The age-herald., 1901-01-09

party stands for weH-defined and positive policies, and is prepared to wage an ag- gressive warfare against the plutocratic tendencies of the evils against which Jef- ferson contended century ago, and against which Jackson fought thirty years later.
 Tt is not necessary to discuss the sub ject of reorganization further than to say that reorganization is an internal remedy and that it cannot be applied externally. A person must be inside of the party be- fore he can participate in the party man. agement Some seem to think that they can be outside for voting purposes anA in- side for purposes of reorganization. If a man allows his wife to obtain a divorce from him the ground of failure to sup port assertion or infidelity, he must re- marry her before the public will pay any attention to his expressions of soIicitude for her welfare, and so those who have lost their party standing because of their assertion of the party candidates and un- faithfulness to Democratic doctrines as de- fined by legitimate authority, must reunite with the party before any attention will be paid to their pretensions of interest.
 Those who are within the party lines have a right to a voice in the making oe the platform and are entitled to make such change in the organization or machinery of the party as they please. but honesty and good faith require that any desired CHdllSt SHdll D6 OptHiy pTOpOSSu anu ldlr- ly presented. Party organizations are framed for party government and derive their just power from the consent of the governed. Party platforms are of no value unless they reflect the purpose of and the policy desired by a majority of those who belong to the party Those who are really devoted to Democratic principles will neith- CT practice deception themselves nor permit others to practice deception in writing platform or in securing the control of the party machinery. I hope that in this and other states the party may be able to avoid those fierce factiona1 contentious which sometimes distract attention from a party principle and waste in personal fights the energy that could be directed against the common enemy.
 Not Discouraged.
 "The defeat which the party recently suffered ought not to discourage any one who believes in the principles set forth in the Kansas City platform, for if those principles were right when the platform was written and when they were endorsed by nearly six millions and half of voters, they are right still The Democratic party has been defeated before, but defeat has destroyed neither its hopes nor its tenets. In 1872 the defeat was overwhelming, and yet we won in 1876. In 1880 we thought the people would rebuke the counting out of Tilden four years before, but we were doomed to disappointment. We won in 1884 and lost in 1888. We won in 1892 and lost in 1896 and 1900. If any one is inclined to attribute recent defeats to the platforms adopted or to the organizations in charge of the fight, let him remember that the de- feat in 1888 came at the close of an admin istration entirely satisfactory to those who are most anxious to reorganize the party, and that the defeat in 1896, which occurred under a similar administration, was more disastrous than any that has taken place since.
 "No one can foresee the conditions which our party must meet but we can face the future with the determination to apply Democratic principles to every emergency and to make the party a faithful exponent of the views of those who believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to none. Whether the money question will figure prominently in future campaigns will de- pend upon circumstances, which no one can measure with certainty. What is desired is a sufficient quantity of money to keep pace with the demand for money. If an unexpect- ed and unpromised increase in the output of gold restores the level of prices and pro- tects the producers of wealth from the evils of an appreciating dollar, those who have labored for bimetallism will rejoice more heartily than the financiers who advocated the gold standard at a time when gold was scarcer and the dollar was becoming dearer. "Monopolies will ultimately become so hurtful that the Reubplicans will no longer be able to defend them Even to say their defense is more secret than open. Colonial policy when put into fuM operation, Will prove so repugnant to American principles that it must finally be repudiated by the American people. If in the cases now pend- ing the court holds that the constitution follows the flag, large portion of the Re- publican party will oppose the retention of the Philippine Islands. If5 on the contrary, the court holds that a President and Con- gress can govern colonies without regard to trle restrictions of the constitution, many Republicans will be able to realize what im- perialsm means.
 But if fate decrees a change in the ideas and ideals of our nation and we are to re- turn to brute force doctrines upon which empire rests, our struggle will still have answered purpose and the work of our party will live in history and inspire the lovers of liberty in future years, when mankind again takes up the fight for the principles of self-goyernment. We are ad- vocating truths that cannot die and we can afford to share in temporary reverses that may come to them. The love of freedom win live while the human race endureS and those who suffer live, even if their eyes do not behold the victory. In defeat those who support the principles set forth by the declaration of independence can take cour- age from the heroism manifested by those in South Africa, who are giving their lives in defense of the same doctrines. Cronje suffers in loneliness on St. Helena, but his name will live in poetry and song when the name of Roberts is forgotten, and Kruger will wear crown of deathless fame when Kings and Emperors are known no more."
 HELD IN CONTEMPT.