The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-25
VOL. XVII.
HOW THEY FOUNDER.
Various Reasons Advanced by
Democrats Why They
We're Defeated

Next to the funniest thing in the
world-the funniest beirg a modern
Democratic National Camp aign-is
the effort of the press to tell an I'M
inquiring public chow 1t happened
They advocate democratic priuci-
pies" aud make post election expla-
nation with equal felicity and har-
= mouy. One paper says 1t was be-
cause the Democratic nominee placed
too much stress on the foreign policy
of the dominant patty, and another
saws IL was due to the lack Of
emphasis on the foreign policy. An
other SAYS too much stress "as placed
on the Tariff question and another
saws the Tariff should have been made
the issue.
We were told before the election that
there never was such an exhibition
of manly courage and political wis
dom as that post nomination gold
telegram of Mr.. PaIker's. All the
wisdom of Solomon, all the general
ship of Alexander the Great, all
the eloquence OF Demosthenes, all the
virtue Of the regenerated Paul center.
ed In that telegram. Now they tell
us the gold telegram defeated Parker!
Iiwhat we have been trying to say
needs illustr alton or confirmation let
the reader examine these two editor
ais IN the Hartford Herald. Hear the
Herald:
1--WE wish to mildly call the atten-
ton to the fact that every time the
Democratic party has made a su:ren-
der of its principles 1t has lost at the
polls This has occurred in the
Greeley, Hancock and Parker cam
paigns."
The other editorial Is as follows;
Nobody ever retired from Fresi-
DENTAL race with greater respect and
A.honor than does Judge Parker. He
fought a good fight. he kept the
faith, and to him belongs that rever-
ence which Is accord to the great and
good In history"
In these two brief paragraphs we
have great and good Parker leading
the Democratic hosts, (who have 30
wantouly forsaken the erstwhile prin-
clples OF Democracy and fighting the
good fight and keeping the faith. II
would be very difficult for the editor
of the Herald to write two more con-
Trajectory paragraphs.
The Herald Ia a Democrat to the
trade. What makes one party the
Republican party and the other par
~ the Democratic party If 1t Is not
because OF certain we'll defined politi
cal principles for which each party Is
supposed to standl Why did uot the
Herald say before the election the
Democrats had foisaken their princi-
plesl Had the He,ald been less the
politician and more the patriotic citi-
zen It would have done so. Shame
on such political chicanery. The
editor of the Herald poses as q
christian gentleman, which we
have always chosen to consider him,
and yet. during the recent National
campaign he abused and misrepre-
seated the good President OF the
United States and used all the In
trigues of a political trucker to In
duce the people to vote for a party
which he now says had no principles,
and which he must have known at
the time tc have none.
We think the Herald Is somewhat
In error about the party's abandoning
Its principles. however. The party
has had but few principles which 1t
seems to care to stand by In recent
years, and they may be indicated as
follows: Ist. Oppose everything
odd or bad the party In power pro.
: poses. and. Maintain at all hazards
the principle OF yellow dog" or
"Jim Mckenzie Democracy"
ard. Hate the negro with with all
your soul. mind and strength and
teach your neighbor to do likewise.