CHARLES SUMNER ON THE COURTS

Charles Sumner.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, October 30, 1896.

CHAS. SUMNER ON THE COURTS.

The late Senator Chas. Sumner Criticized the Supreme Court of the United States while a Senator In Congress.

   "Let me here say that I hold Judges, and especially the Supreme Court of the country in much respect; but I am too familiar with the history of judicial proceeding to regard them with any superstitions reverence. Judges are but men and in all ages have shown a full share of frailty.

   "Alas! alas! the worst crimes of history have been perpetrated under their sanction. The blood of martyrs and of patriots, crying from the ground summons them to judgment.

   "It was a judicial tribunal which condemned Socrates to drink the fatal hemlock and which pursued the Savior barefoot over the pavements of Jerusalem, bending beneath his cross. It was a judicial tribunal which, against the testimony and entreaties of her father, surrendered the fair Virginia as a slave; which arrested the teachings of the great apostle to the Gentiles [sic], and sent him in bonds from Jerusalem to Rome; which in the names of the old religion, adjudged the saints and fathers of the Christian church to death, in all its most dreadful forms, and which afterwards in the name of the new religion, enforced the tortures of the inquisition amidst the shrieks and agonies of its victims, while it compelled Galileo to declare in solemn denial of the great truth that he had disclosed, that the earth did not move around the sun.

   "It was a judicial tribunal which, in France during the reign of her monarchs, lent itself to be the instrument of every tyranny, as during the brief reign of terror it did not hesitate to stand forth the unpitying accessory of the unfitting guillotine.

   "Aye, sir, it was a judicial tribunal in England, surrounded by all the forms of law, which sanctioned every despotic caprice of Henry VIII, from the unjust divorce of his queen to the beheading of Sir Thomas More; which lighted the fires of persecution, that glowed at Oxford and Smithfield, over the cinders of Lasimer, Ridley and John Rodgers; which, after elaborate argument, upheld the fatal tyranny of ship money against the patriotic resistance of Hampden; which, in defiance of justice and humanity sent Sidney and Russell to the block; which persistently enforced the laws of conformity that our Puritan fathers persistently refused to obey which afterwards, with Jeffries on the bench, crimsoned the pages of English history with massacre and murder, even with the blood of innocent women.

   "Aye. sir, it was a judicial tribunal in our country, surrounded by all the forms of law, which hung witches at Salem, which affirmed the constitutionality of the stamp act, while it admonished jurors and the people to obey; and which now in our day has lent its sanction to the unutterable atrocity of the fugitive slave law."—Congressional Record.

DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.

Address to the People or the State of New York.

   The final struggle of the campaign of 1896 has come.

   The Democratic State Committee enters upon the last week of the contest full of hope and confidence. Victory is at hand; the triumph of the people over trusts and monopolies is assured. The national and State tickets will have a large majority from Lake Erie to Montauk Point.

   The voice of the people will be heard in emphatic tones on the 3d of November. Before them will be laid prostrate the allied forces of greed, coercion and monopoly.

   The fight has been for financial and industrial independence against the abhorrent combination of the trusts and syndicates. Every effort that malignity, intolerance and greed could suggest has been put in operation by the Republican managers to crush the cause of the people.

   Let every citizen of our great State, who favor equal rights for all and freedom from the thralldom of monopolies, join us in our supreme effort this week to secure a glorious victory.

   The Democratic State Committee will see that there be an honest expression of the will of the people at this election. A close watch will be maintained against fraud, intimidation and deception.

   This is a Democratic state, crowned by many a Democratic victory. With one combined effort we can reclaim it from the enemy. One more week of energetic work and success is ours. Let us not relax our exertions until the polls close on election day.

   The single gold standard has been on trial in the United States for twenty-three years. Ruin and misery mark its trail. Shall the people indorse it for four years longer? Your answer must be given on the 3rd of November. If you say yes, then vote for McKinley and Hobart. They represent Hannaism, which name means the gold standard, oppressed labor, mortgaged farms, bond syndicates, monopolies and trusts. They represent everything abhorrent to liberty and prosperity.  

   A vote for Bryan and Sewall is a ballot cast for the restoration to the people of constitutional rights. Their election means peace and prosperity in the land and happy homes for all. It means an advance of civilization throughout the world, the leadership of the United States in the moral, financial and commercial future of all the nations of the earth.  

   A vote for Porter and Schraub and Titus is a vote for honest State government and the overthrow of corruption at Albany.  

   Let us not relax our efforts during this last week of the contest, but fight to the end for the cause of the people.

   JAMES C. TRUMAN,

   Chairman, Executive Committee,

   New York, October 25. 1896.

NEW HOTEL OPENED.

The Kremlin on Court-st. Elegant in All Its Appointments.

   "The Kremlin," the hotel on Court-st. which has been entirely refitted and refurnished by the Wickwire Bros., was formally opened by the new proprietor, Mr. L. D. Carns, Wednesday evening.

   Nothing of the old Central House remains but the outside framework. The entire inside has been remodeled, replastered, papered and painted so that everything is brand new and all the appointments are up to date, from the kitchen to the office and parlors. There are bath rooms and all their latest conveniences on each floor, and the halls and all the forty guest rooms have been carpeted with rich velvet carpet and adorned with modern furnishings. A broad piazza has been added across the entire front and a cement sidewalk laid to the curb.

   Mr. L. D Carns, the proprietor, is a gentleman with twenty-five years of hotel  experience and he also runs the Fountain house and the Magnetic Springs house at Slaterville Springs, though his personal attention will be given to the Kremlin. Mr. C. R. Doolittle has been engaged as clerk and the hotel will be run without a bar, the old bar room having been made into a sample room.

   Wednesday evening the entire house was thrown open to the public and an invitation extended to visit all parts of it. McDermott's orchestra furnished music from the second floor landing and there was a constant crowd of people passing in and out all the evening.

   The reputation of Mr. Carns in the past as a provider for his guests will insure the new hotel a good patronage, both from the traveling public and regular boarders.

   The rates are $2.00 per day.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

   Vote for Dr. H. D. Hunt of Preble for Coroner.

   Vote for Frank W. Collins for Member of Assembly.

   Vote for George D. Bailey for School Commissioner in the first district.

   Vote for Edward W. Hyatt for School Commissioner in District No. 2.

   Holton E. Woods is a young farmer residing in Freetown. He would make an excellent County Treasurer and farmers should give him their support.

   The Cortland Standard announces that certain factories will shut up shop next Wednesday morning if Bryan is elected. The Standard and other journals of the same ilk made the same statement four years ago but the shops did not shut down. They won't shut down so long as they can secure orders. The Standard ought to shake off this horrid nightmare with which it is attacked just before election every year.

   The editor of the Standard has been interviewing Mr. A. H. Winchell on the subject of wool and arrives at the sage—very sage—conclusion that wool is going up on account of the prospect of McKinley's election. In the first place the chances of McKinley's election are so doubtful that it could not effect the price of wool and in the second place there is no possible chance for a change in the tariff for the next two and probably not for the next four years and the editor of the Standard ought to know it.

   The wolf complained that the lamb was roiling the water that flowed from him towards the lamb. So the bondholders, bankers, brokers, trust companies, monopolies and corporations complain that Bryan is arraying class against class. As soon as the Chicago convention had concluded its labors, every man who was interested in banks or banking or in any corporation or monopoly made haste to join the McKinley horde The rich men, with very few exceptions, are with McKinley. Does it not look as though the wealthy people were the ones who are trying to array class against class? They are roiling the water for the poor lambs to drink and if the lambs complain they are abused.

   The voters of this county will make no mistake by casting their votes for Frank W. Collins for Member of Assembly. He is a thorough business man, possessed of a keen intellect and is strictly honest as every man knows who has had business relations with him. The lobbyist will find in him a determined foe, while the farmer, mechanic and laboring man can rest assured that they have a friend looking after their interests in the Assembly. He will support all sound measures and oppose all that are not calculated to benefit the people as against the monopolies. The voters of this county now have the opportunity to elect a splendid representative and they should embrace it.

   Prof. Bailey, the Democratic candidate for School Commissioner in Dist. No. 1, is a teacher by profession and intends to make teaching his life work. He has an excellent education and has had several years of practical experience. He thoroughly understands the needs of the common schools and would give his time and attention to the duties of the office. His opponent, Mr. Miller, is a rising young lawyer and must necessarily spend most of his time looking after his law business, which is considerable aid likely to become more extensive before his term expires should he be elected. Mr. Miller has no intention of abandoning the profession of the law to take up teaching and it would hardly be expected that he would do so. Leave the lawyer to his briefs.

  

HERE AND THERE.

   Election next Tuesday.

   All signs point to a hard, cold winter, say the weather prophets.

   Harvard defeated Cornell at foot ball last Saturday by a score of 13 to 4.

   Burgess, the clothier, has an interesting change of advertisement on our eighth page.

   Rev. Jno T. Stone, the new pastor of the Presbyterian church, will enter upon his duties here next Sunday.

   A regular meeting of the hospital board will be held at the hospital Monday next, Nov. 2, beginning at 3 P. M.

   We hope to have full returns from every election precinct in the county before 12 o'clock next Tuesday evening.

   A few fine lithographs of William Jennings Bryan can be obtained by calling at the DEMOCRAT office until the supply is exhausted.

   The principals of the State Normal schools will hold their semi-annual meeting in the Cortland Normal next week, commencing on Wednesday.

   The Normal foot ball team won another victory last Saturday. They outplayed the team of the Binghamton High school at every point. Score, 16 to 4.

   If you're in the habit of biting off the end of your silk thread while sewing, and notice that the bitten ends give a sweet taste, stop the practice. Acetate of lead has been used to make the silk heavy and you are getting some of it.

   Regular meeting of W. C. T. U. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 3 P. M. Mrs. Anna

Benney will conduct the consecration service. Business meeting will follow after which a resume of the reports from convention by the delegates will be given.

   The National Express company turn over their business on this branch of the Lehigh Valley tomorrow night to the United States Express company. Agent Ingraham of the Cortland office will go to Haverstraw for a couple of weeks after which he will have a fine position in the Boston office of the company until there is an opening to give him another agency. Driver Shaw will run one wagon for the

United States express.

Letter from the People.

To the Editor of Democrat:

   The time is drawing near when the great question of silver and gold will be settled, for a brief time, by a vote of the people. Never before, it will be safe to say, has any party placed so much toil and money in a campaign. Manufacturers have ordered their employes to vote for McKinley or leave their employment. They have forced them into parades. In large cities many corporation employes are assessed regular monthly dues to support the Republican campaign. The rich are united in the great cause of further oppression. They will try to force still tighter the "crown of thorns upon the brow of labor" and give the nation the evils and distresses of our present gold standard. We again ask our Republican friends how we are to be benefitted by a gold standard.

   It is strange that this question is never answered. They say we need confidence. What in the world is there of which to be confident, save death and continual poverty. Confidence may do for argument, but it is not a national diet. No nation ever lived upon it; no nation can prosper with it alone. Our young Republican students seek "protection" whenever they find an obstacle that upturns their defunct reasonings. They howl for protection and they have it to-day.

   There is a duty of 15c. per bushel on potatoes yet last year they sold for 8c. per bushel. You call it overproduction. Protection never yet failed to stimulate and often to overproduction giving the producer nothing but injury. You have put a duty on coal and pay a dollar or so more per ton. Still the miners are starving; still miners are out of employment and strikes are numerous. We are anarchists when other epithets are lacking, because we want freedom, because we do not wish to pay tribute to our financial conquerors. Because we do not agree to sign our own financial death warrant.

   Perhaps we are anarchists but such anarchists in 1776 rebelled against unjust taxation and laid down their lives to secure religious and political freedom. The ancestors of the Rothchilds then called us rebels; to-day their sons call us anarchists. Many rank Tories are allowed to enjoy their freedom in our country to-day and yet are as great a hindrance to prosperity as were the Tories of '76.

   McKinley and his band of followers hope to secure the nation's seat of honor by means foul as that which overthrew Rome and disgraced Athens. Will the men and sons of men who won our freedom both in '76 and '61 see the fruits of their labor pass into the hands of scheming and unprincipled politicians? Will they see our financial system still farther abused and handled to the profit of designing legislators? Will they not give their hands to the support of a party whose aim it is to place the precious metal, silver, on a parity with gold at the just and equitable ratio of 16 to 1, the ratio fixed by our ancestors and under which they matured from a tottering republic to the greatest government in the world, a ratio which the occurrence of the two metals justify, the ratio by which the two metals to-day are coined? COM.