The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-05-07
DEMOCRATS IN SAD PLIGHT
Why the Decent Members Of the Mort
bund Old Party Despair Of
Success.

In little more than two months the
delegated democrats of the nation will
assemble at st. Louis to nominate a
candidate for president and build a
platform on which he shall stand. Short
as is the time, the best men in the party
and the wisest thinkers are exclaiming:
What are We to do when we have as
sembled?" Their dilemma has many
horns, all sharp, and any one likely to
be fatal to the chooser. Glance your
eyes over the presidential timber offered
and you will understand how decent
democrats despair of success.
Cleveland: twice president, and vul-
nerable as would-be third termer;
heartily hated in the south and west,
and loathed, not loved, by and for the
enemies he1made while in power.
Hearst: candidate for cash, buck
ster in the political market, open to at
tack on negative and positive grounds,
impossible of election II nominated, as
his candidacy would be gall and worm
wood to the bone and sinew of his party.
Parker: an absolutely unknown
quantity who asks support for the things
he has not done, for the principles he
has not voiced; handicapped by the ad-
vocacy of David Bennett Hill, who, as
political Warwick" is as conspicuous
failure as he is a disappointment in
the role Of statesman.
German: claiming precedence over
better men because he is more the mas
70 IF t,nIitinaI oh icoy No no In,
wire-working, clever in specious profess
sion, ringing hollow and discordant
when his metal meets the blows of earn
est conflict, absolutely impossible in the
west and northwest.
Olney: cold as ice without it's trans
lucency, a critic of his fellows and of
the New England Pharisees, hateful to
labor organizations and distrusted by
those Of his party who would have to
manage his campaign.
Bryan: probably not a candidate, but
certainly dictator with a record of
polling the largest popular vote any
democrat ever gained, coupled with
memories CT coalesced populism and
blatant cheap money heresies that turn
the stomachs Of decent and country-lov-
ing men in and out of his party.
What shall the democratic platform
builders use as their salient? asks the
Cleveland Leader.
Anti-imperialism? 1t would be
laughed out Of court. With sad per-
versity republicans have killed that
bugaDoo by doses Of good government,
pacification, and prosperity in all our
dependencies.
Economy? Not an issue. When the
looks are examined II Is found that the
republic Ia spending less to-day, rela-
and results attained. than 1t did when
Jefferson, Jackson, or Cleveland him
self was chief executive.
Control of trusts? Facts--cold, hard,
lDllsputablc facts anent the respective
professions and performances OF the ad-
R.IElstrstj0hs headed by Cleveland and
~ tc,0ssvslt IN this regard would make
steh 40 tsstls, ~ raised by democrats
sssfsst republicans, ridiculous and of
tks boomerang sort,
Tfsly or Metbfsn NJ opposed polit-
Nfq fsieR bsSs thsif work cut out for
tiasJ& ~ -, i9gis=rstbsr they do not
know Shse W est or what TO fashion,
\ ~ WOW, ~ Why, ~ ~ what end. Well
msy tbey 9i1o,s 'J>0ve's Labors Lost"
spS esy< "Assstt, PerDlexity! What
sbsii We eo7"
s/oDipioRs sttli differ widely with re-
gsgf W Whist Judge Parker will say
when the time comes for him to say
something, Chicago Inter Ocean.
fyPFssi6sBt Roosevelt has refused to
tDtffsTs IN tbs matter OF the illegal
fsBciDg Of public lands by the big cattle
owners NJ the west. The government
ofIciaIs had ordered the fences removed,
and the cattlemen appealed to the presi-
dent, who says the laws must be en-
forced. That may displease the cattle
men who have made fortunes by using
property which did not belong to them,
but II should please everybody else
Troy IN. " Times.