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VOLUME 3.
WADESB0R0. N. C. AUGUST 18. 1908.
NUMBER 12
BRYflH
In Hearty Accord
With Platform.
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE
That Is the OTerehadowlng
QlKStlQIL
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE
All Present Abuses a Result of
Their Acts, and They Are Im
potent to Correct Them.
Mr "Ljtun aol Omtlemen of tbe
NotiiU jtlt t'omtaltUf: I rsn not ac
iri t tt. uUiiuatUa Llcb you oaVl.nl
t tn.r. without lirt nrkuow U-iIglui
uiv !-; lnJ'Lt"t!u Il tbe I Hiarat
l'f'J ',r ' '' fttraonllnary honor
whit !i It lid tuffrrvl uu u. Hav
ing iio l f.r- Iwn a caudldat for
the ir-l.luT, la campaigns which
rnd.M lu .lrfrut. a third noralnatiou. tke
result of th fr-- and voluntary act of
lL voters of l iartr. tin only I
P.alu-d a ubi:.intlnl anil undla
ptd gnmth ,u tLe prluctplr and Jt
I ls for I. villi a inullltuje of
oth-r. tiTf nxiti'uJi'J A tbvs prla-
Jj:- and p.UU- tiivi'slifii nit' tvbat
trr Ut!r:il nrrtiij'.b I oscv. tbe
action f tlw oai eutW'U not ouly re
b my fjUU la thftn. but Mrt-utCthea
lay attachiut-nt to Ibeui
A Platform la Binding.
1 s'.i-;i. iu Of nr future, jm'ar a
iiiuii' formal r-; iy f your uotlacatloo.
aud. lu lh.U If'Ur of acceptance. lil
!.: t!a tLf platform la detail. It Is
u:2.itut. at tht time. f asiare you
that 1 lu hcuty accord with both
the ::: a-..l the spirit of tbe plat
form. I : c It In wboie and In
part, a I.' I Uu.. !f rlci'tf!. rrgird Its
;ratloi a tir..ll:i upoa ru. And.
1 tuay n.M. a platform I Madiuc as to
what It otntt a well a t- v bat It
omtatn A. rl;ac to ta dttn-ratlo
k!ea. IU 5 !.;, ititnk. for thmelres
atl EtN t off'.rLtU to carry out their
Tbe totrr are tbe aorerrliTiJ;
t.rTl. ta: are tbo erant. etuploynj
r r a ti-t-e ao.1 at a tatel salary
t ! what tb oeretc want done.
a:ul t d- l! i a fb way tb? sorereUraa
waat it done I'Utfonns arv eutlrely
i. barttitt M;a lUN detuocratlc klea.
A p'.-itf-r;;. aiitioutwe the iartys p
pltlou ,.n tti.- j'leHtlon wblcb are at ls
ur. j:..1 aa ui u not at llrxrty to
u t'ae rutL.rtty rested In hlra ti
urv j-r.jiial i-wi nbUb nave not
(Ti u!mitttl to th oters for their
at'Troat. If one t uotnlnatel upon a
platform wbU U U not atU factory to
I.iUi. Lf iuut. If candid, either decline
tt r.ornluatlon. or. lu accettloc It. pro-l-e
an ameudeil platform la lieu of
the oik adopted by tbe ciarentlon. No
a;b ltuatlou. bowerer. confrouts your
-rvi;.-! te. for the platform upou whlcb
I was nomtnatetl not only contains
tvtb!n frota which I dla-ient. but It
fee I :!- "y outlines all the remedial
l-cUlatlon which we can hope to e--:re
darn tLe next four years.
Rtpublican Challenge Accepted.
n? dltlajr-itn''l statesman who re
ceived the Kepubilcan nomination for
president said. In bis notification
Hieevh: "The strx-tiffth of the Republican
au In the campalXn at hand Is the
fact tUat we rvprseut the potlcle e--entlat
to t!e reform of known aUue.
to the eoutlnuduce of Hl-erty and true
proj;i"rlty. an.l that we are determined,
as our platform unequivocally declare.
to maintain them and carry them on."
In the name of tbe I Vmocratlc party.
1 accept tbe challenge, and charge that
the Kepubllcan party la responsible for
all the abuses wblcb now exist in tbe
federal government, and tnat It la Im-l-tent
to accomplish the reform which
are Imperatively needed. Further. I
can cot concur to tbe statement that
tbe Republican platform uaequlrocaMy
declares for tbe reforms that are nw
eary: on the contrary. I aflrm that It
openly aud notoriously disappoints the
hordes and expectations of reformers,
whether thoe reformers be Republic
ans or Democrats. So far did the Re
publican convention fall abort of ita
duty that the Republican candidate felt
It necessary to add to bis platform In
several Important particulars, thus re
buking the leaders of the party, opon
whoe co-operatkxi he must rety for
the enactment of remedial legislation.
As I ba:L la separate speeches. dl
cuaja the leading questions at Loe. I
shall at this Hue confine myself to the
paramount question, and to the far
reaching parroiex of our party, aa that
porp.-e is set forth la the platform.
Shall the Pee pie RyteT
Onr platform declares that the orer
aadowtog Issue which manifests Itself
la all the questions now under discus
sion, u -Hhall lb people rule?" No
matter which way we turn; no matter
to what subject we addrrsa ourselves,
tbe earn question coo front a us: Shall
the people control their own govern
ment, and use that government for the
protection of their rights and for the
promotion of their welfare? or shall
lie representatives of predatory wealth
rey cpoo a defenseless public. whUe
the offenders secure Immunity from
sabserTlrat oScials whom they raise
to power by unscrupulous methods I
This la the issue? raised by the "kaown
abesesj ta which Mr. Taft refers.
Inelietmaett Aaainrt the
Party.
In a message sent to congress last
January. Trealdent Itooserelt aaid
Th attacks by these great corpora
ttocs oa the admlnUlratlon's actions
hare been glren a wide circulation
throughout the country, in the news
papers and otherwise, by thoae writers
and speakers who. consciously or un
consciously, act aa the rrpreenUtlTes
of predatory wealth of tbe v.ealth ac
cumulated on a giant scale by all forms
of Iniquity, ranging from tbe oppres
sion of wage earners to unfair and un
wholesome methods of crushing out
competition, and te defrauding the
public by atock-JobblLg and tbe manip
ulation of securities. Certain wealthy
men of this stamp. wboe couduct
should be abhorrent to every man of
ordinarily decent conscience, and who
commit the hideous wrong of teaching
our young men that phenomenal busi
ness success must ordinarily be based
on dishonesty, have, daring the last
few months, msde It apparent that
they hare banded together to work for
a re-act Ion. Tbelr endeavor is to
overthrow and discredit all who hon
estly administer tbe law. to prevent
any additional legislation which would
check and re at rain them, and to secure.
If possible, a freedom from all re
straint which will permit every un
scrupulous wrong -doer to do what- he
wishes unchecked, provided he has
enough money." What an arraignment
of the predatory Interests!
Is the president's indictment true?
And. if true, against whom was the
Indictment directed? Not against the
mmocrntIc party.
Mr. Taft Endorses the Indictment.
Mr. Taft says that these evils hare
crept In during the last ten years. Us
declsres that, daring this time, some
"prominent and Influential members
of the community, spurred by financial
iuifM and in their hurry for greater
wealth, lecime unmindful of tbe com
mon rules of business honesty and
fidelity, and of the limitations imposed
by law upon their acUonaT and I bat
"the revelations of the breaches of
trusts, the disclosures aa to rebates
and discriminations by railroads, the
nct'timulatlng evidence of the viola
tions of the anti-trust laws, by nuru
Ur of corporations, and the over-issue
f stocks and bonds of Interstate rail
roads for the unlawful enriching of di
rectors and for the purpose of concen
trating the control of the railroads un
der one management." all these, he
charges, "quickened the conscience of
tin people and brought on a moral
awakening."
Hurlng all this time. I beg to remind
you. Ilepnbllcan ofUciala presided In the
executive department, filled tbe cab
inet, dominated the senate, controlled
the houxe of representatives and occu
pied mot of tbe federal Judgeships.
Pour Years ago the Republican plat
form boastfully declared thai alnce
with the exception of two years
- the Republican party bad been In con
trol of part or of all the branches of
the federal government: that for two
years only was the Democratic party in
a position to either enact or repeal a
law. flaring drawn the salaries; bsT
lag enjoyed the honors; having secured
the prestige, let the Republican party
a-c.r.t the responsibility!
Republican Party Responsible.
Why were these "known abuses"
lcrmltted to develop? Why have they
not rn corrected? If existing laws
are sufficient, why have they not been
enforced? All of the executive ma
chinery of the federal government Is
In the hands of the Republican party.
Are ww laws necessary? Why have
they not been enacted? With a Re
publican president to recommend, with
a Republican senate and house to carry
out his recommendations, why does tbe
Republican candidate plead for further
time In which to do what should bare
teu done long ago? Can Mr. Taft
promlxe to be more strenuous In tbe
prosecution of wrong-doers than tbe
present executive? Can he ask for a
larger majority in the senate than his
party now has? Does be need mors
Republicans In the house of represent
stlves or a speaker with more unlim
ited authority.
Why No Tariff Reform?
The president's close friends bare
been promising for several years that
he would attack the iniquities of the
tirif. We bare had intimation that
Mr. Taft was restive under the de
mands of the highly protected In
dustries. And yet the Influence of the
manufacturers, who hare for twenty
five years contributed to the Republican
campaign fund, and who In return
have framed the tariff schedules, has
been sufficient to preTeut tariff reform.
As the present campaign approached.
both the president and Mr. Taft de
clared In faror of tariff revision, but
set tbe date of revision after the elec
tion. Bat the pressure brought to bear
by the protected Interests has been
great enough to prevent any attempt at
tariff reform before the election; and
the redaction promised after the elec
tion is so hedged about with qualify
ing phrases, that no one can estimate
with accuracy the sum total of tariff
reform to be expected In case of Re
publican success. If the past can be
taken as a guide, the Republican party
will be so obligated by campaign con-
trl but loos from tbe beneficiaries of pro
tection, as to make that party power
less to bring to the country any ma
terial relief from tbe present tariff
burdens.
Why Ne Anti-trust Legislation?
A few years ago the Republican lead
ers In tbe bouse of represents tires
rrere coerced by public opinion Into
the support of an anti-trust law which
had th endorsement of the president,
but the senate refused even to con
alder the measure, sod since that tlmw
no effort baa been made by the domi
nant party to secure remedial legisla
tion upon this subject.
Why Ne fUllrsadi Lofllolstionf
For tea years the interstate com
mrc Commission has been asking for
aa enlargement of Its powers, that It
might prerent rebates and discrimina
tions, but a Republican senate and a
Republican house of representatlTcs
wars; camoreJ by Its entreaties. In
1000 ths) Republican national conven
tion was urged to endorse the demand
for railway legislation, but its platform
was silent on the subject. Cren In
1S04 the) convention gare no pledge to
remedy these abuses. When ths presi
dent finally asked for legislation ha
drew Lis inspiration from threw Demo
cratlc. national platforms and bo re-
fr iaewVs
celred mere cordlaf support from tbe
Democrats than from the Republicans.
The Republicans la the senate deliber
ately defeated several amendments of
f erred by 8enator La FoUette and sup
ported by the Democrats amendments
embodying legislation asked by the In
ters sate Commerce Commission. One
of these) amendments authorized the
ascertainment of the ralue of rail
roads. This amendment was not only
defeated by tbe senate, but It was over
whelmingly rejected by the recent Re
publican national convention, and the
Republican candidate has sought to res
cue his party from the disastrous re
sults of this set by expressing him
self. In a qualified way, in faror of
aace raining tbe raloe of the railroads.
Over-Issue of ttosks and Bonds.
Mr. Taft complains of the over-Issue
of stocks and bonds of railroads, "for
the unlawful enriching of directors
and for the purpose of concentrating
the control of the railroads under one
management," and the complaint Is
well founded. Bat. with a president to
point out tbe evil, and a Republican
congress to correct It. ws find nothing
done for the protection of the public.
Why? My honorable opponent has, by
his confession, relieved me of the ne
cessity of furnishing proof; be admits
the condition and be can not avoid the
logical conclusion that must be drawn
from the admission. There is no doubt
whatever that a large majority of the
voters of the Republican party recog
nize tbe deplorable situation which Mr.
Taft describes; they recognize that the
masses hare had but lit tie Influence
upou legislation or upon the ad
ministration of the government, and
they are beginning to understand
the cause. For a generation the Re
publican party has drawn Its cam
paign funds from the beneficiaries of
special legislation. Privileges hare
been pledged and granted in return for
money contributed to debauch elec
tions. What can be expected when of
ficial authority Is turned over to the
representatives of those who first fur
niah the alnewa of war and then reim
burse themselves out of the pockets of
the taxpayers?
Fasting In Wilderness Nooossary.
So long ss the Republican party re
mains In power. It is powerless to re
generate Itself. It can not attack
wrong-doing In high places without dis
gracing many of its prominent mem
bers, and It, therefore, uses opiates In
stead of the surgeon's knife. Its male
factors construe each Republican vic
tory as an endorsement of their con
duct and threaten the party with de
feat If they are Interfered with. Not
Until that party posses Lhrough a pe
riod of fasting in the wilderness, will
the Republican leaders learn to study
public questions from the standpoint
of tbe masses. Just aa with Individ
uals, "the cares of this world snd the
deceitful nesa of riches choke the truth,'
so In politics, when party leaders serve
far away from borne and are not in
constant contact with the voters, con
tinued party success blinds their eyes
to tbe needs of the people snd makes
them deaf to the cry of distress.
Publicity ss to Campaign Contribu
lions.
An effort has been made to secure
legislation requiring publicity as to
campaign contributions snd expendi
tures; bat the Republican leaders, even
In the face of an Indignant public, re
fused to consent to a law which would
compel honesty in elections. When the
matter was brought op in the recent
Republican national convention, tbe
plank was repudiated by a vote of 880
to 1M. Here, too. Mr. Taft has been
driven to spologlxe for his convention
and to declare himself In faror of
publicity law; and yet. If you will read
what be aays upon this subject, you
will find that his promise falls fsr short
of the requirements of the situation
He says:
If I am elected president. I shall
urge upon congress, with every hope of
success, that a law be passed requiring
the. filing, in a federal office, of a state
ment of the contributions received by
committees and candidates In elections
for members of congress, and in such
other elections as are constitutionally
within the control of congress.'
I shall not embarrass him by asking
him upou what he bases his hope of
success; It Is certainly not on any en
couragement he has received from Re
publican leaders. It la sufficient to say
that If hla hopes were realized if. In
spite of the adverse action of his con
went Ion. he should succeed In securing
the enactment of the very law which
ho favors. It would give but partial re-
IUf. He has read ths Democratic plat
form; not only his language, but his
evident alarm. Indicates that he has
read it carefully. He even had before
him the action of the Democratic na
tional committee In interpreting and
applying that platform; and yet, he
falls to a ay that he favors tbe publica
tion of the contrlbutiona before the
election. Of course. It satlafles a nat
ural curiosity to find out how an elec
tion has been purchased, even when
the knowledge comes too late to be of
service, but why should the people be
kept In darkness until the election la
past? Why should the locking of tbe
door be delayed until the horse Is gone?
An Elect a Public Affair.
An election Is a public affair. The
people, exercising the right to select
tbelr officials and to decide opon the
policies to bo pursued, proceed to their
several polling places on election day
and register their wCL What excuse
can bo given for secrecy as to the In
fluences at work? If a man, pecun
iarily Interested In "concentrating the
control of the railroads in one manage
ment,' subscribes a largo sum to aid in
carrying tbe election, why should his
part In the campaign be concealed un
til be has- pat the) officials under obli
gation to him? If a trust magnate
contributes $100,000 to elect political
friends to office, with a view to pre
venting hostile legislation, why should
that fact be concealed until his friends
are securely seated in their official po
sitions? This Is not a new question; It Is a
Question which has been agitated a
question which the Republican leaders
folly understand a question which the
Republican candidate has studied, and
yet be refuses to declare himself in fa
vor of ths legislation absolutely neces
sary, namely, legislation requiring pub
lication before the election.
Democratic. Party Promloos PwbilsHy.
How can ths people hope to rui tf
they are not able to learn until after
tbe election whatJh predatory tntet
eats are doing f The Democratic party
meets ths issue honestly and coura
geously. It ssys:
"We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of a law. prohibiting any
corporation from contributing to a
campaign fend, and any individual
from contributing an amount above a
reasonable maximum, and providing
for the publication, before election, of
all such contributions above a reason
able minimum."
The Democratic national committee
Immediately proceeded to Interpret and
apply this plank, announcing that no
contributions would be received from
corporations, that no individual would
be allowed to contribute more than
$10,000, and that all contributions
above $100 would be made public be
fore the election those received before
October 15 to be made public on or
before that day, those received after
ward to be made public on the day
when received, and no such contribu
tions to be accepted within three days
of the election. Tbe expenditures are
to be published after election. Here
Is a plan which is complete and effec
tive. Popular Election of Senators.
Next to the corrupt use of money,
tbe present method of electing United
States senators is most responsible ior
the obstruction of reforms. For cne
hundred years after the adoption of
the constitution, the demand for the
popular election of senators, while End
ing increased expression, did not be
come a dominant sentiment A con
stitutional amendment bad from tkne
to time been suggested and the matter
had been more or less discussed ii a
few of the states, but the movement
had not reached a point where it mani
fested itself through congressional ac
tion. In the Fifty-second congress,
however, a resolution was repotted
from a house committee proposing tbe
necessary constitutional amendment,
and this resolution passed the hoase
of representatives by a vote wlich
was practically unanimous. In tbe
Fifty-third congress a similar resolu
tion was reported to, and adopted by.
the house of representatives. Roth
the Fifty-second and Fifty-third con
gresses were Democratic. The Repub
licans gained control of the house as
a result of the election of 1894 and in
the Fifty-fourth congress the proposi
tion died in committee. As time went
on, however, the sentiment grew among
the people, until it forced a Republican
congress to follow the example set by
the Democrats, and then another and
another Republican congress acted fa
vorably. State after state has endorsed
this reform, until nearly two-thirds at
the states hare recorded themselves to
Its favor. The United States senate,
however. Impudently and arrogantly
obstructs tbe passage of the resolutioa,
notwithstanding the fact that tbe vot
ers of the United States, by an over
whelming majority, demand It. And
this, refusal Is the more significant
when It is remembered that a number
of senators owe their election to great
corporate interests. Three Democratic
national platforms the platforms of
1000. 1004 and 1008 specifically call
for a change in the constitution which
will put the election of senators In the
bands of the voters, and the proposi
tion has been endorsed by a number
of the smaller parties, but no Repub
lican national convention lias been
willing to champion the cause of the
people on this subject. The subject
was Ignored by the Republican national
convention In 1900; It was Ignored In
1904. and the proposition was explicit
ly repudiated In 1008. for the recent
Republican national convention, by a
vote of 80(1 to 114. rejected the plank
endorsing the popular election of sena
In tbe couven-
Mr. Taft. few
torsand this was done
tlon which nominated
delegates from his own state voting for
the plank.
Personal Inclination Net Sufficient
In his notification speech, the Repub
lican candidate, speaking of the elec
tion of senators by the people, says:
"Personally. I am Inclined to favor It
but it la hardly a party question."
What Is necessary to make this a purty
question? When the Democratic con
vention endorses a proposition by a
unanimous vote, and tbe Republican
convention rejects the proposition by a
vote of seven to one. does it not be
come an issue between the parties?
Mr. Taft can not remove tbe question
from the arena of politics by express
ing a personal Inclination toward the
Democratic position. For several
years be has been connected with
the administration. What has be evei
said or done to bring this question be
fore the public? What enthusiasm
has he shown In the reformation of
the senate? What Influence could he
exert In behalf of a reform which his
party has openly and notoriously con
demned in its convention, and to which
he Is attached only by a belated ex
pression of personal Inclination?
The Gateway to Other Reforms.
"Shall the people rule?" Every
remedial measure of a' national char
acter must run the gauntlet of tbe
senate. The president may personally
Incline toward a reform; the house
may consent to It; but as long as the
senate obstructs the reform, the peo
ple must wait Tbe president may
heed a popular demand; tbe house may
yield to public opinion; but as long as
the senate la defiant the rule of the
people la defeated. The Democratic
platform very properly describes the
popular election of senators aa "the
gateway to other national reforms."
Shall we open the gate, or shall we
allow the exploiting Interests to bar
tbe way by the control of this branch
of tbe federal legislature? Through
Democratic victory, and through a
Democratic victory only, can the peo
ple secure tbe popular election of sen
ators. The smaller parties are unable
to secure this reform; tbe Republican
party, under Its present leadership, is
resolutely opposed to It; the Democratic
party stands for it and has boldly de
manded It If I am elected to tbe
presidency, those who are elected upon
the ticket with me will be, like my
self, pledged to this reform, and I
shall convene congress In extraordi
nary session Immediately after Inau
guration, and ask, among other things,
for the fulfillment of this platform
pledge.
House Rules Despotic
The third Instrumentality employed
to defeat the win of the people is
found In the rules of the house of rep-
resentativMv Our platform points out
thar "the house of representatives was
designed by the fathers of the conatl-
tution, fo be the popular branch of our,
gove:nment, responsive to the public
will," and adds:
"The bouse of representatives, as
controlled in recent years by the Re
publican party, lias ceased to be a de
liberative and legislative body, respon
sive to the will of a majority of the
members, but has come under the ab
solute domination of the speaker, who
has entire control of its deliberation;,
and powers of legislation.
"We have observed with amazement
the popular branch of our federal gov
ernment helpless to obtain either the
consideration or enactment of meas
ures desired by a majority of its mem
bers." This arraignment Is fully justified.
The reform Republicans in the house
of representatives, when In the minor
ity in their own party, are as helpless
to obtain a hearing or to secure a vote
upon a measure as are the Democrats.
In the recent session of the present
congress, there was a considerable ele
ment in the Republican party favorable
to remedial legislation; but a few lead
ers. In control of the organization,
despotically suppressed these mem
bers, and thus forced a real majority
in the house to submit to a well organ
ized minority. The Republican national
convention, instead of rebuking this
attack upon popular government eulo
gized congress and nominated as the
Republican candidate for vice president
one of the men who shared in the re
sponsibility for the coercion of the
house. Our party demands that "the
house of representatives shall again
become a deliberative body, controlled
by a majority of the people's repre
sentatives, and not by the speaker,"
and is pledged to adopt "such rules
and regulations to govern the house
of representatives as will enable a ma
jority of its members to direct its de
liberations and control legislation."
"Shall the people rule?" They can
not do so unless they can control the
house of representatives, and through
their representatives in the house, give
expression to their purposes and their
desires. The Republican party Is
committed to the methods now In
vogue in the house of representatives;
the Democratic party is pledged to
such a revision of the rules as will
bring the popular branch of the federal
government Into harmony with the
ideas of those who framed our consti
tution and founded our government
Other Issues Will Bo Discussed Later.
"Shall the people rule?" I repeat is
declared by our platform to be the
overshadowing question, and as the
campaign progresses, I shal take occa
sion to discuss this question as it man
ifests itself in other issues; for whether
we consider the tariff question, the
trust question, the railroad question,
the banking question, the labor ques
tion, the question of imperialism, the
development of our waterways, or any
other of the numerous problems which
press for solution, we shall find that
the real question involved In each is,
whether the government shall remain
a mere business asset of favor seeking
corporations or be an Instrument In
the' hands of the people for the ad
vancement of the common weal.
Democratic
Party Has
Earned Con-
fidence.
If the voters are satisfied with the
record of the Republican party and
with its management of public affairs
we can not reasonably ask for a
change in administration; if, however,
the voters feel that the people, as a
whole, have too little influence in shap
ing the policies of the government; It
they feel that great combinations of
capital have encroached upon the
lrlnts of the masses, and employed the
j Lr?;
cure an uniair suure ui iuc iuiai ciiiLu
nrorlnred then we have a !rht to ex-
pect a verdict against the Republican
party and in favor of the Democratic
party; for our party has risked defeat
aye, suffered defeat in its effort to
arouse the conscience of the public and
to bring about that very awakening to
which Mr. Taft has referred.
' Only those, are worthy to be entrust
ed with leadership in a great cause
who are willing to die for It, and the
Democratic party has proven its worthl-
ness by Its refusal to purchase victory
by delivering the people into the hands
f those who have despoiled them. In
tils contest between Democracy on the
cne side and plutocracy on the other,
tie Pemocratic party has taken its po
rtion on the side of equal rights, and
uvltes the opposition of those who use
plltics to secure special privileges and
governmental favoritism. Gauging the
progress of the nation, not by the hap
Ilness or wealth or refinement of a
few, but "by the prosperity and ad
vancement of the average .man," the
democratic party charges the Repub
lican party with being the promoter of
present abuses, the opponent of neces
sary remedies and the only bulwark of
private monopoly. The Democratic par
ty affirm 8 that in this campaign it is
the only party, having a prospect of
success, Which stands for justice In
government and for equity In the divi
sion of the fruits of industry.
Democratic Party Defender of Honest
Wealth.
We may expect those who have com
nltted larceny by law and purchased
Inmanlty with their political Influence,
tc attempt to raise false issues, and to
enploy the livery of Heaven" to con
ceil their evil purposes, but they can
no longer deceive. The Democratic
pa:ty is not the enemy of any legiti
mize industry or of honest accumula
tion?. It Is, on the contrary, a friend
of ndustry and the steadfast protector
of fiat wealth which represents a serv
ice to society. The Democratic party
doet not seek to annihilate all corpora
tion; It simply asserts that as the gov
ernment creates corporations, it must
retain the power to regulate and to
control them, and that It should not
peruit any corporation to convert itself
Into a monopoly. Surely we should
have the co-operation of all legitimate
corporations in our effort to protect
busliess and Industry from the odium
whim lawless combinations of capital
wllLi If unchecked, cast upon them.
Onl by the separation of the good
froon the bad can the good be made I
secure.
aal a. am a f a a sea s? a.
re novoi unon, Dux rt.Tormat.en.
ani iemocrauc pany sees not rero-
thattures are mildest when applied at
oncef that remedies Increase In severity
as tlfelr application Is postponed. Blood
poisoning may be stopped by the loss
of a finger today; if may' cost an arm
tomorrow or a life the next day. So
poison In the body politic can not be
removed too soon, for the evils pro
duced by It Increase with the lapse of
time. That there are abuses which
need to be remedied, even the Repub
lican candidate admits; that his party
Is unable to remedy them, has been
fully demonstrated during the last ten
years. I have such confidence in the
Intelligence as well as the patriotism
of the people, that I can not doubt their
readiness to accept the reasonable re
forms which our party proposes, rather
than permit the continued growth of
existing abuses to hurry the country on
to remedies more radical and more
drastic.
Our Party's Ideal.
The platform of our party closes with
a brief statement of the party's ideal.
It favors "such an administration of
the government as will insure, as far
ss human wisdom can, that each citi
zen shall draw from society a reward
commensurate with his contribution to
the welfare of society."
Governments are good in proportion
as they assure to each member of so
ciety, so far as governments can, a re
turn commensurate with individual
merit. s
The Divine Law of Rewards.
There is a Divine law of rewards.
When the Creator gave us the earth,
with its fruitful soil, the sunshine with
Its warmth, and the rains with their
moisture. He proclaimed, as clearly as
if His voice had thundered fspm the
clouds. "Go work, and accoming to
your Industry and your intelligence, so
shall be your reward." Only where
might has overthrown, cunning under
mined or government suspended this
law, has a different law prevailed. To
conform the government to this law
ought to be the ambition of the states
man; and no party can have a higher
mission than to make It a reality wher
ever governments can legitimately op
erate. Justice to All.
Recognizing that I am indebted for
my nomination to the rank and rile of
our party, and that my election must
come, if it comes at all, from the un
purchased and unpurchasable suffrages
of the American people, I promise, if
entrusted with the responsibilities of
this high office, to consecrate whatever
ability I have to the one purpose of
making this, In fact, a government in
which the people rule a government
which will do Justice to all, and offer
to every one the highest possible stim
ulus to great and persistent effort, by
assuring to each the enjoyment of his
Just share of the proceeds of his toil,
no matter in what part of the vineyard
he labors, or to what occupation, pro
fession or calling he devotes himself.
Thinks It Saved His Lile
Lester M. Nelson of Naples, Maine,
says in a recent letter: "I have used
Dr. King's New Discovery many years,
for coughs and colds, and I think
it saved my life. I have found it a re
liable remedy for throat and lung com
plaints, and would no more be without
a bottle than I would be without food."
For nearly forty years New Discovery
has stood at the head of throat and
lung remedies. As a preventive of
pneumonia, and healer of weak lungs
it has no equal . Sold under guarantee
at Parsons Drug Co., 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottle tree. -'
His Own People.
The negro blood, wherever it is,
declares Ray Stannard Baker in
The American Magazine, supplies
n plAmAnl. lio-Vit-hoarWlnocc
which wi,j nQt whoH crushe(
In illustration, he tells this story
i - i- i 1 aa - rri
ui 14 ver inuiaiXO OI XGUUe-
see:
A number of years ago it came
to him suddenly one day that he
was white enough to pass any
where for white, and he acted in
stantly on the inspiration. He
went to Memphis and bought a
first-class ticket on a Mississippi
River boat to Cincinnatti. No
one suspected that he was colored.
He sat at the table with white
people and even occupied a state
room with a white man. At first
he said he could hardly restrain
his exultation, but after a time,
although he associated with the
white men, he began to be lone
some.
"It grew colder and colder," he
said.
In the evening he sat on the up
per deck, and as he looked over
the railing he could see, down be
low, the negro passengers and
deck-hands talking and laughing.
After a time, when it grew darker,
they began to sing the inimitable
negro songs.
"That finished me," he said "I
got up and went down-stairs and
took my place among them.
I've
been a negro ever since."
Diarrhoea Cured
"My father for years been troubled
with diarrhoea, and tried .(every means
possible to effect a cure, without avail,"
writes John H. Zirkle of Philippi, W.
Va. "He saw Chamberlain's Colic,
Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy adver
in the Philippi Republican and decided
to try it. The result is ' one bottle
cured him and he has. not suffered with
the disease for eighteen" mouths. Be
fore taking this remedy he was a con
stant sufferer. He is now sound and
well, and although sixty years old, can
do as much work as a young man,"
Sold by T. R Tomlinson.
The Methodist Eniscorjal church
Qf Baltimore is preparing to fight
fLft nnmnann ru.t nor,
. - -.jj wiH allow Concrpy?
wno " 18 saJ Will allow ingress
to vote on the inter-state lijuor
shipment bill which provides that
liquor shipped from one state to
another becomes subject to the
laws of that state.
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Sunday School Department
Conducted fty Special Editor.
SUNDAY. AUGUST 23.
Lesson. Friendship of David
and Jonathan. I Samuel 20:30-42.
Golden Text "A friend loveth
at all ti mes and a brother is born
for adversity." Prov. 17:17.
FUNDAMENTALS
Time. Immediately after Da
vids flight from the court of Saul.
Place. Outskirts of Gibeah.
Connection.-Saul, jealous of Da
vid s popularity, sends David on
military service, . hoping that he
will be slain but he only gains
more honor. Jonathan intercedes
and for a time Saul is friendly to
David. The evil spirit returns
and Michal aids David to escape.
uavm tiees to bamuel for refuc-e.
Saul sends messengers to take Da
vid but they are influenced by the
spirit of the place and remain with
the prophets. Saul himself fol
lows with the same result. David
seeks Jonathan and asks of him
information concerning Saul's
cause ior aneer. Jonathan pro
fesses his friendship and agrees to
ascertain the feeling of his father.
They agree upon a plan by which
they can communicate with each
other and David hides himself.
THE LESSON STORY
Saul breaks out in an ancrrv and
vulgar tirade against Jonathan
and charges him with being in
league with David and against
iim. He is told to bring David
and let him be put to death be
cause it is evident that the throne
will pass to him if he be allowed
to live. Jonathan is angry and
leaves the presence of his father
and in the morning goes out in the
held to meet and warn David. Da
vid is given the agreed sio-nal, but
Jonathan desires an interview be
fore David leaves. So he sends
the lad away and calls to David
and for a little time the friends
are together. Their friendship is
one of the beautiful friendships of
history. They were kindred spi
rits, men of high mind and inde
pendent souls, yet they gave
themselves unreservedly to each
other. Their friendship was
deally unselfish and generous. It
was founded on their best, their
religion being its very life and it
stood the test of need. God used
their friendship for his glory and
to help them.
LESSON FOR US
Face the facts of life and meet
them squarely.
The ministry of friendship is to
serve in times of need.
Friendship means that we must
risk much for those whom we
ove. We must be true in God's
sight and true in heart.
We should show our friendships
and our love. Our friendships
lave power when they are made
in mutual love for God.
The friendship of these two
men teach us the elements of true
friendship. It must be sincere,
intelligent, strong, constant, sac
rificial and sacred.
We may not have many inti
mate friends, but the cardinal
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thing for us, is to make ourselves
worthy of the truest and closest
friends. Friendship docs not
grow as the weed, but it calls for
culture. Cultivate your disposi
tion. Ayesha, the young and favorite
wife of Mahomet, was one day
questioning him: "Now, am I not
better than Kadijah? She was a
widow, old and had lost her looks;
you love me better than you did
her?" "No, by Allah! She be
lieved in me when none else would
believe. In the whole world I had
but one friend and she was that!"
POETICAL
"Friendshipi mysterious cement of the
soul!
Sweet'ner of life! and solder of society!"
Dtair.
"Friendship is the cement of two
minds.
As of one man the soul and body is;
Of which one cannot sever but the
other
Suffers a needful separation."
Chapman.
A day for toil, an hour for sport,
But for a friend is life too short."
Emerson
"Friendships an abstract of love's noble-flame,
Tis love refined, and purged from all
its drone.
Tis next to angel's love, if not the
same." -Phillips.
"For friendship, of itself a holy tie.'
Is made more sacred by adversity."
Dry den.
TEACHER TALKS
Be there. Be there on time.
Be there on time every Sunday. If
by any chance you cannot be
there, send a substitute. Know
the lesson. Know the pupil.
Know thyself 1 Presence and
knowledge are essentials in a
teacher.
SUPERINTENDENT
Next Sunday try a new plan.
Think it out first. .Then try it
and make it go. Arrange your
program before you go to school.
Select the songs. Write them
down and follow the program.
Don't talk too much. Many
schools are talked to death. A
A short, very short talk after the
classes have finished is good.
Make it short. Just a pointed re
view. Never under any circum
stances talk before the lesson.
Watch for absent teachers and ar
range for substitute teachers as
soon as possible. Never under
any circumstances unite two
classes. Get a teacher for each
class. Know the scholars and ev-.
ery time you meet them especi
ally the younger ones speak to
them. Visit the absent scholars
and the sick ones. Send the
teachers to them. Write letters
to absent teachers and scholars.
Push, push, everlastingly push
your school.
EVERYBODY
Make your school the best
school. Talk about it. Tell tlw
people alxMit and ask them to tell
others. Your school needs en
thusiasm. That is all that is the
matter. Pull through this hot
weather and get ready for a glo
rious fall season.
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