Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15

extend slave labor at the expense of free
iaDor' The sacrifice of principle neces-
| STATED by this relationship led to rapid
oecay. 'Ihe party ceased to produce
| great leaders. Men of conscience aud
courage, like Thomas II. Benton. left
u. The significance of this period is the
illustration it gives of the disastrous re-
suits of betrayal of principles. to the
morals, honor and usefulness of a party.
The people have not trusted the Demo
cratic party since, except during the two
Drlef nightmares of the Cleveland ad-
ministrations.
Party's sha mefuI Record.
Founded on the wrong side of moral
and political ethics, it spent the first
sixty years of its existence along the
hnes of ACKNOWLEDGMENT and narrow
partisan legislation. While protesting
In Its platforms to be the friend of the
masses, it persistenly enacted laws
which bound them to penury and dis
tress. While publicly advocating a
broad, intelligent citizenship, it voted
against individual freedom. While beat
ing the tom-toms for prosperity to the
people, 1t voted against cheap postage,
the Homestead law, and the Resumption
OF Specie Payment. Claiming to be in
favor of higher standard of living for
the workingman, it enacted free-trade
measures which sent him into indefinite,
enforced idleness, and reduced him and
his family to the level of the pauper
labor of Europe. Processing the utmost
patriotism, it gave all possible aid to
the rebellion.
Some Com parisens.
Contrasted with the grand old Repub-
lican party: the one abolished slavery,
the other upheld it to the last; the one
put down the rebellion, the other sup
ported the rebellion; the one preserved
the National faith and credit, and paid
| the National debt, the other tried every
scheme and expedient to stultify the re-
public and avoid the debt; the one pre-
served the standard of value unchanged,
the other sought to tamper with it and
destroy it.
Gets Worse Instead of Better.
The professions and promises of the
Democratic party, during the past forty
three years, and the absence of all per-
fermance are as notorious as ever. They
show the lack of ideas, or purpose, but
| abound in hypocritical dogmas and
| fatulent pretenses. 1t has reversed
itself on almost every important Ma
tional measure and brought upon itself
the ridicule of right-thinking people.
Apropos of this deplorable condition in
the party, Mr.. Dooley" proposed the
following want ad., little while before
the st. Louis conventions:
"WANTED-A good, active. energetic
Dimmycrat sthrong iv lung an limb;
| must be in favor Nv sound money, but not
too sound; an anti-impeeryalist, but FIR
| holdin onto what we've got; an inimy Of
| thrusts, but friend Nv organized capital;
a sympathizer with tn crushed an down
| throdden people, but not be amy means
hostile to vested inthrests; must advocate
sthrikes, COVER mint be injunction, free sill
| yer, sound money, greenbacks, single
| tax, tariff FIR rivinoo; tn CONSTRUCTION
| to follow tn flag as far as it can, an nc
| farther; civil service rayform iv tn la'ads
| in Offices an all tn great an gloryous
| principles Nv our great an gioryous party
| or amy great an gloryous parts thereof
He must be akelly at home in Wall stree
| an tn stock yards, in tn parlors iy tn
r-rich an TIL kitchens iv tn poor
Cieveiandis m and Democracy.
| During Cleveland's administration ou
| National debt increased a half million
| dollars a day in the face of the party
| promise of better times. Each day w
lost half a million dollars in foreign
| trade. During that administration tn
| value of farm products decreased NOR
than five hundred million dollars. Dis
trust and panic paralyzed the great in
dustrial system of the country. Bank
closed their doors; business houses as
| signed; the balance of trade was agains
| us; capital withdrew from the fields O.
| legitimate enterprise into secret places
| labor was forced into unwilling idleness
we had deserted mills, smokeless facto
ries, silent machinery. We had tramp:
| and beggars, Industrial armies. staryin.
women and children. Two million able
bodied men were begging for work
the opportunity to earn bread for theil
| starving families.
Unworthy Of Existence.
This happened during the administra
ton of the Democratic party which dur
| ing fifty years has added nothing t.
progress, nothing to the cause of liberty
nothing to freedom, nothing to the glory
of our common country. This is the
party that, no matter what it promises
always goes into partnership with calam
| ity. 1t feeds on disaster and fattens OF
| despair. The only time it has had con
| troll of this country during this gener
| alton, it shut the doors of industry and
] clothed labor in rags 1t fought under
| the dishonored banner of free silver, il
opposed keeping our flag IN the Orient
| and advocated that it be lowered in
retreat and trailed in the dust of dis
/ honor. Such is a part of the record OF
\ the party of calamity, professions and
1 promises-the oft-defeated, discouraged
| disorganized. disgraced, divided, decrepit
| old Democratic party. 1t stands to-day
| without an issue, without principle
| without policy, without platform
| without Il leader and without hope.
| In closing we quote s. e. Kisor, OF
| the Nebraska Independent, who puts
| these words in Bryan's mouth as regards
| Parker and his party:
"Rrvar's Position.
| Friends and countrymen. let's trust him
Though he's not a man to trust
4 Let's endeavor 10 elect him.
Though his cause is far from just;
/ / have put away ali rancor
| As ] promised thnm ] would,
/, am for the splendid ticket,
Though ii isn't any good.
| "Let us grid ourselves for battle