The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-11-18
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

You may scratch your head and TOOL
at 1t from any view point You pleas
and there is little or no comfort il
Tuesdays election to an old time Jack
on-JeffeIson Democrat.
But If we can and will forget dul
party predictions and preJudices, an6
let the dead past bury its dead ,no
turn our thoughts to the future. the re
are few cases isolated perhaps FIR, m
which we may draw some comfort,
and some inspiration. and some hope.
If the Democratic party is dead-and
IL not dead 1t Is terribly disfguIed; if
1t is dead. time serving politicians and
time serving policies have killed 1t.
1t met its Waterloo not on the 9Th
at the polls hut at the convention in
st. Louis last summer. That was a
square back down from principle, for
the sake of the loaves and fishes OF
Office. The politicians who managed
and controlled the affair were so
hungry for federal PIE. and their ears
were SO keenly attuned to the cry of
that small but loud coteIie of constit-
uents who were likewise hungry for
Office, that they forgot that the great
body of the people cave nothing for the
Offices and are sore and tired of being
catspaws for office seekers. Hence when
the Democratic party laid down to the
pie brigade LED by MIR. Hill and his
sort, the anything town crowd-right
then the American people said we will
rehuke that sort of thing. And
however dearly the experience has
cost us, it IS cheap enough if 1t teaches
the leaders hereafter to put principle
above expediency.
That is one moral lesson to no learned |
from the election.
William Jennings Bryan is the only
man of National reputation who comes
out of the campaign more admired,
more loved, more trusted, more fes red,
than at the beginning. And why?
Because he has stood steadfastly by his
principles. Because the lust of Office
could not buy nor the fear of
defeat frighten him. he rises from
the smoke of battle triumphant even
In defeat. an heroic figure for the
world to admire and for the young to
study and to emulate. And that is
another lesson to be learned from this
election.
Missouri has gone Republican, but
Joe Folk is elected Governor of Mis-
souri,. Why? Because Joe Folk stood
for something. Because, in his official
duty, he is no respecter of persons. +
Because the rich and the poor look +
alike tc him. Because no ring could 6
rule him, no political pull could pull T
him. Because he disdains the =
ways Of the average poll E
'ician and looks upon Office as pub =
ic trust and not political snap. :
And in the study of Joe Folk and his =
Iuccess, IS another moral lesson to be =
OuAACu lloth lilo OICCtlOus In
Another lesson to be learned is from :,
he life and character, business and polit-
cal success Of w. T.. Douglass, the !,
shoe Man, of Massachusetts, who, :,
hough the state went Republican, is :,
lected Governor on the Democratic =,
icket. w. L. Dauglass' name stamped :,
q shoe, stands for honest shoe leather =
We do not charge his local dealer any. :,
hing for that } His name 10 a synonym :. :.
honesty. He started at the bench -
o Is now one of the large manufacturers = :,
the country. If there arises any :.
ifference CT dispute between him and
10 men, he says "boys lets he fair with
sch other and settle it," And they
sttle it. Walking delegates have no sr
error for him. And because he. is an W
onest shoemaker; and because he deals IL
'irly with his employees; and because
Q holds himself sloof and apart and :.
oove the tricks and plays of scheming :,
ice seekers, the people of the state r.
ave elevated him to the highest office .
their gift. =,
The whole jist of the matter is that
q American people are tired OF being -.
fled with, and are ready to SHAKE off !,
cir old party clothes at the very first p.'
cd opportunity. IN,