Show GOV THOMASS ADDRESS Temporary Chairmans Speech on Taking tho Chair Gov Thomas gave a brief history of tho administrations of Presidents Har ilson and Cleveland after which he said The line of division between political politi-cal forces became sharply defined In 189G upon what was called the money question That question Involved as we then asserted and as we now know every other economio problem I cm braced within its wide limitations tho Issues of labor and capital of combination combi-nation and competition and of production produc-tion transportation and distribution I was predicted that the defeat of bl mctalSsm would be followed by the retirement re-tirement oC all forms of government currency by the delegation of theh power of note issue to the holders of the national obligations the practical consolidation of all lines oC transportation transporta-tion and the consequent domination of every commercial pursuit by a score of colosl monopolies These predictions I predic-tions have generally been verified AS TO TRUSTS Democratic defeat had scarcely been recorded when the march of consolidation con-solidation was resumed Every avenue ave-nue of Industry closed to the competitive competi-tive energy of the citizens has been listed on the slock exchange and rises 1 and falls with the turn of the gam biers card Consolidations succeed I consolidations and as they lessen in number they enlarge in the volume of their real and fictitious accumulations and their more despotic away over all material and political Interests These evils startling In their magnitude nnd inevitable in the consequences must cither culminate in one immense aggregation allpowerful and allab sorbing or boarrested and dissolved by the force of an aroused public opinion llndlngexpresslon at the polls in support sup-port of the nominees of this convention conven-tion MONEY QUESTION Gov Thomas then spoko of the currency cur-rency bill passed by the last session of tho national Congress giving 0 resume of Its most important feature adding Against this Iniquitous scheme oC llnance Democracy protests We will have no money system founded upon the public debt and dictated by those who hold It Wo stand for the gold and silver oC the Constitution for u paper currency founded upon them and issued by tho Government as the embodiment em-bodiment of our sovereignty Wo will not tax the people fat the maintenance of a private money system We would pay and not perpetuate our public debt Those who assert that the money question is dead have given but little heed to the lesson of experience I can never die until it shall receive 0 righteous solution INCREASE IN GOLD OUTPUT Said Gov Thomas The phenomenal phenome-nal Increase hi the output of gold has materially added to tho general stock of primary money and relieved some part ot the stress of contraction which succeeded the closure of the Indian mints to silver In 1S93 The consequent improvement In business and in the industrial conditions may be traced directly di-rectly to this fact although the failure of crops in various portions of the world and the waging of a great offensive of-fensive war with its accompanying expenditure ex-penditure of treasure have contributed t the general result Tho enlargement I ot the sum of our metallic money has cheapened Its value stimulated prices and set the wheels of enterprise again I in motonCALAMITY CALAMITY CRY No more signal demonstration of tho bimetallic contention was ever witnessed Had the concurrent coinage coin-age and circulation of the two metals 1 been uninterrupted they would have kept tho quantity of our money of redemption re-demption in harmony with our national nation-al growth and our development apace with the increased wealth and population popula-tion The terrible crises of the past quarter of a century with their attendant at-tendant miseries and bankruptcy would have been avoided and prosperity pros-perity would have remained with us unbroken and enduring The false plea of 1S3G that the monetary volume was sufficient and tho worlds supply of gold ample for Its needs is now transparent trans-parent Its error Is admitted In the boast of our opponents that they have increased our per capita circulation The vast quantities included by the mines arc readily absorbed by the ceaseless demand for Its use and Its multiplied increase Is earnestly hoped for No voice is raised against its continued production No fear Is expressed ex-pressed that we can be embarrassed by its abundance Yet Its annual output exceeds that of gold and silver in they the-y as when the latter was repudiated because of its threatened Inundation Our opponents stand confounded In the I irresistible havo denied operation of a law they deniedWAR WAR WITH SPAIN Referring to the war with Spain the Governor said The prevailing sentiment senti-ment of Democratic sympathy for all people struggling for the blessings of liberty impelled the Administration two years ago to Interfere with the despotic tyranny of Spain over Cuba and secure to the opposed people of that island the right of selfgovern J ment Our ultimatum delivered wo solemnly and officially declared them to be free independent and disclaimed to tho world any disposition or intention inten-tion to exercise sovereignty Jurlsdlc lion or control over the island except for the pacification thereof and asserted as-serted our determination when that was accomplished to leave the government govern-ment and control of tho Island to Its lCople SENT DEWEY TO PHILIPPINES The conditions of the ensuing war sent Admiral Dewey to the distant Philippines where another people engaged en-gaged In the same struggle with tho name oppressor appealed to the same Impulses of our nature Then he broke the power of Spain which suing for peace submitted to the liberation of Cuba and the cession of Porto Rico OUR COLONIAL POLICY Our Government disdained the spirit of Its manifesto of April and became the purchaser of the Philippines in January Since then we have given Cuba the benefit of our civic institutions institu-tions to govern her through tho War department We have kept faith with Porto Rico by substituting the sugar baron for the Castlllan duke and con firmed the Philippine estimate of the White man by prolonging the Spanish method of colonial government in those Islands of the farofC seas The na tional cympathy for all who seek self government bus been made the Instrument instru-ment by which cupidity and greed acquire ac-quire and hold a feeble nation In naton thralldom against Its will The right oC purchase is Invoked to justify tho adoption by the great Western Repub lie ot socalled colonial policy and her glorious fnmlin I nJn rl no fired to be j q0D < for home consumption with prohibitive duties against their exportation HIS IDEA OF EXPANSION Continuing Gov Thomas said Wo believe in that system of expansion which under Democratic rule bropght half thecontncnt as a galaxy of commonwealths com-monwealths Into the Union We denounce de-nounce that expansion which by conquest S con-quest overcomes the people of another Hemisphere under the pretext that giving giv-Ing them liberty which governs them by force which denies to them right of citizens which subjects the American workman to Increased1 and deadly competition com-petition by confronting him with hordes of Orientals coming hither from so called provinces to take his place at the forge in the mine and the factory NICARAGUAN CANAL Said Gov Thomas We would build the Nicaraguan canal as an American Amelcnn enterprise for the American people Wo would dperato It In times oC peace and control It In times of war We would foiltlfy It notwithstanding the protests or the objections of transAtlantic powers We would share the benefits and responsibilities of its management with no associates AS TO WAR TAXES Referring to the war taxes the Governor Gov-ernor said We would relieve the eP people of thc burden of taxation J idmlnlstrative authority Is to bo crcd ted l thereto tho SpanishAmerican conflict con-flict ended eighteen months ago The same authority assures us with every moon that the Philippines insurrections i insurrection-s over The treasury Is bursting with u plethoric revenue millions whereof are deposited with favorite banks lre deposle < favorie which end l It to the people on their own terms that the volume of circulation may not suffer diminution Notwithstanding t these conditions there is no decrease In tt taxation Measures cunningly devised to fall on the backs of the people and scrden largo Interests from responsibility responsi-bility from the public burdens willlng l y assumed and cheerfully borne in the eat of conflict press with full weight In I times of peace with no signs of re 1 lef from the party In power Unnecessary Unneces-sary taxation is unjust taxation and unjust taxation by whatever name It may be called is the plunder of the citizen citi-zen by his Government EULOGY OF BRYAN Speaking oC the nomination to be made by the convention Gov Thomas said We would have for our Chief Magistrate a man sprung from the loins of the leople rockribbed In his convictions con-victions and controlled by the admonl tons of his conscience A man of lofty deals I and steadfast courage A man to whom his countrys Constitution ap peals with 1 living and sacred reality A man who exalts the duty the rights and the welfare of his fellowcitizens 1elowlt1cns above the sinister and corroding influences influ-ences of centralized commercialism A man whose ear is untuned to the pulsations of the pocketbook but re sponsiVo to the heart throbs of the masses A man with no Warwick be hind his chair with policies that arc his own A man with strong opinions and a strong will to enforce them A man conscious of his countrys dignity mln and power of Its capacity to cope with all conditions A man who measures the greatness of the Republic by tho pro tection It gives to the humblest citizen A man whose clear vision perceives the causes and whose steady judgment de termines the remedy for the ills of the body politic ls A man who will lay the strong hand of authority upon the vast Interests the moral Industrial and political life of the Nation and maintain the Jfd rity of our institutions against all their designs and encroachments A man wno recognizes no dignity greater than that of an American citizen no right more sacred than that which secures to mol him the full enjoyment of every opportu nity that 0 land like ours affords A man whose opinions do not change with his apparel wih whose fpparel policies arc not fashioned from day to day by influences that control and direct Infucnces Plain duty consists not In sanctioning tho repudiation of his own sanctonlnb We want a man ° C no plastic mold conforming his opinions to passing im In nresslonfi their abandonment of popular sentiment as In their as advo facile cacy We want a man to whom right is greater than expediency who post pones no duty to the demand of privi lege who is loved by the multitude e re hpected by those by who the distrust world and feared only dislust the people ARRAIGNS THE REPUBLICANS Gov Thomas closed his address with Iddress L an wih arraignment of the Republican ty for Republcan par what he iJSSn declared was Its In9ln cere course and Its Is pi Is change from C par ty of freedom fccdom to one OC monopoly and militarism monopol mitarism and added Against the continuance fn of this party In power we enter protest With the man exalted above the the dollar the Constitution above combination comblnaLon the equalltv of all be fore the law with solemn promises to correct the abuses or administiatior and to enforce these administraton fundamentals government which secure exact 2stlc seclre Justicc to all we shall justce 01 shal not appeal in vain to the wisdom the intelligence and the patriotism of the American People I |