The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-25

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mere can always be harmony among
neniocuats who have the purpose that JEFF
.eisoh hau ana are willing to employ the
iuethous that Jefferson employed. There
can always be harmony among democrats
VINO oelievo In government OF the people
anu are willing that all the departments OF
'ne government shall be operated by the
people and for the benefit OF the people.
Dlnerences of the mind can be reconciled:
u'uerences OF purpose can not. between
one one who is at heart an arlstocrat and one
VINO Is In reality democrat there Is n
great gulf liked And, IL may De added,
Sshniohg the aristocrnts there will be found
thc same division that exists among the
ueasts Oh prey-some have the courage OF
lhe non, and others the cunning and treach
NY OF the tox. but thew can huut together
~ tneir object Is spoil, whether 1t be
ddoomeu or concealed. Between those really
oenocrauc IN purpose there can be no per
sonar or permanent alienation, because haV.
NIX no Interior motives they are open TO
slsuments ana amenabie to reason; being
honest IN purpose, they have confidence in
tne triumph OF their cause, anu are con
tent TO employ honest methods They Will
nelSher conspire against others nor against
each other. II they make mistakes in tudg-
nent' as all are liable to do, they are not
| only willing, but anxious to correct Their
mistakes. In politics. as In religion, there
Is an essential difference between doubt
/
IL is impossible TO secure h%-+@-AJ be.
tween people of opposite sympathies nnG
II Is a dithcult thing TO change mans
| sympathies; IL requires pollt Aal regenera-
ton to make a democrat out OF an aristo.
crat. II is much easier task to show Il
man that the principles he has been ad-
vocating aud the policies which he has been
| supporting are ariStocrutic in their present
erect or in their tendencies. The rcpub-
| ican party OF today is aristocratic in Its
policies and tendencies, for II is controlled
/ In In ts,tr l.t,f als.ts..
are many republicans who remain with their
party only because they do not understand
the change which has taken place In that
party within the last few years. When the
policy of a party Is controlled by its voters,
then the party stands for the Will of the
majority, but when the party Is dominated
by a small minority then the organization
stands not for the Will of the majority, but
for the VIII of those who dominate 1T. There
can be no doubt OF the democratic instincts
Of large majority Of the members Of the
republican party. but that party today is so
controlled by organized wealth that the
rank and file Of the party are not consu I
ed about the policies nor are the interests
of the rank and file considered by the lead
ers. With the exception of the tariff ques-
tion the republican party has not IN recent
years honestly submitted n single impor-
tnnt Issue to the arhltrament OF the ballot,
or even to the Judgment of the members Of
lis own party 1t has written ambiguous
platforms and forced its policies through
congress after elections. In 1896 II used Il
promise of international blmetallisln TO con
| cenl Its real purpose to taSteu the gold
standard on the country. In 1900 II prac-
| tlccd the same deception on Imperialism and
on the trust question. Even within n
month Il has refused to announce its pur.
pose In regard to the Philippines aud has
put of until after November the passage
of the subsidy bill and the consideration of
the trust question. The leaders Of the party
show their lack OF vital faith in the doc
| trlnes of self government by their unwill'
inguess to take the people OF the country,
or even tho voters Of their own party, into
their confidence. Tho hope Of the demo-
the knowledge Of those who have been In
the habit Of voting the republican ticket.
| one arstocrn'ic party In the country is
enough Democratic success must he won,
not by initiating the republican party, but
| by exposing it-not by making the demo
cratic party arlstocrntic, but by convincing
| the people that 1t Is really democratic ana
can he trusted to defend democratic ideas
| and to cultivate democratic ideals. "A
| there are many In the republican party
| who have adhered to the party notwith
| standing the change that the Organization
| has undergone. SO there are some who call
| themselves democrats who have themselves
undergone a change which has aiienated
| them from the democratic party, or from
any party worthy Of the name.
TREATMENT OF DESERTERS.
! To attempt to patch mp an apparent har-
mony between those who are not in sym
patty with democratic purposes Is not only
waste Of time, but would prove disastrous.
The men who deserted the party in 1896
may be divided into two classes. Those
who left because they understood the Issue
presented and those who left because they
did not understand the real nature of the
contest. Untll the former are completely
| changed In their sympathes they can not
return to the party without lnjuring II.
| The latter will be rcconciled to the party
when they themselves become aware of the
| real character OF the life and death strug
| gle now being waged between plutocracy
| and democracy. J say plutocracy because
| the arlstOcracy of today Is one of wealth
rather than of birth. and 1t includes not
| only those who have been alienuted from
| the common people by the possession OF
great wealth, but those who, although with.
| out wealth. pander to 1t and measure all
| things by a money standard, Organized
wealth has become so potent in govern
mental affairs that some. even now despair
| of applying any effective remedy. But
| such underestimate the patriotism of the
people and the strength of the public con
science. The people have remedy within
| their power. namely, the ballot and with
| II they can and will right every wrong and
| remedy every grievance.
| The democratic party must have con
| trolling purpose, unchanged by victory Ol
defeat; It must stand for that purpose n,
| all times and everywhere. unmoved by
| threats Of disaster and unin1uenced by
| promise of temporary gain. II must have
| a character, for character is as essential
| in a party as II is in an individual NJ
| one will trust an unstable man or one 80
without principle that his position upon any
moral question can not be guessed In I'D
| vance Neither will the people trust
party that Is willing to write into It's plat
! form today anything that promises to catct
a few votes or strike out OF it's platform
tomorrow anything that viii ALLEVIATE few
| votes Even If II desired to do so our party
! could not compete with the republican party
In the use Of money in campaigns or In tn,
! deception or coercion of voters, becaus,
| large campaign funds can only be secured II
| return for the promise OF favortism, an(
our people are not in position to c0erce
Our rarity must have principles and pro
| claim them; II must stand by them and de
fend them, relying upon It's faith In tn,
righteousness OF those principles and upor
its faith in the intelligence and patriotism
of the people.
ISSUES TO BE MET.
The struggle between human rights OF
the one side and greed on the other is al
uneniing one. Our party must take par
In the struggle, but that struggle can no
be permanently settled by this generation
or by any future one. As the children o