Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-01-31
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Prosperity Is Too Much for the
Chronic Calamity Howl

willing to treat themselves to at
present. That sprouting journalist is
unchanged, as every ybody knows. He
is going to talk and write until he
dies. So he is perfectly happy wheth-
er 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 can
didate 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
it is worth the price of admission:
I'D A large majority of the so-called
Independent newspapers of the country,
which, while protesting feebly against
the open outr- geS committed against
constitutional government, cringe with
disgusting servility before 1t and yield
their unfaltering allegiance in the su-
preme hour of contest.
"C2D The most of the clergymen of the
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 crucified, are in
every campaign apologizing, in Gods
name, for the Golden Rule, and justify
ing murder, conquest and rapine carried
on by imperialistic power in the various
parts of the world.
'(3) The entire lot of that great body
of human beings commonly known as
snobs, who are the camp followers of
wealth, and who are always ready to
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.
I'D A very large number of business
men who quail before the threats of
financial panic which confront them in
every campaign.
90 vast number of unthinking, but
well-meanng men who have neither time
nor inclination to look beneath the sur
face of events, or who are SO busy in
the business of money getting as to for
get their country and the duties of pa
triotism'
1t seems as if a slide were removed
and you saw the lava seething inside
of Mr.. hern's head. He has arranged
to have the democratic party grappie
with Imperialism. and tear "the mask
of hypocrisy from the canting preach
ers who affect to see the hand of God
trated by the temporal powers who
serve for hire He also proposes to
turn the light on 1.-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
ite candidate for governor of Massa-
chusetts last fall, tells the Maine dem
ocratic club with a charming and even
pathetic candor that "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-
ters 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-revolving
bard:
"Nothin' doin',
Give US ruin"
\ staff correspondent of the Kan
sas City Times, high old cockerouse
of the Bryanites, sends the same mes
sage from Washington. He gives a
as he finds it at the capitol:
Suppose that the trust fails. that the
conditions which have en-
abled the railroads to declare dividends
change; that the competition among
these great railroad systems becomes so
strong, as it 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 !
might follow. While the conditions of |
the country at present preclude the prob |
ability of a panic, conditions might occur |
which might cause the greatest one !
within the next four years in the history |
IF the country. In their wild greed for |
gain it is not doubted that the great cor |
)orations of the country have overstepped |
he bounds of safe business policy and |
the pendulum might swing back In case I,
t does the republican party Is without ]
an argument and Mr.. Bryan would un- I
be the logical candidate for |
president"
The logical candidate of smash.
up. Hurrah for the panic party and
the panic candidate! 1t takes demo
rats to say the worst things about
the democracy.-N. Y. Sun.
uyThe policy of protection to Ameri.
can industries, to American capital.
sts and workingmen in it's entirety may
sometimes have an ugly look to some
persons. Bricks, however, cannot be
taken out of an arch without making
h. arch unsafe prptaption ac n GOV.