The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

it the business to be subsidized coulc not be carried on at profit; that Is tt say. it could not be carried on at all If it be proper to pay one may for go l ing into losing business, 1t seems diff fcult to realize why 1t would not be al least proper to pay another man foi going into a profitable business.
 If one man is to be paid for engaging | in the shipping business. which must bt carried on at a loss. 1t Is difficult to seq why it would not be equally defensibls l to pay another man for engaging in tht business of agriculture or plumbing oi tailoring. which can be carried on al a profit. IfrGhe ship owners should bs paid. why should not the farmer bt paid. why should not the plumber bs | paid, why should not any one be paid Why, indeed, is any excuse necessary for turning the contents of the Treas ury over to favorites of the party con. trolling the Government?Why is not | the mere possession of the Treasury sufficient excuse for footing 1t?
 Of course, this plunder must be pro- vided in some way or other. There Ii
 but one source from which 1t can come | and that is the pockets of the people
 The demand for government favoor al ways grows with every concession, ant
 as concessions multiply the means tx
 
 levy of additional taxes. To this ex- tensive system of bounties, proteo. tions and subsidies there can be bu one possible result, and that is a panic followed by profound industrial de. pression, which can be relieved onlS through the reform of these abuses. "suspected" and Clean Hands. If the method of raisinng revenues cannot be affected by the election. and therefore, cannot be an issue of thu
 campaign, the election can determine how the proceeds of revenue shall bt
 expended; whether they shall be trust.
 ed to hands that are suspected or handi
 that are undoubtedly clean. To make an effective campaign, thu first essential Is to realize just wha is involved. I believe the task whici Democratic administration can per form is an effective examination O every department and a thorougf cleansing of any impurities that may be discovered in them.
 Should the Democrathic Party go be- fore the country proclaiming an hones purpose to discharge this pressing duty
 with asolute sincerity, and if the nom inee of the St. Louis Convention was a 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 1t was entirely competent, I have no doubt whatever that the ticket would be overwhelming ly elected. man to meet these re- quirements must possess peculiar and very unusual qualities. He must be a man of unswerving courage, unbending
 honesty, unnagging resolution, who can
 neither be intimidated. caJoled, seduced nor fatigued.
 IA nArmIfar fandpnrfaa nf the present administration, It's irresist-
 ible disposition to foreign adventure,
 its spectacular and undignihed at- tempts to initiate foreign ceremonials and foreign methods of diplomacy, its eagerness to increase armaments, its actual subserviency to the worst po- liticaI clements, while protesting devo- tion to lofty ideals, shall be complete ly expelled from our political system. or made permanent features of 1t will
 be determined by the success or defeat of the candidate who has originated most of them and is the embodiment
 of all of them. The platform. if 1t be
 honest, candid and sincere, must neces- sarily be brief. The fact that there is no chance of our obtaining possession
 of both the legislative and executive departments renders any declaration
 of legislative intention superhuous and therefore, objectionable on every
 ground. They cannot possibly be car
 ried out, and to profess purposes im- possible of accomplishment is neither prudent nor impressive nor entirely
 honest. But if the subjects with which the platform can deal are few, they are nevertheless so important that the sim cerity of the party must be made abso- 1 lutely beyond question.
 Cannot Sneak Into Power.
 One thing. 1t seems to me, Is abso-
 lutely certain. The Democratic Party cannot sneak into power. Whatever It's