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The Commoner. 14 VOLUME 3, NUMBER . '.'- T II B T B ST- 0 F D B M 0 G li A 0 Y (Continual from Page One.) tied! Secretary Shaw In his latest report declares that wo havo just reached one phase of the money ques tion. Your own splendid exponent of democracy, tho president, has already callod attention to it Mr. Shaw says: "Tho f rouuent purchaso and retirement of bonds, renders tiip amount avallablo for circulation gradually less, wlillo a rapidly growing population, addi tional hanking facilities, and expand ing trade suggest jilio need of an over lncrcasing circulation. 1 therefore bc llovo tho time has arrived when it will bo necessary to adopt one of two policies: cither tho government debt must uo perpetuated as a uasis ior na tional bank circulation, and additional bonds issued as occasion may require, of some other system must be provid ed." Horo 1b a financial proposition that must bo mot and it involves tho same question raised by other phases of tho inouoy problem, namely, whether tho government shall bo run for tho -benefit of a fow financiers or in tho inter est of tho whole people. Tho demo cratic party Is pledged to oppose a bank currency whether based on bonds or on tho nssots :of the banks. It is pledged to tho greenback ' i-med and controlled by tho govornn t ., and ov ory democrat nominated ior a federal ofllco must take his Brand upon this question. If ho opposes tho bank cur rency ho will disturb "harmony" and "disrupt tho party" again; if ho fav ors a bank currency ho will not be satisfactory to any opposed to tho monoy trust Tho democrnt who at tempts to ignore tho monoy question la either deceived himself or is try-, lug to docoivo others. Neither can tho reorganizes bo trusted to deal with the evils of prl vato monopoly. Mr. Cleveland is the head and front of tho reorganizes and wo can judge by his record what tho party would do on this subject if again under his leadership. Ho was olectod in 1S92 by monoy collected from tho corporations, and his admin istration was dominated by tho cor porations. One trust contributed $175, 000 to his campaign fund more than half as mil nil n wn worn nlil fr nn'l. lect from tho more than six million male profitable at the oxpe'nse of the uiu pro&poct oi tno temporary victory or tno danger of temporary defeat If a young man osks my adviuo 1 tell nim to bo honeat and industrious, per rorming well every duty as it comes. If he asus mo if that will guarantee immediate success, I tell' him that immediate success cannot bo guaran teed by any one, but that merit is tho only basis upon which permanent suc cess can bo predicated. If a man seeks the truth constantly ho will be come better and better able to discern it. If ho is willing to ignore it for a reward he ultimately loses tho power to.dlstlnguish tho true from the false. And 1 may add that it is not probable that a man of ability can live an up richt life in anv community for twen ty-live years without so winning tho confidence of his neighbors as to be called upon to servo them. And so with a party. If It seeks the truth and stands by it, it not only Improves in its percept ion of truth, but it is sure to bo needed in the ad mlnistrationbf public affairs. The democratic party must stand erect, neither indorsing tho wrong nor sur rendering tho right It must invito tho confidence of those who want good government and are willing to have tho government administered for the benefit of the whole people, llistoad of trying to make the democratic par ty so much like the republican party that wo shall get a few republicans by mistake, let us make it so dlfforont from the republican party that we shall get many republicans bv desien republicans who turn from the mammon-serving leaders of that par ty and seek a party that puts the man before tho dollar. When we gain such recruits tho party will be strengthened both in numbers and in purpose. The republican nartv can not long conceal its degeneracy. Tho commercialism that now dominates will so degrade it that there will be a revolt The protectionists in tho party will not allow any revision of the tariff, tho financiers are becoming more and more exacting, the trust magnates insolent by refusing to per mit any effective legislation, and Phil ippine syndicates continue to demand mat meir pecuniary ventures shall be wno sunnorted our ticket in mnn His administration was mortgaged to tho trusts and his record has hung like a mill-stono about tho neck of tho party In two campaigns. He is nearer to organized wealth than any Hying ropubllcali and as a presiden tial candldato, if his nomination wero possible, ho would bo, more accoptablo to tho monopolies than any republican that could bo named. What mockery to talk about harmonizing with him or those who worship at his shrine. No matter what question is consid ered, whothor tariff, monoy, trusts, imperialism or tho labor question, tho same principles must bo applied and the democratic party mustf meet them all and on. all of thorn deal fairly and honestly with tho poople. Evon on tho low piano of expediency success cannot be won by aping re publican policies and methods. With a party as with an Individual charac ter is all importaut. and what tho democratic party needs today moro than recruits is to got rid of those so-called democrats who uso the demo cratic name as a cloak while they car ry out undemocratic designs. Thov ropol honest seekers after good gov ernment becauso their record is such that their very presence in the party casts suspicion upon the purity of the party's motives. Tho democratic par ty must stand for democratic ideals and It must apply democratic prin ciples to all questions regardless of iimencan people. This cannot last always. Republican conscience and republican judgment must finally pro test and to what party can republicans turn for relief? Let us make the democratic party their hope and their reliance Let us prove its right to their support by giving assurance that it has the courage to fight and the streligth to resist temptation. Let us make the word democracy stand for positive and aggressive principles. Let it-apply to citizens who are unterri fied and Incorruptible. Let it be so holy a name that none will assume it who lack sympathy with the strug gling masses or who are unwilling to trust tho people with the management of their own affairs. The democratic banner may be an inspiration and an aid to those who aro not in full har- STfwV1 a" th0 party'8 Ptoses, but that banner cannot bo placed in tho hands of men about whose dem ocracy thero is any question. As in tlon must be in the control of those who aro strongest in tho faith and whoso lives are a living creed! inlnJ?!!1 VtiTy wil1 biu maintain its ntegrity and convince the country of its steadfastness of purpose the tog of flaVTfV1" b0 Plac0d beside tho Jag of the union and the words democracy" and "republic" will be recognized throughout tho world as y Air. Dopew Laughed Too Loud. An astonishing report comes from tho national capital. At a recent White house reception, it is stated, Senator Depew, of New York, who was in "the receiving line," gave vent to a laugh which almost shook tho rafters of tho executive mansion. Thereupon tho gentleman who .acts as master of ceremonies went to the New York senator and requested him "not to laugh so loud, as you are disturbing the president" It is not known what caused tho New York statesman to ex plode with laughter whether the up roar was caused by his appreciation of one of his own jokes or whether he was "tickled" by a story told by an other statesman. The moral is plain, however, whatever may have been the cause of this exhibition of sena torial risibilities. Gentlemen who are in the "receiving line" at Whita house receptions should wear a funer eal expression; they should think and spealc of nothing more humorous than a statistical speech In congress. Laughter at White house receptions Is unseemly, especially when it sounds like a volley of musketry at close range. If the story be true, Senator Dopew and other statesmen who are aldicted to the joke-telling habit should place themselves under the tutelage of a Turvoydrop, who will teach them the art of silent laughter, no matter how great may be the temp tation to explode with mirth. Then the dignity of White house receptions will always be maintained and sena tors will not expose themselves to a rebuke by the master of ceremonies. Not even a Chauncoy M. Dopew is privileged to "disturb the president" by an outbreak of rapid-fire laughter. Baltimore Sun. A Worthy Institution. It is clear also that public-spirited citizens of large means, as well as their representatives ,in legislatures, should strive to carry forward the work we havo in mind. At the south are a few manual training schools es tablished by individuals and working under many disadvantages. These schools need assistance. To illustrate, there is at Lumber ton, Miss., in the heart of the state an institution which for want of money is prevented from doing notable service to the whole commonwealth. The school is situated in a healthful section. It possesses one thousand acres of land. Five modest frame buildings have been erected, and a beginning in man ual training and in common school education along wise lines has be gun. Tho object of the school is to at tract boys and young men who lacked school advantages and to equip them not only with a practical literary edu cation, but also with skill in the man ual arts. The students are active en ergetic and animated with persistent purpose. One-half the day they spend in the school-room; the other half in work either pn the farm or in prepara tion for their trade. Their lives are ruled by the love of work. They arl J81 fFom tho beginning to respect the dignity of labor. They do every SfW, is don at tho institution, SfAl onlIS7ay Pay thelr tuItn and defray all other expenses. This school has now accommodations for only 20 student8; and although its doors havo ,pen 0nly a year or two, every room is taken and within the last three months more than one hundred applicants have been turned away Applications come from every sSfn pf the south: from Mississippi lSu?s iana and Texas, from far away Ten" nessee and from farther awav Vir" g nia-thus indicating that TSe need of manual training school I ? i? throughout tho soifthern states feU When one thinks of the class f boys whom this school reach nf of what such an instltutiondoj art m & Begin 1903 By Saving A Diamond We delim any Diamond, Watch et other ar. tide In our mtldon dollar itock upon 101111 payment ami let you pay the It&lanoe In mull amounts monthly juit as you would put ilttla of your earnings In a Batlngi Uank. 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Opposite Marshall Field Co, Copyright 1902, Loftis Bros. & Co. , can do for the ambitious, but unfor tunate youth of the south, one begins to realize that these manual training schools possess a tremendous energy for good. The school at Lumberton, Miss., is but one of its kind, but its work has been so successful and has awakened interest so deep and so widespread that public-spirited citi zens in the state and, indeed, in all southern states, should seo to it that it is not hampered for lack of mon ey. It is in truth, the hope of many a boy in the state of Mississippi open ing as it does to him, the door of op portunity and enabling him to ."have institution should be promptly and TiSie!nally suPPorted.New Orleans limes-Democrat. Woefully Ignorant. Smnnvm SS .P00010" said Farmer smart'h., ?iUk them8ves pretty St the aro an ignorant set Oifon n,CG' .whGn l was ridin' 'long Queen street west last Saturday I seen a big sign out, 'Great sale of Jer- k Wi', Hil ha! Wha? d'yer that wl,that? They act'ally think any six-vLfTl n Jor8ey- Why, n-