The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-19
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK,

THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.
The Democratic outlook for 1900, is
far from being as discouraging as
some of the Republican journals are
attempting to paint it. 1t is true
that they have an uphill fight and
will have many things to contend with
but their effort is far from being for
lost cause as we would be made to
believe by the strongly organized OPP
posing foe. While it is true that they
possess none of the sinews of war in
the shape of office patronage and
money and the fact stares them in the
face that they will have all the eg-
gregation of capital in the country
against them, yet they have the right
of the question, and that is an i'm
mense lever to aid in dislodging the
enemy.
There is hardly a consistent person
in the United States who does not be
lieve that the Democratic party comes
nearer having the good of the common
people at heart than the Republican.
Ever since the adoption of the Con-
stitution it has been a struggle of the
classes against the masses and the
Democratic party has in all that time
stood unalterably for the masses.
There is a sentiment in this country
which favors an oligarchy. This
sentiment is an honest one in the peo-
pie who possess it. They inherited it
from their ancestors who were the
Tories of the Revolutionary period.
1t is this sentiment that is today
threatening to destroy our Republic
and change it into an empire. This
is the root of the present Filipino
war and the only reason why Presi
dent Mckinley holds on so tenacious
" to these God-forsaken islands. In
his heart, though he dare not express
it, he is nursing the fond desire to be-
come AN emperor and he sees afar off
by the conquest of these naked saw
ages, the opportunity of spreading out
our boundaries 80 that some day it
can be said that the sun never sets on
McKinley's territory. His foresight
is excellent for he realizes that in order
to accomplish this stupendous under
taking, he must gather about him
men of untold wealth to aid him in
the accomplishment of his designs.
Realizing that there is abundant
riches in this country, he has favored
unjust laws which will aid in the &C
cumulation of wealth in the hands of
the few, so that it can be more easily
reached when the time comes for the
necessity of it. Under these beneti-
cient laws, trusts have grown up and
fl punished until today, comparatively
speaking, all the money in the United
States is in the hands of few men,
who, at his beck and call will furnish
the sinews of war to carry on any
kind of campaign whether it be for
controlling elections or splitting inno-
cent blood. A striking illustration of
this was in 1886 when they willingly
furnished $16,O00,O00 to aid in his
election and it is said that this time it
will be easy to raise four times this
amount if it were necessary, to re-
elect him.
On the other hand the Democratic
party stands for just the opposite. No
plank in any platform can make it
any more an issue to oppose imperial
ism than what is being done by the
party today. While tie leaders have
not registered in convention what our
position will be. yet every man, wo-
man and child in the country knows
it. We, the common people, know
that it is not in accordance with the
principles laid down by our fore
fathers to favor the enlargement OF
our territory beyond its natural
bounds, just as we'll as we know that
the encouragement of trusts is blow
at every humble flreside in the United
States. There is one thing that the
Republicans have to contend with,
and that is, there is more humble
homes in this country than firesides
OF millionaires, and that one mans
vote is as good as another. The only
way they can overcome this is by
hood drinking and deceiving some, and
by buying the votes of others. Their
favorite cry at present, is the wave OF
prosperity. How much good has the
present prosperous times been to we
people here at home? Who has been
benefited one dollar. 1t is true, that
fertilizers and several other commodi-
ties we do not produce, have been
raised almost double in price, but has
wheat or corn or tomatoes gone up
Tin cans, which are controlled by a
trust have advanced one hundred per
cent, but the tomatoes that go in
them are lower than ever. So do not
let this wave of prosperity turn your
heads. You who are the readers OF
this article are not benefited one
cent. On the contrary you are paying
higher prices for the necessities oil life
than when we had hard times and
you have less money to pay it with.
So we might go on al i1atinitum. The
Republican party stands for trusts,
oligarchy and imperialism, all of
which are enemies of the common
people and the common people can
defeat it if they will only stand to-
gether.
MORE CITY BANK FAVORITISM.
We remarked last week that there
has been good deal of criticism about
the close relationship between the
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