Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
SOM r ADVISORS
REPUBLICAN PAPERS AGAIN AD-
WISE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
With Generous Spirit the Kansas City Journal
Would Suggest Means Whereby Its
Party Could be Defeated by Democrat in
the Next Presidential Election. -.

Under the title "More Free Advice"
the Kansas City Journal recalls the adj
vice that it has given to the democratic
party, and ventures to furnish another
installment. The Journal names it's
favorite democratic candidate for 1908.
and says that if he ia put in nomination
he will give the republican nominee "a
hard run" and will even beat him should
the latter be "a bad or weak man." 1t
will be remembered that the republican
papers were very generous with their adj
vice last spring. They were unseltish
enough to point out to unwary democrats
1.-THE way to win" They dwelt with
affected sorrow upon the defeats offS96
and 1900, and attributed them to the
fact that the party did not have the
confidence OF the "business elements.
They pretended sincere desire to SO
strengthen the democratic party as to
make it strong competitor with the
republican party. They did not exactly
promise victory to the reorganizers, but
assured them that by following a con-
sentative course they could make the
democratic party strong and influential
force in politics. These republican sug-
gestions were quoted with approval by
that portion OF the corporation press
which, that it may better deceive the
public, calls itself democratic.
Judge Parker was the favorite candi-
date of those papers, and his praises
were sung loud and long. When he was
nominated the republican papers ap-
plauded, although not so vigorously as
they had praised before. AS soon, how
ever, as the campaign opened they be-
gan to find fault with Judge Parker.
They began to describe as elements of
weakness the very things which they
had pointed to before the convention as
elements OF strength, and before the
campaign was over they were abusing
him like pickpocket and applying all
sorts OF epithets to him. The more
forcibly he attacked the republican posi-.
ton tiie more bitter became the republic
can condemnation, and when he pointed
out, what everybody ought to know to be
true, that the president could not finance
his campaign from the treasures of the
trusts without putting himself under
obligations to them, expressed or i'm
piled, the republican press with one
accord denounced him as slanderer
and falsifier. fore the election the
republican papers began to prophecy
that Judge Parker would be beaten" worse
than Bryan was" When the election
was over they consigned him to oblivion
without tear or funeral wreath.
The experience OF this campaign ought
to be lesson to those democrats who
are tempted to take advice from republic
can editors and leaders. The democratic
party cannot strengthen itself by follow.
ing the course that the partisan republi-
cans point out.
The democratic party, ii it is demo
cratic, must expect to arouse opposition
Republican praise of democratic leader
is not the best recommendation he Car
have. In fact, it is rather complimentary
than otherwise for the republicans t
assail democratic leader. First, it il
evidence that he is prominent enough to
attract their attention, and second, it il
evidence that they fear the effect OF his
attack upon republican politics. 1t il
time for the democrats to counsel witt
each other and to avoid the snares ant
traps that are constantly being set b!
the republican leaders.