The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-22

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great production and inflow Of GOLD
meeting all the demands and pur
noses which the free coinage OF silver
was expected TO meet and subserve.
But | am only speaking of condi
tious as they are to-day. What may
be he wants or needs or conditions
Of the people OF this republic in 9O4
no man knows. But when ! 904 shall
come all democrats may be assured
that the democratic party will be-
found standing upon its time-honor-
cd and unchanging principles. and
fearlessly espou-ing and advocating
those policies. financial and other
wise. which promise the greatest
goOdt to the people Of the entire conn
try. Casting aside mere eXpediency
and 4purning from its pathway the
-pOil7men Who care everything for
! success and nothing for principle, the
democra party will press it.stand-
ard to the very forefront OF the bat
/ tie. hoping and striving to win, but
winning or losing. keeping the faith
and fighting a good fight for those
principles and policies which embrace
che welfare OF the people and the en-
duringgood and glory offree govern
ment 1t will stand, as it has al
WAYS stood. for "a strict construction
of the constitution; for the full free
rights of the states and the people as
reserved to them by that instrument;
and unswervinglv for the doctrines
and principles embodied in the De-
claratiOn Of ndependence-anda all of
them. with no part ignored, eliminat
ed or abridged The democratic par
tv holds as one of its articles of faith
the great declaration of the fathers
that all governments derive their
Just powers from the consent of the
governed And by this declaration
democrats will stand, and for it they
will contend anywhere, everywhere
and always.
But am making this article too
long, and will therefore pass over
many topics that may be pertinent
and of political interest, and close
with a brief reference to the question
of reorganization" There has been
quite an amount of talk about reOr-
ganizatiOn since the last November
elections. ReOrganized for what?
Wherein is our present organization
deficient? The democratic organiza-
ton is now complete and strong and
in loyal hands from the national
committee down to the smallest pre- !
cinct committee, and all talk of reOr
ganlZatiOn seems to me useless. l
do not wish to he harsh or unkind, |
but this talk OF reOrganiZa ton has !
its origin with some of those demo |
Gratis who in 1896 and 1900 bOlted |
the party nominations and platforms |
and deserted and Joined the ranks OF
the enemy and fired into their friends |
on the day of battle These men, it |
seems to me. would show better taste, |
and certainly more sagacity, by keep |
ing quiet, and, for the present at /
least, leaving party management III
the hands of those who have always |
been faithful to the party, its plat
forms and nominees, and whose gar
ments do not smell of the enemy : |
camp nor are smirched with treaCh- |
cry or desertion | do not say this |
in bitterness; | only speak the words
of truth and soberness. These form |
er democrats certainly realize that |
they have twice aided in the election |
OF republican president and con |
gress and by so doing have given aid |
and succor to the party which have |
made the trusts possible, have raised |
the tariff higher than ever before in |
the nations history and have steadi-
ly pushed forward the centralizing |
federalistic theory of government in
antagonism to the democratic-Je ffer-
sonian theory until to-day our ship |
of state has drifted farther out of the |
lines laid down by the fathers and !
the constitution than at any time in
our entire history. These things and |
more the republican party has done
and is doing, and our so-called gold |
democrats have been its allies and |
aided it to do these things by helping |
todefeat the democratic party. Gen |
tlemen, gold democrats. the doors of
the old democratic church are wide |