The Leon reporter., 1901-07-25

had joined the conspiracy those leaders
were deposed. It looks now as if tho
reactionary influences were once moro
trying to secure control. If they sue
ceed in Ohio or elsewhere it simply
means another gigantic struggle such
as was witnessed in 1896. The demo-
cratic party cannot be made a pluto
cratic party even if there was room in
this country for two such parties
There was time, under the Cleveland
regime, when the party leaders used
general and ambiguous phrases to de-
ceive the voters, but that scheme cam
not be worked again. We cannot expect
the. voters to have confidence in the
party unless the party has confidence
In the voters, and if the party has con-
f1dence in the voters it will state it's
position on all important questions be-
fore the country and invite Judgment,
The present campaign involves SEN
ator, as well as state ticket, and as
the convention dealt with other ma
tional questions it should have dealt
candidly and honestly with the money
question. Mr.. Mclean is supposed to
be candidate for the United State
senate, and is also supposed to have
dictated that portion of the platform
that has to do with national issues.
The senator elected by the next Ohio
legislature will have to vote on the
money question. The democratic par
ty OF the nation is opposed to making
the silver dollar promise to pay in
gold, and is also opposed to substitut.
ing national bank notes for govern-
ment paper, but the democratic party
m Ohio was silent upon these import.
ant subjects. Why? Did the leaders
ignore the money question in order to
please those who bolted? Or does Mr..
Mclean want to be left free to affiliate
with the republicans on financial ques.
tions in case of his election?
Mr.. Kilbourne, the nominee for gov.
ernor, is an excellent man, lifelong
democrat and an active supporter Of
the national ticket in both 1896 and
1900. He is better than his platform.
He deserves and should receive the sup
: port of every democrat in Ohio.
If any of the Ohio democrats feel ag-
grieved because the reorganizing ele-
ment of the party triumphed at the
convention, let them not visit their dis
appointment upon the state ticket, but
rather see to the nomination of sena-
tors and representatives who will se-
lect trustworthy senator Let them
see to it also that the state platform is
made at the primaries next time rath-
er than at the convention. II the voters
at the primaries had instructed their
delegates to insist upon the reaffirma-
ton of the Kansas City platform the
result would have been different,
In the Hollow of Their Hands.
At a banquet given by the American
Society in London on July 4, the Rev.
Joe Parker proposed toast to President
Mckinley; and in the course of his re-
marks said:
"Despite the traditional prejudice,
which happily has been weakening
during the past century, it is now we'll
recognized that no other nation can
sustain the relation to Great Britain
which the United States now holds;
and. fortunately for the world, Great
Britain and the United State now holds
the worlds peace in the hollow of their
hands,"
| Great Britain and the Udited States
probably do 'hold the peace of the
world in the hollow of their hands,"
This might be true because of the great
influence and power, moral and ma
terial, welded by these two great ma
tions. 1t happens, however, to be par
ticularly true at this time because Of
all the governments of the earth, the
United States and Great Britain are
the only ones now engaged in serious
warfare. On the part of Great Brit
ain, it is case W bere a nation claim
ing to be the greatest civilizer of all
nations of the earth is engaged in de-
stroying two formally organized re-
publics. In the case of the United
States, this government is carrying on
a war in the Philippine Islands, war
that stands as an antagonism to the
purest of American traditions and the
most sacred of American principles.
Granting it to be true that Great
Britain and the United States :'hold
the peace of the world in the hollow of,
their hands, is it not strange that
these great nations do not discharge
the high and sacred responsibilities
always resting upon exclusive custo,
dians of great purposes?
Allover the land today men and wo-
men are hoping and praying that the
terrible blight of drought will not be
visited upon this country. The anxiety
is not confined to the farmer for men
in all the avocations of life are asking
the question, ''What shall the harvest
be?"s ALI the material interests of the
country are being affected by even the
threat of crop failure. This should
serve to open the eyes of those who
have been blind to the fact that the
welfare of the general public depends
largely upon the welfare of the farmer.
Burn down your cities and leave our
farms and your cities will spring up
again as if by magic; but detroy our
farms and grass will grow in the streets
] of every city in the country"
If the republican reformers are SO
Mortified at Democratic rule in New
York, how will they feel when they
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