The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-01-17
TIME TO
CONSIDER.
The Democratic Party is in a
Bad Way.
j. W. II. Would Prevent Contest

Bio SPRING, KY, Jan. Sth, 1900
"Jackson's Day." What a glorious day
for Democrats to consider whittier we
are driftingl What day for Democratic
comparison! What day for Democrats
to consider On that day that grand old
American, Democratic Statesman and
hero drove the British from American
soil. Then there was no one to kick
against expansion, but few old FEEDER
alists in the extreme Yankee States.
Then the grand old Democratic party
had no undergraduates, no antrim
peria)isti, no anti>American flag furling,
craw-6shing, calamity bowling, chronic
disturbers Of Democratic harmony. But
all were patriotic, country loving, flag
honoring, true blue Americans; all
workers together for the general good.
&es, as your intelligent, patriotic, no.
BILE, far seeing correspondent from Bran
denburg truly says this is "an issue OF
disaster, "and the next campaign with the
Chicago platform Endorsed with the ad-
dition OF a few anti-expansion, anti-Amer-
lean, anti-fag, antitrust, anti.combine,
anti-corner planks, will experience the
most disastrous defeat the party has
ever experienced. As for trusts, com
bines and corners, confess that l can
think Of no lawful remedy, but know
that they have always existed since old
father Noah and his three sons organic ed
a trust and formed combine to corner
the livestock market.
As to the tariff and currency question,
l can find plenty Of men in mile Of
Big Spring who can arrange them so that
the rich will all become poor and the
poor become rich.
AS to the "Matchless," if any one will
show me one single prediction that he
made in the event OF McKinley's cleo
ton that has come true, then will pull
in my horns and shut my mouth. He
predicted all sorts OF financial calamities,
the laboring classes to be reduced to
serfdom, starvation prices would obtain,
all farm products would fall below living
prices, and general distress would GER
tainly follow. Yet the country has neY-
or had wider or more general era VI
prosperity than it enjoys now.
As soon as the free silver question was
settled gold came from its hiding places.
all sorts of produce advanced in prices,
money was plentiful and easy to obtain,
and everybody was happy except the
chronic calamity bowler. In fact, his
pet prediction or declaration was that
"wheat and silver were linked together
like the Siamese twins; that when one
went down the other had to follow"
How Is 1t now? Wheat has advanced
and silver declined until they are.so far
apart that they are hardly fourth cous-
ms. Just 30 with all Of his predictions;
yet be is the only one mentioned as t1e
candidate for President in our party for
next year.
And Just 90 sure as he is the next candi-
date he will meet with the most match
less" defeat that any candidate ever met
with in this country. In fact, in view Of
the shape our party has gotten itself
into, l don't believe there is a man in
the party who can lead us to victory in
the coming contest. Yet, II the match
less" is thu nominee, we will sneak to
We polls like we did in '96 and vote the
straight ticket.
We have plenty Of good, conservative
patriotic. country-loving, fag-honoring
Democratic statesmen in the party yet,
but the Wild and woolly boys have taken
the bit between their teeth and seem de.
termlned TO take the party where
Wards ducks went. II they can
stand It, ! can. So, as the Dutch
man said, "Yoost let 'em gain"
What shall we do2 II there is not a
great change in the present methods Of
our people in conducting political cam
paigns. announce myself as a candi-
date for the Legislature in the year 1909
subject 10 the decision OF all law-abiding
e,ood cifizen vofera in the state and I shall