Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-03-25
THE DEMOCRATIC
SITUATION.

There should be no Old line Demo
Gratis, no Gold Bugs, no Silverites
and no Boilers, what we want is a
United Democracy. The two first
things essential to. bring about that
state of harmony is for the former
adherents of both Cleveland and Bry-
an to get both these gentlemen thor
oughly out of their mind as availables
for the nomination this year. When
that is done they can all join togeth-
Ell. and turn their efforts to good ac-
count in seeking out material that
will not only be acceptable to the
different wings of then united Par
ty, but to the voters of this great
and glorious country. OF course we
know that considering the rivers of
printers ink and tons and tons of
vituperation that the Bryanites fred
at Cleveland while on top in the
Party Council during the last two
Campaigns, is hard to let pass by,
but in forgiving and banding togeth
er as brothers will our great strength
lie. To expunge the imputations that
have been cast at the head of 1.-The
Sage of Princeton would be nice
compliment to pay him while now in.
his declining years, 'twould make
pretty reading in history, but at the
same time, nothing could, as we SEQ
it, be a more disastrous move for the
success of Democracy, and Success is
what is the aim now, not Expunge-
ment. Cleveland was a great, good
and undoubtedly one of the wisest
men who has graced the Presidential
Chair in the last decades, but like
other mortals he made some mistakes
the price for which he paid the pen
atty in his rather untimely relega-
ton to tho rear by his own Party,
this was destiny and beyond the pow
en- of man or measures to change or
10 now right. The Party has also
paid its tribute of error in two hum
iliating defeats. Lessons and many
of them have been learned. Shall we
profit thereby? There is great di--
paragement of opinion amongst lead
ers as to who should be selected to
head the ticket. Some advocate one
and some another, Tillman 5 boom
seemed to have died with his foolish
to the Panama Canal
Treaty, Olney has also been laid in
the shade. 1t narrows down now
seemingly between Hearst and Par
ker, as opposed to one another, with
chances for the springing of dark
horse in the Convention.
Let the selection fall upon whom it
may, there is still another consider
alton beyond the harmonizing of the
internal organism of the Democratic
Party TO be looked after. and this is
the acceptability of the Nominee to
the Voters of the Country. A vigo-
rious man in the prime of his useful |
ness is needed as opposed to Roose-
welt at the ballot box, if any chances
of victory are aimed at, one who has
and ability, one whose pow
ers are not on the wane, but in the
of brilliant ascendency,
and who has the happy pose and die
tum of inducing the people with his
worth. A platform built on the re-
form idea with such man as this on
the ticket will assure Democracy
once more of splendid chance to |
get another Administration of Ma
tiOnal affairs It's star has been ris- |
ing in several of the states in the |
late elections. Impress our populace |
with confidence in the National tick
et put forth and we have them com
ing our way. Myriads of obstacles !
will be thrown in our path, twill be
an uphill fight, but a hard won vic
tory is almost better appreciated than
IN easy one. Our hopes and allcgi-
lnce lie with the Party, when the
Convention shall have met and per-
formed its duties. then we can better
decide upon how the toss of the dice
will fall