Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-08-11
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washington, Augusts. 1904.


1t may be interesting TO the read
ers Of this correspondence TO know
that the reason they have not heard
from me for week is because ]
have been away and in the interest
OF the democratic party, and Incl
dentally in their own interest. !
believed it was to their interest and
TO the interest Of every democrat IN
the country to have correct pen
picture of Judge Alton Brooks Par
ker, my candidate and their candi-
date for President Of The United
States. / have been writing and
you have been reading these letters
for nearly two years now, and !
feel that all Of the readers OF these
letters feel and know that my dem.
ocracy is on straight. They may
have and, many no doubt did, dis
agree with me concerning my per
sonal preferences before the nomi-
nation was made at ST. Louis. but
there is no disagreementamongr real
democrats after the nomination has
been made and we have lined up for
the fight against the common enemy.
There should be no disagreement
among democrats when the fact is
staring them in the face that their
liberty is being raped, their patri,
mony is being stolen from them. the
very bread is being taken from them
by the rapacious trusts Of the coun-
try, as we'll as their meat, that they
are adrift on the unknown sea OF
colonialism which is foreign 10 the
letter and the spirit Of the Constitu-
ton Of the country; that the lust Of
loot and the greed OF graft has per
meated and honeycombed every de.
partment OF the national government
until il reeks with rottenness.
II is up to the people TO stop this
riot of rapacity or allow their grand
republic and the greatest govern
ment ever established by man since
the tide Of time began, to fall to
pieces, 10 disintegrate OF its own rot.
tenness because owned and controll-
ed by the predatory wealth Of the
country which also owns and con.
trolls the republican party, its agent.
The only way the people can do this
is TO defeat the republican party IN
the campaign just now opening up,
and the only way to defeat the re-
publican party is TO vote the demo
cratic ticket straight from top 10
bottom. | appeal to the republican
voters of the country whoare honest
men regardless OF their past politi
cal affiliations, to the great and indie
pendent voter who votes his consci
ence and his honest convictions re.
CARELESS of party lines and to the
good old straight democrat who votes
his ticket after the nomination has
been made no matter how sorely dis
appointed he may have been at the
result. No man, however, has the
right to be disappointed at the re-
suit. As every man knows who has
read this correspondence for the
past year and half, J did not sup
port Judge Parker for the nomina
ton. If, as a man who did not sup,
port him for the nomination. | re-
joice now in his nomination and hon
estly believe that il was the solution
of the problem Of getting together Of
the the warning factions OF the demo.
cratic party, other men who were
similarly minded can do the same
thing with the greatest good grace
in the world.
| say to the democrats OF the coun-
try and to the people in general that
the democracy Of the nation in con
vention assembled at St. Louis made
nomistake in the nomination Of Judge
Alton b. Parker for the presidency
OF the country. This is the verdict
of every leading democrat in the en-
tire nation who had the pleasure and
the privilege Of meeting Judge Par
ker and taking him by the hand. / |
have had that pleasure and that priv.
ilege, and ii is of that ! desire to say
a few words concerning The demo
cratic standard bearer In this cam
paign to my readers.
CHARLES A. EDWARDS.