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people imagine vain thing Parker's
election?
Why do the Democrats hope TO nc
compllsh any good for the country
while their congressman and senators
are not committed TO cling TO the gid.
ed plank which their presidential can
didate threw out as n life prcserycr as
soon as he discovered the unsca-
worthlncss of the Democratic ship?
Why do the Democrats complain that
our export business il not increasing
fast enough and at the same time
object to our building navy sufficient
to protect the foreign trade we al
ready have2
Why do the Democrats seek, as their
platform states, to 80 reduce our brave
army that II would be hard to sud
denly turn out trained "corporaPs
guard" in time of need?
Why do the Democrats find fault
with the Republican policy Of caring,
to the fullest possible extent, for the
men and those dependent on them who
fought for the honor of their coun.
try's flag?
Why do the Democrats always fight
among themselves when any grave Is
sue Is before the country, as now?
Why do the Democrats imagine they
could handle tho national finances bet.
ter than do the Republicans when the
ledger of the country shows that their
last four years try at that big job re
suited in adding $2G2000,OO0 TO our
bonded debt simply to pay ordinary
running expenses?
Why do the Democrats fail To see
thnt the want of business confidence
which would follow the election Of
their untrlcd candidate would result
In worse paralyzatlon of American
industries than that which followed
the election of their tried candidate
In 1922
Why do the Democrats I'm their plat
form set themselves up rs economic
crS of the national finances when in
their last four years of control they
had I'm time of peace 10 go I'm debt
500, 100000 to square their cash aC-
count?
Why do the Democrats prate I'm their
platform about the "Jcffcrsonian sim
pllcity of living" when IL is well
known fact that Mr. jefferson was an
aristocrat and lived as well and MS
cxpcnsively as did any prominent man
Of his day2
Why do the Democrats insist i'm
their latest platform for liberty of
personal contract" when the silver
plank. still in force. of their two pre-
ceding presidential platforms sought
In effect To- destroy the liberty of
personal contract" 10y making IL illc-
gal for personal contract to be made
payable in gold2
Why do the Democrats In their lat
est platform demand the sacred ful.
iillmcnt of public and private obliga-
tlons" when by reason of the absence
OF n gold money plank In that plat
form their representatives In congress,
bound 10y the free silver plank OF the
two \, .ccding platforms, could justly,
from party standpoint, seek tho en-
actment Of Il law covering that plank,
and that law, If passed would destroy
the sacred fulhllment" business by
enabling debtor TO pay In dollars
worth 30 cents or less contract for
which he had received full value In
100 cent gold dollars?
Why do the Democrats falsely de
nouncc the Republican party as play
ing into the hands of the 50 called
trusts and they put forward n prcSi-
dental candidate backed 10y wall
street and vice presidential candidate
who has become enormously wealthy
through the profits ~ 50 called trusts
Why do the Democrats say in their
platform $50 called that protection
is a robbery" ana in the same para
graph carefully refrain from proposing
Its abolition or even any drastic
changes I'm the tariff?
Why do the Democrats shout aloud
that Roosevelt was "impcrialistic" IN
acquiring what the people wanted the
rights and property OF the Panama ca
nal-ln face OF the fact that the Demo
cratic senator's who tried 10 block the
way were by many southern mass
meetings called Off from further op-
posltionf
Why do the Democrats expect the
intelligent voters TO cast their ballots
for n party whose platform is n series
OF negatlons ana contradictions from
the first word 10 the last?
Why do the Democrats indulge I'm
such a pipe dream as the thought that
the people of the United States want
to put that party ont OF power whose
policy enabled the country 10 export
s57s.000.0o0 worth OF goods more I'm
1904 fiscal year than IN even the very
best Democratic yearl
Why do the Democrats fondiy I'm.
dulge in the ilusory fancy that with
a candidate Of no political record and
Of no positive opinions they can come
within q million votes of defeating that
American American, Theodore Roo-c-
veltl