The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-02
OUTLOOK SAYS BACON
npoSpECrs FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY NEVER BETTER.
o,orwheIming Majority at the Next
so.sion of Congress Predicted by
the Georgia Senator Rupture
Among Republicans.
Among Republicans


a,o Georgia Senator. Rupture
Among Republicans.
,..o+or A. 0. Bacon, in Washington
.oryiaw, saws that the democratic out
Nc hotter than it has been for ten
..,s MAST in spite of the fact that the
..u has within that time elected pres
!5ont Senator Bacon made this state
.a4 IN respopse to a question put to
,;a &c n what were his views of the po-
r,ioo1 situation at the beginning of this
year.
arst election does the party present prac-
.o,IIv a solid front here in congress. l
,oka If that congress pretty closely repre-
,orts the country. Even as early as 1884
.boro anpeared Slight rift in the party.
Certain leaders began to pull in opposite
directions from the majority of demo-
Gratis This riff gradually widened until
# finally eliminated in 1896, when a
norton of the party cut itself off from
tDe main body and styled itself the ma
fonaI democracy. The regular demo-
Gratis in spite of this, pOll9d more votes
last wear than they had ever polled be-
fare in the history of the party. Today
ve find them an absolute unit in their
rcapization and in their confession of
partv feaIty For the first lime in three
wears The democrats of the house vote as
one man On all party questions. In the
senate the democratic party presents a
solid phalanx against the encrOachments
/ of corporate power and tie suppression
Of individual liberty There are still
dem Gratis in the senate who style them
selves gold democrats, but they no long
4 er represent the democratic party on the
money issue. What we have lost in these
we have more than made mp by republi-
cans who have left their party on this
question,
DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.
"Tho democratic organization is made
up OF men who stand squarely on The
democratic platform as announced at
Chicago The party today is in better
AMI healthier condition than it has been
4 since 1886. 1t is far stronger than it was
last year. and its record has been one of
continued growth in the conviction of
democratic principles.
"Ihe country today looks to the dem
Ordic party with more faith than 1t has
done in recent years. None of the prom
iSes made by the republican party have
Oeen fulfilled, All of onr predictions re-
g@d.ng prosperity promised as the result
4 OF republican rule have been verified.
The administration has done nothing
since il has benin power but apologize
tor the delay of PROSPERITY and beg the
people to be patient under existing
evils.
CURRENCY hEF0RI ABANDONED.
currency reform which was made the
HPQ0aaao shboleth in the ampaign has
p'acAo~IIy been abandoned and we find
Ie party In power more divided than
ue democrats were at the time of the re-
yS"I OF the purchasing clause of the
'uVFnan act. Low prices for products
puu IoIe labor still prevail. Wages have
'''u reduced in the northeast, the very
'''"on OF country which clamors loudest
W protective tariff bill. Strikes have
'"uea, and day the battle be-
,'een labor and capital is as fierce along
'''IocN-Oound coast of New England as
Was when we were Lying under lower
,'u ana the election of Mckinley seem
@doubtfuI.
"oLCoTT AND GAGE.
mere IN the senate we have just been
vosnled with spectacle of faithful,
,0"s' on Mckinley arraigning the sec
,5.''y of the treasury and scoffing at his
%'S' We find President Mckinley in
q, ''"'ode of Lord Ullin's daughter:
,'' "'m stretched for aid and the other
n.y. ~1u" her lover save that in this case
m ,aon know whether Secretary Gage
h., "1na'or Wolcolt is the lover. Doubt
rs' u, ne would be happy if either of them
and ! 'u0 expense of a hundred sbous-
sb,. uo'Iars a commission was sent
tbat 'a 10 promote bimetallism. Before
secro. commission made it's report the
s, ns''ry Of the treasury, with the an
abn i. Endorsement of the president, has
cd