St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-13
A GREAT PAPER COMES
OUT FOR BRYAN.

AosG WccA luc ull1USlpuld
Times, one of the ablest and most
influential newspapers published in
the East announced editorially Z
change of policy and made known
its purpose TO give its hearty cup.
port to Bryan and Stevenson.
Four years ago The Times sup.
ported Mckinley with all the vigo1
it possessed, although it had pre-.
viously advocated the election Of
every Democratic candidate fol
president from Cllden to Cleveland.
The return of The Times to the fold
Of Democracy will be hailed with
rejoicing BY its Democratic con-
temporaries throughout the coun.
try.
The causes leading up 10 the
present move are thoroughly ex.
planned IN the editorial, as follows:
"rhe Times was from its first
issue an independent newspaper,
free from any control but that OF
its obligations to the public; and
It's political independence very
early led it to oppose the corrupt,
despotlc and dangerous policies Of
the party then as now in power in
city, state and nation, and to sup
port the principles and candidates
Of the Democratic party. From
the very first year of its publica-
ton, it has been the leading advo-
cate of every Democratic candl-
date for Governor of Pennsylvania,
and from Tilden to Cleveland it
earnestly sustained every Demo.
cratic candidate for President.
sThis advocacy was due to no
self-interest, for Democracy had
few favors to dispense with in
Pennsylvania, but to consistent
conviction of what was to the ad-
vantage conviction that expert
ence has sustained. Not alone the
degrading effect OF machine poll
tics in Pennsylvania, but the whole
tendency Of Republican rule in the
nation, with its constant centrall.
zation of authority, subservance
to the money power and the build
ing up Of favored interests by class
legislation, had nowhere . more
opponent than the Times,
aud the Democrats of PENNSYLVANIA
learned TO look to i, as their repre-
paper.
1.-The Times has been unfaillngly
hostile to boss measures with which
William Mckinley particularly
was identified, such as the monopo-
ly-breeding, de6clt-producing tar
if that bore his name. Yet four
years ago, in the sudden crises that
the councils OF the Demo-
cratic party and for the time being
to have checked Its great
career, 1t seemed better to The
Times, as to many other leading
Democratic papers to sustain Mr..
McKinley's election - president
rather than that of Mr.. Bryan.
.sThe decision was made in good
faith. The result has shown it 10
be wrong. 1t is repented and re-
"All of the evils and the perils
If the so-called Republican policy
have returned seven-fold, developed
aud extended till the very founda-
iations Of the government seem
A false economic sys.
tenn has resulted in vast combina-
lions of capital, which throttle in.
aividual industry and hold con-
troll over all the functions of gov
and the spokesman of the
administration, a representative of
one Of these great trusts, Is calling
on his fellow-capitallsts for contri-
buttons to buy another four years.
license to rob--another four years.
life of their inflated and false pros
perlty. The government thus con:
trolled has found its ittest express
sion in schemes of military con-
quest, and the blood and treasure
Of the natioh are poured out to
subdue a very distant people and
rob them of those rights of liberty
and independence that America has
always claimed for all mankind.
''lmperlalisn, malitlarism, are
the natural Outgrowth of CONNER.
ciallsm in politics, of the power of
The few over the many. the eleva-
ton of money above manhood,
with all the system of special
privileges and corrupt control that
the Republican party since the
civil war has increasingly tostered.
''The upholders of this system
are themselves aware of its hollow
ness, and are calling for aid from
The money power to bolster it up
for time longer. The condition
Is one that the country must meet,
aud meet now, and the way to meet
It Is by a rcassertion of the Demo.
;ratlc idea and the election of
Democratic President.
'sT'his, The Times, means to advo-
;ate with all the force 1t has. Our
belief in the essential doctrines of
he Democratic party and in their
necessity to the country Is stronger
han ever. No one questions, or
an question the ability. the ear
,estness, the integrity Of the Dem
,cratic candidates. For the rescue
If all that has made America glo-
'ious in the past and that can make
Ter strong in the future, it Is q
luty to support their election. The
Democrats of Pennsylvania have .
light to expect 1t of The Times.
md they shall not be disappointed.
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