The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND IN
xESTtCATE.


Every voter. therefore. before he casts
his vote, should investigate the past
history Of all political parties, their
present policies, and then cast his vote
for that party whose administration
will be for the good of the whole eoun-
Try. To such an Investigation the Re
publican party invites the voters of
this nation and this state, and is conn
dent that an impartial judgment would
result in its favor.
The first distinction thar an impair
tial inquirer would observe between
parties, as developed by their past his
tory. would be the conservative, retro
gressiye policy Of the Democratic par
y, 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 It's 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 its party platforms the very poll
ctes that it 50 vigorously opposed years
before Its history shows that II has
always cauIped on the ground occupied
by the Republican party years before,
and has seemed really to enjoy the hu-
utilization of having to acknowledge
that the policies and even the men
they had formerly so bitterly opposed.
were right.
A notable instance in this regard is
the reyerentiaI way that the Democrat
ic party and It's leaders have. at the
present day. Of speaking of Lincoln
and Grant, and commencing the &C
tons and the policies of these two great
Republican statesmen. and yet the old
er citizens can remember when the
Democratic newspapers and the Dem
ocratic orators. with yituperatfon un-
known in the present day. constantly
denounced these men ss being corrupt
enemies of the nation. while their party
platforms condemned them In as vigor-
Gus language. II viii be observed that
the Democratic party is beginning to
praise Garfield. and occasionally il has
4 word of cummendarion for Blaine the
great Republican leader. Ten years
from now it win be praising Mckinley
and his administration. AS the voter
reflects upon these facts they ought to
be convincing proof 10 him that the
Democratic party Is wrong and unwos-
thy to receive his vote
Another fact the voters VIII lnd. and
that is. the Democratic party has no
longer in It's 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 Tilden. Thurman,
Randall and other great Democratic
leaders OF the past The places Of
these men are now filed with such
men as Croker Lenfz, Altgeld and TIL
man. and others of Ike character and
ability The Democratic party is, there
fore, a party with mediocre leaders,
and If placed IN power, as it was in
1892, ii would be found, now as then,
70 bt tftiAAl W AA4t slkhAhAApAts lh1blE
to administer the government in a time
of peace in Dusiness-like 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 VIII 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 its place. 1t tries TO en-
barrass the administration on every
proposition. and yet is not statesman
like enough to propose better policy.
The present incapable administration
of our own state government Is an In
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 a word of commendation for
it? False to It's pledges for home rule
in the city of Denver, false to all its