setts legislature reported a resolution in favor of this Bill, but
it was killed at the command of the Republican organization.
Gov.
Cummins of Iowa came out squarely for tariff reforms, but only recently he has been crushed at the command of the Republican machine.
The Republican leaders have determined to throttle every attempt
at
reform, relying upon the contributions of the protected industries
to keep them in office.
The Democratic Party pledges itself to a
revision of customs duties in the interest of the consumers of the
country.
Another great issue is Reciprocity, especially with Canada.
As the products of Canada are similar to ours, no compreh
ensive TreatY
could be made with her without lowering duties on
her products which
are similar to those we make here. This is called
Reciprocity in
competing products.
To this sort of Reciprocity the Democratic PartY
pledges itself in its National platform.
To this sort of ReciprocitY
the Republican Party, for the last few years
at least, has
violently opposed.
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In 1900 the Republican National Convention stated
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squarely that it favored Reciprocity only for foreign products which
are not produced in this country.
This was a repudiation of the
Reciprocity treaties negotiated by President McKinley and, as well,
of that part of the Dingley Tariff which authorized their negotiation.
In 1901, the Home
7,1arket Club violently attacked the theory
of Reciprocity in competing products and the treaties above referred
to.
In April of this year, the Massachusetts Republican Convention declared for Reciprocity in non-competing products.
The plank
of Mr. Foss calling for general Reciprocity was attacked by Senator
Lodge and overwhelmingly voted down.
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On June 11, 1904, Senator Lodge, in a speech, said that
there were two kinds of Reciprocity, the first being non-competitive
and the other being the Democratic kind.
He further stated that the
Republican National platform would declare for Reciprocity in noncompetitive products.
The plank in the Republican National platform on Reciprocity
while somewhat ambiguous, yet in the light of the prediction above
quoted of Senator Lodge and the interpretation of Mr. Clarke of the
Homelfarket Club, can fairly be said to be for non-competitive Reciprocity and against competitive Reciprocity.
Senator Lodge has recently stated, however, that he has always believed in competitive Reciprocity, and that the only subject
of non-competitive Reciprocity with Canada would be arctic furs!
What then are we to assume?
That Senator Lodge has been for years
opposed to the non-competitive planks of the Republican platforms,
State and National.
Or that these planks were wrongly printed, the
word "non" having been inadvertently printed.
The people of Massachusetts fully appreciate the benefits of
a liberal Reciprocity treaty with Canada.
The record of the Re-
publican Party should teach them that they can expect from it no
such Treaty.
Their only hope is to vote the Democratic ticket,
State and National.
The Democrats have nominated a worthy candidate; an upright
Judge, a man of eminent fitness for the exalted office of President.
They are oontent to leave the issues and candidate to the people of
the country for decision.
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NANTP,W7T MTN?, Stturdey, Sept* 3,
Tt in almoet inspiring to Democrats to obaerm tile effect
!..-tterAtin Armaments Won cur Republioan friends*
TI,
And tais
lors appftront than in their treatment or 1,;., Philip_
feot is nelohlro ,
pine !earls*
Yor t'ae past three years we 114ve ififN.rd mazy fervid
eTnie-latione Vlst the flag will never be hauled down, but suddfmly
tl tIle tire for election draws near, ft nnrLed oh&n6e la observable*
ritl-etP.r7 Foot at tho RepUblican Motional Convention expr*I;Ised the
111,1t.ftf t!,,vt
rtilirmines should have the same trqat-lont
peeoret^r'! to rItsbile
Awl only the othfw dsy, Secretary Tuft stv.tAs
3'
in "ontP4112.0r, Vermont, thftt the
-,4hen the
it will
lmo*
*'1.. think the time will
,bo granted imiellend,ince and hope
pinos may 'Weis
rr I rorlember rirhtly, only two months sgo Aa an-
oed that it wou1:1 bo not in this vinaration that inaer:midence
"Pnted, ond
ccro,:'. be e.,
tr-4, 1r1t-77*
Aqs would remain there
Val United nt,
fttrVi.er remarks tkt that time aa to our people
irtlinfr: in business in tha ZslAnds
vr.i‘rIpme!ftnes as
osted clearly hit. bolitig
faat would nwir*r come*
rem whet hts Occurred to bring *bout this sudtiet I. -f
of
r know of nothing exolpt the nomination of JutitTe Parker by
'newloarfttio Pnrty and the square asolaration of
.L '9'
/Ind
fy,relemta in fpvor of pn imodiute dealsr*tion of ultimAte Juderondlnoo for the Filirinos*
This inolU.int shows the importanca of
ha7in7 g 9trora minority reAdy
tease siliventsge of th4 slightest
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tnn. (Alu gav3 omra lot to 1,r1ipiti-tf3 a con-
'Anil that riltitou
flicts y't Mt% wooret crdf.,rs 4*ore given to Wialg about
o4
elm to n,
1).ftd
Oict If poasiblo.
a rawat our outp44to firad an t%e Filipino znrrd
1,1,4
141.ht cf Feb-
ruary 4.°
dilpositiou of t
eovtasing twit
v*.r,
t:4nt lvtcy con-idwrwvion of honor provante4
eere!,tc.ry T&It
War iTi...ving 011 f1/1.14nol, bLQ:4; t
tu
Thin is tA4 Iirvt
T-,;;Irl to the
tr&rd fran
tionI
71lirinon by rny o4nkfidisvratoll:. of
wolio. we rot 'iv've
t)
Sttr the,
1n
7,70
If'
tAt.crily by flit....
our obL
t7tin
tAr rrciz urtor wIr
thmn at VIt, rmthe
rii•v
•
tittui
44,4
..va
711 •11
0-1
a;7r-4 uo todil
toltor '
,41;
•7;.
tirnen
TrIPty
J-) -„Taod,
aln
iota
,i%,
.;i4
I:lour/onto.
7:noh
2f1
r:;c4u.P.:
w4,21;_4
a "79polit4n.
4:6.1.4;r';1:
t.m ours :::aoriottry (
with ftistriosn Ilona* ;Car a E!Jor;.,...,
itmgrlettn sitixenai
•
to therm /improper lita4;... *rwl.a,a;
given out of the war ehould be t
44Wicflt
1,!;4-
( 4.tlrcd 1,
Anowiwel pooplo s
C
cl;q
.!:•r
dTAX4',.!ti
,%whts aS
•
rtkJ
nlwa
truth cnd not garblad statements
oeneorod by Army *Moors; because they bIlieved in tho truth of
4•40.
o‘:7,rrevIni-mts :::fs to math censorship;
thm morel robin er
horriTild nt the ordArs of our offIcorts to kIll
.14ctlf.lc
or
'11* t*n
nl:
trtr.vel, In
rractiitctit .1r; ctxr troop3onot
lelprnAd tt
"Ixicfratl*tv
ed hocrtvu,
;4"0.4xe was
nr:0; Fe
t,)
oAtholin
Lnd aunties'2..tr,
w4n
72..*
z1.14y;
namle *hen an InIrttotlion *at ord.rtd
nf
if the rzfti
th:P“.J.01 ;.v.i.;.0ata• r4-
colsi
murdered
r1d t.hnt
that
'with th," ortongc
f!.t:t1wid devaop implicating r.,!
,n?: othirs,
04
nd
of 7,Y1b1io policy rIvirvq1 no tlartr 4ctin
epr7.14thynicr.11
ItrIvittd
',Durt
/7),,clysett art
htfa to diwrrove Val
•t,),
14,1c.14
t;i1A
p4,711(_,ly
rIgll.twt oT!,Int.ttor Tr,
itJ)0
1:;i.A2:14.43
oil,.itop.d to c1.1.WT
tir)
[70,10
4
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q11':r- st
1):;
not C.01.m.,La
,i.n:'.
Yor
mftd,
fyt*,r
t1,41- -0m4
rtittp,ry
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rbr
rn elprdlet
! -
Mimi:not; lvtlt 1%,t,Awn n 1n4.'
11 r.rint true t
?".";
r
(,!
r
give his gitftly tho orodit of desirinft to help these people, ovsn
at th$3 ftxpcnot of our proteotld int*nrstes by wiping out an duties
-Att.
«op ps*
1,hs
!Tz3t
Irvt•t
in t:).7v.4 Unit
too0c) intritita will nIvIr pq.it
25 pW olnt nom
e,sti4r;
-
7rais ..)cNAtion t4. Van
t
71.140 74e_wc: .%.'ft fun cr.,
4^
01,w
bdone w
t
114.
tA,
ex,irtt.Uor, of th4
.11imflinc7.1 $7,r Pt 110.1.rA only pArtift17:
„tore!,t,s.rE 4.111
7,
rnroe.
1,,A4 Id:11 . bn
in 1906
cif
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further
T,
ibtxxk
ft's
• ''',•=•i ,•.‘."‘
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ininra .
t,14.-,t
not accomplish thit promie tAs
•
rtft ft
PArty whioh (Irsclinle to
girt* any °MOi1 promise tO, EtI1,-searo41y neoft an mcwer.I thikk
111•••••-
A
SPOIS
.
Glb4s4t.ona anct!
t'lz-t it is Tiblrty which fits !i'm for libIrty.
So az well can it ii
nakJJ mln st-ivA Lo
id it it. is the promi5, of lilrty which
t,Lain it
deserve it when attained.
"
,714 t0
nctioe t*.at the :;acret%ry of Wfkr
altiaN.rovia
rt ofto 7,colation of in ,p,mue 4hic„h
cc.17',rnng!nts derive toir j1;,t
Fe onys thnt this
fruri
theory of govarnment t
ateti that
t;cintiollt oi*• -Like
taan 4.rOLi Lho writ.ini;13 of
thn Prone. Philonopher Routimonut :nd he pints
iVa
there are
rnorle in this country who today.arrl ,.„ov , rn)d w4tilelt tmiir conslnt.
;iowc,
:dr, that it i
of f,"'ir
ar1M7
6wYll
fh-Nre
ur(Ir!rf:tPnd
th
"Y;Icluration
((P1
it of
07
tirorYe.
t.1.(1:17f
contine in pcwr of
Rouseau volkb,z_ttg.1 taw, the only
t:
t,1
the
:.;abjeot poople.
I.;sdialoe, the 3eore-
,
t7,1!7! Philippines,!.-nt for .t,n!,
by divinf:,.
o. th(:
;'Lion or Ix14;.evoes
2ivi. e rijA
r: nt 1 -017dn,
t".1.10.
-ocrftt. r:-tewe, hc 174vors a govermatiLt iL the
=ore the, tort of -oveq.lttncnt wi
tar:: ..1-
LG
curtn n fc'sw ox.ctions
Philirrinoo resting on
the:ry
it a vf:ry eliZectiva rsyrutatIon
1,6iyi,i;1 az. well,
i2
ix;o3,211-:itt
1
GrIARIX:7
HA711:417I
PLY7-!CUT.rlio SATURDAY, OCTORTR
1904.
Th47! 'bortstftil conflimnce of our reputlicnn trilnds
to redr.avo
R
tot-bank on election 4f.-1,y.
:ntoy b.rq ti:oinz; noat
talklmq4 while the Dmmoorata Are working.
oonfifIenee Vat we
of the votes.
1,110
Th..!.y clmAm ,o -yv7.1,t ral. the
11,!!!ve t•- fe 77,emocratio tia?At
The RIpublicfms
1.11:117
h7rvia a .111jilritzir
enmod now in detating
the quAtItion Whether our Colonial policy in the fnr %tint 1-i.c;
two hundred millions
of dollAra
or eix hundr1.4 111111714.1 of
and they are roosdy to lo intt; detail on this wismtion.
not ready, however, to invftstizate
lazia's,
w .xe
,iewnrt-vints of .ha
Government "In such an taventl7atIon
1:tor iv
Reprnoontatives olld in .0/.1 ronote, •vm- inwmti(!fition,
ne-
ceobity,must have been wort thoreu*t awl oarialyte thrz any inv;:,trttficon
ty tIte Chi,yf
secretary rlw hAs
!:ivo,.-11 us the int,Inutinj 14forua-
tien that it is net eettlett that -10r1g.".•,,ratt
Conntitution to inv4,rit4sate
estIng„
+Ante.
ative
ycnra ago.
StOrld
Ticetittivo 7-'1,11-)6.rtrt4rriti.
:1 ::119,
iratlr.
It %,!nt ettrpntl,,,c1 to have toto3rt ant t:11,1 Elat .L.14 afttra-
In response to omr derlAnd
an
'Cad v9.41sr tnuldr
econooT in tha
10 zilrvloes
Administrative orer is in-.-14 forM4,
11ns.
mates preparod by tbom ef the expense of their nitpertlilnts
for the Gaming year,in order that no liht may be thr4wn upon
denand for an ettonemieel Administratims
defond,ing
Our Repablioan triends are now busily ellt:rvd
ovenly aer140
their Colonial. policy In the Philippine*. :01.tt ftVirt
St btrtes that
the lzguage or the I:molaration or Independetwe '#flx)reil
she govarngovertrAtnts kierive thtlir just vow*ra from the oonsent of
tities.
mt. ,iu(..4m Taft =ale those stfAements glitterinc Glwtra
oh. Rufuti Chtaite
re;z1mber rea:,..Lc (If a <antler saw yearu cute at
ri5ing to hie tett
r3:, Clivf;'r 7endell
uLod
tr.!7 hr.Arti
saido-n ts.L4 jerincivleo of the Deolotratim do taxtter;
?mace 44;1;t was
phrase ca.:4-) GL.-L.;,.ai,a4
rielt to ulltt.r."
w*tl r,t thtilt Unit fiatIn5 tILe othtir
firut u4ed by Utattoocoieu.
taeury of k..-4.wiau8tip 4_v! t.:Ietory
4divIne riallt, a Linos 1;6
*ng tdreroreor4oretury 'iottk attaoks tr44441 Drinoiplod ot
OvIrn.
the Atalti-ral.„iw4
.o div;.110 r
itepandence, he 1,ruotkoally tftl...et
4.1:,
L.:10
his stand on
:jcnator i'Aivrid/I:e al Indimakfol4s a salon tiM4
r, ciao.
.:r;
Rekalioan, Fart), L0 rule
wcatod t:tat if it
voracon„1„Liir.utia which preaorioqs a Prela..iwiyairml 41110ti4Sn owe avot7 rour ;i4Akra, C44 Am.wictt riJaple w4.1.J.1 not
AtisturbAng Ciao preaaul Addnibtrkticus
1:1;mulligence
Q.; tan
MAteh laneuaae 16 4r,
ka4rlatal peoples
ir
wA•o true 1.44
noLlIng but tiw ZouLtitutiati et4:_as in the lilaw of r;cutireamno(t
Rafv.b:Lin rula forevqr witAwit an eleetwall we 614oult.i. 11,12. 1.144o4 be
tLartU'Ill thAt %/a hk,kv:1
Covatine,lun or the United gtatt;g.
Thi 4:;ry :or Taria ntform ib coinc ovIr
:110 1,044,11
c:0;)1, a ailtin;; ;INA
per cent within the 14at
Int.4148,6ud
viae zurantry.
o:* nwty
e nnd thfct nlitber innt,me mnr wfwls
1111013.**
money vud thAr V.In1 keeuly t,11.4 int-
lees with t4t1
i,rice or t..4% mo4.;,tlimrie
oraimms
tiCins
rewAlt JAI that poutiAn oan buy
inoreaue.
btIe koitup 4tith
tna trimitlits
t.esV1.4n-
Etit.rt
The kovi.lo at on
ntrrily
1:12{1
”' writ norft
tvonty or tUrty 1),
rorcirg t'ae k7orn ;t4a,.ler
thm thi; price for
The ixett canbim-
of liCe.
exticleentrssil.
2ly nell !1,1
y
r4lcroc:ity
tinQ looknd 2or relieft
tticrld
cn
A
nnmalr of prnteet-
flutter' Vlroluth
Id kzt.kolou for th* ox:resszt purpe mr lowering 'aid
Rr.ttiTroaties. T1V5 rrot:ctqd in;.1rqstei howmArd,r, havin; so.
ollx%!a
inerease, ul;co4,,,dnd in deVt8tins t*:141 tro,,Alts gnd cling
grinly to t.,.e b.anefits of tkoso taxes v4.1.1.a
p49f.14 rovIr intnn4.
ed thoy 411;4; have*
!tot.t tv thl
In eon3Vorin ; th.) bPrnorits of 71m51,rty prot,
clongiA4r ear*fully war0.
A-, - ic;
h..L..6 famous bitatItude, qTrmieleA
stdd In
t%tv .,7%o flx,r4ot nothine: finr te
bdiaar7i ,olnted**
rlver
it
stvge of the campaicn I am
to make the fol-
lowinz pree.iction, first, that William L. Douglas will he the next
Gol,mr.;lor of 7assachilsetts; second, that Alton L. Parker will be tne
next President of the United States.
PL1,1
D21 /f.g
smell 07
ifACLIV
CITAMAS
AT
31, 144.
PITTSMXTD, 'IONDAY WANING, ;),..R
strtnegraphic rei,ort of. our
- is not elen that pn accurate
"1. ;
h v, how4ver, teen favored
Rep(alicgn friends spolchas in tPken.t
in this City labt week
e r,”rt of thft t-itress delivered
present "Lieut. r7ovIrnor of tIle Comm.
by rtnortk1 Curtis rpuild, Jr., the
serious on,
cemplpign thus fnr hos 'aeon e deci6od1y
Th
e humer has hen developed.
for uur tioutobicsn friends, tnd littl
ide spliti,ing, humorous addresses
1:;rotfore, for th
or :•
ii1d, tho
iAly
would lonfr age ?IkVit tJ.ken on a, decid
(Inercl first
ftt te rIenting here lost week, the
ted story of his inl,rodtictIon
conlrYlsed hit sudience by his oft rerea
g with PreeAdent Fovelte He
to ru,tern =wilting* when esmpvignin
f bill ascribing: to
t tovohinft; tribute to the Wilsor tarif
nlxt
verieus othlr manirlAations.
criblb of 117,93, Coxey's Army, trd
it
die humor, for thFly krolt tLt
The audience ws6 quick to nppreciatO
j L11 464) in rial opqraall tnaLl fasts h#0:,penmd whils the4cinL
Wilson Tu*iff. PaGsing to
tiun, :!(*i prior 1,c thn eneotment or the
preent plaossful edministration4
rorlicp affoirs, vftsr suleglaing the
plrmitting rrnoe to
114 cr4iaizod 4m/mre1y Preent Clevelx,riCror.
our trade there.
ef,much
'r:tditrvysotir ari deprive us by a tariff
had
of peaoo, that he weuld
H.v5u-r!e, iic.riinr to
fumeres1 sspt,ot.
or
07.1r 7&-lnistration teolore viF,r a!Tain$4t
of -nele7atcar te rAvolt.
ronce, or potasibly incite
then pore out the ,,,0711-clat
stronc right arn,
stRrtlinc nTime tA 7„tcrotxry -;y4, alone,
rinte, China.
pr,yverd tho T;rincirs1 nwtinS of :ruropo rr..G.rileembe
retary of 7tetl.
'Text ft)llowvtd hr ettr* m IliChard-Oiney. 7Y-leo
achod *hen the vslisnt Oeheral 4s:71t thi climax was
cv4;sed th
tho co1,zot of th,!
rolt stendard
Republican 1e1,7:4tion in 1f036 . 1V-1 tn-t, or
audion(la hew the 7411chutletts
ascatod, pr41,6ry, 'At)
Rspublinan delegation in
convIntion, tW3o4n
lents,
P,fter onnvassin
4toiry delegate in the
:Imtlet to the ti-ld committee cn
ziernfInd ,16 f,11 inv;ertion of tho wc,r(L "eold"
lutions
Zurme
even if clhtly
174.
7.4-Asf'ityavention
.at
74110cratio delorTation
71 rt:Irt-,r 'ittscrited boll the comitte,,,i, *;,11-
neckS Iceforo thlte valiant heroes
t1.1
IatLt-
Quick tc bllnd thti
1.h4. word vad wrls rrmtly in-
gertnd.
On th
wit
mittee
ctr htmd, thie picture of 1. eroism was contrasted
contZuct (A' the - 7faostichubetts TImbor 0.." the Resolution
t t
7e!llocratic Convention nt
said, "voted 7o1d cut of the platform*.
t. TolAs, this :Teel*, who, he
'4*.4 tiø addedo-l"!r. )1nnlin
silemt on thn questiqn of the nmtienal
hotor
honnzA 1, KyrInt of our honest debt," and he closed with the
was
etmewhat slIrrriioing statement that, "repudiation of honest monoy
cm-ried t!:!rouh ti1ayeer'
Derlocratic Convintion."
all
Thar fealowed the time honored peroratign, which Ire have
the fire
heurd so many timls, th ,. ourtein falling amid the rattle of
end Delopks at C,onflord Tiridge, the swish of the clAtlaseas of 7ul1
e of the
cctur, the crtit11. of musketry et NnIcer Iill, the deep boemin
anirients; the
cannon at OrAtysburgl end other soul stirring accemp
oonvulsea with iAirrimInt &nu
t;.uditilet Lz-ILntine disoraing alnout
iaaplitting humor and
rly ihrising nt. the doughty :rt,l'
wit.
a
Loul stirring om-1i4n is enough to make
Lveu rt:44anc
the el4elon, thy cruih 4f the
veelful man tz1e. TIO Lokamint: uf
thiki interLlinding smoke, make it hL,rd vmaZter
411U LS4
val
4A
to
time, t,o
4is zalitary mian.
tat Lr..4 suoke, in u measure,
e cltq,, 4444, iluw:Jvqr,
- rel,pect-ins, tc ,;!,ic.h I1.i41.
wad or two rots lc;oom forth like mount
fully call twl attion or the orator.
however, let -le say there
n4 mudiation of Na-
ratic T'41.19nkla ConvIntion
tionml Atmor, or honeut money, in the Democ
ond in the
as made, both in the sub-Committee
of 3.04.
irm Lzii '..c.naas City Plati'4rm
full Committee on Resolutions, to reaff
of the reaffirmation
thus squarely britAing up Lae quobtion
Mit. :lotion wha voteu down
or the principle 44.* free silver coinage.
ttee by overwhelming majoriboth in tile klub-Committee 4nd full Commi
carried vith it a complete
ties, almvet unanimous, r.nd t4i4 vote
jOet.i.4n 4i
vrincipia.
‘.ao
'ae 4ucatiou later arose
into
ple;tiorm
as t4
the expedience or w.Ling
1,o4itive declanstion in fvor
14ny
Qr u L.Mvred tni.
couriae.
WeJ were outvQted by
ay
for free xil-
A.ajorityteJ.lo Committee, not becw,ce o.
v4;iteauon41.u4?*t by aocla.';ation, but
ver, -44,i1;21 th4y had themselv*Is
mfitter gas settled, 4na was
on tq,, _round, pure and simple, i.ht tne
fere no neoesaity existed for
not an iue in polities, and Lnat thlre
finklly prevailed, althomek
putting it in the platters. 1.1406 view
4
0.
. ._
hv7ing
(111-
ae the he.rdist kind Of
fieht for
,t the illtpa.
I1Pit,r441,tt417'dectdld te-ecvtr
t,ltr7.ing' !Ilttlr not 1.n
file ;,n4i7:ority_rotpott conf
1itiv
iflvrd
paitiea controversy.
v1r7orrly atted u.1:: for bee
htv
s
end
fri
ican
pub1
17P:
Cur
not zc TrAny
t
4).1e,
A.1mt
tr rwr,ain
1llsdore were '41.111n
cLr
b1i
ont
min
kro
.1,04Jure Ago,
tine
of fro -1 4111r1 taid this fA
64.1nnt
reorle.
one great iso)e beff;re the
vlAvtk IA wardt
Preeatoulnd the stttement of
In tnirticnt'hlre con
the Cqkturve -4rmzine in
ld
::t!velt in un exticle prblit;h
tdo Rclylican Prty
d
Icu1
wir
.rLe
t;ou.
ti
to
a
ltv
Pep0Aican•ration0. Ionrd in k,he trefroaetinn
4
L.;a
perI tlmt elt?lonE:7h
rtc
thi
in
ttd
:ita
70
6.
vicenton of 1c1
exvressly denounced, yet
.:,uld prefer to huve frttt!, .Alver
L•t it ;z.s not atintiel.
*:4I'Liuid:-
:1,onis, of court, t71.4t the
"113faril to be for fre4 1.1vtor mvjority may rest content
it, nnd the
P;aty i. resolutely against
ority humiliation by re: iu.rira una upre thg min frel coinane of silvers.
tutu ‘;11
thi
many words the
tralnint•froia donounaing in so
',Tat the great issue
tic, the free coinEo of silver
Pt
Previden Rooftevelt thou7ht It not
yet
end
s,
tie
Per
two
the
ng
idi
div
openly to declare avant:A it.
aommpry for the Reputlicsn Party
e that our course at "t:.
`lutaegvont events h!:ve (lonvinced
And I Acult
t intreat or !Jle 7:ftrlocratic Party,
th
Touie wn.,$
in
e3ourai:te detts not alwhys conist
rind the valiant General thvt
vain-gl:Jrisus arrimas to the eel
sr.;aggorini7., sratat-tuokl*ring, find
doing a
e may centist in mietly not
rag
cou
ls
tim
aone
Oat
but
y;
Lir
thing
Ab W411
nt; in doinr it.
the slktte sidrit -which ".1,64
In ly.ni.;
:Ad stor6ard
uniue,
M4
t9 extivn in
rle wanly quiescent
ceercod to be an object 4 political controversy.
It
I:rand
It must be pleAsing to Ror)blicans te , be •told V-ta the
etzndard and
Old .Pc.rty in rnd alwars - hes be th) Pz:rty of the tr4ld
allegiance to
Vint only *Ticked nemocrate hav.1 ever wavered. 17k- teir
in
str.rd of vaue. I mean ty this that it must be pleasing
and th4
--tr.oa that a child loves to be told a faneAfUl story,
tri be.Crciful, the nore it pleases him. Nff': fknciful tales
mor*
audiences by the
in!! poured nilitly in:Ao the ears of lastaohu5etta
olIant leneral.
of
I went to cral to 'lie attention, howevttr, certain fAota
itrymake rt., doubt
1.41 correctness of his atatement that
in 1896
,:rllant work of the !ta3eacliusetts Republican leler!ation
for',,C
word 'vildv into the Republican platform.
hpv,
t!Irf,
Pstudy
of this matt.lr, based upon lot-
"r. ralt4r 17%11rnan, the distinguiahad corrnaponitialt,
sourcts.
upon inquiries made from rtr:.n:i ot'!ler prominent Repliblictri
fi!rnalal Flank of 1U wat. rirst prel?4x4d
at a confnce
"ton, Ohio, the llome of Pr-milant J6Kinley, a-
by 71'.
bout • weik teforl the convention convIned, cnd was approved
Yron
Morinley. '1711 drkft did net have C14 word "gold* In it.
Representtauten the oonf,irence, at Athich th,tre wai no Unaichusitts
reeuned.
Tlvx+, the conrorqnces
ative, proceeded to 't.
rAuch dispute aa to whethor or not -Ole word at;E:16.° bhould
Th,f1r-:!
late !Ltt
be J 4- in. .7.1n;kl1y, lurfylly through .1;et eff,n'tb or
erriam of 17inneecta, ov. Warrick and ,fr.
nester General Payne,
wrJrd
reltis4tt of Ohie, wnd *them, it rqc-qw,d
old
sgolo* 'biting included, zYrta
tdrd endoraed, oLy,homvor,
oecncred.
ca, a meth% viv/ndi until int4rnationa1
and
11y,44,1;r(Ar-;,1
r.
1)).. :ire t
It *Art6 01.4n 61.111Till
rrtain
inaur4
subAitttd tt; olnovzh of thel. d114.1atif,nb pro4ont t4;#
!aunb-a%,. ro ted
patpo t.y th '7onvIrtion. Th-t plank wss an.r.1,
Mabbachusetts do1e-1111n arriNcd nt lAvq ':vontion.
f
dalegatea Yiao arrIvrtd aftlr L
tho into)rticm
contiated
lnnk had boon
A laetie,
C11/ u, .
tAtm.4a. Thi ua.nmo
to promote intrnatioLal
rftlr:nn, however, adde4 noth- tothe ,t,r.:ni:th of the
.z,nld it. V?enator 7oar, in ht r4lc.,1nt blognio.
It rathar w',
motallisn.
plank.
thi,6
uts1ic,n
T now wit% tc, call to tllo Tit.
,
ci•fa,
r1tin
t
fete
Eggia
thA remrsd of t%,., Ropubllatt:,i P,rty
thtt coldnexe of Iir:friich may prociDitat, Into dewy if not
,f)isturs, thtt warAth of %la extravagant knd crotcsque oratory.
tis
IntLL oonnotiori I would t1.4 ti4,Ft if t11. 1)r, 4.co, eancc:
a proper conalderktion
too innr
lonetlarY t*(Aun4nOs2s,
wi..1
Lbe
mar.
Qf
44idrtq
iv ,
t‘J,!.it; :latter v.1 1,41 av.304,1tAfftin.!
wt
ratee, ao
Of
i.
avwsre
4
:,14.r:11
1. fr'oi/1
Q;a1 :c.r Guuli• efAilL4
tt
1. In 1860, the Roublican Tlational platform condemnld the
policy of thn Dortooratio Adminlz,tration in it
effort ;o dillnonetize
Itnrresq l tn, then It mAnIPtr of
c)e
T.,
2. In
7onv445amen. voted to take
,
ittc
:itu
6tk6
rether with ether 4a,4
proviiltd fen* tht rurvr
Eil
dom
Win
the
er
sid
up mnd con
ixoduct !;,f tIlf) 71111t1d
1w4o1.40
of
nt
likt
erri
:.ov
ghtz.o0 by t).7t
IA - for all
threfor to be ratc-qval
d
;u4
144
bo
to
,
ot
tot
Tregaury
nr1
lawful rduw-ya by 'Tatio
a
us
d
nte
cou
%A
to
covernmtrt dues,
Vhe optien of
gr gold coin
n
lio
bul
vir
bil
in
le
v,:nd to be re&lertab
S.
In the
11;90, F,Ingtorld
6,171At
th,;
?Jean fts!!schusott6
ver
vote4 ftr th5 7on7lr ril
t.:11 vA.111. of
0. IE
17111, w'n1c7,1 provicie4 thf
uld h4ve freo
t1.9 per ounce, we tAo
to 1.
!7tiktes at the r4tio or 16.
4.
Ednut4r L‘,40,1
7.!'itssacht6lett
End
eltO.nt TA".w
ttAtl.a - twa tirovir Pur
v4ted
of th!liouse
Inited
of
,11
n a A/Idioms otiu t%N,1, t11
tiug
y.
tor
his
:t.,orkiet In
rei.r!:al w.?1
IL
for
4
vot
to
ced
werft for
51
.
1 2:L4 VCLt
'2Ats objact
by rr/i!nidqrt crloveI;,ind.
,
Colorado tQ hay:
1:14r
said by reneLtor
pr 1890/
in our
tIlt- notit sovare 1%.!'r
o
which brought ui,ou Wi ono
.411mbers
7ismblicans
Thi, bill
for tivt vAWinlay
b.
in
6.
ed the
tiv.; L,4111.4csu
r.
ic!,Aioris.A.4.0 .-ktraInititcicu
ver product of thl
7.
4R8
cL votes
:411.
Intrnstional. Ametalin.
In leVA,
lc.1. 1
Convntian deterred for
:17 attacklr.ter Fr4bint, l',nblic
tht
rAatess
On February 3,
341, a bimetqllic
wns formed
601
d signqd by t7enntor 70,
Ite
iss
wRs
t
len
ar!
trA
6
,
in Poaton, Prld a public
-8-and !mmnator 'Tear ritonf, ot?ters.
In this stsctemmnt it was Huid:-
"Thl dry is not fer distant when VII necesnities of oummeroe
4e1I
7Q1ei in th,3
will compel om internatIonal uce of silver
.;orld".
the
.xcuchout
currenciez t:8.
In rerch, 1694, Senetor ,odc'a ettid in the United Sthtf)s
rold ttf;rdkrd rolicy, tno errnrt to oontrftot the
policy 1,..;un by -r,
Aglz.nd becirculation of Ole world, is an
witl% u vipir of increasing her
cauze 2,t1e it L. r:reat etreditor
profits."
1894, -;fintttor
rlont to tjlel
ri.p
introuced inaclend7
Toriff..rill.roviing for tliscr4m1nating duties
against tiv i,rodvote, of crevrmt qq-itian and her colcIni's "until
shall absont to elm. tkyl vi.rt in f
int#Irnational Nereement, to-
'ether with tho Unittri :Itd4t1s, for
10.
4ilel
rnd 11E!t of iiilvrm.
On April 61 1694, flerlator T,odire Floid ir thm lenr.te of
the Unittd
"The
ton
monometsllic rolicy of ,IrePt :oritian now in force
all
a13 rrant civilized Ilstivre, in, I 'honeys, the 0:retat enemy of
lood bqrUnows tirow:•hout the world Pt tolf4 rioment.0
11.
In OctrA,”° 1Se..44, Gov. routweal, then P P,'!.111,1b3ican, pul;-
licly favored tno unli:-civfd fret coi,
lago of' silver at 1; to 1 of Qut
entire product of t,0., rilvqr minom
from :Juch cw.nego to
mr
1.,}14
United
tbe nrnrit
dividod in c-wf,ain fixed proportions betwiln
tat bullion owner and til4 riwowntrlint.
12.
That tine honored uruavirmtion,
'Pieme ,-prkot
stirrtld by tht olsrion oali of -111ator Lode for ?),Ilp
Lf-r4UPOYI laLCda
1V.Irt
trion n:cord ao ite fri4nd, .Lt b 6evotsd
The Club hc roolivvd h ttlegrum irQn two ollfotra oE
National Committee txt
14,11'
Republican
Sbit. TAko City, Iltsqx, 7%:v.
are, !.74,cretary
7.tone
,krkot
To . ;:on. AllArt
"Republioans Utah 6onti orirdiml greet:L*17e t th=1; Hon* . 'arket
Club'Th
v1
ngl
tandnrd is too narrow a fmmlaticr. fc.r this
fin‘ncea OrL.i 6r-t
rlulA drew
p.)t friyr,1
frrlitic
scramble el' the lqatIon for ,old,
1,17 which
lot (If p rstly
mec.ns palA.0 . and peralyvis of all our comrcial intrnats.
.
7,.t the
Republican party die-litre im favor of th* doublA ntandrrd to ,
svtore
prices grd oft In :iti /.!:14 countrios indifttrite, withollt
,Ang
.p4rmisaion or England and Ivo will promise yoT1 !'en two staunch Ferolaican L'ent,tors frwn the
ot Utah n114ga:1 -4t(: Protctions
binetallism and raciprocity°.
Tha Ho-qo "ar.ket nub reyaiod no follewrl"Resolved: trIPt tnt :teretary
OIrm,ated to "4-1l:.
tis
cisphtch t,LaL tho 7Ae1e -arkot "aub is in favor or 1,11.1,tritm cold
will to whet it can to promote the rilhebilitattnr rf ..11vAfr PE tandp.
ard monay, slds§:As kamving in v14.
paramoltnt 1.rincip10 t.rt ;ivory
dollar of our ourrenoy should bm as rood oft wny other ?lorlor, -nd
that 1'w-sign intere.t
cu1 n4, te rp,rmitted tn doranrteicn
policy'.
Py tie teloran t-e Club intended to cf!,-voy
that it rvvoresd th, fro* coin/we of rlilvr at l
In V1,5 *:lon Prociltnt nevtland
tho
to 1.1
rflit p f.lrtr;1!7:t
1.y.n.z.icate to nroviet ,Told with
t* V-7
tifpms o.0 t't1 4,,itduk 'tat's, tho. rr,t4 #4f tr*.-.rent
lit4 about three am
Vetre/-11,14rtws
i•VrlyntttAczTlj. tiA5
xtr unduly
tract it way 157reted tilat
r7-1!r r;e:nt fPrad 1.ond
for the coin bonds actually riven, tus effIctinr
illicni vi' doIlarm in interest.
t,h#1
'JI,141
of Rour4tentativts to
fGr tis purpcba.
•
()lir
, nrIng of gixtoen
.7,
1vrlor;rat
A 7411 ;:stft int113ttld
l)rize
Gur Replyb)innn frk-,-!AR,
Gf
;7.1d
%Cti
rr4
fenders of the gold btr..n3krd, vottd ciowa thin p'oposition, aixtythree votinr 'ne
olnd thi-ty.oft voting °aye°.Th
'omocrPts cm*
within only five vets of carrying this moasurop till vote Ivan ninaty
11
.
I
zW'
ffra7 s,
e;z:4ty-n100 *aye,
atot44 tImi„ it
14, 11 1600,0"r410.40nt
?.),4cry
theROULlio4al Pirty IxpresOly
'out tdivt
1 of :rfte;
f3oc:1,,r111,
rerndiate tho
,111%yit repuraatir,r of omh
CJA:trinl.
In th*
:„rticle *r, Roosevelt ttkted telat the , v?',o
velte into - T.Anio
o;,;:ored internutiotba rroN cL,...a6o had worked ‘Aivemsel
ultrn fre-: n;t1or 4:<J1y onl:/ lot:z; 41cute ‘ahn Lart ialactrio goli.y of th!,
vor
R
15. •In 10;10, the Republican Con,mntion, , ;ft4r
rotrA etrtig*
in ills platform a dociaration for int•trnetienel free oil-.
,111 ,21ncld
:
te v Nopw•
var with th4 . 0.tatemill4 that th4,cold standerd. wli4 to 141-Tin
.
clue vivflildi until aach i%t4rno,Lional agraeliont ookild be soenred
16,
Ir 113181 thel Republican Pmrty, h,*vinT. be.otn ?"4"tcted on
Luau* 4f oppouitin to 14400 silver aoinRo, sent tbrond V)" 'maCOMmlowiON -ith the corcnrrenoo of 7.'1Itce,
cott
,
c.nd the oxprew, authortti.on of the Republivt.n .11,1,1ftinintration
bhe veuld open the mlntn •esif T,114
t4
posed to Great
the //nitlft stftt4o wen3d palm littion
frur: coiner, *I"
t.)ilvtr frt. t.tm ratio
pre,Vit.iing for t?48 free iind
fifteen era ons-half t‘ out,
orfeeea
irtm
to plunge the
uncc:41ceivt111 diaast4r uf free ttoknar:e If 4tv.rlAnd wif11,?,
thq mints or Indis sulii
nyHtn
cortkin othor thing. regarding th4 purchase
of *liver 'bullion which renaAor
nii4re of infinitesimal
importance comparld to the operine of the Indie nints.
Ad-
rutio oixteen to one, am. ynt
about forty t4 14 the
forw117
Tht -14rket rAtio
•
4-11.•
Dri4 ian inclined and 4, ,,r;
rortlrnAtoyly
Pflrimistraticti wrs only too
rlisaateir
erv!Ir
t2t7 alountry, 1.w* avoided.
fnstln
17, :n ‘raral) 1900,
tat mi-
notqa.
"reeniAlcs
Aot 010
•
71I-111;licnn. *Prty nanned
res,rve•7,roviding for t'he rediir-rtiqn in 'eold of
lar:inte. t,1.4
•
a tilwrible
Authorized the
of col
):fplJe to -rintain
'ID,11:t contained t 'rovision that all Internet t‘laring
provision
of t1,01 TTratf.'d rtfltes *,lou/d bt payanl in
71r41
rriends have created two kinda of bonds.
cur
ppyr'il
/1cto nnd the '!otzte consentltd to itn ami3nion.
the
drif.5d
%;fivi
6it3criminating
in coin, tile others pelfatin in peold,
againnt the rormer in ftwor of tl.:xt latter.
!Vlis cm hnrdly
3aid
to ehoT1 r violont love for t'rli!i rolci 0,rndr-rd.
r
now wish to nek G4rli4Irrl Cuild
1. no
folloring quer.tionse-
you r:.Drove of the act of the Republican Ae.inistra•.
tion in 160t in proing to adopt fritl *nd unlinttold
fhe 1%Litei:t
thrt Encannd
prw-idirr Prance wonlq do the firma, nna
re'ainlnr, the !!old ztfinderd, sholAld eimply even her
Iniia mints?
2. '12 your opinion woAd President Roo.ievelt vilto
14.31 if it passed Cen7rent3 tneoly?
As soon es I roc,4!ive an wnwmr to thl:r1 11t4stions, t.,re are
f;omil
tnut it will be my pleamtre to present.
SPEECj OF
CIT.A=S S, HAULIN
LaraTTCE
VII1LrEAY _=-Lt?IITG
NOITI-Thaii2 2, 1904•
I have read 4n.e speech of General Guild at Lowell last
evening replyinp: to mine at Pittsfield Monday evning.
I regret
that he feels obliged to take exception to any of my remarks.
quotes again cc:rtain passages fram his Pittsfield speech criticising
me for having, as he"voted gold out of the platform
and
fails to find anything in his Pittsfield remarks justifying such a
vigS rous attack upon him.
I can only say to hiM thEi.t I fully re-
cognize the right of Inyone to criticise another for his votes or
imblic acts, but I feel that tku:re is a certainI of criticiam
w:-Lich is univcxsally recognized as uniLir and unjust.
A better
illustration of such uiwg.9,44* criLicium could noL be afforded than Gen.
Guild's criticis
of my interview Lc Lhe effect that I was bound by
the Comy.ittoe report whIch I had sich,ed and that I should have to
supi=ort that rei;ort in the Convention.
Will Gen. Guild claim that a
mC mber of a Committee *IA kas 6igned a report could in honor IS other,
wise than vote to sustain that report on the floor of the Convention?
I do uot think t:lat
will make slidh a claim, and I believovon re-
flection,he will sec) —at his cri- Liciam is unfair and unjust.
Such criticim, however, unfair as it is, was not tha reasan
fIr my reldars at PitsficAd.
Gen. .:Atild wont very much fart.Jr.
al
lle went so far as even to attack ny personhonor. After reciting an
allegorical tale to thc, (
,ffect tTlat when honor is gonetall is gone,
he applied this tale to MR, statinL in effect that I went to St.
_2_
Louis pledged to vote against National repudiation and for honest
payment of honest debts, but that I surrendered on "the question of
the rational honor and honest payment of our honest debts", and that
by my vote "repudiation of honest money was carried through this
year's Democratic Convention".
The aImoLt unnecessary inference from
such statements is that my course in the Convention was dishonorable.
I can only say that I have sufficient faith left in Gen.
Guild's good sense to know that he does not really believe such
statements, and I must sugc-est to him that when even by innuendo, he
attacks the honor of a fellow-citizen, he must expect the latter to
defend his honor with such force and vigor as he may possess.
The General states that his military record is attacked.
If so, it must have been by some other person.
it.
I have not attacked
I would suggest, however, that it is hardly consonant with the
military record I gladly admit Gen. Guild possessesI to impugn the
honor of a fellow-citizen, without taking pains that the person attacked may be fully informed thereof so that he may take means to defend himself.
appreciate fully that it is often a hardship to have to
Prepare an abstract of speeches for the press; I agree gladly that
one may freely criticise the acts of another without putting into his
abstract every word that he says; that I believe the people of Massachusetts, without regard to Party allegiance, will severely condemn
an attack on the personal honor of a citizen of the Commonwealth
made in such a manner that only by accident could the person thus
attacked know that his character had been assailed.
.3.
Ville people may differ as to the advisability of not enDemocratdorsinv the gold standard in the pl:ctform us adopted by the
ic r!olarention, yet surely no ri,asonable person can say that a member
enof the Committee, after having fought hours in favor of such an
ty
dorseent, has lost his honor because he failed to file a minori
report.
In the proceedincs of the Committee, a motion was made to
ruaffirm the Kansas City platform.
This was overwhelmingly voted
question
down in both the sub-Committee and the full Committee; the
having
of having another plank directly nndorsing the gold standard
later arisen,
fie 7,7assachuL:etts Ilember fought and voted in f$1vor of
such a plunk but was out voted by those who. almost unanimously rereaffirIF
jeoted the free silver preposition contained in the motion to
That the Massachusetts member accepted the
ground
is
VARIER for debate per,
report
ty
minori
a
situation without filinr
the Yanaer; City plank.
for athaps as to the wisdom of his course, but it affords no rround
tacking his personal honor.
The telegram of Judge Parker and the subsequent proceedings
not refer to
in the Convention are a matter of history, and I need
them.
Gen. Guild pays no attention whatsoever to the monetary record discussed by ma of the Republican Ptrty.
Tre contents himself
about
by trying to show that the record of Democrats in Congress was
as bad as that of the Rvipublicans.
This may wall be true, but he
no silmusA vdAit that under the 1Rbt two Danocratio Administrations
vr 115ri81ation beoame ley, and one silver law ins vetoed, while
, brinejunder a Republican Administration the Sherrivn law was passed
inr a terrible financial crisis upon the country.
This latter seam"'
>
was passed at a tine when the Republican Party controllad the 'Muse,
te
and the Presidency.
Gen. Cuild, in defense of thi,, act,
says tiu.t President Cleveland described the Sherman Act as a truca
between the free silverites and the conservatives.
but why was such a truo:: necossary'?
This may ba true,
Was it because Republicans faar-
zron
:,ct veto a free coinaLe bill?
couragebusly.
Gen. GuildA praises Prasic,ont Cleviand for vetoeing the sil-
d that Presi&mt
ver inflation bjli known as the Bland SeigniorttL;a
In j.ving
thi.; praise, however, he inC.icts tcie Repuidican Party.
The Lill
veoted by Prent Cleveland provided for th,3 cuige
bullion in the Treas'.zry including th.; seigniorage, for the issue of
silver certificates against the dollars coined, including the seignioraL,c,
for L!le cancellati,:n of the Sherna:(1 notes.
was hail:d
This veto,
victory icr sound fin -nee.
Dos Cen. Cuilii, 4ivr,
niib
(-
lEAE, the Re-
publican Prty in :::actiun tairt:7-four of the War Revenue Act orared
t,'!e, Treasury to coin t11,3 silver bullion in the riresury vu1ts, seign7
iorar,e End all?
7.-arci, 14, 1900,
1:0s he know t.t by section five of th
ct of
rirry 1:&s directed to issue silver cartifi-
cates against t....ase dollars, incluCtinr, the seignioraLe?
If Prasidant C1ev.-1,nd'
think of this rr:v.3rsal o
veto
as
kviSe,
,itIA does the General
his veto by the Republican Party?
Guild's answer to the iirst qu.:stion put to him at
Pittsfield is an atoillpt. to caange the question put.
He says he is
askci72-10t.lur i2J believes "the Republican Party aid well six years
ag- o in corresponding with other Nations to see if int - rnational bimetalism would be possible".
1.1.5.610
No such quaotion
v‘ae,
asked and hiss answer that *it was
for t'-la world that such an axamination proved it to be impossible**4"
is not responsive.
The question asked tnd now asked again ia,;"Do you approve
of t'-e act of Vac 7epub1ierm ,Adrinistration in 1P98 in proposing to
cdopt free and unlimited coinage of silver for the Thlit
providing Franco would do thL.t.ne, and that
!tatee,
ngland, retninin -: :he
gold stpndard, should Umply open hr India vlints9
ri11n.
guild answar this question or
he clany Llat
suc71 r.,n offer .;/ . 43 ma.d4 by the Toloott Commixsion with the full approval of the R.eputlican Adninistratim, and that only the refusal
of 1 1-,trt 7ritain saved us from incalculable disaster?
If he denies t',,s will he read the speech of Senator Wolcott,
of the dmatitisio,
. enKte early in the
United States !:
r!;1-irmkn K dclivrc.1:1t
when he
year lt98 lacoc wad,"Our V1WW3 were known to ts-li President before our appointment: there was no one of us who aid not and does not believe that
the finanriinl question overshadows all others, &nd that continued
adhesion to the gold stnndfxd means only disaster to our agricultural
and commercial interests"*"
aere i3 another quota'Aon from th
spqechs-
"Whatever noaeur of 11=00E41 or failure hal, been meted out
to Us, We have been hampered by no lack of authority or sanction or
adrlinistrative support".
And ain this quotation:"ny virtue of our appointm!mt we wire authorized to neointernational agree-lent.*
an
tiate
Thhn follows the offer made to aruat Britain described in
the question put to General Guild.
row will the !',.eneral answer the question fairly and directly?
9
And mow I will answor the question put me by Gonorl
The. firt is 'hhet:aer I believe that there i
aemner that sone ::iver
211401.1fC 2ay be inLroduced in Lie next Conaress by the 7›.;r:ocre..ts.
fr
I presume by si1v3r !riure 11 .- ;
cLnnot t311 aluA billc may 1.)e intfocillc1/43d,
cc)in:2L
bill.
Of course
itr by Ilc:publicns or
Lelaocrats, Jut 1 venture to :x,iress the Oj1iQfl tit
hould a fre
;e meare be introduced, it willt receive t"Yla votes of the
coinat
!
laajority of trit ..tiocrE,ts or a Aatrial fraction -A part LAereof.
"tr:,:c:r. (to
6ocond q.,:=JLtion is,
quotehi
words) "is -,.),a,ti"
L1cr:':r. 1.,ryuT1
eorg1i.2ez tie
IT:yan-or bolt -as I. j1. in 1896?
starid
.11;,Accratic Party,
A
defeat
on
the fact of Judge Parker's
7na-y
question contc.inL L prentsc,— .oh"hax.L.
A
ciemonbtraL,Id L,o U
ntrt:.e.
1i the :lain pre:riise ii.1;:itrue,
other hypothesss based upori ti
,,.•le be icae to aaa
false Dremise.
say Luis, thaL I ;awecys ALvo and always shall
I All, holv.:r,
curve tia
th,) Licates cif :4 consoinco when, if evr, my Party t:3 a
position, on a vita]. is6ue, WiLC
I belive to 1),:i fraught with dis—
aster to the lac..sLos of our lieople.
Hcs; ycssu. cc,ciJnce, General Guild, driven you to bolt
your Party?
I
Lola i
s.
vill'
di/c/o tell
NO
.then and %Ihre?
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