Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-11-15
THE LEDGER.
THURSDAY, NOV. Is, 1894.
THE LATE FL

for the future. The Democratic
party has always behaved better
its leaders have accomplished more
and worked together with an eye
single to the good of the public
when in the minority. We are
again together in the minority and
it is presumed that the fractional
fights for self and against the good
of the cause will cease. The rank
and file of the party is, to some ex-
tent, acquainted with the fact that
many of our statesmen have been
working for self rather than for
principle, and TO this, in no small
degree, may be attributed our de-
feat. The yeomanry OF the party
are interested in the great principles
of the party and not in the personal
success of the statesmen, except SO
far as they honestly work for the
establishment of the tenets OF the
party as they understand them. We
had a plain and easily understood
platform in 1892. The whole coun'
try almost unanimously endorsed
it. Standing on this platform We
gained entire control of all the
branches of the government. Some
of our Representatives promptly and
honestly endeavored to carry out the
principles engrafted in that instru-
ment, while others did all in their
power to hinder and weaken their
efforts. There was senatorial cour-
tesy there were those who wanted
to train for President or some other
Office; there were those who sold
out; there were those who had it in
for the President; there were those
who had it in for the Senate; there
were those who had it in for each
other and those who bad no idea
above advocating their own inter-
ests. Delay, bad feeling, and, you
might say, defeat was the result.
The people saw and understood.
They had expected much; they got
little and that little so slowly and it
was sc unsatisfactory that they were
disguised. They still favor the
principles of the party-the princi-
Piles for which they voted in 1892.
They did not vote the Republican
ticket in 1894, but stayed at home.
They are still for tariff reform and
still against the Mckinley bill, and
if the leaders of the party stand firm
they will be found in line in 1896.
Democrats will come sup out Of the
ground in 1896 and sweep the
country if honest and earnest mel
are nominated on a platform en-
bracing the true principles of the
party. They want no sophistry, nc
isms, but straight goods and the
nominees must be men who will
carry out the principles and moi
simply politicians who want to hold
their jobs. The people must gel
something while the politicians
draw their salaries. The people dc
not ask for Office but for the legis'
lation which they were promised
This they will have even if they
have to secure new public servants
The party lash and machine politics
wont bring out voters. Results i:
what they must have. The writer
was and is of the opinion that tn.
Democratic party would have soor
relieved the people from the burden
some tariff, but the voters had evi'
IDENTIFY become worn out with wait
ing and concluded to be as slow il
voting as their representatives hat
been in bringing about legislation
Our leaders must profit by this cleo
ton or the voters will elect new
ones. The end Of the world is no
here, the Democratic party is no
dead, people are still in favor o
tariff reform and the more they Sc,
of its benefits the stronger this prin
ciple will become with the masses
north, south, east and west. Re,
ferring to the results of the election
throughout the country the Yves
Plains (Mo.) Gazette makes tn
following plain statement:
The sweeping Republican victory O
last Tuesday was due directly to tn,
disgust of Democrats over their owl
leadership. They had seen how tn,
golden opportunities had been lost b,
those charged with the duty of carry
ing out b party's pledges, and the,
refused to take any interest in tn
campaign. They sulked and permitted
the Republicans to take the who'll
road. Districts north of the Obi,
river which were aggressively Demo
cratic all through the war period ant
since, where the tariff reform was tn,
accepted religion, have sent up Re
publican representatives for the frs
time. 1t is absurd to attribute tn
Democratic overthrow in such dis
tricts to any abatement in the devo
ton of the people to the tariff refsrn
principle, for the Wilson bill-a stel
In that direction-had not been testet
in its operation. Therefore, the con
clusion is irresistible that the Demo
cratic voters, sick at heart over tn
pulling and hauling, the backing an,
filling, the quarrels in caucus and GU
of IL, that marked the session, result
ing in compromises when radical ant
immediate changes were demanded
preferred to sit in the ashes of dlsap
pointment rather than to go out to bat
tie again under the same leadership.
THE Democratic party in its en-
deavor to ''broaden" its platform 81
as to catch Populists and other rain
bow chasers and improve the chanc'