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The Commoner.
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THE KANSAS QITY PLATFORM
Following Is a synopsis of the ad
dress delivered at the Jeffersonian
banquet at Des Moines, la., April 2,
1903, by Hon. C. A. Walsh, secretary t
of he democratic national commit
tee. Mr. Walsh spoke on "The Kan
sas City Platform":
"The subject presents itself to my
mind 'from two standpoints; first,
the Kansas City platform in itself;
and next, .the bearing its reaffirma
tion or repudiation mav have unon
the future of the great national demo
cratic party.
"In considering it in the first as
pect we must go back to the platform
of 1896 and consider that platform as
an integral part of the last platform.
"Whatever may be said for or
against, the platform of '96, it certain
ly must be conceded that it represent
ed the thought and the aspirations of
the masses of the common democrats
of the country as no other platform
ever adopted in this country has done.
"There, pure and undefiled, is found
democratic expression of democratic
principles, made by democrats, with
out corporation dictation, without
corporation control. One 'may read
those platforms and see what the as
pirations and desires of the common
democrats are, as he cannot do in the
case of any other platforms adopted
during this generation. We all know
the conditions, surrounding the mak
ing of platforms in Iowa prior to 1896.
We know that our platforms were
written for us by the attorneys and
paid lobbyists of the corporations of
the state. We know that we were
simply used to "register the decree of
that element We know that this
was not the case in the platforms
adopted in 1896, nor in the national
platform of 1900.
"It was the, free spirit of the un
controlled democracy speaking from
the fullness of the heart Some may
question the wisdom of the utter
ance; none can dispute that fact.
"It seems to me that the question of
reaffirming or repudiating the last na
tional platform can be answered In
but one way. It is wise to reaffirm it
It is honest to reaffirm it Nine
tenths of all democrats believe in it
as a whole, and the other one-tenth
profess to believe in all of it save a
very small portion of a single plank.
Were we not honest when we adopted
it at Kansas City? Did not a vast
majority of the democrats of" the
country declare it as the platform of
the party? Who shall change the ut
terance of the national democracy at
any place other than a national con
vention? "So far as the money question is
concerned, the main contention of the
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democratic paity in 1896 was for the
correctness of the quantitative theory
of money. We were right then. Wo
are right now. That theory always
was and always will be true, and why
lepudiate it at this time because, in
spite of the republican party, an in
crease in the currency of this country
has taken place since, and had the
very effect we, in '96, claimed It would
have, when wc offered the only ap
parently practicable method of in
creasing the money supply at that
time.
"To the man who does not now fav
or the immediate resumption of the
free coinage of silver no harm can be
done by reaffirming. If he is a loyal
democrat he looks at the other things
in the platform with which he does
agree. He looks at the whole thing
as a declaration of party loyalty
rather than a discussion of Intricate
questions to be carefully weighed at
this time. If he is honest his heart's
desire, as is ours, is to see the party
united and victorious. This is the
ground, safe and secure, on which all
factions can n,eet in perfect harmony.
"Let us not imagine "it will not be
repudiated if we are silent as to na
tional issues, or as to the national
platform. Those who desire to regain
control of the democratic party have
so cultivated the sentiment of the
country, have so raised tho issue, that
silence is as damning as open repu
diation. There is no middle ground
on which to camp.
"What do we gain by repudiation?
Votes? No; our experience, as well as
our reason, shows us that instead of
making votes it loses votes. Nine out
of ten democrats of Iowa favored the
Chicago and Kansas City platforms.
Can the platform of thb nine-tenths
be ignored for the purpose of placat
ing the one-tenth and we still gain
votes? It is not reasonable, and to
ask this question is to answer it We
do not need the experience of the
recent election to demonstrate the
fact The loss of 2,000 democratic
votes in one district, and that the
district where the sentiment against
the last platform is supposed to be
the strongest, is a complete answer
and a complete demonstration.
"But what is this platform which
causes some of our democratic friends
to shy?
"Today we profess to be against the
trusts; the platfprra has the fullest
expression of our desires on the ques
tion. "Today we say we are not in favor
of a colonial system being grafted on
the tree of liberty in this country;
that platform declares there can be
no just system of government except
as based on the consent of tho gov
erned, and declares that the constitu
tion follows the flag.
"But some of you say that you are
not in favor of a 'scuttle and run'
policy; read the Kansas City platform
and find that it does not favor the
scuttle and run policy. 'Find there a
wise and statesmanlike solution of
our difficulties in the Philippines,
without scuttling anything, without
running from anything, and in per
fect harmony with our democratic
principles of government
"We say today that we arc in favor
.pf the election of senators by a di
rect vote or tne people; jook at tnat
platform and find that it voices your
wishes.
"We still say we are against a pro
tective tariff; examine the last plat
form and find that it is democratic
Today we say Ve are against pri
vate monopoly .and find that our op
position Is fully set forth therein.
'We:ay -we .are tmnosed-to .Korern-
imeatvby- Injunction .and -to.-tke. .Wack-
ilSL . .,
. Wfi.adv:oeate -the JMonrce doctrine
still; and we find our platform In har
mony with our desires.
"Wo say wo aro opposed to militar
ism and find this opposition nobly
voiced in tho Kansas City platform.
"That platform says that corpora
tions Bhall bo nrotected in all thnlr
rights, but forbids their interfering
with tho public affairs of tho peoplo
or attempting to control the sover
eignty which created them; what one
of us opposes this plank?
"The loudest of the reorganlzors de
nounce the tariff as tho mother of
the trusts; examine tho last platform
and find that you are anticipated by
the writers of that document tho
democrats of the United States.
"Wo are indignant at the refusal of
the republican party to keep it
pledges as regards statehood for tho
territories, and we find that our plat
form commands that they be ad
mitted. "Thus it is, without undertaking to
bring before you every plank of that
platform I may dismiss it by saying
that there is scarcely a democratic
thought or aspiration pertinent to
that time but Is embodied in and has
its expression there."
Paragraphic Punches.
Macon Telegraph: The first Pana
ma canal junket has been planned.
The others will depend on tho hilarity
of the first
Washington Post: Tho election of
Carter Harrison for a fourth term
places a largo and luscious joke on
the Chicago newspapers.
w Philadelphia Record: There will
now bo an intermission. Tho presi
dent has reached Yellowstone Park.
He will not spout in competition with
the geysers.
Sioux City Journal: A 'council
Bluffs Dogberry before whom a Sun
day theatrical case was brought has
decided that acting isn't work. Yet
many of the actors work tho public.
Newport News Times-Herald: The
Atlanta bank clerk who is charged
with stealing $94,000 was known as a
"young man of fashion," but his ad
mirers will hardly follow in his spring
suit of stripes.
Atlanta Constitution: Tho new
general manager of the Western Un
ion Telegraph company began as a
messenger boy 25 years ago. Which
goes to show that messenger boys do
sometimes get there.
Joplin Globe: In his Milwaukee
speech Mr. Roosevelt said that tho
trusts are "the result of an Inevitable
process of economic evolution." Old
"Bob" Breckinridge of Kentucky
dropped into a church one evening
while services were in progress. In
the course of his remarks the clergy
man in the pulpit said that "slavery Is
a divine institution." The congress
man was considerably disturbed to
hear "Bob" Breckinridge blurt out
from the rear: "And so is h 11."
The Cat Out of the Bag.
Preston (Minn.) Republican: The
Brooklyn Eagle has let the goldbug
Cleveland democrat cat out of the
bag. It says they propose to adopt a
platform "acceptable to eastern lead
ers and to th6 commercial and finan
cial Interests of the country," which
means that, if they get control of the
next national convention of the demo
crat party, its platform will be just
like the imperialist republican plat
form. For this they are reorganlzers.
They are to go just as far in dropping
democracy from their party creed as
has .the trust Jeaders of. tho rermbll-
tcan party in abandoning republican
dsm. It Is intended to ba.tho.com-
tpjeting. stabat free governmeat -in-America.
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