Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-07

must prove that, unllke the repuOncan
party. it still adheres today, as in the
past. to the principles of Jefferson:
that ii means to perpetuate the kind OF
government which Washington's cour-
age and craftsmanship created, which
Jefferson genius nodded and carried
on.
The republicans, who. since the is
suing of their first platform above
quoted. have changed from praise of
Jefferson to service of the trusts, must
be made 10 realize in this campaign
and on the coming election day that
the democratic party still has it's JEFF
fersonian principles, that it has the vi
tally TO fight for them. and to win.
Majority Are Democrats.
The people of the United States are
democrats at heart, a vast majority of
them. They do not put money above
men, they do not believe that a gov
eminent which was established by ali
the people should be taken out of their
hands and turned over to a selfish few
to be exploited for their own profit
Every member of our National Associ.
alton of Democratic clubs will render q
great service to his party and, what is
far more important, a great service to
the nation, by eXpOunding and advo-
eating earnestly from now until cleo
ton day the principles and the beliefs
which constitute the force of the demo-
cratic party. Unlike the type of re-
publican represented by the trust own.
ers and apologists the democrats real
ly believe in the teachings of Jefferson
They really believe what they say
when they advocate fundamental dem
ocratic beliefs.
Democrats believe in these specific
principles strongly emulated in the
democratic platform at St. Louis this
year. If President Roosevelt will read
that platform he will see that he is
mistaken in thinking that the party
which opposes him is apologize, fee
BILE in conviction. willing to sacrifice
principle to place"
The democratic party stands for the
freedom of the press. of conscience
and of speech, as it has always stood
1t opposes the attacks on freedom of
he press that have disgraced Colorado
1t opposes the injunction against free
speech issued by republican judges on
the order of corporations.
Respects Vested Rights.
The democratic party has a great re-
spect for vested rights-it also has a
great hatred of vested wrongs. no mat
ter how long or respectable their ante
Hedents. Democrats believe in the
nf thnir Mo hot h.
rights of labor are certainly no less
vested no less sacred and no less
'inalienable' than the rights of capital.
Democrats denounce the expectation
without process of law of working men
and women from the state of Colorado
or from any other part of American
soil. The democracy detests all kinds
of anarchy, and especially that which
puts the executive of a state. backed
by the militia, above the laws and
above the courts.
Democrats believe in handling the
peoples money as carefully as an indi-
vidual would handle his own. spending
any amount usefully in the real in
terests of the people to whom the
money belongs. not one dollar eX-
II DIV Jit SuDSlulZlUS OF
railroads, for instance, or the payment
of extOrtionatc prices to brazen agents
or organized plunderers, such as tho
representatives of the armor plate
trust
The democracy believes in putting
the thieves out of the pOstOffice and all
other branches of public service. from
the United States senate all the way
down. The democrats believe that
public property is public property,
and that not even the occupant of the
white house should turn men-of-war
into private yachts or make the officers
or sailors of the navy the domestic
servants of the presidents household.
The democratic party believes in eX
pansion-it is the party of expansion.
as jefferson was Americas greatest
expansionist. But il is opposed To
Imperialism. II believes that those
that come under the American flag
should be treated as Americans. TIA,
they should be made to share all the
privileges of Americans. and not treat
ed as conquered subjects, to be ruled
by the personal favorites of a personal
president
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