The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-05-20
Democratic climbs.

the unquallhed approval ofthe DEM
ocratic press and people.
The energetic proceedings of the
Republican League and the COM
prehensive plan of action evidently
contemplated by its new President
and his associates ought TO be suf-
ficient warning to every intelligent
Democrat of the magnitude of the
preparations of the monopoly side.
The superiority of Republican or
ganization, due principally to its
greater command of money, has
more than once defeated the COM
paratively unorganized Democratic
party in National contests, and more
than once seized the offices, after
the Republican candidates had been
fairly defeated in 1876 they took the
Government by simple force and
fraud. In 1880 they bought the
election with "soap," adroitly appli-
ed through their minute party or
ganization. In 1888 they did the
same, and the fat-fryers' candidate
sits in the White House notwith
standing an enormous popular ma
jority on the whole vote of the
country for his opponent.
Democratic campaigns are neces-
sarily, for the most part, mere APP
peals to the conscience and intelIi-
gence of the people. There is for
them no out-pouring of money from
monopolies protected by the policy
of the party, because there are no
monopolies under Democratic pro-
lection. But it does not follow that
the Democrats necessarily start out
at disadvantage. The contrary is
true.
There has not been an instance
since 1872 in which they entered a
National campaign without a clear
majority at the beginning. That
majority is greater to-day than ever
before. 1t needs only 10 be organ
lied and enlightened, so that it may
stand in its own defense against the
assaults ofmonopoly power and poll
teal corruption. What is wanted
is Observation-Disclosures and con-
tinuous discussion-of the funda-
mental principles of republican in
situations, of the monopoly tax sys-
tenn, of the threatened invasion of
the freedom of elections, of the
prodigious extravagances of the
Billion-Dollar Congress, of the
schemes of subsidy and bounty, and
of the thousand and one assaults up
on the pockets of the people by the
party in power. Second only to the
press for this work of incessant dis
cussion is the Democratic society,
with its regular meetings in every
political subdivision of the country.
One dollar spent now in stimulating
such an organization, and in the
dissemination of political truths, will
accomplish more than 500 spent in
the heat and fever of Presidential
campaign.
The National Association of Dem
ocratic Clubs must look for its sup
port to the people whom it serves.
The Louisville Courier Journal dis
cussing and commencing the plan
adopted by the National Association
and the National Committee, says:
The raising of funds for legitimate
campaign purposes by popular sub
scription is described by the Exc
cutive Committee of the Association
as the only means by which the cor
rupting influences of the large mon
eyed corporations can be combated.
The class interests that find their
support in the Republican party are
always ready to contribute thous-
ands TO the Republican campaign
fund, but only upon condition that
they shall be permitted to collect
much larger sums from the people
in the event of Republican success.
The contributors to the last Presi-
dental campaign fund of the Repub.
lican party have been sedulously
cared for, and will get a dollar for
every cent that they put into the
party treasury. 1t is thus that the
Republican leaders make the people
pay many times over the expenses
they incur in debauching the ballot.
The Secretary of the National As
ISOLATION of Democratic Clubs is
Lawrence Gardener, Washington,
ID. c., and the Treasurer is Roswell
P. Flower, of New York. The man
who wants to see a Democratic
President and Democratic Con-
gress elected in 1892 will make
note of the addresses of these officials
and leave nothing undone to hold
up their hands in the unequal con-
test before them.-N Y. World.
During the last four years of
Democratic administration the