Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-16

process it is. know also that the re-
publicans have been trying TO change the
MINDS of democrats, and that is SLOW
process. Therefore | know that man
who talks about $500, 900 people, turning
around suddenly and going in the oppo'
site direction does not know what he is
talking about. Those who went down to
defeat with us went down because they
believed in the things that they fought
for, and know that they were willing to
suffer defeat and fight for what they be-
lieved, rather than surrender their con-
victions on great questions in order to
win any nominal victory, however great,
that might be promised as reward for
that surrender.
know that these have not changed
and will not change their opinions on
great fundamental principles. When l
hear that people have met at some high.
priced hotel and decided to nominate a
candidate for the presidency who will
accept the nomination only on condition
that the platform repudiates the plat
forms OF 1896 and 1900, it does not worry
me. say, "Wait until the fellows at
the threshing machines; wait until the
fellows in the shops; wait until the fell
lows who do the working and the voting
wait until these get together, and thew
will not ask such man to accept a
nomination for the presidency.
My friends, I want to predict that no
man in your lifetime or in mine will ever
he presidential candidate on the demo-
cratic ticket who will be ashamed to adj
NIT ;hat he stood for the principles set
forth in the platforms of 1896 and 1900.
( II victory were the only thing we were
contending for; if we would put our argu-
ment on the low plane OF trying to get
the Offices only, we could not afford to
surrender our convictions
If young man comes to me and asks
me how he can succeed in life, | tell him
that first he must be honest; that, sec
ond, he must be industrious, and that il
he is honest and Industrious, his success
will be measured by his ability. If he
asks me if can assure him success i'm
mediately, | tell him no; that no person
can guarantee anything in the future,
either for himself or for anybody else.
But tell him that he cannot afford 10
build for today or tomorrow; he must
build for life. And no man has an IDEAL
that is worth following that is not high
enough to keep him looking upward until
he dies. No man has an IDEAL that is
worth following that is not so far in front
Of him that he cann.t overtake it while
he lives. The young man who will build
his life upon a firm foundation, who will
be honest, upright and faithful to every
trust, cannot live in any community
twenty-five years without being called
upon to act as the representative and
spokesman Of his fellows.
And so it is with the democratic party
II we attempt to build for tomorrow, we
build in vain. If we attempt to catch a
little temporary popularity by selling our
principles on the auction block, or buying
policies at junkshop, we will not only
fail OF immediate success, but we will fail
OF ultimate success.
There never was time when this coun~
try was more in need OF Il real democratic
party than it is today. Never in this
country's history did we need more
complete application of democratic
principles than now.
We have suffered for ten years because
in 1892 we had a victory for the name,
without victory for the principles OF the
party. In 1896 the democratic party was
dsorganized. Why? Because we had
won victory in 1892 that betrayed the
hopes of the people who gave victory to
the party.
Every little while see by the papers
that they are going to have harmony
meeting; that they are going to bring to-
gether the men who. have fought each
other. | do not believe that we ought to
risk a harmony meeting unless we com.
pei the people who attend to leave their
revolvers at the door. There is no use in
having a harmony meeting between peo-
pie who dislike each other more than
they dislike republicans.
have been invited to one or two meet
ings where Mr.. Cleveland was invited
and I have refused to attend. And
have refused Oh the ground that he twice
helped to elect a republican ticket, and
that he has never intimated in the least
that he intended to be democrat again.
would rather meet at democratic
board an open republican enemy than a
hypocrite who pretends to be friend OF
the party while opposing its principles
But have about made up my mind to
accept the next invitation that receive
to harmony banquet where Mr.. Cleve-
land is to be present, but l shall make
my acceptance conditional upon being
allowed to take as my toast "Grover
Cleveland and His Democracy" think
I can handle that suhiect in such wov