The Irish standard., 1900-12-15
Some Sound Suggestions.
Editor of Irish Standard.

Editor of Irish Standard.
notice in the public press ocra.
sionally some new reason for the dc
feat of the Democratic national ticket
i'll the late campaign, and also suggts-
ton of remedies to prevent future de-
feats. 1t may not be too late for me
to say that it ought to be plain to
everyone that the most potent factor
contributing to MIR. Bryan's defeat w;,s
the same as in 1896. that is, unlimited
coercion, corruption and fraud prac-
ticed by the Republican party, supple
mented by the so-callcd Gold Demo-
Gratis who assisted the Republicans
and who are now proposing most of
the remedies for Democracy to adopt
in the future. The full dinner pail"
argument had it's effect, though an in
suit to all men having a proper con-
ception of the dignity and rights that
ought to be conferred by American Cit
izenship. This argument assumed that
the great mass of the American people
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and should have no higher ambitions:
but the people had been robbed of their
rights and crushed into poverty so
long that apparently they We're salts
fled with the Republican dinncr-pail
though half-full of wind, and failed
to resent the insult that the argument
implied. Another thing that dcludcd
some well-meaning people was the cf
fort of the Republicans to make the
Filipino insurrcction appear the same
as an invasion Of our own country 10y
some foreign power, and the conse
quent confusion Of sine voters and
their failure to distinguish between the
dishonor of our flag in attempting to
crush liberty in the Philippines, and
the honor and glory of it in preserving
liberty within our own borders. How
ever, the policy of whipping the unot
apparently been endorsed. In doing
so, the American people have tempo
rarily adopted the policy Of forging
the chains for their own limbs, and If
'continued, of ultimately destroying
their own liberty. The American
body polite must suffer Mt least four
years more of McKinleyism. With the
vicious legislation now proposed by the
Republicans in Congress, believe that
will be sufficient to open the peoples
eyes. God permits many things that
he does not will-the late success of
the Republican party is one Of them,
but it's success is only temporary. 1t
is the duty of all Democrats and other
good citizens to buckle on again the
armor Of truth and prepare to win.
two and four years hence, complete
victories for Democracy and the pco-
pie over Republicanism and the Trust
vampires; then, and not until then,
will the American people themselves
be free and have a few Of the COM
forts of life besides "full dinner
pail"
In preparing for these future con-
tests the reformed Democracy must
pay n little attention to the proposed
remedies Of the assistant Republicans
now wanting to re-organize the party.
These men are the enemies Of true De-
mocracy. They were entrusted with
almost unlimited power eight years
ago-tbey abused their power, and as
far as possible wrecked and ruined the
party that had honored them. They
arc disorganizers and their cant about
recognizing the Democratic party is
absurd Their purpose is to deceive.
They say: "Let the party turn from
its folly;;" "Let it turn to its old prln-
ciples and traditional policies" That
is exactly what the party did do in
1S0G-it turned from its folly and re-
turned to it's old principles and tradi-
tional policies. 1t was re-organized
four years ago on the Jcffcrsonl;n
principles of 100 years ago. These
men desire that Democracy drop all
that it means and stands for, and be-
come a greater champion Of special
privileges and class legislation, If pos
sible, than the Republican party is.
Clevelandism is very little better than
McKinleyism. They both mean pol
icy of legislation that legalizes rob-
berry of the people, a policy Of class
against class, a policy Of plutocracy
and trust vampires to rule the people,
a policy that concentrates all wealth
into the hands of the few. The people
must begin their next campaign now;
It must be campaign of education
and one that will overthrow the evil
influences that have dominated the last
1.-TWO administrations and restore Amer
lean government to the people.
see by the press dispatches that
the Republicans are determined to