Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-24
FOUR GOOD REASONS.
Why Democrats Should Vote for
Roosevelt and Fairbanks-A Du-
ty They should not Neulect,

y Iney ShOuio not Nc9IeCt.
First-If you are Democrat and
do not believe in the Republican pol
icy of protection. but favor a "tarin
for revenue only" it is well for you
o contemplate the fact that no Demo
ratio tariff ever did produce enough
revenue, but hat the same tinkering
which eliminated protection also ere
lted increasing deficit in the treasury.
Endangered the gold reserve and with
it the parity of our silver and paper
money with gold money. and necessi-
ated large bond issues, out of which
Vail street syndicates could get a
-ake-off. but on which the American
,eople must pay the interest and ulti-
nately the principal
The expenses of the government are
now running close to the revenue. and
hese expenses are for such purposes
rs pensioning the old soldiers. pay
ng for the Panama canal. irrigating
he arid lands and rendering useful
'ervices to agriculture, to commerce
md labor through departments spe-
tally instituted for such services
There is no patriotic Democrat who
AN desire expenditures for such OBJ
'ects cut down so as to cripple the
prestige and efficiency of the govern
ment. and hence no patriotic Demo
crat. however ardently he may be
lieve in free trade. should vote for Il
policy which would cut down the rev
enues and pile up a disastrous deficit
rs during the last Democratic admin
isiration Since the war taxes were
taken off, several years ago. there has
ben no safe room for further reduc-
tion in the government revenues.
Anything that might be taken off from
the protective, indirect taxes. would
have to be put on somewhere else
where 1t would be a direct burden to
the taxpayers. or else money would
have to be borrowed to make up the
deficiency in revenue.
Second.-If You are not only a
Democrat, but a Democrat of the
"Jeffersonian" type. YOU should vote
the Republican ticket If only because
Jefferson himself stood for expansion
as the Republican party now stands.
The circumstance for which jefferson
was most severely criticised in his
lifetime, but which furnished the lead
ing reason why prosperity honors his
memory, was his purchase of the Lou
isiana territory. which purchase is
being now appropriately commemo-
rated by the great exposition at St
Louis. Had Jefferson not marie the
deal with France for the Louisiana
territory. he would have escaped
much bitter criticism from the narrow
minded element of his own party
while he lived, but he would also have
lost for the United States the greatest
opportunity of history.
Third,-If You are Democrat. but
nevertheless want to know where
you are at" You will vote for Roose-
welt and Fairbanks, because they
stand for definite principles. have the
moral courage to carry them out, and
have behind them the strong support
of unified party. And what the Re
publican party says it will do, 1t al
ways does. The present leaders of
he Democratic party seldom express
themselves strongly on any particular
line of policy, but if they do. they
usually also take the precaution to
state that the senate will continue
Republican during the next four
years, so that it would be impossibleS
to change existing policies anyhow.
F'ourth.-lf you are Democrat. you
owe duty TO youself, your neighbors.
your families and especially the little
ones at home" and to your fellow
countrymen not to vote for candidates
Of your own party. when 1t is obvious
as 1t is now that their election would
certainly cause apprehension in bust
ness circles, tend to make the rich
poor and the poor poorer, and in
crease the difficulties of making a
good living, When business depres-
sion visits the country IT is no re-
spector OF persons. The poor will
suffer quite as much. If not more than
the rich, and Democrats will suffer
quite as much as Republicans.