The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

essential Is to realize just what is involved believe the task which democratic ad ministration can perform Is an effective examination of every department and 2 thorough cleansing of any impurities thai may be discovered in them.
 Should the democratic party go before the country proclaiming an honest purpose to discharge this pressing duty with ab- solute sincerity, and If the nominee of the St. Louis Convention was man of such character as to convince the people not merely that the purpose of the party was sincere, but that the agent chosen to effect it was entirely competent, have no doubt whatever that the ticket would be over whelmingly elected. A man. to meet these requirements must possess peculiar and very unusual qualities. He must be a man of unswerving courage, unbending honesty, unhagging resolution, who can neither be intimidated cajoled, seduced nor fatigued.
 Whether the peculiar tendencies of the present administration, its irresistible dds position to foreign adventure, It's spectac- ular and undignified attempts to initiate foreign ceremonials and foreign methods of diplomacy, it's eagerness to Increase armaments, its actual subserviency to the worst political elements, while processing devotion to lofty ideals, shall be complete lv expelled from our political system. or made permanent features of 1t. will be Undermined by the success or defeat of the candidate who has originated most oi them and is the embodiment of all of them The platform, If 1t be honest, candid ano sincere. must necessarily be brief The fact that there is no chance of our obtain mo nossesslon of both the legislative and executive departments renders any decla' ration of legislative intention superfuou' and therefore objectionable on every qror,nd. They cannot possibly be carried out. and to profess purposes impossible o accomplishment is neither prudent mol impressive nor entireiy honest but II .n' subjects with which the platform can dea ara few they are nevertheless so impor- tant that the sincerity of the party must be made absolutely beyond question.
 Cannot Sneak Info PoUer.
 ona thing. 1t seems to me. Is absolutely certain. The democratic party canno sneak into power. Whatever It's purposes rnav he they must be distinctly avowed and nlaced beyond any question. The strongest feature of the platform will tberefore be the character of the candi. do+a Here it seems to me, the party i; sing,,,arIv rich in excellent material Glance at the candidates available for ths cons,deration of the St. Louis Convention and then contrast that imposing wealth oi rasa,,roes with the almost entire sterility as tha field to which the choice of the other marty Is limited. It Is hardly an ex-
 ssatIon to say that if MT. Roosevelt dfad before the last of June the Chicago sssambly would hardly be able to effec a nomination, or indeed to find a candi d..s before the first Monday following thu first Tuesday of November.
 ITO the Democratic Convention the State of New York presents man who is ths ox.ct opposite to the swashbuckhng. jingo. ts+5c rough riding eccentric man who ha. alreody assumed the position of republican candidate. If Judge Parker's record satisfy inc delegates that he possesses the quail Has necessary to fight for reform as st renuously as republican leaders have yoSoSo~SoSo S>oN>oS-oNo lEnglshman, who had been a silent though apparently interested member of the par ty met Mark Twain on deck
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