Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-05-27
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Friday, May II, 1904.
INSULTING WORDS.

press. The Democrats. and we mean
by the phrase those who showed their
convictions by their deeds in the last
two national campaigns, have no use
for such words or phrase, nor do they
admit that there is anything to re-
unite. There were six million, five
hundred and nine thousand men in
the United States in 1896 who cast
their votes for the National Democrat
ic ticket. There were against those
only seven million, one hundred thou
sand who cast their votes for the Re
publican ticket, making majority for
the last named ticket of only about
500 thousand. Leaving out the Pal
mer and Bucker stool pigeon vote
which in the whole United States was
about 49,, 000 it only required about
100000 Democrats 10 join the Repub-
licans to accomplish Democratic de-
feat. To demonstrate that there are |
six million, five hundred thousand or |
more Democrats in the United States |
who have stood in both these cam |
paigns, we call attention to the pOpu
lar vote in 1900 rs we'll. when Mr..
Bryan got nearly as many votes as be
did in 1896.
If it required departure of only
about $50 600 voters from the Demo
cratic party to defeat it in 1886. and if
it be true, as is claimed by the return
ing column, a million of them went to
swell the Mckinley majority, then the
Republican party in the nation is In
hopeless minority, for when this mil
lion of stray sheep get back into the
fold the popular vote should be chang
ed until the Democratic candidate this
fall, if he be some good and great
man" on whom we can unite, should
have plurality of over one million
votes, and Democratic success be as
easy as taking nap In the shade ON
sultry afternoon. 10 further show,
however, that there is not much to
unite, and that nobody who stayed
where he belonged bankers very much
after any reunion, because it would be
like the magnet and the mite, we cite
the fact that in 1896, % States went for
Mckinley, and % went for Bryan. OF
the Mckinley States one was Ken
lucky and another was Maryland.
These two States have gotten back to
their senses withstanding they
have had such men as Watterson and
German to disturb their equilibrium
and preach political polygamy. Why
then should the Democratic party be
-insulted, bellttled and misrepresented
by reunion rot? Who asks anybody
to reunite, who is begging even such
great and good men as Watterson and
German, or even Cleveland TO reunite?
Ii may be said we can get al Ong better
with some of these than without them.
We do not admit it. We do not regard
them, or many of them, with either
fear or reverence, We do not care
particularly where they land so they
land in other society than the ranks of
the party as lined up in 1896 and 1900
When with us. they have always been
disturbers. When we wanted them
worst of all, they were sneaking into
the camp of the enemy. When we
most trusted them they betrayed us.
Ii. therefore, the party must be united
and held by such cement as this, if it
will break assunder unless glued with
substance evolved from such mass
OF political garbage as is being raked
together to compose the Reunited
democracy, then God forbid that it
should ever be stuck together with
such paste, or that it should longer
exist TO deceive and disappoint the
people.
We hear it said that what we want
is Success If this be true why did
they who are now talking harmony,
not remain where they were and
achieve success in 1896 when it was so
easy of accomplishment We too
want success, but we want it with
principle, otherwise give us defeat. |
But with the Reunited Democracy this |
is not the case, that is those who are
coming TO us with glue pot in hand to |
make sure they will stick this time.
They want success, but they want the |
sroils also. They got the ''success''
when they went in and elected McKin
ley, but they lost the spolls, hence
their loud and yirtuous shout for re
union and harmony. This time they
hope to be happy, they hope to get |
both success and spoils, state of |
felicity which we see success does not |
always accomplish, "unless the other
dear charmer is near" In Virginia |
it is about agreed that great honor
shall be paid those who helped defeat |
the ticket in 1896 and 1900. We an
ticipate that the st. Louis convention
will be full of just such. and that a
man who honestly, and decently, and
eonscientiously supported the ticket
in the last two campaigns will be call
ell on to renounce his faith, apologize
for his conduct, and repent in sack
cloth and ashes. We give warning
now that if tnat spirit prevails in that
convention and is emphasized either
in its platform or its candidate, the
party will have committed political
suicide. and defeat will be assured