The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-07-07
The Tickets and the Platforms.


and done its work. 1t has put fortl
"a good ticket. w. J. Bryan FOL
. President, and Adlai +. Stevenson
for Vice President. Bryan has al
ready run once for President and
Stevenson has already once been
elected Vice President. The two
men,. their characteristics and re-
cords are well known. 1t is so Of
the Republican candidates. There
will be no guessing about what each
One stands for AS that is we'll known
in advance. The Republican ticket
stands for the trust breeding pr"iec-
ton, not a protection thst will help
some industry but a protection that
will help some trust. The Rcpubli.
cans stand for Empire, Imperialism
q Militarism, for the Gold Stand
u, and for a financial system hav-
{ but little connection with a gold
ndsrd except that it tends to the
.sIne end.
On the other hand, tho Candidates
on the Democratic ticket are men so
well known that there is and can be
no question about them and their
individual honesty. The American
people are rs certain that Bryan is
honest and firm and that he will do
what he says, if he can, AS they are
that Mckinley is weak and never
knows what he will do and that he
is not bound in doing 10 follow out
what he has put forth in saying.
Mckinley is good man, from the
standpoint of evil doing, conscious
cvil-dOing, but he is bad man TO he
President for the reason that he is
not certain as 10 what policy he should
follow. Mckinley does not himself
know now what will be done with the
PHILIPPINES in case of his reelection.
If you want that information, consult
Marcus AloDzo, he can tell you. for
he knows.
When Mckinley went into office,
he sA:d in reference to the Repubi-
can Civil Service policy, that there
would I've no step backward. There
was not II step blackboard. hut there
was jump, the jump though was
not as bad as it might have been.
II was hoped hy The Republicans
md The other enemies IF the Demo
:ratic party that the party would
axe some backward step on ques-
ions raised in 1896, but al! who had
'uch hopes will find little relief by Il
of the Democratic platform.
hat platform is straight forward; ,
here Is go quibbIing; there is no at
e@pt to avoid single thing. 10
ontrast to the Democratic platform. +:
cad the Republican platform and !
ONE to conclusion if you can.
me who reads the Republican plat. .
,rm and can then determine from
re platform what the Republicans +
'tend to do about The Philippines. =
"o", ct ais, is certainly possessed =
very Penetrating mind and is
Empowered with a CIR, of, propLesy A
Ut common among men; but on thc o
her hand one who reads the Demo. a
attic platform and is not able 10
VOW from it what the Demo. m
ats intend 10 do with the Philin. m
es, Cuba, ct, ais, in case of the
'ct'on OF their party, is so mental
weak that he should not be allow.
70 ENJOY the right of suffrage.
We do not know at this time what M
ket will DE elected. If we could
It the ballot of the nation that
estion wonld soon be decided
ne, but we can only hope that the
ket and the platform named by mi
Democrats will appeal so to the Di.
nmon sense Of the people of the wi,
tied States that they will send to ch.
'er the party which stands for the +
'ublae rather than the party which to
uilding up an Empire. pro
Police jury PrOcpadinvs a.,