The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-02-14

AS AT PRESENT LED, WOULD not
IF 1T COULD. BUT 1T is A MIGHTY
ORGANIZATION, FATTENED UPON
AND DISCIPLINED UNDER THE
sCoURGE OF THE BOSS. EVERY
INSTITUTION WHICH THRIvEs
UPON BAD GOVERNMENT Halls
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS IT'S
BENEFACTOR, AND ALL WHO
GROW RICH THROUGH PUBLIC
PLUMBER COUNT THAT PARTY AS
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WIFI W4FANTf THE wn BRHBhks hk tMHsHADTT CHINE II
OF - THE JoBBER AND THE
REFUGE OF THE LoOTER. 1T
HAS FORGOTTEN PRINCIPLE
AND WORKSHOPS PELF. 1T HAS RE-
vERSED A SOUND MAXIM OF
FREE GOVERNMENT-GREATEST
GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUN,
EXAMPLES OF THE GREATEST
GOOD TO THE SMALLEST NUM-
BER.
That was happy thought which
blended the names Of Jefferson and
Jackson and and Lincoln into that
borne by the league whose hospitality
we enjoy tonight. The party in pow
er has spat upon the teachings of each
of these sages; upon those of Jeffer-
those of Lincoln. The disciples of
each are challenged to battle against
the creature and agent of monopoly
and the jobbers in popular rights, and
the money changers, whose proto-
types the Christ scourged from the
temple nearly nineteen centuries ago.
True, the license to pollute the tenn
T. D.-fa Id ht,f- hnx II
God-not indefinitely! The power of
an outraged peoples wrath must be
invoked to clear the temple of those
who profane 1t. Upon the Democracy
of the land is cast the duty, and to
them is offered the honor of restoring
to the people their own.
SOME TALK ABOUT PARTY RE-
ORGANIZATION. WHY, THE PAR
TY is ORGANIZED, AND READY TO
ENVY WHENEVER THE CHARGE, is
SOUNDED. OF COURSE, WHILE
WE REST UPON OUR ARMS. THE
RANKS ARE OPEN FOR RECRUITS.
FOR THE SAKE OF SUCH RE-
CRUITS AS MAY COME. FOR THE
SAKE OF US ALL. LET THEM BE
MINGLED WITH THE HOST AND
BECOME PART AND PARCEL OF
1T.
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the people. we must labor zealously
for the overthrow of the party which
has forgotten the Lincolns who gave
1t honor, and for filthy lucre has be-
come the servant Of those who make
merchandise of the constitution. the
Declaration Of Independence. our
noble traditions and human rights.
TWEEN THOSE WHO VIOLATE
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE Gov
WOULD UPHOLD AND DEFEND
THEM; AND THE CONTEST MUST
GO ON UNTIL VICTORY SETTLES
UPON THE BANNER OF THE
RIGHT: THIS DUTY COMMANDS.
OUR DuTYwAND WE MUST OBEY;
THE THE r RRAyER nsXoTRn VIZ W. ABE ABE THE THE
SOONER WILL THE VICTORY BE
OURS; AND THE GREATEST AND
BRAVEST AND MOST DEVOTED
AMONGST US ALL SHALL BE
CALLED UPON TO LEAD. HOW
WE'LL DETERMINED?
There should be no permanent Of
fice-holding class in the republic. no
life positions in the departments. The
civil service should be democratic, not
monarchical. We are right in de-
manding that reasonable term of Of
fice-holding be fixed by law.
OUR WORKING PEOPLE MUST
BE PROTECTED AGAINST THE
HORDES THREATENING INVA-
SION FROM THE FAR EAST. THE
GREED OF THE RICH MUST NOT
CRUSH OUT THE RIGHTS OF THE
POOR. ALREADY WE HAVE AN
NEXED MORE THAN ENOUGH OF
PHYSICAL LEPROSY. EXCLUDING
THE PHILIPPINES FROM VIEW;
AND ALREADY WE HAVE DEVEL-
OPED MORE THAN ENOUGH OF
ROLITICAL LEPROSY WE MUST
CAST OUT THE LEPERS.
OURS is THE DUTY OF TODAY.
THE PLATFORM AND THE NOM.
NATIONS OF 1904 MUST NECES..
SARILY GO OVER TO 1904, TO Be
ATTENDED TO IN THE LIGHT OF
THAT YEAR, MINGLED WITH THE
LIGHT OF 1896 AND 1900; AND
MAY REASON GUIDE AND PRliJ-
CIPLE CONTROL.