The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-01

way OF voting when he finds that the
interest Of himself and family demands
it should hide himself away in the bow
els of the earth.
Ali parties are good in the beginning
meeting a long felt want" otherwise
the people would not put them in pow
or. But soon selfish, designing classes
get control and use the party for their
own ends. That is the history of the
republican party, and it is also the
history of the democratic party. The
difference, however, is that when the
democratic voter finds that his party
has grown bad or fallen under evil
leadership, he makes it over again in
the interest of the common people;
whereas the republican voter the worse
his party becomes for him the more
strenuous are his efforts to keep it in
power and he makes no effort OF reform
ingit. The democracy Of Jefferson was
made over under Jackson, and again
remodeled in the campaign Of go. The
republican party good under Lincoln,
has become exclusively the property OF
money lenders, manufacturers and 9TH
er exploiters under o different leader
ship. Almost any republican voter will
acknowledge this in conversation, at
least when there is not an election on
hand, but at the same time he will tell
you it would be no better under de-
mocracy, all are for the rich, and per-
haps point to the Cleveland admins.
tration. Well, now my friend il you
are a reading man you know this is on.
ly a flimsy excuse to yourself for vot,
ing against yourself and family. You
know that Bryan democracy is moi
| Cleveland democracy, or, if so, why
the bitter fight between the two and
why the gold democrat 80 ready to vote
for Mckinley against BryanP And il
you are sensible man you know that
Bryan democracy must necessarily
court favor with the common people by
working and legislating for them. Bry-
an democracy can never outbid Nc
Kinley republicanism for the vote Of
money lenders, manufacturers and 9th,
er exploiters and has no disposition tc
try try it. And by the same means you
must know that the republican party
will continue counting favor with the
"exploitors" by legislating for them,
having not the ability nor the least dis
position to outbid Bryan for the vote
of the common people. Each party
must necessarily stick to the classes Oh
which it bases and relies for support.
Mr.. Farmer and allied classes, will
you support Bryan and other silver
democrats, who by nature, by profes.
sion and who necessarily will act al
you friends, or will you continue tC
support your enemies as party habit
and because you, unlike gold demo
Gratis, have not the sense and mora
courage to change your way Of voting
so as to harmonic with the interest o.
yourself and family? You cant make
your party oyer again in your interest
as democrats have done, what is lef
for you but to quit voting the ticke
and vote some other? The small classes
for whom the republican party legis
lates, and who are therefore prosperous
would make but slim show toward
keeping the party in power if by brib
cry, coercion and humbuggery grear
many common people did not hell
them by voting against their interest
But then the farmer seems to delight
in being "chawed, and for the reason
that he allows others to use him he il