Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-10
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND IN
V9STiOATE.

tcrest III any IbOiiticui party, cAccpt uh
II Affects the weli-being OF the nation.
Every voter. therefore. before he casts
his vote. should investigate the past
history OF all political parties. their
present policies, and then cast bis vote
for that party whose administration
will be for the good Of the whole coun-
try. To such nm Investigation the Re-
publican party invites the voters OF
this nation and this state. and Is conf
dent that an impartial Judgment would
result In Its favor.
Tho first distinction that mn Impair.
tial inquirer would observe between
the Republican and the Democratic
parties, as developed by their past his
tory. would b. the conservative. retro.
Srcsesive policy Of the Democratic par
". as against the live. vigorous and
aggressive policy OF the Republican
party. Every forward step that this
nation has taken during the last forty
years the Democratic party has been
vigorously hostile TO. and yet Its his
tory teaches us that after the lapse Of
i've or ten years. after II has opposed
any political policy. Il would commend
In It's party platforms the very poll
cics that II NO vigorously opposed years
before. Its history shows that II has
always campcd on the ground occupied
by the Republican party ycas before.
and has seemed really to enjoy the hu-
initiation Of having to acknowledge
TINT the policies and even the men
they had formerly 80 bitterly opposed.
were right.
A notable instance In this regard Is
the rcvcrcntinl way that the Democrat
ic party and Its leaders have. at the
present day. OF speaking OF Lincoln
and Grant. and commcnding the nc-
tions and the policies Of these two great
Republican statesmen. and yet the old.
cr citizens can remember when the
Democratic newspapers and the Dem
ocratic orators, with n vitupcrntion un-
known In the present day. constantly
denounced these men Ms being corrupt
enemies OF the nation. while thcir. party
platforms condemned them In as viHor.
Gus language. It.wiil be observed that
the Democratic party n beginning to
praise Garfield. and occasionally II has
a word of commcndntion for Blaine, the
great Republican leader. Ten years
from now 1t will b. praising Mckinley
and his administration. AS the voter
reflects upon these facts they ough, to
he convincing proof to him that the
Democratic party is wrong and unwor-
thy TO receive his vote.
Another fact the voters will find. and
thnt Is, the Democratic party has no
longer In Its columns any great men.
No leader In any OF the states can be
found In the Democratic party who, In
ability and strength OF character, can
be compared with Tildcn. Thurman.
Randall and other great Democratic
leaders of the past. The places of
these men are now filed with such
men rs Croker, Lcntz. Altgeld and Till
man, and others OF like character and
ability. The Democratic party is, there.
fore, party with mediocre leaders.
and II placed in power. rs 1t was IN
1892, 1t would be found, now us then,
to be unequal to the situation. Unable
to administer the government in n time
of peace In busincss.likc manner. we
would again suffer from financial pan
ic. and witness the humiliation Of this
government having to issue bonds and
sell them at a discount for the purpose
of providing for the current expenses
OF the nation. as we had to do under
the last Democratic administration.
The voter will find that the same in
capacity is manifest in the discussions
of the current problems Of the day. The
Democratic party opposes the policy
of the administration, and yet suggests
none TO take It's place. 1t tries to en-
barrass the administration on every
proposition. and yet is not statesman
like enough to propose n better policy
The present incapable administration
VI our oWu sthte government is an III
stance Of the inability of the Demo-
cratic party to manage governmental
affairs. Outside of the office holders of
the present state administration, where
is there n word of commendation for
1t? False to its pledges for home rule
in the city of Denver, false to all its
promises of REFORM we find that the of.
ficials of the party. whenever they are
in the state, nre engaged in petty sQuab-
bles us to who shall be county chair
man in Arapahoe county, instead of Mt
tending to those duties they were elect
cd to discharge.
The government of this state and the
city of Denver has demonstrated this
incapaclty to such an extent that the
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