Show A ADDRESS r t DEMOCRATS t I Incidentally It Will Apply to the Whole Country ALL REPUBLICAN f T PROMISES BROKEN f Meeting of the Executive Committee f < J Com-mittee of the Democratic Clubs It r The Party Which Had So Much Love For the Poor Man Before Election Now Preparing to Tax Him to Pay Back to Corporations Trusts and Monopolies the Price of the Accession of McKinley to Power Dingley Bill Referred to as Mon < 1 3 strous and a Fit Successor to That I Fathered by McKinley An Interesting Inter-esting Showing of Democratic t Strength Washington April 12The first meeting of the executive committee of 7 the National Association of Democratic I t Democrat-ic Clubs took place here today at the f Ebbitt House There was a very full attendance of members of the committee commit-tee and in addition some of the officers of-ficers were exofficio members of the committee those present including the following Hon Chauncey F Black ofPennsyl vania Hon Joseph C Sibley of Pennsylvania 4 Penn-sylvania Senator Faulkner of West Virginia Representative Benton Mc Millin of Tennessee Representative i Benton of Missouri proxy for Governor Stonef Hon George Fred Williams of Massachusetts Hon W J Bryan of tJ Nebraska proxy for James C Dahl of California man Representative Maguire Cal e fornia proxy for Senator White of the same state Representative J H Lewis of Washington state Senator Chilton i of Texas proxy for Governor Hogg f and W S McKenna assistant secretary 1 secre-tary t Mr McMillin was chosen to preside 4 over the deliberations of the committee I commit-tee J GREAT INTEREST J I The members of thecommittee say the meeting was more fully attended J and the interest displayed was greater than a any previous gathering of the committee after defeat in a previous campaign The reports of all the officers of-ficers showed a very satisfactory condition I con-dition of affairs of the association During the campaign there were in i existence 15000 Democratic campaign i clubs 9000 of which had been formed l during the campaign and which lapsed after the election There are approximately approxi-mately 6000 clubs still in existence The report of the treasurer showed a small indebtedness which was promptly prompt-ly provided for and a new fund for I carrying on the work in hand was created l cre-ated There was a very general discussion L I dis-cussion of the work that had been done during the past campaign and thee the-e I methods and measures to be adopted t for the future A committee consisting of Messrs Black McMillin and Maguire was appointed ap-pointed to prepare an address to the Democratic voters of the country t adopted which the committee unanimously f THE ADDRESS r The address after reciting the objects of the association as set forth in its constitution and declaring de-claring that they are the princi nls of Jefferson and of the Demo tfratic party never surrendered or l J jbandoned and essential to the I jjeservation of the republic proceed pro-ceed 3 as follows But a members of the executive excutve I committee assembled at a time when these fundamental principles are about t be disregarded by an 4 administration recently installed I 4 and by a large majority of the c house of representatives proceeding proceed-ing almost avowedly to exert their enormous power to lay the country I r and all the industrial classes under casses I tribute to a vast combination of b monopolies in utter contemnt of constitutional limitations of republican re-publican principles and of popular rights we feel it our duty t call your attention to the peculiar sit I uatlcni and to urge you to vigilance n nifh has ever been and ever must be the price of liberty When an apparent majority of I the votes of the people was count ed out of the ballot box las year p 7 in favor of the Republican candidates 1 candi-dates for president and vicepresi 4 dent while we deplored the result and were convinced that no possible y relief could be afforded by the party J so returned to power we are more 4 than willing to afford its agents every opportunity to demonstrate whether or not their policies were adequate In common with many who last V year voted Republican tickets under I un-der sacred protests and with serious I seri-ous misgivings as to the future t we supposed that the administration and its friends in congress charged with the unlimited power and conscious of the grave responsibility respon-sibility would see the necessity of k proceeding in a rational manner t and that they would at all events LL not icel it incumbent upon them to flc further disturb the business of the i people by rushing into a revision of the tariff laws for the sole purpose pur-pose of repaying the vast outlays l of the combined monopolists in the late campaign But we see at this time with alarm that they are resolved r re-solved to grant no delay in the execution t ex-ecution of a fixed and ruthless design de-sign They Ansist that the taxes i f are not higV > enough under the it present law They are to be made i higher and the producing power already impoverished by adverse legislation is to be forced to suffer t suf-fer still more in the increased prices of their clothing their food t and other necessaries of life includ implements ofl their industries r F This monstrous bH fit successor k succes-sor to the McKinley bill of abominations abomi-nations itself has been pushed It xL through the house under a practical I i prac-tical soS law und is now uendingr 11 i J debate where already threats are i heard against the freedom of debate r JF de-bate and where a passage is to be cr forced by th use of executive pa r tronage reserved for the purpose This Is one of the stones which the people of the United States areS are-S to set instead of the bread they asked for Whether the premises made to them as to other matters and the hopes they were led to form through the extraordinary experiments experi-ments employed by the monopolists in the late campaign are to be similarly sim-ilarly disposed of can hardly bean be-an object of conjecture THE TERRIBLE POWER A party which openly uses the terrible newer of taxation for private enrichment and for corresponding corres-ponding oanression of the people cannot be expected to use any other power with moderation and justice Although the paramount question before the people was and is that of the single gold standard as coinage of silver and gold and a mighty majority of the whole people peo-ple declared unequivocally for bimetallism bi-metallism either independently or by international agreement as promised by the Republican party we see not the slightest indication of any disposition to move in that direction While all industries languish while the sold dollar appreciates and the silver dollar is denied its natural economic function while a nation waits and suffers tariff schedules are being revised for the exclusive behefit of the taxeaters and the gold owners are tacitly assured as-sured that they need apprehend no encroachments unon their monopoly monopo-ly which is visibly appropriating the profits upon the labors of civilized civil-ized mankind To the complaints of the people the answer of the Roman Ro-man farmer is returned namely More taxes and a dearer currency with which to pay them SIMPLY NERVE Federalist administrations have uniformly run into excesses not unlike un-like those we are witnessing at present but never before in the history his-tory of the republic have they been so candidly avowed or so coolly justified as a party policy rendered necessary by campaign contracts in order to secure the power thus to be abused The administration and congress have taken this attitude tude and again thrown down the gage of battle to the allied hosts of American free men who supported the Democratic candidates last year casting their millions of unpur chased votes for liberty regulated by law we of the Democratic party are left no alternative but to take it up Our cause is far stronger today than ever before We have only to organize to bring right thinking and rightfeeling people together in Democratic societies togethe Democratc socetes where the designs of the monopolist monopol-ist in power may be discussed and exposed and where each good citi zen encouraged by his neighbor will resist the seductions and resent re-sent the threats of the common enemy to sweep up a great majority major-ity of representatives of the masses in the next house and carry the elections of 1900 as triumphantly as our Democratic forefathers carried those of 1800 A SUGGESTION We respectfully suggest that Democratic societies constituted after the manner of those which Mr Jefferson described as very nurseries of republican nrjnciples j be established hvevery district and that Democratic state county and city chairmen throughout the country take immediate steps to secure the institution of such organizations or-ganizations These when united instate in-state associations and with this great national organization will constitute an irresistible force in the contests before us To insure a popular victory which will inaugurate inaug-urate the new century with a sure promise of peace and prosperity as Jeffersons election inaugurated the last we require only the means of constant discussion and the means of polling our honest vote in spite of corruption or intimidation This a thorough club organization organiza-tion will accomplish |