The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-01-26
TEE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Prosperity II Too Much for the
Chronic Calamity How'll

! that there Is screw loose IN the dem
ocratic platform or intelligence. A
retrospect or prospect is all the
sworn brethren of the Peerless are
| willing to treat themselves to at
present. That sprouting journalist is
unchanged, as everybody knows. He
| In going to talk and write until he
dies. So he Is perfectly happy wheth-
err the democratic party agrees or not
with his theory that it's better to be
licked and licked than ever to have
won at all by giving up the principles
of Chicago and Kansas City.
Hon. John w. Kern, democratic cam
: ddate for governor of Indiana last
! year, rises from the waters of woe
and egurgitates a catalogue of the
hosts of Imperialism. 1t is long, but
IL is worth the price of admission:
"1) A large majority of the so-caled
Independent newspapers of the country
which while protesting feebly against
/ the open outrages committed against
! constitutional government. cringe with
! disgusting servility before II and yield
their unfaltering allegiance in the SUI
preme hour OF contest
| "(O The most Of the clergymen of the
1 land whose salaries depend upon the
bounty OF the social royalty built up by
| this power. and who, while pretending to
preach Christ and Him crucifed. are in
! every campaign apologizing, in God
name, for the Golden Rule and justify
| ing murder. conquest and rapine carried
| on by imperialistic power In the various
parts of the world.
"(9 The entire lot of that great body
of human beings commonly known as
! snobs. who are the camp followers of
. Va WI IN
sacrifice country and principle for the
| little social recognition they can obtain
| by crawling on their bellies in the pres
ence of the vulgar rich.
20 A very large number of business
| men who quail before the threats Of
| financial panic which confront them in
every campaign.
"C) A vast number of unthinking, but
well-meaning men who have neither time
nor inclination to look beneath the sur
face of events, or who so busy In
the business of money getting as to for
get their country and the duties of pa
triotism."
1t seems as If slide were removed
and you saw the lava seething inside
of Mr.. hern's head He has arranged
to have the democratic party grape
with Imperialism, and tear "the mask
of hypocrisy from the canting preach
ers who affect to see the hand of God
in every damnable outrage perpe-
trated by the temporal powers who
serve for hire" He also proposes to
turn the light on 'the crawl
ing, fawning snobs who sacrifice prin-
ciple for social recognition" and he
promises himself the happiness of see
ing ''the miserable reptiles shrink and
wither into nothingness." Heat rath-
er than light is Mr.. Kern's element.
The democratic party can scarcely at
tract converts by the scorching and
soaring process. But how familiar
these eruptions of Kernese look!
Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.. who
personally represents the declaration
of independence, and was the Bryan
lite candidate for governor of Massa-
chusetts last fall, tells the Maine dem
ocratic club with a charming and even
pathetic candor that 1--WE are handi-
capped by the prosperity enjoyed"
How can people enjoy prosperity
when they hear the rumble of the die
tator's chariot and the clanking fet-
tiers of the martyr of liberty in the
Philippines? But they do enjoy it,
such is the base commercialism of the
human constitution. Take off the
handicap, bring the country to rags
and the democratic party will be
ready to run the race. In the words
of the unknown, but deep-revolying
bard:
"Nothin' dom.
Give US ruin"
A staff correspondent of the Kan
sas City Times, high old cockerouse
Of the Bryanites, sends the same mes
sage from Washington. He gives a
conspectus of democratic sentiment
as he finds it at the capitol:
Suppose that the trust fails, that the
| wonderful conditions which have en-
abled the railroads to declare dividends
change; that the competition among
| these great railroad systems becomes so
strong. as 1t is daily and yearly becoming
stronger and the business which has
largely been increased by abundant crop
yields and general prosperity becomes
less the railroads are unable to pay a
dividend upon their stock and few of
the trunk lines fail To pay the interest
on their watered bonds, those interested
will likely begin to look into these af-
fairs and receiverships and foreclosures
the country at present preclude the prob
ability OF n panic, conditions might occur
which might cause the greatest one
within the next four years in the history
of the country. In their wild greed for
gain IL Is not doubted that the great cor
porations of the country have overstepped
the bounds of safe business policy and
the pendulum might swing back. In case
II does the republican party Is without
an argument and Mr.. Bryan would UNI
doubtedly be the logical candidate for
president"
The logical candidate of smash
I up. Hurrah for the panic party and
the panic candidate! 1t takes demo
Gratis to say the worst things about
the democracy.-N. Y. Sun.
uIThe policy of protection to Ameri'
can industries, to American capital.
lists nd workingmen in its entirety may
sometimes have an ugly look to some
persons. Bricks, however, cannot be
taken out of an arch without making
the arch unsafe. Protection as gov
eminent policy is an arch. Deep chan
nels in the lakes and good harbors be-
long to the policy Of protection as much
| as do thrift duties on iron and steel,