Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-13

feat legislation for the convenient rObbing OF th
public have their tame men, their hired attorneys
in Office.
The bank Of JacksOn's day dmidly claimed tn
right to q small share Of goVernment-and jackson
killed it for it's temerity.
What would be say tc the swarm OF trusts TO day
whose individual and combined influence, who's
paid or terrorized servants, in or out of Office, con
sttute the governing power in the national admins
tratiOnf
II Jackson was needed in bis, day; how mucl
more is he needed now, with the iearlessness tina
made him do his duty as he saw itl
Needless to say, the Democratic party Of th'
United States, which includes able and successiu
men In all lines Of effort, has never put itself In
position Of hostility to any legitiuately acquired
wealth.
To-day, as in Jackson's day, the Democratic
party is party open to all American Citizens ODE
dent to the laws and faithful TO the constitutions
matter how poor or no matter how rich they be.
No Democrat need be reminded that the ability O
those men who possess honestly acquired riches i
essential 60 the nations welfare.
Those who attack Unfortunately or iealOus
the rights Of the prosperous manufacturer merchant
inventor, banker or other legitimatey successfu
men are not Democrats. They are as blind AM
stupid in their way as those of another class VIII
cry down and attack the rights Of the union ma
who works with his hands,
The Democratic party, more willingly than any
other, recognizes that the men who develop the re
sources OF the country, the men who create tn
wealth, the men who through executive, organic
ing and constructive ability provide opportunity 70
effort, employ labor, distribute wages aud cOnie
benefits upon the whole community, those en-
titled to large reward since those who direct grea
and legitimate business undertakings are essentis
to the prosperity OF the nation.
The promoters of extOrtiOnate and speculativ
trusts do not develop the resources Of the country
1.r.Ah Ho- do
create wealth. but appropriate the wealth whie
others have created. They check prosperity b
concentrating wealth in the hands Of the few out
the savings Of the many. They limit production
they limit opportunity, they limit the emplOymeu
of labor and reduce the labOrer's wage, while the
increase the cost Of living They confer no benefit
on the community. The wealth they possess
stolen money, and the laws of the country shOul
hold them as public criminals.
Managers Of get-rich quick trusts, managers
fraudulent trusts-that great tribe of public rObber
ARE not cOnfounded ia any Democrats mind wit
the honest men whose superior ability, industry
patience or intellect have brought them legitimat
wealth.
The growth and prosperity OF the United State
have merely begun. The nation needs the ables
minds caple Of wide planning and accomplishment
These will continue to be valued and encouraged b
all good citizens. Every Democrat will agree tina
the IabOrer is worthy of his hire, whether he work
LOT 0ay wages or IOE great wealth. SO long ab u
works honestly and legitimately.
The Democratic party is the party Of all homes
working Americans; it is the party that viii pro
mote the welfare Of all those cOntented to live with
in the laws
The Democratic party is the party OF prosperity
the prosperity of the many, not Of the law deiyin
few.
The coming battle Of the Democracy agains
special privilege is already clearly outlined in th
minds Of intelligent voters. This nation was ed
tablished for the benefit Of ell, for the purpose
giving equal legal rights to all The coming 6ght
the Democracy is to preserve The essential charace
OF our American system, and is to be against th
criminal element which seeks TO change the nation
character.
It is the duty Of the Democratic party TO releas
the country from the grip Of extortionate trusts
which, like the Coal Trust and the Beef Trust con
troll the neoessares OF life, increasing the cost
living and destroying the purchasing power Of mon
ey earned.
II IA the duty Of the Democratic party to eliminat
the opportunities Of speculative trusts like the Ss'
Trust and the Shipyard Trust that deceive the put
lie and take the peoples savings in exchange 10
worthless Watered stocks
It is the duty Of the Democratic party 10 preven
the recurrence Of the present national situation
which we see the wages Of tens OF thousands
workers In one single trust reduced in order te sWe
the profits Of manipulatOrs and stuck iObbers
II is the duty Of the Democratic party to ally il
self with the legitimate business interests Of th
country, and, with their aid, 10 overthrow the Rs
publican party which has sold itself to the Crimina
trusts.
None will welcome Democratic success more glad
" than the legitimate business man, who finds
more and more difficult to exist under the throttlin
influence Of the trusts and their growing control
legislation, money and opportunity.
/ To the commercial traveller, the business maI
the mechanic whose wages are cut, the local banke