Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-23
NO BoLTER SHALL DICTATE.
Chairman Johnson Denounces
Attempts to ''Reorganize"
the Democracy.

The effect Of the Reorganization"
platform of the Ohio Democrats is |
dicussed by j. G. Johnson, chairman
of the executive committee of the
Democratic National Committee, in
this weeks issue of the working De-
moeracy, the organ of the committee.
Mr.. Johnson says:
"The Ohio state convention is the
first that has been held since the COM
mencement of the newspaper talk a.
bout reorganization of the Demo
cratic party in the interest of GER
tain class Of men who seem to glory
In the tact that they helped defeat it
In the two last campaigns. They seem
to have made the issue at Columbus
negative condemnation Of men
and measures which they opposed in
1895 and in 1900, which is, in'effect, an
Endorsement Of their course, as bolt
ers, in those two campaigns.
MUST MEET THIS ISSUE.
Gas Shis seems to be their policy, I
am in favor Of recognizing it, and of
making this an issue in every official
gathering of Democrats from now on.
Those of us who believe that we had
an ideal Democratic platform and
candidate in 1900 should insist that
that fact be recognized, as a matter
OF policy, at every democratic conyen-
tion. / do not mean by this that new
issues should not be emphasizen,
or that old issues, which
new conditions have re-
stored to leading places, should be
neglected, but insist that as an ad-
mirably stated summary of the funda-
mental principles of Democracy, unan-
imously adopted by our last national
convention, the Kansas City platform
can and should be made part Of the
resolutions Of every gather
ing Of Democrats until 1904, and that
this reasonable course should not be
abandoned at the dictation of men
who will only agree to be good party
men on condition that the party will,
theoretically at least, Endorse their par
ty treachery in the past by resolutions
framed to meet their demands. They
shout loudly for an issue emphasizing
anti-emperialism. We do not lose
sight Of the fact that, had they done
their duty in 1896, or even in 1900, we
would have had an administration
that would have settled that issue in
favor of the Democratic contention.
SAYS BoLTERs HELPED TRUSTS.
s"They demand that antitrust be
made the battle cry. We do not for.
get that the trusts have seized the
business OF the country under an adj
m1nistration which they helped eject
They tell us the tariff must be substi.
tuted for issues on which we have lost
twice. We do not forget that we have
lost on the tariff issue ever since the
war, and that, although we have
fought it for forty years, the tariff il
higher and more unjustly disefiminat
than it ever was. They would have
us turn back to the straddling issueI
on which our only Presidential candi
date since the war was elected. We
have not forgotten that he only car
Eied his own state and the election by
a few hundred votes at the first time
and that by grace OF a s,l4pderine
preacher, and we know that had his
course on the..money question and the
candidacy OF his successor been known
in advance he wouldn't have come
within a million votes of being Ell ecte,
the second time.
HThe Democratic party was reorgan
szed In 1896. 1t ceased being an un
dsrstudy for Republicanism at tina
Sime, and since then it has been wha
itshouId be-the party of the c. m
mon people. There is no room for bu
one monopoly party in this country
The Republican party has pre-emptet
that ground and true Democrats ar,
not going to contest with that part,
for that position. The Democrat,
party must maintain its advanced pc
sition. 1t must sustain it's leader
who say go forward and disregard
those would-be leaders whose onl,
command is retreat. While defeat
ed, it has polled million more vote
for its new contention than itever die
for any advocated now by the so-callet
reorganizers, and the only result O
following their leadership will be K
lose that great numerical accession. I"