The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
Written for the Democrat-Star.
"WHAT Is THE NATTER WITH THE
DIMOCRATIC PARTYi"

VSAVthHss
This question is being asked by
many Of the 10 TO l editors in Mlssis-
sippi, us well as other States. That
they should ask this question after dill
igently, designcdly and persistently
sowing the seeds OF discord in the
ranks OF the party during the entire
Democratic administration, is q little
surprising.
The worst enemies to the party are
those Of Its own household. Whence
cOmeth the bitterest den%unciatiOns
and the most scurril0us abuse TO
to which the party has ever been sub
jected?
One has but to perusc the columns
OF a free and easy paper, flying the
Democratic fiag. to answer this qucS-
ton. The utter inconsistency OF these
editors is astounding. Pretending to
be Democrats, they advocate princi-
pies to which the party has not, o
never will commit itself. These jour
nails are doing the party more damage
than all the Republicans and Popu'
lites in the State.
''By their fruits ye shall know
them" Can a man be a Democrat
that Is daily preaching Populistic doc
trinc? If he is, he is manifestly
either a ny pocrite or a dolnagogc.
Charity will not admit OF ignorance.
Any man that Is at all capable OF edit
ing a paper knows that the party has
never endorsed the Populitc platform.
These editors may deceive themselves
and the deception is easy when their
bread is buttcred. The time has come
when things should be called by their
right name. The fear OF giving Of
Tense has caused the true friends Of
the party to desist from speaking out
plainly. The line must he drawn, and
If these editors and Others persist In
advocating the principles OF the POpu-
lite party, let them show their cOlOrs
by raising the Populitc. flag. to which
we have no objection. For the Popu-
lite party we have no names. While
we think their judgement Is bad, we
respect their opinions. 1t Is these
FELLERs who are either pig or puppy
for the sake Of the spells that we are
running after. Men with whom
policy is thes handspring OF action.
and to whom principle Is unknown.
Judases in the Democratic camp who
can be bought as easily Il s was Judas
to bctray his master. 1t is to be de-
plored that we have some such mel
In high position. That our people are
so easily imposed upon by such men Is
dcplOrablc. That the ear OF our PEG
pie is always open to such men Is one
OF the saddcSt things connected Will
our government.
:. Senator George, when asked last
summer If a certain young man whit
was a candidate for the Legislature
was OF the l6 to l persuasion, said
: OF course he is; he wants Office.
While we have a better opinion Of TIN
young man in question than the Sena
; tor had, his answer shows the drift 0
, the professional politician.
With what wild enthusiasm tn
=, Populite convention endorsed, las
, summer, the great speech Of Senate
George, is fresh in the minds Of som
I Of US. 1t Is sad that a mans politica
convictions should be taken as Il mat
ter of course, for no better reason thai
that he wants Office.
No, gentlemen, there Is nothing tn
matter with the old party. The pro
/. fessionalS, who are to the manor born
have been bad medicine and made it
little sick, but 1t will be much bette
when they are shoughcd of, whic'
will he done at no distant day. Th
party Is doing business still at tho oil
n stand, and will continue to as long a
this government lasts. II did no
have its birth at Ocala. as some seer
to think, but its principles date bac
q to the very foundation of the govern
ment. For more than half a ccntur
it fought the Republican party. Dur
ing all that time to be a Democra
4 was to oppose the common enemy
To-day the test is opposition to
Democratic administration and t
preach POpulitc doctrine. From sue
Democracy may the good Lord delive
us. We would just like to know |
whose tender embraces they expect t
fall? A Democratic administrator
is OdiOus to them. While the prime
pies OF the POpulite party are mos
heartily embraced, the name is
stencil in their nostrils. TO be
Republican won't do because it. savOl
y too much OF the NIGER. We predi(
that, In trimming their sails to cate
every wind, they will be Ovcrtakcn b
Z a dead calm in which they will /
swallowed up IN the trough Of the sc;
- Their political death cannot cOmc tt
y soon for the veal Of the government
Tho death knell Of the POpuli,
n craze will be sounded at the mex
presidential election. 1t will /
buried SO deep that it will never 81
z light again. Seeing that the death {
the Is to l fad is inevitable, its adv
Gates have concluded that its deaf
o meant the death Of the Democrat
party. This is a very gricvous mi
take. The party may and indeed wi
be as badly defeated as it was whe
Horace Greedy was its standard beare
T. in case a 16 to / plank Is inserted
It's platform. Such Il defeat will OnI
kill the TO to / fad and not the part.
n The true friends of the Democrat
- party-.thDSe who favor sound mono
heed Mr.. Harrity's warnir
and organize. A majority OF the
G to l advocates inthe national CONVEX
ton means Republican rule for yea
! y...s NOAH TICE.
Augusta, Miss, April q, 1895.
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