Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-11-10

support, and skulks out of the firing
line, has committed, in the eyes Of
the commonalty of his command, the
sin against the political Holy Ghost.
Other delinquencies may be pardoned;
this never. Leaders, for the sake Of
his support, or to bring about party
harmony, may forgive his lapse; but
the rank and file. while they may not
exert much Influence in conventions
or in making states, have long memor-
les, and their time comes on election
day.
Second; The ',reorganizers" have
no issue to offer to the people in any
sincerity. Whatever they may pro-
pose, all Of us know they will do moth
ing to offend the commercialism now
known to be in close alliance with the
Republican organization. Their talk
of tariff reform means nothing of real
relief from the burdens under which
the consuming public is laboring. 1t
means only the taking away from the
small industries the benefit which
they think protection affords them,
and the perpetuation of the enormous
tribute which the people are paying
to the great combines. This false
pretcnse exposed and taken from
them, they have for their only stock
In trade the unsavory memories of
Democracy, when it was the defender
of chattel slavery before the war, Of
its malignant copperheadism" dur
ing the war and of its scandalous rec
ord of reactlonary Bourbonism since
the war, and up to 1896. or these
Democratic "reminiscences and ten
denotes, Mr.. David Bennett Hill, is
the fit representative. That he has
been the consistent enemy of the
cause of the people is shown by his
bitter and able hostility to the income
tax law, while in Congress,--a meas
ure so obviously just and equitable to
all, that its justice and equity pene-
trated even the obtuse angles of
Grover Cleveand's political con-
science.
That his posing as the champion of
any effective reform in tariff condi-
tions Is an arrant sham and fraud,
Is proved by the fact that he was a
party to the conspiracy by which the
Wilson bill was changed, after 1t left
the House Of Representatives, into q
measure that took care of the trusts
and was foisted upon the country lr
such sickening shape that even the
cast-iron political stomach of Grover
Cleveland was turned by 1t, so thai
he refused to sign it when 1t was pre-
scented to him.
That he may always be relied on al
the defender Of privilege, Is apparen
when one considers that his fellow
ship, his surroundings, his interests
all lie within the lines of those VIII,
make their enormous incomlngs on
of the necessities and the consumption
of the common people. He breathe
the air of privilege; he is of it an,
with 1t and from 1t; he and his inter
p ests are Mt all times identified wit
, it; his sympathies never could be er
| listed and aroused in the cause of tn
4 masses and the betterment of an
4 hard condition OF theirs.
+ The sole claim to shred of prime
{ pie left him Is his old parrot-wise say
K. ing of II am Democrat" And, sine
O he added to this the significant word
;. -'still, very STILL" In 1896, which ha,
pened to be time when no homes
k man could keep still, very STILL" til
70 common run Of Democrats--the me
l. who are to furnish the votes for tn
l. party, will he very likely to insist this
.. hereafter Mr., Hill must be consisteI
q. with himself and keep on keepir
4. "still, very STILL" when Presidenti
- nominations are being passed aroun
D. II Is not absolutely essential to II
,f continued existence of this countl
IN that the next President should be
m Democrat by party name. 1t is ne
II essary that the Democratic candida
n shall be a Democrat in ruth and
m fact This necessity precludes t
10 candidacy of Mr. Hill. Just as {
,e fectually II cuts off the aspiratio
,s of the other "reorganlzers." We a
is somewhat used to defeat. No CO
ne siderable part Of the six and hi
IA millions of men who were assembl
at under the Democratic standard
he 1920 can become accustomed to tu,
he ing their colors over to the men W
. then baselv daaarfsd than