The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-08-13
Chrlemurraf-S Star
THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY.

THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY
Atlanta Constitution.
The Democratic party of -Yorl
county, Pennsylvania, met in c0nyen
tion Tuesday Of last week and adopted
a set OF ringing and enthusiastic reso
buttons, indorsing the Chicago plat
form, and %dennuncing the rnle o.
trusts and menOpolics.
The vigor and fire OF the Yorl
county resolutions are worthy OF emu
lation by all Democratic conventions
large or small. They reaflirm and re
iterate the cardinal principles OF De
mocracy as defined and maintained
from the days OF Thomas Jefferson t.
the presen. time, and ''as clearly, ex
actly authoritatively and declared b,
the National Convention OF 1895
and approved by six million five hun
dred thousand DEMOCRATIC voters who
could he neither seduced mol cOerced
into submission to the trusts and mo-
nopoIies."
The Democrats of York go on to de.
clare that the millions "whnse allie.
glance to their party remains un.
shaken and who still follow with in
creasIng love and confidence William
j. Bryan, the glorious leader Of a
glorious cause, reinforced by a multi,
tuie Of abused and deluded citizens,
will sweep the country in 1900 and re-
place the reign OF the trusts with the
reign Of the people"
The York Democrats, in addition
tn this sweeping and wholesome IN
dorsement Of true Democratic doc
trinc, demand that the party shall be
promptly purged OF all persons who
now openly confederate with the enc
mics OF the Democratic party,
Then follows a complete ind0rse-
ment Of the currency plank Of the
Chicago platform, and a scathlng de-
nunciation OF the Republican party
and the legislation recently enacted.
II any reader is inclined to ask why
we give editorial prominence to the
stirring declarations OF the Demo-
cratic party in a Pennsylvania county,
the answer is that these declarations
go to the root OF the matter and show
that a wave Of Democratic enthuS-
iasm is preparing to sweep over the
country. The Democrats Of York set
an example that may well be followed
By all Democratic conventions. They
do not mince their words: they do not
hedge and e~quivOcate; they do not
hide their purposes and desires under
a string Of platitudes. On the con-
trary, they 90 straight tn the mark,
with a vigor that every true Demo.
crat will relish and applaud.
The Constitution is of the opinion
that the country is N the eve Of the
greatest Democratic revival ever
known in the history Of the Republic.
The time is ripe for it. All the signs
and symptoms point to it. The PEG
pie, harried BY hard times Oc~casiOned
by the taxes the gold trust has levied.
have come to the end Of their patience,
The tariff monstrOsity, enacted fOl
the benefit OF the trusts, is the lasl
feather that will break the camel,
back. When the voters OF the cOun,
try discover, as they shortly will, that
tariff taxation will only add to the
distress and wOe OF the people. not al
the money that Hanna can muster
will keep them in line with the Re
publican party.
We are about to witness n Of thesC
epocl.making revolts that sometime,
occur in the history of parties, and il
is TO be on a scale commensurate witt
the reforms to be wrought and tn,
wrongs TO be righted. The greates'
questions, the most vital issues 0
modern times are awaiting settle
ment, and they can only he settled b,
the people acting through the Demo
cratic party.