The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-24
GEO. F. DoUTH1TT. Secretary.

ATTENTION is called to the Democratic County
Convention. the call for which appears in anoth-
er column. 1t is very important to Democratic
success that the County Conventions of the par
ty be well attended. This result viii come sim
ply by every Democrat arousing within himself
a proper appreciation of that fact.and bestirring
himself accordingly.
The great work of reform in which the party
is engaged should alone be sufficient to call out
the best endeavor of every Democrat in the ap-
preaching conflict between Republican million
aires and the laboring masses of the country.
Of what use is it for the farmer to complain
about war tariff if his agitation of the subject
stops there? He has only agitated himself. and
fretted away precious hours and days that should
have been employed in helping along the Work
of organization. Nothing is ever accomplished
by sitting still. no matter how active the brain
OF clear the comprehension.
Work will bring about the election of Grover
Cleveland and the triumph of Democratic prin-
ciples.
Republicans are never idle in bad cause. The
party is a living organism of energized falsehood,
and lik the cholera. will continue to spread its
deadly seeds until met by ORGANIZED intelli-
gence.
The man does not live who can establish the
alleged justice or benefits of the Republican war
tariff to a well balanced mind. 1t is a useless.
unjust and wicked tax, and if every Democrat
in Portage County would spend ten minutes eV-
cry day in posting himself on the FACTS as shown
by the history of tariff legislation in this coun-
try he could take the stump in argument with
Mckinley and vanquish him in five minutes. to
any fair minded audience. The trouble Is that
the practical work of organizing and educating
is fearfully neglected. As a result, Republican
sciolists, who are almost unendurably ignorant
of the nature or effect of tariff of any kind
are kept in the ranks of their party simply be-
cause of Democratic inactivity in meeting the
falsehoods Of RepubIicanism by the unanswera-
BILE argument of facts.
The present campaign should be one of AG-
GREss1YE PROGRESSION on the part of Democrats
Instead of the McKinleys of American Royalty
being allowed to deceive so many thousands OF
unthinking men. they should be met face to face
and driven from their citadels of hypocricy and
fraud. When they say that the locked out m en-
at Homestead were. receiving good wages, and
then with complacent boldness credit their rob-
Der tariff with the glory of the alleged facts. they
should be drawn from their lodging tactics and
made to face the real issue, i. g. whether an av-
erage reduction of 80 to 40 per cent in the wages
of the men is a redemption of the Republican
pledge of HIGHER wages under protection Ii
should not be possible for them to dodge any
part of the great issue.
Get together and agree upon plan OF work
Uniformity is essential to success. Attend al
the conventions. See that Sour caucuses arr
well attended. Select the best delegates to b'
had to represent you at the conventions-mer
who will ATTEND and carry into the convention
shock of realism. so to speak.
By careful organization and judicious work.
portion at least of the Democratic County TleK
can be elected. There are plenty of former Re
publican voters who. if reasoned with. can b'
brought to face the truth with good results. Ii
is because Democrats have allowed Republican,
to make their credulous followers believe tha
the subject of the tariff was something aboV'
and beyond their mental comprehension. ant
that high tariff necessarily benefited the ma
ton the same as the rising of the sun, withou
routing them years ago By the logic OF facts AMI
figures. that the party of captalistic sovereignty
has become so firmly intrenched.