The Monticellonian., 1904-04-28

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 partisanshjp than their Democracy.
 The senatorial race. while of great
 interest 10 the two opposing candi- i dates. is merely all incident in the
 history of the party. The party
 and the country will be safe if eith-
 CT or neither is elected But the
 action of the bolters may create
 divisions and antagonisms that
 may be hard to heal or overcome.
 and that may weaken the party in
 some localities for years. Anger
 and disappointment should not
 control the action of Democrats in q personal contest between two
 Democrats for an office on which
 either has any especial claim. The
 bolting spirit Is antagonistie to 1 Democratic interests, and in the
 end it cannot benefit any candidate
 in whose interests 1t is manifested.
 Boters and independents have no right in Il Democratic caucus, or in Democrat councils. and when ever q bolter appears he should re- cciVr no support from Democrats. Nashville American.
 This timely editorial from the
 American opens up the whole
 question as to the value of or ganized Democracy. It is a self evident proposition to start
 with that if a party expects to
 win victories it must be organ ized We have no sort of criti- eism for that large body of vot- CTS who preserve their independ- enee, and decline to be bound by party ties. Their position Is en-
 tirelv ineligible and entirely
 honorable They want to see good government, they have no
 axes to grind and no personal ambition to gratify. They feel that they.owe nothing to any
 political party, and they care
 nothing for the success of any political party. We have only respect for this class of citizens
 as long as they are consistent
 and true to their beliefs and
 principles But 1t is evident. at
 glance, that when they en- deavor to control any party and
 to enjoy the usutruct of party success they are no longer enti-
 tied to our respect and esteem
 They become then mere spoil hunters and selfseekers.
 The great mass of the people subscribe to the doctrine of or. ganized parties. The Repubh- can party Is thoroughly organ ized. It is in our judgment an embodied danger to the repub- lie. 1t stands tor chartered rob bery, for graft, for lawlessness, for extravaganza and for politi- cal corruption To contend with 1t. there must be an organ ized Democracy. The founder of the Democratic party, Thom- as Jefferson, promulgated the orx at government whose value has never been assailed. His idea was that the nation should be supreme Tn national affairs. the State Tn State affairs. the county in county affairs, the city in city affairs and the town in town affairs. It was the doc Urine i'll short of local self-gov- ment.
 The Democratic party has been organized on similar lines. There Is a national executive committee to call national con ventions and conduct presiden- tial campaigns. Every State has q committee that calls State conventions. Every county has its committee, and every city, where the Democracy is organ ized, has its committee. When any one of these committees calls a convention or a primary, its action is final and binding on all members of the organized Democracy. Of course all or. ganization Democrats will ac- cept the action of the executive committee as to the time, place and manner of holding conven- tions or primaries. 1.-the State committee should call a 2uber- material convention in April, no Democrat would have any right to bolt his party on the ground that 1t was too early, or because personally he preferred prima- rv. This is a selt-evident propo- Sition.-Memphis Commercial.
 While the above articles were written for the benefit ofTennes- seeans they are just as applica- ble to Arkansas Democrats. The bolting spirit is getting too high the whole country over, and if persiste in will illeventually result