The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-19
RECORD ALL RIGHT.
The Republican Party Has FulnIlea
Every Promise and Made
Few Mistakes.

The republican party has it's sins OF
omission and commission. Men whose
motives are not to be scrutinized have
allied themselves with it, as unworthy
men, self-seeking and INSCRIPTIONS.
are in the habit of doing with all sue
cessful movements. 1t has laid itself
open to criticism; it has not always
walked in the narrow path of righteous
ness, but, alas, it is feared that those
who condemn it with greatest severity
may sometimes be themselves found
treading the primrose path of dalliance
But, in the main, the republican
party is animated by trustworthy i'm
pulse. BY its general record, and not
by the misdeeds or blunders of individ-
ual members, it will be weighed, and
therefore when it is made the object of
cheap and indiscriminate abuse by a
party that has no settled principles eA-
cept to obtain the spoils of Office, SEN
sible and intelligent men are not likely
to hesitate as to which of the great par
ties deserves support.
The two parties are standing before
the people to be judged. The repub-
lican party points to the record of
things accomplishments the reduced
tax rate, to the execution of every
pledge that has been made; to its def
erence to the reform tendencies of the
time, to the good work performed in
recent sessions of the legislature, which
includes the enactment of laws for the
publication of the electoral ma
chinery; for the completion of the cap
itol; for good roads; for municipal re-
form, and score of other measures
which will bring sweeping and radical
reforms in the public service.
The democratic party points to no
work it has performed. 1t makes no
mention of its theft of the state SEN
ate; of its prostitution of the electoral
system; of the wild and dishonest COM
munistic proposals it has made to the
people; of its devotion to currency
schemes designed to rob creditors and
throw the business of the country into
confusion. Not one Of these gross and
criminal propositions receives atten-
ton. 1t simply asks to be returned to
power because republicans have been
derelict here and there. 1t promises, as
it has promised time and again, that
it will be virtuous and honest If the
people will trust it one more time, and
to impress the people with the necessity
of giving it another trial it again dis
plays its unquestioned talent for vitup-
Grafton.
Picturesque and variegated as that
may be, it is not satisfactory. 1t will
not convince the people the democracy
is any better than it should be, or has
improved in any particular since the
days when it debauched the ballot box,
defeated the popular will by infam ous
practice and advocated all kinds OF
shameless and dishonest plans of gov.
eminent.
1t may be granted the republican
party is not as free of reproach as il
might be, but is the democratic party
better? In what respect does the lat
ter organization approach the former in
its earnestness of purpose to advance
and elevate the plane of public affairs
In such trial as these parties now are
undergoing, generalities will not suffice
Facts, clear evidence, demonstrable
propositions are demanded. and this is
not embodied in loose and reckless
statement.
The republican party stands on its
record. state and national. Where does
the democracy stand? What does il
offerp What does it advance as sub
stantial reason why it should be re-
stored to the power it abused in scan
dalous manner? That party does not
suffer from too much modesty but il
does not care, apparently, TO recount
the reasons why it should be preferred.
1t contents itself with saying the re-
publican party has made mistakes, and
having made that charge, the democ-
racy, stepped in many infamies, insists
it should be let loose on suffering tax.
payers.
What an argument to use for an in
telligent public!-Albany Journal.
A Gap in the Platform.
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