Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-18
ATTITUDE OF PARTIES
POSITIONS OF REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS
The Foymes stand fsr csrt-ia faa'
dsmsstsi Ideas. while the Latter
Are Csat.at 10 Oppose tssrJ'hins
onsssd by Their nisais-

IL is oommsa thing u hesg u said
that thsEe Is lstie di1rFsaee In Sh.s cana
paisu bstwe-a ths I.sslgiaa of The iss,
pah!iean ani the DeisaSeralir parties, ASA
that ssEae people 10 no, Uinrh care HEirh
Wins. Never Was a more radical hias'
take made. Tterp Is aide snif be
tween the slani of the tRp i.assirs'
Gsiff No: ofrans separate the out
posts Of each from the gghsE:
The Itspnhilcaa l'sHy is plin,ri sSli.
I, upoa esrtaia fnn'iau4riiial ideas, ahi
The actual working oai ~ thasr ii1ss
forms the uiain rock OF IT. suppSfI ~
i. a eatntsn1ii,n Of mrh Who b-liere In
setIss lei by a tnan OF E~sistless easF'
a. DsEins the last halt esatnFy the
Uspablirnn tsaEty has bell Ioseihss the
American Ualph ani mais II Hatb"n-
IL has ahallshr,i slavery forever tFVui
suF shsFus. IL has. thE0ash the pEssee-
tive tariff and other measures, huih ~
ta,lsaai and iasiiylinni IrosprsiH'
has. Ia VrFy Ferrut years. caused the
Anssrleaa nation % b. respected through
90, the usglI as a hr.t'ciass lssArr.
dlcsatIns. to-day. policy ot iussie" aud
Ialg draiins Ia international Affairs. N
EsFoIc. Asla and th- Islands OF t.r
seas. u has fought eu, the hsa' TOT
The gold standard. putting the natian on
q sound financial footing with the rrs'
Q. the 4osii. IL stanis. noU. t"r hn.
man srr.Sisu. equal justice - all. equal
opt.s.;nnI,lss 10 all. Ni,hoa; Essisd u
rar-. creed OF caisr. IL stands for pros
tcgsty at hsnr and recognition atr"dh.
Ins homes, money. fsg national cE-it. Tot
practical work. Of Internal improvement
4, las Initiated the disElns OF tho Tan
ANA Canal u has begun the itftEa'
tlon OF the arid regions OF tue West
II has inausurat~l an era OF -iucaii"n'
Of sanitary reform. of civil aud religious
liberty ~ the new American posses
slons In the Atlantic and Pacific. The
Republican party j. a party ~ work
II docs ihinEsl II u alive. progressive
rirIlr and practical II i. In u. rrFs
nature. constructive. IL !s hNins.
growing force, because II IL made W OF
the men Of the natsoa who possess the
power OF takinE the Initiative IN All
forms OF activity.
What About the oppssitions
And what al.su, the Democratic party.
the PARTY which some people Hrc saying
{. 20, far difIcscni, a; present. from i's
Tivalf 90,
What has the Democratic party said
Or done during the las, half century,
1, has simply laid it, ears back and
Lickcdl IL has been the lcidcn lump
10 lift IN all great enterprises niiicr'
taken by the country from 1850 on u
the present moment OF time. II opposed
,h. war for the Union with all u.
strength. In 1864 its National conScn'
ton declared THE WAR \ FAIL
uRE." II opposed. with heart aud soul.
the freeing OF the slaves. The district
In which slavery iiouri-hei Is still Dem
4 hg
protective tariff, aud opposes II still. II
stop,ei the wild craze for free silvci
aud has never rcPuiiatci or disownc,
It's doctrines OF 1896 and 1900. II hcl,
back the Panama Canal and would have
time. cvcFyw6cFc aud aTIywrisiS- bT.i
wrong. With certainty which Is mar
'elous II takes the wrong side OF ever,
public question.
And now, after the heat aud burden o
work borne by its opponent. this part,
OF ignorance. llzincss, procrnstinntioi
and disaster asks TO be given the rcins o
national powcri II claims for itself con
sideration on the ground of perpctua
fault'hndinG with things as they ar,
and as they ought to be.
How can any sane man say tha, III,
difference between the two great partic.
IS not great! One means health. brains
' "oiN' ihc SpNlHs OF hnrd prob
lens, the assisting OF the heavily bur.
dcned. the holding OF n great strong
nation to its grand purpose in the bet.
tcrins OF mankind. The other means
standing still. looking backward. and 20.
ing backward, for man or nation standing
still Is bound to retrogradc.
There must be something in the air
which dulls perception when men can
say that they find little difference this
year between the two great political
parties. Fatncss anj prosperity have
caused some people to lose quick percep.
ton and Judgment. There would be n
rude awakening for them IL the Demo
Gratis should win the November elec-
uons. The chances are much a a.aipst
any such catastrophe for the sleepy
brethren who don't much care" 1t Is
curious phenomenon. however, the fact
of their existence.