The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-04-22
FOR HEARST
Attorney N. A. Ernst Tells Why He

NVoTHcy We ~. CTUSt teHS why ne
Should Be Nominee.
w. r. Hearst Is Democrat. The
word Democrat applies to him in more
than the ordinary meaning Of the term.
The words democrat, aristocrat and
plutocrat are not synonymous. "A man
can not be an aristocrat and at the
same time be a Democrat, because the
same may be esid Of the term pluto
crat. x man may have great wealth
and be a Democrat. because he is will
ling to recognize his fellow citizens as
ms equal before the law. tse people,
and his God. A Democrat does not ioox
upon the dollar mark as the badge
to moral and intellectual manhood,
honesty, and exalted citizenship.
A Democrat believer in the princi-
piles taught by the golden rule and the
sermon on the mount, and those prin-
ciples applied to the government of
men, IN as far as they can be applied
to promiscuous class. They can
never be fully applied, but they ought
never be lost sight Of The great
teacher of men was democratic In his
teaching and life and by no means
aristocratic or plutocratic. The life
and teaching Of Thomas Jefferson were
democratic Those of Hamilton were
aristocratic and plutocratic.
Jefferson taught tnat the person, the
citizen, the man, was the central
thought Of all government. All else
are simple incidents thereto. II the
rights of man as equals before the law
are once settled, the minor details will
adjust themselves.
Democrats must hold the man before
the dollar. Democrats must wage an
unrelenting warfare against centrali-
cation of power Democrats must al
ways hold that the rights OF persons,
natural or artificial, are never greater
than the whole community. They must
.old that the creature Of law Is less
than the creator; that when the crea-
ture of law becomes obstreperons II
must be classified.
A Democrat believes in the masses
measured by intelligent manhood rath-
or than the classes decorated by the
dollar mark.
w. r. Hearst stands for the above
principles and many more that are
sound and democratic to the core. An
aristocrat or plutocrat has little use
for a democrat. He thinks like Baer,
OF coal trust fame, that democrat Is
fit only to be newer Of wood and
drawer Of water.
Europe In the past had it's military
despotism, the castled barons Of the
feudal ages; the United States is fast
becoming an industrial despotism-
with its captains Of industry--as the
lord barons OF the land. An aristo-
crat, plutocrat thinks more of his
dollar than he does Of the rights of
his fellow citizens. He thinks that the
rights of the man, the citizen, are sub
ordinate to the right of the dollar.
Consequently the plutocrat's whole life
is made up of only seeing the dollar;
the man, the image Of his Maker, is
counted but dross, that he may have
his gold.
Hearst should be the Democratic
standard bearer because Of his Democ-
racy. He has large means, but is using
1t for the uplifting Of the masses and
the bringing back Of the government
into the hands Of the people.
Hearst is for the people-that "a
government Of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people might not per-
ish from the earth" Hearst is In
touch with the masses.
Birds Of a feather flock together, by
this sign Parker may be known. He is
associating with Hill, Cleveland and
Belmont, who betrayed the Democratic
party eight years ago. Are these the
men who are to dictate present Demo
cratic policies, and to name the can
didate? The traitors to the Democrat
ic cause in SO and 1900 ought to be
repudiated now because Of their
treacherous act. Was Hearst with MS
or against us in the last two cam
paigns? Let conscientious, Demo-
cratic public answers