La Junta tribune., 1904-09-24

VUe8uOos
CoaAdencs in the coutinuanes a. the
orssent administration at Washinstou
for another four years is reelected in the
eoahdent tone that pervsdes all busi-
osss circles in the United Statss-
Comparison of Republican and Demo
cratic platforms OF the last forty years
emphasizes the difference between things
done and thinSs promised One is
party of great achievements, the other
Of great prOniisrs-
The Democratic editors will have fun
with themselves when they begin max
tnx extrsvagance Of the national expen-
ditures and the Jeifersonian parsimony
that has plsstered New York over with
. debt of more than $3lO.OoO.OO0
The Democratic platform denounces
protection as robbery Of the many to
enrich the few" Yet experience has
proved that under protection prosperity
while under free trade all classes suffer.
1t 10 said that Tammany will not CON-
slider the money question irrevocably set
tlsd until the contract for the next $780,
100000 subway 10 awarded to . hacker
Of Judge Parker, who will recognise
that . public subway 10 political
trough
There 10 one truth that seems beyond
the co0prehenaion Of the Democracy.
that The old order changes. yielding
Dlaee to the new" Otherwise IL would
aot try 10 1t the Jeaersonian knicker-
bocksrs Of 1904 on the iusty American
giant Of 1904.
Ne matter how Democratic platforms
may Try 70 whitewash or sugar-coat the
pesition Of the party on the tariff ques-
zion. its real object 10 always the de-
struction Of the protective system. which
10 ths. principal safeguard Of American
Industries. labor aud wages.
The Dsmocratic party never gets right
On National issues. except when Il tries
% stsal the Republican platform. After
lectaring for many years that free silver
at 10 10 was the paramount issue. 1t
now drops the question and actually ad-
nits that the gold standard 10 irrevoca-
bly, Axsd.
Undsr the last Democratic adminis-
tfatioa business was paralyzed at home
and the United States had . doubtful
standing among nations. During the Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt administrations
prosperity has been restored at home aud
the prestige Of the nation abroad has
advancsd A. never before.
Under the present tariff law all indus
tries have revived and prospered. labor
has bsen fully employed and more work
men have received good wages than
ever before in the history Of the coun-
Try. Why take the dangerous risk Of
putting q party In power that would re-
verse this policy Of prosperity?
The policy Of protection has preserved
the American market for the products
Of American manufactures and American
manufacturers have made markets for
the products of American farmers. and
together they have established . high
standard of American living and made
possible the high scale Of American
"Sow q character and you reap a des-
tiny" was one OF the beautiful but
meaningless apotheEms flung into the
lap Of Judge Parker by Editor Knapp.
Of the st. Lonis Republic. in introducing
dis Democratic brethren OF the shears
and paste pot to their candidate. With
about equal relevancy and more wit he
might have said PLANT 4 corpse and
raise q tombstone"
The Democratic campaign managers
openly tell the public they wish to con-
duct the campaign free from mud-sling-
ing and personalities. but they seem to
have secretly given Instructions to revile
and abuse the Republican candidate in
every way possible. Chairman Taggart's
newspaper, the indianapolis Sentinel, Is
cartooning the President - dog.
"Political empires" well describes the
species Of constitutional hair-spiitters
who ses the constitution rent In tatters
every time q new condition demands the
sxsrciss Of some government power not
dreamed Of in the philosophy Of Thomas
Jefferson. II the political empires Of
1881 had had their way there would
have been NO union left for their sue
cessors to weep and groan over In 1904.
Carl schurs's appearance on the stump
IN Southern Illinois il another straw on
the back OF the double-winxed Demo-
cratic mule. When he applauds Parker's
gold telegram the free silver Democrats
writhe: when he calls for merit In the
public service thsrs IL q general exodus
% ths nearest free lunch counter. and
when he talks about surreuderinE the
Philippines there are sroans Of disap-
provaL
The platform on which Theodore
Roosevelt Stands rsiterates the time
ho0orsd Rspubljcan principle In favor
Of foeeeein4 home Industries In order
that American worknen may be steadily
eoployed and well paid. The Demo-
but, siftsd Of all its platitudes Il sim
ply reiterates the DenocrafSc hostility
to any tari6 that win protect American
industries