The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-25

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people in their capacity for s.lf-Eovernnsn, and
N I, their right 20 tn control Of their own af-
,.. H. d;d "a, no, Doubt "a, they would make mis-
Ishnient for tbsir Sy,. To,stnEs y'ib 1 sSnS
placency than thev would endure punishment
that their errors woars BE- unintsntiSnsi ones he
knew that as they found no profit IN bad laws.
profit BY experience. He was a friend Of every
l ihinS that hslped the ueoP!e and the uErelent-
inE Zoe 81 everything That injured them;
lie VS. identified with the masses and cons!d-
own efforts ne possessed any advantage over 9th
-rs t- held that advantage trustee for .hCse
he frst ioysi them. iis orEaniz-i: party ihst
has iIySd for NOR" Than century and he 50 i'm
however overwhelming. h1s been able 70 crush
its spirit d!siutcSTlie it
There can always Be- harmony among Demo
Gratis who have the puIpos- that JeI@Tsrn RAD
LeEson empIOyei There can always Be harmony
asigns L'-ino, rsis w.o 5-e'e IN Soy"Jnmsnt
merits % he Government Shall b. cperaJed oy
the people and for the benefit Of the people.
Ditl-rencss OF the mind can Be Teconciled: dif-
ftierces OF purpose cannot Between one N.hg -
a democrat there is a great gulf nzei And
u may be added. among the aristocrats there
the beasts % prty-s5me have the courage Cf
the lion, ani others the cunning and ;reachery
of the fox. but they hunt together II their
object is spoil. whether It be ayOwed or con-
Between those really. democratic In purpose
there can d no personal or permanent alienation.
because having no ulterior motives. they are open
TO arguments and ansnsble TO reason: being hon
est IN purpose. they have confidence In the tri-
honest methods. They will neither conspire
as%inst others. nor against each other II the /;
make mistakes In judgment. all are liable to
DO. thsy are not only willing but anxious. 20 eor-
there is an essential difsrence between a dCub,
Of the head and doubt OF the heart
people OF opposite sympathies and It Is a d,f1-
cult thing TO change a mans sympathies. IL re-
6STa, out OF an aristocEat. II IS a much easier
task to show a man that the principles ne ne.
been supporting arr arisiocrat!c in thsir present
The Republican party OF to-day Is aristocratio
n its polieies and Tendencies for il is controlled
many Republicans who remain with their party
only because they do not understand the chanSs
which has taken place in that party within the
Democratic success must b. won. not BY imi-
tatinE the Republican party. but by eKpcslns it
but By conrincing The people thaii IL IS really
dsmocfatic. and can be trusted to defend demo
AS there ar many in the Repubiiesn party
who have adhered To the party notwithstandlnS
50. there are some who call ternseives Democrats
ses sIis1stsJ tp.r, ,-orn he Darnocratie marty
or from any party worthy OF the name
Men Who Desert Their Party.
To attempt to patch up an a9parsn; harmony
Democratic purposes Is not only a waste % time.
but would prove disastrous. Ths men 1,,I Sao de- ss
two claFsss-those who left because they under
Ssssuss sh.T did Sot understand the real natuT'
Until tSS former are completely changed IN
their symrathies they cannot return to the party
without in;urnS 1t % hs n., Iatfss vii ee ssss
awar. Of the real character OF the hte-and-
Ths DemocraJic patty mus, have a con
feat: il must stand FOR that purpose an times
and eyeIywhere pnrnoysd Sy threats oI disaster Ss
Il must have a character. for character i as
esn'isi in IN party , as Is .Sb N an man 81 On.
so without principle that his position upon any
Esitss, vfiii the penpl. trust a party that is
wiling write into LIS platform today aIytnlhg
Of lis platform tomorrow anything that will
Eysn n n desired to Co 50 our party could
rot compete with the Republican party IN me
use Of money In csmpaisns or u L Sns ssSn
funds can only BE secured In return Tor ths
promise OF favoritisn. and our people are not IN
Dur 'ii- PARTY must have principles and prOSlsin
ssiTGr sss uPon gs' It's % fai,S in The rsh,esas. q
those principles and upon iss fsith In the
ms strugsie Between human rights on ne
S ON. soc our aa parry must ST take part IN srFss
but that struggle cannot be permanently setNeS
oImperIaiism More Openly Avowed.
Sine, the election Of 1907 imperialism Is more
orsrniv avowed and inp-r1Rlistlc methods more
h.,iify entered upln because the administration
ean point TO that election as an apparent lEdo;se.
ms sGSnss SsnfS saf RpSIas RaD ifsd'' intent
Sho exPeSt 70 max. pr2nI 99s ,h,, y /, viii paw
pines TO pruseytinE insist that II IS proyilsntiai
son FOR supporting their psrty's policy iGll back
upon the doctrine that cireamstahcss 80, -If, .ir
fbe trouble and that we must stay IN uni1 CIT
Since The election q 1900 the trusts have Erown
- e,,,-I.h.1 under the Republican adrnini-lfA-
Hon ss might have been expected
Siroe the election. the unsnciers are seskinE
10 eRrrv their advantage little farther and are
planning asset currency. = sSsteIn % Ss aS1fsr
fSeroSniIinr the enormous iniquity Of the bill
they aid not dare press II during the e1mgaigr: s
House. postponed It's consideration until Deem
s;ne. the election. Republican Congress has
turned q deaf 20 the laborers cry Ior sii Teret
IrSis - s.sso,e hHs r.fiSed 10 grant the demand Of
the people for the election Of United states sen
Sns Sy The while an exorbitant tariff is work
Ing IN Justice TO the eonsunlsrs ana enao,ing % 'n
high price and compete in foreign markets at a
HON can the opponents sf aristoeracy and
plutoeraey Re united for g, spseTsIg hS ,,spx pes
Nfth the enemy: not BY initiating their works.
their methods or their phraseOlogy, hut 6y non
% gs5n psoT sRsa tR aan i2 Se and
with an orEanzation that Sen be trusted; &C.,
but they can never be Won 70 the DeLnocTane
party long as tley can say tndt oAE paEh1
Is as bad as theirs. Not by surrender, nor BY
compromise: by equivoca;ions not by am
won, but by bold. constant. persistent stead
fast defense Of the interests Of the people az an
times under all circumstances and on all ques-
tons
To lose faith In the expedieney OF such course
Is TO lose faith IN the omnipotence OF truth
Upon this basis we cannot only harmonize all
who are Democratic IN sentiment ana syrnpathy.
but draw TO our party those OF tne op-
position no cherish Democratic Ideas out nave
been rnisled BY Republican arguments
Mr.. Bryan departed tonight for Maine.
accompanied by Senator Carmack and
Charles S. HamlIn.
Tomorrow night they will appear at
Rockland. Early in the afternoon addresses
will be made in Augusta, and later they
will attend another meeting in Bangor.