Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-07

Democracy, .:.;si d to Say. d Tor. ii
government q. rnlch sovereignty
and supreme l:,,Ier is hell ~ TAG
people the III d IN their individual
capacity and tnu second collectively
has TO do "iLn ethics DIS Weu
as econouic-. i sound DasLS - as
essential iOr rr0o reSslVe sJclai ufo
as 1T Ii :or building up and extending
commercial G!IU industrial enter
prises. Tnorciore the consistent
Democrat Is no. only deeply Interest
ed i'll INC grOy. "a Of National WEALTH.
OF tine people 40 u whole but he Ii
equally CONGO. noi III how 1t Is dis
trlputau. A consistent Democrat
couIu not Will satisfaction witness
trade expansion and industrial growth
unless tho distribution OF the prunts
accru.ng wus somewhat in ratio 10
the worth OF the several pro-
ductive forces u ulch particlp ated III
the operation and movement as
capital, skill und labor. True
Democracy teaches that While the
aim of the people collectively should
be Tie prUll0Muu oil the nations well
fare, the desired end is reached only
through Individual prosperity, AMI
that 1t is the aggregate prosperity oi
the people winch gives the nutlon
strength and character.
1t Is clearly Democratic to oppose
the employment Of any agency that
is calculated TO build up separate and
favored classes. That Is to say, it is
not Democratic to permit the build-
ing up of OF the maintenance Of 4
social or Il commercial status with
plutocracy at the top and proletari-
at at the bottom. Indeed, Democracy
would look upon such conditions Of
existence for the people as the most
Objectionable of all forms of aristoc-
racy, for those 1T the top would be
there because of their greed and av-
arice, and not mt all because of moral
or intellectual excellence or patriotic
attachment to the institutions of the
country, while those below might
represent i'll themselves all the ele-
ments Of true manhood-sO much 50,
indeed, that their high sense of IN
dividual right conduct forbade them
entering a struggle for property |
holding supremacy which could be |
made to end i'll victory only by |
sacrificing the rights and appropriate
ing the opportunities of others.
The central principle Of Democracy,
and around which all others cluster, |
is that III ratio to the good reasons
which producers of merchantable |
oommodities-labo have TO be con-
tented Is the stability of the govern
ment and the liberties of the people |
assured. In other words, if any of |
the increase in national wealth is |
arbitrarily made to drift into the |
hands Of few, there is oppression in
the administration Of the public af- |
fairs of the people, and what should
be national blessing is national
curse.
That is an ideal or Democratic
system of wealth growth which broad
ems and elevates the manhood of each
and every one who participates in the
work. IT is democratic principles
practically applied when each pro
ducer or wage Garner receives of the
profits accruing from his production
the utmost of his deserving. Dom.
ocrncy repudiates the economic theory
that there can be permanency in ma
ton which permits one class of it's
people to accumulate wealth while an
other class sinks in want and misery.
Democracy teaches that when system
OF legislation is fastened upon the
skill, the brain and the Drawn of
country which is productive OF such
results, the time has come for the
people to rise in their might and over.