The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-02-26

DEMOCRACY
AS Interpreted by Ex-PreSident
Grover Cleveland.

peuditure OF public money, loyalty tc
principle, change of administration
In the Philippines, (and I suppose in
the United States,) and a condemna a.
ton of Mr.. Roosevelt for his Pane m
treaty.
The wind.jammers of the Demo
cratic party have consumed tons oil
air In the treatment of these phan
toms In the past. There Is an old
story that ought to be familiar to
most people about a father who had
two sons, and certain piece OF work
he wanted done. He said to one OF
his sons "Son, go and perform that
work." and the son said: II CO." but
he went not; and the father said to
the other son: "Sou, go and do that
work. aud the son swore and said
II will not" but he went and did the
work. We find a parallel In the DEM
ocratic party. That party says:
"Give us control OF National affairs
and we will give you tariff REFORM"
The power Is given them and they
answer with that compromise or ny
Bird affair, known as the "Wilson
BILL" 1t reforms little here and a
little there, and none to speak of any
where.
The Democratic party was In pow
er two terms. Where was the tariff
reform? Where the economy of pub.
lie money? Who defends the foreign
policy OF Mr.. Cleveland Who can
point with any degree OF pride to
those administrations?
The mere reference to those admin.
istrations gives Mr.. Watterson "con-
niption" fits.
The people have been treated on
the Democratic sweet wind cure Till
they have about lost faith in In it.
They must have something a lite
more substantial.
They have heard 10 these many
days that the Republican party Is n
commercial psrtv," a party OF
trusts and combines" They say the
Republican party is "a party of trust
breeders and trust baiters."
But If my memory serves me right,
the Sherman antitrust law was en-
acted during Clevelaud's last admin.
Istration and in due time for him to
have applied 1t, but he did not do it.
Mr.. Roosevelt believed that law
was intended to be enforced and 40
he tried its virtue on the
Northern Society Company and with
what effect the reading public know.
And because of his firm stand against
bad trust he has incurred the enmity
If Wall Street. And the calamity
iowlers cite that fact as proof that he
s not safe as leader. IfWall Street
S tor the nominee the howlers say:
: Behold, a man OF monopoly and
rusts," and If Wall Street Is az ain st
lin, they say: Behold. a man I'M
'afe!" We hypocrites!
You have denounced and fused |
With everything you have thought
would give you lease OF power. You
denounced Populism and then seized |
N to its widest vagary, no to I or
'ust," and proclaimed 1t from every
ross-road, as the only means on the
ace of the earth whereby all the I'm
ginary financial Ills, present or to
ONE, might be eradicated or averted.
Your peerless leader" Mr.. Bryan.
lelped more than any other one man
o shape the Philippine policy, and
hen jumpted on 1t with both feet. "a
t were, before the Ink was fairly
Ivy that recorded 1t.
When President Roosevelt, a year
go, enteIv med in the Anthricite
trike ani appointed board OF arbi-
rators to adjust the differences be-
ween the operators and the miners,
our press teemed with slurs and
GERS. They rung all the changes on
he word, "unoficially." They
you'd have made that arbitration a
allure if they could have done 1t.
They thought they saw some polit-
,al advantage that might accrue to
1r. Roosevelt, if the arbitration sue.
eeded.
Your press urged and impoItuued
ne President to take action on the