CO
o A Democrat DenburicesJiu
o ratty
this method of letting the
orld know how low down I hjive
teen, and the crimes I have j comdil t
pd in the name of the Democratic
Tartv I have stuffed ballot boxes,
thrown out negro votes, and drank
lad likker until I feel as low ddwn
s any mangy, yellow dog. There
reer was a moment in my life when
j "thought the Democratic party was
the party of the people, yet rl hkve
worn out at least three: dozen pair
of shoes in torch-light processions,
marching the streets carrying Detno
cratic banners. I have acted the tool
ever since I entered politics to make
people believe I was honest-iind bent
on saving the country. 1 1 : have
bougt votes in flocks, droves and cov
eys, bribed election boards, made ly
ing' speeches, and robbed widow wo
men to give to negroes to,Jieep them
from voting the Republican tic vet.
I have held office from Cot nty
Attorney to Congressman , and li ave
made more money by accepting br bes
than I ever made from the em jIu
ments of the offices that I have held.
I have made promises enough to
build another tower of Babel, rere
they placed one upon another I
have turned criminals loose to prey
upon society , for political inilue ice.
I have given saloons and gamb iing
hells immunity f roni progecutioi l to
further my political ambition. .;--'
But I am getting old now and soon
must cross the-great divide. 1 ft el
that I owe it to the world to te 1 it
how low down and mean ;j I .lave
besn. I'll never vote another Demo
cratic ticket while I live. I am jut
terly disgusted with myself and the
party that I have run with, j I would
go over to the Republicans i and be
one of their outspoken champions,
but I'm too depraved and infernally
pusilannimous to befoul such a par
ty with my miserable affiliation.
I shall be content to denounce the
party that has dragged me down. I
honestly believe I would' have been
an honerable man had I never affili
ated with the Democratic partyl I
do not mean to say that all Demo
crts are as low down as I have been.'
Doubtless there are many honest
men who vote the Democratic ticket
as regularly as elections cpme
around. But I do say that the aver
age Democratic politician lettethl not
his left hand know what his right
hand doeth. No doubt there are
dishonest politicians in all the i art
ies, but I am convinced that the
Democratic party has far the larg
est per cent. ; " f ;
" Have you ever noticed the trend
of Democratic legislation? lit is I al
ways class and retaliative legislai ion.
It appears that the average Demo
cratic lesislator thinks he owes it
to his party to tear down everything
that his opponent has builded up.
I denounce the, party, its j methods,
and hope it will never get fin power
again in this country. I do not make
this renunciation because! I lave
been kicked out of the partj. I
make it because my conscience 13 irns
within me. I make it because '. ': re
alize that I am a criminal a politi
cal criminal, as blackhearted as ev
er struck an assassin's I blow I or
clutched the throat of a dying vic tim.
I could give the names of men who
are high , up in office Democrats
who sway the nation whom I helped
to elect by methods that would
shock even the modesty of a g id
night grave-robber. I i
The Democratic party eannoff win
by a direct appeal to the intel
ligence of the masses. In every city,
county and state where it is no v in
control if you will ferret ."out I its
methods, you will find thatrit vent
into office either by mlsrepres: nta
tion or fraud. It appeals to section
alism and race hate in the South .arid
depends upon misrepresentation and
straight-out lying in the North. True,
the country has prospered under
seme national Democratic admin
istrations, not because of the Demo
cratic party, however, but in spite of
it. , - r i . .
The hour has struck and the scales
nave fallen from the eyes of the
peoi;ie.
out in
Modern Democracy - stands
all its deceptive wiles.
doTvn, it must. It cannot live irl the
effulgence of the twentieth century.
It must glut its greed on passion
and prejudice and this it cahnc t do
n tns era of civic righteousness.
Yes in some sections it will stay
in power for some years yet, but like
the inhuman slavery which it cham
pioned as long as it could, and which
u had " to give up at the! point of
the bayonet, it will die. It will not
f dwn in blood, but it will sucdumb
to the accumulated intelligence o: ! the
onward march of -our 1 superior
civilization. ' - - : j i , : Ti -
To this denunciation I do not sub
scribe my name, not because I I am
too cowardly to sign my own n ime,
out for the reason. that I do not svisb
to publicly sting again the name of
iny children and my children's" chil
dren. : . : ':i.-lr:-.:
SATAN'S FALLEN ANGEL.
ADVANCE AGENTS OP THEL
SOUP JOINTS. ;
m me year 189 6: big stalwart men
;iaa to sneak up to public sbup-
"uugns and drmk soup at somebody's
else expense to keep from ; starving.
a nat period in our history. might be
Jitly compared to the. "starving-times
m Virginia" during colonial days;
n. certainly is. , shocking ; to Rethink
DOUt. even flirt 4f io mnva
behind eleven years of uriprecedent-r I
ed prosperity. But forget it, this na
tion'; never', will.: , . r r.'- ''-
v XWe know who i brought: on these
terrible .years in our history, v. The
Democratic: party- ushered in that era
of -starvation; It dare not deny it.
Yet -after eleven years Democratic,
leaders think maybe the 'people have
forgotj and they are-preparing to try
to do the I same thing over, i That is
they are ..trying, to - inject the same
deadly, issue into the campaign of
1908 .the tariff issue. 1 t -J-j
Now we .; denominate I every man
who is crying "down with the rob
ber tariff"- as an advance agent of
soup-joints. 'History but U repeats
itself, and like" causes produce . like
effects Isn'tit reasonable that if
the country Was to scalar forget it
self as to put the Democrats in again,
the same conditions would - swoop
down upon us? What think you the
Democratic party would do " should
it elect a President next year and
control both houses of, Congress, 2
Don't you believe it would do just as
it did under the Cleveland regime?
It behooves us to watch these ad
vance agents of the soup-joints. We
must not be caught napping again
and go down in the whirlpool of
another panic. ! -
The soup joints are still ' below
the horizon, and long may they stay
there! Their advance agents have
not, as yet been able to deliver the
goods. It is hoped they never will
be able to get in their deadly work
in this country so long as men have
the right to vote and choose between
the right and the wrong.
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Hip, hi, hoodledom! j Mr. John
Temple Graves, whose variations are
as changing as the -notes of a dulci
mer and as sweet as the strains-of an
aeolian harp borne to; a dying war
rior over a tropic' sea, - has again
jumped full length into the political
arena and made a declaration. He
says he is muchly pleased with Mr.
Taft's speech delivered the other day
at Columbus, Ohio, and then he pro
ceeds to analyze it much as a full
armored critic would dissect the car
cass of a heavily-loaded magazine ar
ticle. He says it smells as strong as
Limberger cneese of Roosevelt and,
consequently, it puts a- splended,
good taste in his mouth. He adorns
the big secretary of war with sweet
scented honeysuckles, fixes for him
a soft, downy i bed of thornless roses,
and consigns him to the loving em
brace of futurity's out-streeched
arms. In short, he brands him O. K.
And then he goes and blots out
the beautiful dream with a cruel stab
of his dagger-pointed pen. Heays:
"Secretary Taft has learned from
his chieftain, the President, how to
steal Democratic thunder.
"In fact, 'the Taft speech make3it
more than ever desirable that the
Democratic convention shall precede
the Republican, and that the Demo
cratic national platform shall go in
advance before the people, so that
the Republican utterance coming
later shall come as a mere echo
and imitation, as it is sure to b?."
We believe now we tumble to Mr.
Graves' program; He wants the
Democratic convention to meet first
and outline a platform in accordance
with Mr. Taft's speech, and invite
Mr. Roosevelt, or Mr Taft, or Mr.
Bryan, or Mr. Hughes, or Mr. Tom
Watson, or Willie Hearst, or Hokus
Pokus Smith or just anybody, and
put the flag of victory in his hands,
and let him go like a scared wolf in
to the White i House. j ;
; As to party traditions and party
lines; he would7bid 'em good by
forever, and ; pronounce., their obse
quies. He would . have it one coun
try, one party, and one mighty, tri
umphant victory, j J
At Chattanooga he gave Democracy
a black-eye by calling upon Mr. Bry
an to arise in the august presence of
the next Democratic convention and
nominate Mr. Roosevelt as a Demo
cratic standard-bearer.' Now he
deals the Republicans a , knock-out
blow by. saying that their platform
will be nothing more nor less than a
mere "echo and an imitation." Thru
it all, however, we think we can see
the imprint of the little round hoof
of the Democratic donkey. Else why
would he endeavor to put tb.e Demo
crats next-to how to "gitithar first
and win the mostest men?"
We look over Mr. "Graves' faults,
moreoverand pronounce : him : the
Chevalierde Bayard -of , the - South-r-a
veritable knight of the Round Ta
ble in American politics. And he de
serves the title, for does he not make
his bombardments with- gum-drops,
and deadly thrust with a . sword of
stick-candy? , i j
- Rah for John Temple! He loves
everybody, it makes ; no difference as
to the color of their hair or the cut
of their cutaway. His platform of
peace covers . every acre' whereon
falls the shadow of our flat;, and his
sweet clari-call is "catch 'em comin'
and a-gwine." He praises Bryan and
and lauds Roosevelt ; fondles Taft
and throws kisses at Henry Watter
son. He pins bouquets on Tom Wat
son, eats bonbons out of , the : same
box with Willie Hearst. . His smile
of. sunshine pervades the entire West
ern Hemisphere, and his blanket of
political charity covers all of pur par
ty sins." - ''v.. r:; - V
Let the man step to the front who
would dare to say that "John Temple
is not all: right ! i We, with the mil
lions screaming at our heels, will de
fend him" till the world grows jDld
Mind the leaves of the judgment book
unfolsU. v
i wnuy uiiu vuuiuiiuill j,
" The . camp - of Democracy in Texas
is somewhat disturbed since the Hay-
i-wood trial. It appears that some of
the true and ' tried - have gone, : over
to tie red flag brigade. Texai has
long been known as the Democrat
ic Israel.- But from "the dispatches,
one would think she was losing her
grip. The Socialists have wellform
ed organizations in the state, and
have a considerable following in thei
Texas cities. .
We -believe we -understand r this
drift of Socialism in Texas,, and in
other states where it is taking root.
The Democratic party holds out no
hope to its members. Interest with
in Democratic ranks is at a low ebb. J
-You cannot find bne Democrat out of
every ten who will express any hope
whatever of a victory to the national
ticket next year. The party as an
organization, is very nearly to pieces.
Factions and dissensions have shat
tered it. The average Democrat
hates the Republican party - and ev
erything connected with it. He Tfras
been taught to despise it. .Socialists
are making a big fuss just now. This
is attracting Democratic attention.
Democrats have ever been fond of
torch-light processions and counter
feited pageantry. - Hence, they are
now meandering into the Socialistic
ranks and enlisting under the scar
let oriflamme of anarchy and com
munism. The Republican party has proven
j itself the party of the masses. It
' has demonstrated its ability to do
things. It has met every issue that
has come up since its organization
and settled it right. It is not a party
to dive into experiments. .It is la
cautious political organization. But
rather than to join it,. Texas Demo
crats, and Democrats elsewhere, pre
fer to be gulped down by Socialism.
If Socialism is going to swallow down
the Democratic donkey, then it is
Socialism that Republicanism inust
fight-in the future as it has fought
the wild dreams of Democracy in the
past. -
Socialism flourished a few 3'ears
ago in the Northern cities, but it is
losing out there and taking root in
the We3t and Southwest. Texas has
a large foreign population, and it is
among our foreign element that So
cialisi.i takes root best. Not a few
of the- leading Democrats of the
LonStar state are becoming alarm
ed. They see their beloved Israel
gcing over to the heathen. Mind
yyu, Democratic leaders are against
Socialism. It is the rank and file of
the'Democratic party that, is causing
the alarm. Senator Bailey, in a
speech not long since in; Texas, de
clared that it is the Gorgoiii of So
cialism that the Democratic party
must contend with in the future. He
meant, of course, that "the Demo
cratic house was going to be divided
against itself. It is already divided
in Texas. Altho Bailey was a regu
lar nominee of the Democratic State
Convention of Texas, enemies sprang
up against him like magic in every
county of the state, and ho had a
strong opposition in the state legis
lature to his return to the U. S. Sen
ate. He says his opposition is com
posed of men who used to be in the
Democratic party, but who are now
aligned with Hearstism and Social
ismand he is right. . Joseph Wel
don Bailey is no fool, if he docs smell
to heaven"of coal-oil.
Nebraska Turns Down Bryan
The "failure of the fusion project
in Nebraska gives Mr. Bryan' a black
eye in his own state. The Democrat
ic forces of the state, of which Mr.
Bryan is the leader, have , been en
deavoring to bring about a fusion
between the Democrats and Popu
lists to defeat the Republicans in the
next state election. But the Popu
lists would not agree, hence it goes
out that Nebraska is irretrievably
lost to Democracy.. The state turned
against Bryan in 1900. McKinley
swept it in that year like a whirl
wind. - Its entire delegation in Con
gress is Republican except one mem
ber. ; Roosevelt snowed Its fusion
ticket 'under in 1904 to the song of
86,000 plurality.
The refusal of the Populists of the
state to unite with the Democrats
in common cause shows that the
Populists" have very little confidence
in the Democrats ability to . deliver
the goods. It will also have some
effect on Mr. Bryan's fortunes in the
other states. Democrats , in the
South, especially, reason that if his
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rOWn State wm .not umie on mixi.
there must be a screw loose some-1
where. What the Democrats . want
more than anything else is a lead
er who can lead. -They are getting
somewhat tired of cruising up salt
river every four years. ;The fact that
Mr. Bryan has been unable to unite
all the nonRepublican Viements in
Nebraska in 1907 will deal a hard
blow to his prestige all over the
country. His enemies in the. South
and East will now take up the cue
and work against him with renewed
ardorl -They know that that . two
thirds requirement i has more than
once beaten men who were; thought
to be popular favorites; - One or two
more local shifts like this In Nebras
ka and Mr Bryan's chances go like
chaff in the winds. - Yet "Democrats
say that Mr. Bry.au is .the ' strongest
t Tfi Y a 51 n rt n n i a I i c ifri
jnan they ;' have. The fact is, -De
mocracy- is at a very low - ebb, and.
Deoiocratlc .;-. leaders recognize . it.7
They see in advance that "they will go
into the" campaign next year already
beaten. : They ; know ?.they . cannot
make any headway against the tide
of popular approval .that the country
will 'give to. the last three Repub
lican administrations. , - v
Mr. Wattcrson flares upland says:
This whole prattle about the""diih
culty or impossibility of1 revising the
tariff is pure humbug and false- pre
tense. In 1897 :a Republican Presi
dent called an extra session of Con
gress and revised the tariff." Saw off
there. Colonel you forget that Mr.
McKinley had to call that Congress
to enact a tariff law to get the coun
try out of thehole that Cleveland
and . the rest of you Democrats.- got
into. - This country is in no hole
now, 1 ou 11 have to come
old war-boss.
again,
Georgia lias passed a law 'cvhich
sets qualifications for voting in that
state at.$5,oooKin property, and one
must be able to read and write a par-,
agraph of the Federal or state con
stitution, be a descendant from a
soldier of any of the United States'
or Confederacy's wars, and be other
wise capable. . Good-bye Mr. Negro
you must stay away from the polls
in the Goober state, unless you will
induce all your brothers to sign a
pledge to ever in tbe . future vote - the
Democratic ticket, then that statute
will fade from the law-books like the
mist of morning "in the face of the
riscii sun.
I Those Northern Negroes
..'22"fr,IaaSiMII"IaI""2"I"I"i'4"I' v
It is enough to make the rest of
the negroes of the country quit" pol
itics forever to be compelled to read
the slush that is being sent out to
them from so-called "nigger" organi
zations in the North. There is said
to be .an anti-administration Afro
American organization in nearly ev
ery Northern city, and a few in the
South. Without a single exception
all these organizations are for Sen
ator Foraker, of Ohio, for President,
a circumstance which gives the whole
movement dead away.
The shame of it is that Mr. Fora
ker will keep encouraging this dis
turbing element among the other
wise peaceful and law-abiding ne
gro "citizenship of the country. - The
OhTb Senator stood high in national
politics until he went oh! on this
anti-administration tangent and
championed the cause of the dis
charged troops of the 25th infantry.
He stood well in Ohio and was in
line for the Presidential nomination.
But the country has been keeping tab
on his actions and utterances for the
past several months, and his name
is Dennis so far as Presidential
honors are concerned. He may be
able to go back to the Senate for
another six years, because of his
grip on a -certain faction in Ohio pol
itics. It is to be deplored that such a
debater and otherwise sound states
man as Mr. Foraker has" proven him
self to be, should at the zenith of
his power champion a cause which
he ought to have known would be
ruinous to his reputation. He was
warned of the consequences of such
a stand by the press of the country,
as well as by the masses of the
people. Opposition, however, seem
ed but to nerve him on. Because
of his high standing in the Senate,
a few others of that body joined him
in his nonsensial pet contention.
He will, no doubt, prove a disturb
er in Ohio politics for years to come.
He has his croud, of course, and
they will -stay with him. He can
have no hope of any. political honors
more than another term in the Sen-r
ate, yetv he has set in to block
Secretary Taft's chances for the
Presidential nomination next year.
We do not make this statement be
cause we are In favor of Judge Taft
for President, for it is too early as
yet for us to settle definitely on any
man to fill President Roosevelt's
warm seat. There are a number of
aspirants in the fieH and we prefer
to hear every claim before we open
our battery for any certain Individ
ual". But what we-set out to discuss
was those .Northern Negro organi
zations. We have ever accorded the
negro the rights guaranteed him by
the thirteenth, fourteenth and "fif
teenth amendments to the Constitu
tion. We: have neyer said a word
that could be construed as antago
nistic - to- the advancement . and de
velopment of the "negro race. We
realize that the black man is but a
little over forty years removed from
slavery, and that he has not as yet
learned every lesson that- is: neces
sary to. a full American citizenship;
But we do believe, and that strong
ly, that this anti-administration
movement gotten up by a few hot
headed negroes and championed by
a few anti-administration white men,
will work much harm to the general
welfare of the negro race in the coun
try. The Organizations will have no
other effect than to prejudice many
people against the advancement .of
the negro politically. - The race, as
a whole. ; was - satisfied with its pro
gress attainedin so short a time, and
many white people everywhere , were,
hopeful that the negro was going to
assimilate quietly into our body po-
litic." It is to be hoped that; even;
yet, the leaders among the negroes
will see their folly and put; a stop
to their ;ailtadmlnfetratioiL foolish
ness -.. ; -
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rne : jumping-jacKs -over; ine coun
try are-showing how little they, know
by trying" to criticise jthat part of
Secretary - Taft's speech at Columbua
dealing .with the tariff. " The woods
are ringing with tomtit twitterings
of Democratic pencil pushers 'and
weak-kneed Republican paste-sling-ers.
The chief objection to the
speech is that Mr. Taft did not de
clare for free-trade and throw the
Republican banner of Protection in
to the proverbal Sloiigh of Despond.
Mr. Taft declared for the old time
honored shibboleth of protection, and
this Is where he knocked not a few
little gourd-headed politicians off of
the Christmas-tree. He told them
that the .tariff might need a littler
touching up, but no radical monkey
ing with, and here is where they rais
ed their heartrending howl. WTha
are these little peewee. blisters who
are filling all heaven and earth with
their insane bickerings? Why they,
are" the same crowd who crowed
loudest for Grover Cleveland in
1892. You can hear the soup-gurgle
in their every yell. The starvation
glare is back in their wild, frenzied
eyes.
Wrhile Mr. Taft committed him
self to a reduction of the tariff on
some articles, he advised due caution.
He declared that the object of pro
tection was to put foreign-manufact
ured goods on a parity with our own
manufactured productions by put
ting a duty on the goods from abroad
to make thepi equal, in selling price
in this countrjr to our own manufac
tured goods. This is the idea of pro- ,
tection in a nut-shell.' v
"The Yellow Jacket; has' ever
championed the protection of Ameri
can industries. It would rather see
our magnihcent capitol in ashes, cu
army disbanded, our ships rotting in
our narDors, our raiiroaus not mov
ing a wheel, our e?ery city grown up
in grass and weeds, and our name
abroad a byword and a reproach
than to see . this coai'irv put on .'i
free-trade basis, for it would mean
our everlasting . ruin.
If the Democrats want to see the
tariff question threshed over again
to a finish, just let them embody it
in their platform next year and the
country will -bury it deeper than ever,
free-silver was buried. If there be
a few weak-kneed Republicans who
want to vote with the Democrats,
let them march to the polls with
them and deposit their ballots. The
Republican party does not want any
body in its ranks who are not. true
to Republican principles.
We would like to see this question
settled once, and for all. It is al
ready settled definitely in every true
Republican's mind.
Mr. Tart may or may not receive
the nomination in the next Repub
lican National Convention. It is too
early to tell just where the light
ning is going to strike but, for sure,
his head is level on the tariff. It was
heralded abroad that the secretary
of war was for tariff revision along
Democratic lines, but his Columbus
speech gave it the lie straight from
the shoulder. .
The next national campaign is go
ing to settle two issues in this coun
try: the tariff and the power of dol
lars. It will be a fight worthy of
the admiration of the giants. It will
be foughtupon the one side by the
Republican party, which is the party
of prosperity and protection, and
..n 4.1 4. 1- .1 I J X J.T T
uyou iue umer siue uy iiie jtJinu
cratic party, which is the party of
panics and starvation. It will bo
be every man's privilege to fight with.
th. party of his choice.
AVAILABILITY.
When .the elections to the firt
Douma were going on some of the
workmen in St. Petersburg put up a
goat as a candidate. Others " voted
for a factory chimney. They did it,
of course, to show their cpntempt.
They kneAV better than they acted.
But-how about those who would
make Haywood a Presidential can
didate? Do they know any better?
It seems to suffice them' that their
man is in the public eye. . Real avail--ability
doesn't cut a particle of ice.
This W: :T. Barnum "idea of po-"
litical availability has left some high
water-marks in our history. Eugene
Debs was , named forPresident on
the Socialist ticket because of his
record as a striker. Coxey was nomi
nated by the Greehbackers for Con
gress, and later for, Secretary of State
in Ohio because' he led an army of
iramps upon - vvasnington. ben
P.utlei was nominated for the Presi
dency Wansc lie was such a notori
ous turncoat. .- Richmond P. Hobson
was sent to Congress from Gen. Joe
Wheelers old "Alabama District be
cause he happened to be selected to
pilot the Merrimac into the mouth
of Santiago harbor. ' Adrian C. An
son Mas niade city clerk in Chicago
because of his baseball record. "Jim"
Corbett.-pugilist, has been mention
ed for Congressional honors.
Thus, it seem that a man must
do -something sensational to get in
the' road to political honors. On
such a score a man could well af
ford to take desperate chances to be'
President of th TInttrl 5Ifatc!
Tie country -does not need any
spectacular, pugilistic, athletic, bull
fighting statesmen. We need men
who have come urj by; sheer merit
from the b.ottQm, y -
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