Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-30
NEEDING NEW ISSUES.

Inc IacC tIlaG In the recent primary
elections in Alabama and South Car
DINA not halt of the registered vo-
ters went to the polls, nOtwithstand
ing rival candidates appeared in ev-
cry locality, strengthens the convlc-
ton that more than half of the voters
are not attached to the democratic
party and intend to vote as they
please at the state election. The
trouble is that the democratic party
has no issue and nothing upon which
the southern people can be rallied
except measures which are rapidly
passing away.
Col. J. H. Estill of Savannah, a
man of influence IN democratic coun-
ellis, as is attested by his service for
a dozen years as member of the ma
tional committee for his state, has
written to friend his ideas of how
the democratic party can win the
confidence Of the country and the
next presidential election, Col. Es-
till's remarks are sure to attract
the attention of the editor of the
Commoner.
ITO the mass Of people," says the
SOutherner, 'Bryanism is dead,
buried and fenced in, and the aver
erage politician is afraid to glance at
the inscription on the monument.
What our people should insist upon,
he adds, "is a platform indorsing
sound money, anti-trusts, antI-mo-
nopoly, fair, not free trade, a reason
able tariff and fight to the finish in
the Philippines. Let us take Bryan
at his word" says Col. Estill, 'for
maybe he recognizes the handwrit-
ing on the wall which has put up the
bars against his ambition to become
president of the United States. In
so far as the rank and file of the par
ty are concerned, they are convinced
that it is useless trying to revive a
corpse, and if anybody is being fooled
into such belief it is the politicians
and not the people. We of the south
want no more of Organism, but we
do want to see our lands titled, min
eral deposits developed and cities
become the marts of trade such as
they deserve to be. These desirable
results cannot be accomplished by
rakIng up the ashes Of the past, but
we must enact new era such as the
exigencies of the situation demand"
According to this wholly compe-
democrats, a change is creeping
over the spirit of the southern
people. 1.-THE preiudices and isms of
the past are being sent to the rear by
the progressive young men of this
day" he says. "The democratic
Moses are independent, and there
fore much more difficult to discipline
and lead than the republican masses.
But they have been thinking seri-
ously of late and leaning toward the
best money and the best government
on earth. Progressive democrats ia
vor prosecuting the war in the Phil
lppines until every armed foe expires,
and there can be no middle ground
tax Ell on such a proposition as now
confronts us in the faraway posses
sions wrested from Spain at the cost
of SO many lives and the expenditure
of so much money. We are In the
Philippines to stay, and it makes the
blood of an old soldier boil to hear
any other idea advanced. 1t would
be sounding a retreat IN the face of
the enemy, and that no brave man
would even consider under such cir
cumstances, no matter how desper-
ate may be the outlook. What say
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