Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Wnen lts virtues are wholly IN the past
and it can point to nothing butivice in
the present, when it seeks to convince
men that its policies will pay rather
than that they are right, when the
only inducement it holds out to the !
voter is that 1t will benefit his pocket
or stomach to vote its ticket, when it
sneers at sincerity in public men and
ridicules uprightness US source of
weakness, it will be cat out and be-
come thing hated of men and ac-
cursed of God.
What argument has he Republican
party addressed to any man within the
last quarter of century that reaches
higher than his pocket or stomachP
What single count in the above indict-
ment is not true of it? Attempt to
talk to Republican about the plat
form pledges of his party and he will
refer you to the Democratic admins
tration of Grover Cleyeland, who is a
Democrat to the same degree that
Judas Iscariot was a saint. Call his
attention to the atrocities committed
by men who disgrace the uniform OF
the United States soldier in the Philip
pines-be nservative--mention moth
ing but facts that are uDdisputed, like
Gen. Smith child.killing, house-burn-
ing order, or the torture of priest
for purposes of robbery; call his at
tention to the fact that the admins
tration will not permit the records in
these cases to be laid before the peo-
Pile, although they belong to the peo-
pie, and he will tell you that he has
no time to talk politics. Ask him
what he thinks of Judge Adams order
which practically compells men to con-
tinue at work for corporation; or of
Judge Kellaher's order that merchants
shall not sell provisions or other
necessaries to men who refuse to work
for q mining company, and he will
smile weakly and inform you that he
is not well up in the laws against an
archy. Try to discuss the tariff,
trusts, the asset currency scheme, or
any other vital issue now before the
people, and he will show an equal dis
inclination to talk politics. Press the
matter and he will get mad.
This condition is not an indication
of Republican success. The men who
manage that party are filled with fear
that it will be disastrously defeated at
the coming election 1t Is this fear
that makes them eager to control the
Democratic organization. To the end
that Mr.. Byran may be eliminated
from it, they will pour out their money
like water. With Hill, or German, or
any other deserter of 1896, or 1900, in
charge of it, they feel as secure as if
Mark Hanna was at the helm, for they
know that not single unjust privil-
ege which they now have will be taken
from them, and not single unfair ad-
vantage they now enjoy will be cur
tailed.
If the Democratic party is true to
itself, if it stands by Its traditions, If
it reiterates the Kansas City platform,
If it repudiates the reoreanizers who
are trying to Republicanize it, if it
puts forth as its standard bearer a
sincere, able, upright man, in hearty
sympathy with the common people, no
corruption fund that can be accumu-
lated will avail to secure it's defeat
The fight within the party ranks be-
tween the regulars and the reorgan.
izers will settle the question OF victory
or defeat in 1904. If the reorganizers
win, they do not expect to lead the
party to victory. They expect to pre-
vent Republican policies from being
interfered with. But the reorganizers
will not win. They will never again
be permitted TO make the Democratic
party a jackal to the Republican lion,
as they did under the Cleveland admin
istration. With the Democratic organ
ization in the hands OF its friends
there need be no fear OF the result In
1904. The hearts and conscience oil
the Republican masses have at last
been reached. The four hundred
thousand votes which the socialists
polled last year, most of which came
from Republican strongholds, point to
this fact. Let Democrats keep their
powder dry for enemies within as well
as without their ranks and all will be
we'll. --Potosi independent.
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