The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-04-26
DEMOCRACY.

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Portland has the usual Democratic
bombast and boast. We recollect
during the war, at their conven-
tions, when even oppositing the prose-
cution of the war, the clarion notes of
Democrats sounded as loudly in favor
of patriotism and honesty as they do
now; and, after the conflict ended in
glorious victory for the union cause,
when attempting to destroy the nation
al credit by the pernicious doctrine of
equitable adjustment-pay the bond
holders in acknowledgements
prated the same as ever about slime
honored principles. The Republican
party has been in power long enough
for some % have become disccntented
with the policy pursued, and this
Democrats will take advantage of to
preach the necessity of a reform and
talk about fraud and plunder. Of
course it was expected that the tariff
would be declaimed against. 1t is the
one measure that has built up Amer
ican manufacturing industries so that
they could compete in the markets of
the world; but it was always opposed
by the Democratic party and must
meet with censure. The party is one
of obstruction, and cardinal principle
is to impede the progress of all acts
not sanctioned by them. The fraud
ulent election in Montana, by which
votes were attempted to be counted
sufficient to elect the Democratic SEN
ators, and which was contrary to the
wishes of the electors, is endorsed, and
the Republican senators, honestly
elected, merit the blame of these solons
in council. The Republican party
must be arraigned, and it is done in !
the same way that the shyster attor-
ney does in his police court practice |
when he is painting the client of OPP
posing counsel in the blackest manner
possible. Even the last legislature is
condemned, because the committees
were forced TO hire clerks, and we
presume Democrats had as many of
them as Republicans. We do not
believe if we returned Democratic
house and senate next June that this
matter of clerks would cease, or the
scandals growing out of the "clerk sys-
TEN" stop.
The seventh plank carries out the
traditions of the party, when they
maintain that gold and silver are
equally the peoples money, and that
they be made legal tender for all debts
both public and private. This might
be all right if we had no commercial
intercourse with other nations, which
consider gold the standard of all ex-
change. But this declaration is not at
all surprising when it is known that
the same party came out boldly in
favor of "iat" money, and in the most
demagogical manner proclaimed on the
stump that if greenbacks were good
enough for our soldiers they were for
bond holders, and for duties on i'm
ports. We have always upheld the
principles of the Republican party;
but do not pretend such fealty that we
applaud it whether right or wrong,
and yet when the old sophisms of
Democracy are constantly reiterated
we become more firmly attached to The
organization.
The rules for the formation of {
Democratic platform are simple and l
Easy of application. The woes and I
lis of the citizens in general have to i
oe taken into consideration, and a
'emedy pledged for each in the
most positive manner. This consti-
ute the framework, and then to make
he fabric complete the most eulogistic :,
erns for Democracy and the worst
ondemnatory epithets regarding
he opposite party will have to
e used, and the proportions of
be ill-conceived creation will cause
he widest enthusiasm among the un-
srri6ed on every street corner. This c,
as undoubtedly the plan followed in II
ortland, and the result has been a u
'emocratic platform. 1t will haYe k,
8 weight with portion of voters, X,
nd with others it will be extremely o,
eak. Next June the people will is
ASS their verdict upon it, and we have O,
, doubt the decision will not be con-
lcive to the we'll being of Democracy.
The ticket nominated in Portland co
sterday has some elements of dc
rength and very many of weakness be