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The Commoner.
MAY 29, 190S.
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&DITOR MACK TO EDITOR METCALFE
(Continued from Page 5.)
.mansions, or should unforeseen cir
cumstances in the international worll
of commerco and finance operate to
contract or monopolize the supply, we
'-would be again confronted by the old
problem. "While I am frank to say
-that I do not believe this -will occur
in the near future, by reason of ap
parently inexhaustible supply of the
yellow metal in Alaska, South Africa
and elsewhere, yet it would,, in my
opinion, be unwise not to make provision-
against the possible contingen
cies of the future.
I am not prepared, nor do I think
any man is, to declare just what ra
tio should be adopted in order to
maintain at all times the parity be
tween gold and silver.
. This, of course, is the bone of con
tention between the two wings of the
democratic party; while I have "been
a firm believer in and upholder of the
principles enunciated in the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms, and
would again support those principles
ifcontained in the nert national plat
form, it seems to me that the adher
ents of those two platforms could
meet the others, who still subscribe tc
. the declaration of the Indianapolis
platform, on a plank which should
provide that congress exercise the
function of determining, from time
,to time, the proper ratio to be estab
lished between the two metals, as
their xespectivo values fluctuate ac
cording to the law of supply and de
mand. As for the trust question, of which '
you inquire, the democratic attitudo
must remain unshaken. The evils ot
trustism havo never been manifested
more plainly, the people have never
suffered greater hardship from the
exactions of monopoly, than since the
last presidential election. So notor
ious have these exactions become that
the republican- administration, In de
ference to the not-to-be-misunderstood
demands of the people, has
deemed it expedient to outwardly as
sume an attitude of hostility toward
some qt the most flagrant examples.
Bearing in mind the temper of the
people on the trust question, the re
publican platform, of next year will
undoubtedly contain a plank promis
ing some sort of supervision of the
eviL On this point democracy muse
make a plain, unequivocal declara
tion, and the record of our party will
assure the people of its sincerity. Thif
will give us an important advantaga
over the republicans, who cannot pos
sibly bo credited with any sincerity
of Intention in the matter of tr.ust
control.
Right in line with trust control, be
cause absolutely inseparable there
from, must come proper tariff reform
not an Immediate abolition of all
duties, and a consequent upheaval o
the commercial world; but a proper
modification of existing schedules so
. as to conform to the needs of the
people to protect them against the
unscrupulous exactions of the trusts,
whicli, favored by the high tariff rates
constructed in their favor, have not
only succeeded in killing all domestic
competition, but by that same tariff
"wall also prevent the. entrance of Eu
ropean rivalry, and thereby enabled to
undersell their foreign, competitors in
their own countries, and at prices low
er than they compel us, their country
men, to pay. It Is time that this
"protection" should cease, for it Is not
protection to the American consumers
it Is merely protection to the mo
, - nopolists, who are thereby privileged
to keep the consumers, meaning the
common people, at their entire mercy.
I think all right-minded unpreju
diced men will agree that tariff revl
. Ion in view of existing- conditions, Is1
extremely, desirable. The democratic
princlDls of tariff for revenue rml.v. in
aa strong, or stronger today than I
ever. When wo tax Imports, not for
the support of government, but for the
benefit of a privileged class and for
the creation of an enormous surplus
in itself an ever present temptation
to extravagance it Is Indeed time to
call a halt, and to take some measure
of relief for the ordinary citizen.
As to the income tax I am aware
that there are thoso In each of the
two great political parties who aru
opposed to such an institution; yet I
am frank to say that the proposition
has always seemed to me to embody
one of the fairest principles of taxa
tion. As lo the propositions involved in
the Aldrich bill, it cannot bo denied
that' occasional or frequent contrac
tions of the currency are favored by
certain men of either political faith.
But that the whole matter Is In most
unsatisfactory state is evidenced by
the numerous and varying financial
bills considered by the late congress,
The democratic protest against gov
ernment by injunction is a manly pro
test, as is also the condemnation of
the blacklist. The continuation of
the methods employed in the Philip
pines, lately proven by the testimony
of General Miles, commander-in-chief
of the army, have not served to lea
sen the national dislike of Americans
for measures savoring stro'ngly of Im
perialism; on the contrary, now that
the glamor of war time enthusiasm
and the "hero" worship which so
largely dominated the last national
election, has died away, and the Fili
pinos haye received no assurances ot
such freedom and self-government ae
has been secured by the Cubans, the
attitude of the republican administra
tion in this particular, as In its in
difference to monopoly, injunctions,
blacklists, and all the other evils of
trustism, exemplified not only In na
tional, but in state administrations,
points unmistakably to the un-Amer-Ican
policy of centralization of au
thoritynot only monopoly of manu
facture, of commerce, (vide the Han
na shipping subsidy bill) and of fi
nance, but monopoly of goyernment
by the few. The plain tendency of re
publicanism today seems to be di
rected by the spirit of Alexander
Hamilton and his visions of plutoc
racy. It seems to me that the friends of
Mr. Bryan and those of Mr. Cleveland
can unite In opposition to thesa
things without surrendering alleg
iance to any of our party principles.
The selection of the candidate mush
be secondary to the enunciation of
the platform, which must not be am
biguous on any proposition, b"t
couched in terms clear and explicit.
To the principles adopted by his party
in national convention assembled he
must subscribe, looking not to the
aggrandizement of himself or his for
tunes, but to the honor, the glory and
the benefits of true Americanism, as
exemplified in the doctrines of democ
racy. And his selection will be mae'e
by the same convention which adopt'j
the platform not by you, not by mo,
not by any two or three, but by the
delegates of 8,000,000 democrats, elect
ed for that purpose. It la. fair to as
sume, I think, that thoso delegate;
will select a man whoso reputation
for honor and integrity Is suoh that
when he says: "I subscribe to the
principles of my party as enunciated
in this platform and I pledge my
word of honor that, If elected, I will
do all In my power to put those prin
ciples into practice," the members C
our party and the entire people of the
country can place confidence in that
pledge.
Such a man, I believe, will be tha
next presidential candidate of thv
democratic party one who will allow
himself to be guided by our party
platform and influenced by the in
spirations of loyalty to that party and
patriotism for his native land.
You ask me if I favor tho election
of' United States senators by direct
vote of the people. I havo always fav
ored such election, and still favor tho
people's choice.
Therefore it will bo seen that it is
more necessary than over that the re
publican party bo opposed by a united
and harmonious democracy in next
year's contest for national supremacy
if It would triumph in that contest
It is, of course, too early as yet to
say just what tho national platform
of next year shall bo; but It seems to
me that one constructed on such lines
as I have indicated should incur the
hostility of neither the friends of Mr.
Bryan nor of those of Mr. Cleveland
or any other national leader. In a
word, democrats must unite If they
would march In triumph to the Whiti
house next year. The present In
cumbent of that dwelling, by his
"strenuous" measures and his pecul
iar methods of self-advertisement, in
becoming more and more distasteful
every day to the people of the coun
try, The latter are ready to welcome
a change, and they will gladly give
to democracy a helping hand, when
they see it, undivided and unanimous,
presenting an unbroken, unwavering
line against the hosts ot trustism, im
perialism and monopoly.
Trusting that you will regard thepe
remarks as written in that spirit of
harmony, without which, as- you ad
mit, democratic success may not "be
secured, I remain, very sincerely
yours, NORMAN E. MAGIC
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