The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-05

freak should serve as a lesson to the
gay girls of America who have more
money than brains.
Il GREAT DLEEERENCE.
Democrats may entertain differ
ent opinions on the money question.
They may not agree about expan-
sion. They may differ in the inter
probation Of the constitution. : But
upon the vastly more important and
ioctrinal matter of equal rights to
all men Democrats who are bred
and taught in the school of Jefferson
and Jackson must be Of one mind.
There is a we'll defined and distinct
difference between Democracy and
Repubiicanism The Democratic
party represents the principle laid
down by the greatest constructive
statesman America has produced.
1t is the principle of .'equal justice
to all, special privileges to none"
hreathed by every word of the dec
laration Of independence and the
constitution OF the United States.
1t is opposed to class legislation, to
subsidies, bounties and Dingley
Bills. The Republican party is the
legitimate offspring of Federalism,
the party of Hamilton. It's the ad-
vocate of centralization, the pro-
moter of subsidies and bounties, the
parent of high tariff which is the
prolific breeder Of trusts. Republi-
canism feeds on class legislation
which leads to a large army and
imperialism, the forerunners OF
monarchy.
There is an eternal difference be-
tween the two great parties. One is
the friend of the millionaire, the
monopolist. The other knows no
favorite. 1t is the party Of equal
Justice to rich and poor. It makes
war on no class of citizens. 1t adj
heres to the principles OF the dec
was written by its founder, Thomas
Jefferson.
! The next presidential campaign
will be fought on the great question OF
free government, constitutional gov
eminent, Republican government.
The followers of Jefferson will be on
one side. Those who believe in the
Hamiltonian idea will be on the
other side.
! Henry Watterson, the creates,
and most brilliant Journalist in the
United States, has enlisted his
powerful pen in the cause of the
people. In a recent number of his
influential paper, the Louisville
Courier Journal, he concludes an
editorial with the following ringing
sentences:
stands the one great difference between the
Democratic party and the Republican party
that the one represents the many as agains,
the few and respects the law; that the Other
makes such laws as its convenience requires
and depends upon money and force &c
reach its ends. Between these two essen
tial characteristics there is an irrepressiblt
conflict. There will never come time
when the lines between them are not dis
tinctly drawn. Ultimately the many will
get together. Bad leadership cannot al
ways produce that division of forces through
which the organized minority MARCHES
through to victory. The issue which Sc
parated Hamilton and Jefferson lives to-day,
though its aspects are changed, even as i
lived a century ago; the few seeking to lore
it over the many through the agency OF cor
ruption and chicane; the many often appear
ing as monster without head, seeking t,
preserve their liberties, collective and indi
vidual. and to proceed according to tn
written law. That issue is eternal and over
| rides all other issues.
Excursion To Louisville. Ky.
On account of the Reunion o
J United Confederate Veterans, tn
Southern Pacific-Sunset Route
will sell excursion tickets tn Louis
willie, XIV, May ~ and 28, good t
return until June 8, at exceedingl.
low rates.