The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-25
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Whist the New York American Think
tho Dem osrats
lfgsT DosTo WIN Xxx IhtI;.
IN fdet to win the Democratic
Rasty Mus. !. be Democratic :;
and Stand Up For ;.S
i The Masses. ~ :.
* No real DEM ccrat is discourage d by
Tuskdasls tremendo Repab ablican
victory: The reasons forS lit are
fthoroughly compreh by: all men si
Whps nderstands the country,s needs
and Its deep political currents.
Eli sses who cry, either in exultation
or despair, that the Democratic party
! is snashed, destroy cd, 'sg .'obut ter.
sated T., do not know what Democracy
means. sls g: ~ 81 -
Npthing can kill the Democratic
party except itself, and 1t can commit
suicide only by persistence in being
uudem0crat 4 4. Il
The landslid for Roosevelt, or away
fromssPa ker--hoWeY you choose tu
put was certainly of gigantic pro.
protipns. But look over background 1t
tragefssd and you will see much that
gives profound encouragementJto to; the
true Democrat.
|, Consider the number OF States
which though giving majorities for
the Republican Presidential ticket,
isnePertihaless elected Democratic Gov
arnors. .5;
Roosevelt carried Massachusetts by
Sc. .27s. William T. Douglas, Demo
crat. lis chosen Governor by 35 600.
Roosevelt carried Colorado by TO-
600. Adams, Democrat, gets the
Goverhorship by 1000.
Roosevelt carried West Virginia by
%, 000; Cornwall, Democrat, for Gov
ernors by 10. .00U.
Roosevelt carried the hitherto rock:
ribbed Democratic state of Missouri,
but Folk wins the GovernoIship by
25 900.
Roosevelt carried Minnesota by
lC0, OGC. johnson, Democrat, Is elect
ed Governor.
Roosevelt carried Rhode Island by
10000, yet the Democratic candidate
for Governor was beaten by the mar.
row n5argin Of 591.
The;!Whole country knows why Folk
couldn be yanquished. He stood
SO definitely, SO conspicuously, for
some thing that Missouri would : have
been 45hamed In the eyes of civilizf d
men bf his reflections. The something
that ne. stood for was common homes
ty. asDemocratic District Attorney,
he mate sWar,upon Democratic boud.
lersE the corporate millionaires
With FSom they : id siness y
s,..,z ss,.,,.-,;i4
chusrats usually as safely. Republi-.
can ii !1ess;a.ss!:s safely Democratic
rises in its broad Significance above
all the rest.
HisIRepublican antagonist, Bates,
secured the Govcfnorship year ago
by a plurality of 35,9o4. Douglas
goes In by plurality Of $40.
This represents shifting OF ~ 900
votes.
How came this political miracal to
be worked in Ma sachusetts?
Organized labor did it.
IL all the mill towns Douglas won
by big majorities.
A manufacturer and a large en-
ployer Of labor, Mr.. Douglas is also a
man, who believes In treating the
worker with Justice. And he opposes
the shackling OF trade with robbing
tariff duties that helps the trusts at
the expense OF legitimate bu ,iness in,
terests and the whole people.
The labor vote elected Douglas.
what Is the Democratic party with
out the labor vote? What reason has
the Democratic party to exist il it
does not give cause to the men who
toll to be with it?
The Roosevelt avalanche does not
in the least alter the fact that the
great, the overwhelming majority OF
the American people are Democratic
the fact that they believe in equal
rights and are against special privi-
lege.
Give them the opportunity to vote
for Democratic principIes-nake the
issue plain between favors for the few
and fair play for the many-and they
will vote for the right and in their
own interest.
And the people are quite able tt
discriminate. Their adherence to
| Democratic candidates in many
States who stood for something while
the Roosevelt tide was rushing, proves
that clearly.
| These Democratic successes, it must
be kept in mind, were achieved under
the most adverse circumstances
could hardly have been worse. Tt
resist political tidal wave calls FOL
intelligence and steadfastness
Douglas, Folk and the other Dem
ocratic Governors have their unulis
taxable lesson for the Democratic
party as to what It's national course
must be II 1t is to escape the recur
renee Of such defeats as that whiof
overlook it on the 8th.
The party has only to be Democrat
ic to win.
There is needed simply nationa
platform containing the fundamental,
OF Democracy -Jefrersouian princi
Piles applied TO the c)nditions no mat
ter how dear they may be as hobbie.
to any leader or clement. And or
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