Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

Is the transportation system wrOngf Has the tyran-
ny OF the corporations become unbearabei Is there
child slavery In the mills and shops which demands
refOrmi Does class legislation concentrate into the
hands of few the wealth and the power OF the re-
publiei Has special privilege become a curse to
the landi Are the people losing control Of their
own government Is labor deprived Of its just re-
wardi These are the questions in the campaign.
believe uttered the sentiments OF three iourths OF
the AmericanpeOplewnen say that each one Of these
questions can be answered, Eyes" Abuses do
exist, and reforms must be had.
Does any sensible citizen expect these reforms
from the republicans Responsible as it is for the
systems we have they boldly declare that conditions
are satisfactory and shall not be changed. They
stand pat. Not timidly not dOubtfuly, but boldly,
aggressivey they as that present conditions
are satisfactory and shall be maintained. In the
republican party, therefore, recognize the open
enemy, defying us to combat We accept the chal-
leDge, and we do combat them all along the line.
We combat their principles. We make war upon
their measures. We seek to undermine the very
foundations upon which they have reared their cita-
del. We want to breach the wall and drive out the
HamiltOnans-the men as we'll as the measures.
What is it that the National democratic party is
trying to dot They seek to change the men with
out changing the measures. They want to put
Roosevelt out, but they are willing to leave unds-
turbed the laws which he believes in. They want
to get rid of the man, but not Of the measures The
Peoples party seeks to get rid Of both the men and
the measures.
Wherein does Parker's attitude, as defined by
himself differ in principle, from that Of ROOSEVELT
He has not yet been able to say. Jefferson was
able and willing to tell the people wherein he differ
ed from the Federalists OF bis day Andrew jack
son was able and willing to state the differences be-
tween himself and bis opponents. Lincoln could
explain and did explain wherein be differed fr0m
Douglass. Bryan was ready ct all times and places
to tell at some length the difference between himself
NJ "A A.. tab
the American people By the ear aud explain IN
Short simple, One-sded, firm, footed words, wherein
he differs from Roosevelt in pTinciplesi What act
OF commission on the part Of Theodore does Alton
condemni What act OF omission does he deplorei
What will he do that Theodore did not dot
What will he leave undOne that Theodore has doneI
Tell us nowl
i Parker and Hill neatly manipulated the St. LOnis
convention until the nomination was safe and could
not be recalled. Then came the Wall street pres
sure and the Wall street telegram. For eight years
Parker had voted the free silver ticket without say
| ing that it was right Then he declared the gold
standard to be irrevocably fixed, without saying
that it vas right. The words right and wrong seem
to have no place in the political philosophy Of Alton
B. He sloshes back and forth upon the waves Of
partisan manipulation just like any other little
apple. he may think that he swims; the facts
prove that he merely floats.
4 II we're Bryan democrat | would never vote
for Parker. After training with them for eight
years, he left them without saying they we're wrong
IlIfI were q gold democrat I would not support
Parker He does not even now say that the gold
standard is right. He merely says that It is "fxed.
And II / we're a republican I shouldn't vote i0I
Parker. should despise the imitation and vote
for the genuine thing.
u For the last eight years the democratic leaders
have been clamOring in their platforms for gradu
ated income tax, which relieves the poor Of excea
sive burdens and compels the corporations and tn'
millonaires to contribute something to the support
Of the government which f0tsers them, That de
mand has been dropped from the democratic plat
form. In the name Of common justice and decency
Why vas Il drOppedl Il Was JefiersOnian--it va
right. They themselves have exhausted the Ian
guage Of advocacy in the support Of that tax. WI!
did they atultily themselves upon this profoundly
} important QuetsiOnf Because Wall street corpora
tions no not want the income tax: and Wall stree
corporations have bought up the democratic leader
who b0ssed the St. Louis convention. Il thei
platforms for the last eight years the National dem
0cEaoy has carried q demand for the abolition 0
! National banks. That demand was good Jefferson
ian; Et vas so in the time q Andrew Jackson. i
the platform Of 1904 that demand has been dropped
) Whyf Because National banks, like Belmont
are nov in foil control Of the democratic party ans
they ere human enough MOTTO make war upon thei
; own powers, profits and special privileges.
II the democratic National platform Of 1892 ther
Is declaration in favor q The abolition Of chill
labor 70 factories where tie child is under the ag
{ Of fifteen years. That demand Was good demoerae
il that it was good humanity. L was the reoogni
tI0n 0f the duty which society owes 70 its helples
members to protect them. II the platform Of 80
that demand has been dropped. Whyi Beeaus
Tie millionaircs who control the factories Is kh
South and Who maintain their lobbyists n The eEaf
capitals Of the Southern States, oppose any lesiala