The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-07-31


or permanent xileuation, became hav.
ing no ulictior motives, they are open
TO Arguments and amenable TO reason;
being honest in purpose, they have
confidence Ia the triumph Of their
cause, aad are content to employ
honest methods. They will neither
conspIrc ugaiust others, nor against
each ether II they make mistakes 10
judgment, rs al are liable To do, they
arc not only willing, but anxioas, to
correct their mistakes. In politics, as
in religion, there is az essential dii-
ference between a doubt OF the head
aud doubt II The heart
/, Is impossible to secure harmony
between people 81 opposite sympalhics,
aud II Is difficult thing 10 change a
mans sympalhics; Il requires polili-
cal regeneration to make democrat
out OF an afistOcrai. Il Is much easier
task to show . man that The principles
he has been advocating and the policies
which he has been supporting are
aTi'tocralic In their present effect Or To
their tendencies
The Rcpublioas party Of to day Is
arislocgalic 10 its policies and tcnden.
cies, for II Is controlled by a few In
the interest Of few, but there are
many Republicans who remain with
their party only because they do not
understand lhg change which has
taken place in that pa.:y within the
last few years
Oge aristocraiio party In The county
Is enough Democratic success must
be won, not by Initiating the lepubll.
can party, bot by exposing il--uot by
making the Democratic party ariao-
cratic, but by convincing tho people
that i Is really democratic, and can be
trusted to defend democratic ideas aud
TO cultivate democratic ideals
AZ there are many 10 the Bepubli-
can party who have adhered TO The
party notwithstanding the change that
the organization has undergone, SO,
there are some who cali themselves
Democrats who haze themselves uu-
dergono a change which alicualed them
from the Democratic party, or from
any party worthy Oi the name.
| MEN WHO DESERT THEIR rARTY.
70 attempt TO patch up an apparent
harmony bctwcrg those who are not
Ia sympathy with Democratic purposes
is not only q vast ui time, but would
prove disastrous. The men who dc.
serted the party ia 1896 may be divided
into two clases--lhos IS Lo left because
they understood the issue presented
and those who left because they did
not understand tho real nature Of the
contest
JstiI the former arc completely
changed in their .ympulhies they can.
not return 10 the party without In
! juriug H. The latter will be recon-
cilcd to they party when they them.
selves become aware Of the real char
actcr Of the life aud death struggle
now being wagod between plulOcmcy
and Democracy.
The Democratic party must have a
controlling purpose, unchanged by vic,
tory or defeat; Il must stand for that
purpose At all times and everywhere,
unm1ycd by threats Of disaster and
uniu,iuSneed by promise o, temporary
gain. Il must have n chaiaeIer, for
character is as os-e tial In a party ~ II
is in an individual
No one will trust au unstable man
or one SO without principle that hi.
Iposili1n upon any moral question can
not be guessed in advance Neither
will the people psust q party that Is
willing to write iulo lis platform to-day
anything that promises to catch few
votes or strike cut Of H. platform to-
morrow anything that will ALLEVIATE a
few votes.
Even II It desired to do 80 our party
could not oomp,t, with the Republl.
can party In the use ofmoney In cain.
paigns or IN the deception or coercion
of voters, because large campaign
funds can only be secured In return
'or the promise Of iayoriteism, aud
our people are not In position 10
cOercc.
Our party must have principles aud
proclaim them; Il must stand by them
aud defend them, relying upon it,
faith In the righteousness OF those prin-
clples aud upon IFS faith In the inlclli-
geuce aBd patriotism Of the people.
The struggle between human rights
on the ono side and greed 90 she other
Is m uuonding one, Our party must
take part In the struggle, but that
struggle cannot be permanently settled
by this generation or by any future
one.
IMPERIALISM MORE nrENLY AvowEp
Since the election OF 1900, imperial.
ism is more openly ayowed and i'm
peiialisiic methods more boldly entered
upon because the administration can
puint 10 that election as an apparent
eudorsOmet, although the party leaders
At that time vehemenily denied i'm.
perialis,ic latent. Those who expect
TO make a profit out Of 4 colonial zys-
tenn favor ii on the ground that II will
peyi those @ho think that il opened
up the Philippines TO pro'elj ting mss,
that Il is proyideutial; whils those WHO
are simply scekiug some reason for
supporting their pariy's policy fall
back upon the doctrine that cireum.