The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-09
Missouri Man Talks of
the Recent Big Politi-
cal Cyclone
fUIURf OF The PARTY
te Thinks Party Has Been too Long
Negative and That it Must Adopt
Al Aggressive Policy IN Order
to Win in Future.

Washington. Dec. S.-Eve.y effort
democrat has brought to Washington
full stock Of theories accounting for
the recent Overwhelming defeat and
an equally large stock of advice con.
corning policies which must govern
the party in the future.
Some OF his advice is good. of
course, equally a good deal is being
said on The heels Of defeat that will be
forgotten befo,e another election rolls
around and perhaps ought to be for
gotten.
The Missouri democrats hLd them
selves sought ont by their brethren
How did it all happen?" has been
fred at them SO often that they are
getting pretty sick of the question.
Il has been standing joke about the
democratic claok rooms Of the house
trat the Missouri crowd has ever been
taost prolific With advice anl coming
up on the train it was general com.
leent among t4e congressional crowd
that Missouri might be very modest in
t;h advice giving in the future. If
ne wish was father to ,his thought,
disappointment was the portion OF the
gishers Tor While Missouri has in the
Iest laid claim to the position Of adj
.serin-chief 70 democracy Oh the
ground of being one of the most Ger.
tain Of democratic states the Mis9ou.
ri democrats are now insisting they
must be given special consideration
en- the ground Of Missour's having
GOTTEN into he doubtful column. So
there is and here Is to be much more
f'om Missouri
What Senator stone Thinks.
Columns mlRht be filed with indiyid
eni expressions from ledaing demo
QUITS concerning the right policies to
he followed ia Ike future. OF the Mis-
souri contingent, Senator Stone has
given expression to views which are
1teresting and may be Of value. Sen
ator Stone sons no good in devohng
any considerable time to discussion
Vi the recent cyclone. but his ideas OF
setting the rarty in shape for the
ture is embodied in the following
interyiev-carefully prepared aud Civ
on out to the .ress:
For a long time" he said u have
felt that the democratic party lacked
vlrtlity. IN the old days of its supre.
macy and power it was the suggestive
positive, aggressive force In our poi
tical life. 1t was the force that blazed
the way and did things. Opposing
parties for the most part. only stood
IN the way, comparatively aimless and
I4rless. as forces In resistance. Tn.
Iihe the Old democracy, which was a
force ever no,ing forward in action
We have deeenerated into a force
which it is hardly too much 70 say is
low little more than a force stationary
~ resistance Our party policy now
is moro negative than positive, more
obstructive than constructive
For some time it has been quite
clear TO me. and never more SO than
now. that nationally the democratic
party cannot again boone a dominat-
ing force unless the old mastorful and
assertive spin shah be revived Any
Iarty that would WELD the s2epter in
America must be Affirmative, progress
sye creative and constructive 10
and merely resistance as a con
erving or restraining force is no
doubt our party leaders are content
o occupy that inconspicuous position
and play that inferior party, we need
only to hold OH ground and stand nrm
where we are AS for myself | would
ave the democratic party inspired
~ a nobler ambition I want to see
the party direct the policies and mold
ne destInies OF the republic Upon
these lines ! would build for the fu,
fttro