The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-09-10

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Do one district CIu mot NAsll Cd sllE hv-
publican majority In auo-4er ID We aud
the election OF senator's uy tne dircc.
vote OF the people. So that each voter
c0Eld write his choice upon mis- ballot.
there Is no doubt but Senator Cuckreii
would be returned by AN enormous ma
Jorlty, but you must vote Tor MN when
you vote Tor representatives In the legis-
lature, and IL is Important that the legis-
lature shall Doe Democratic. I need not
commend Senator CccSreu to your con-
ndence. lie Is too wsll known among
YOU and too highly esteemed To need
praise from those outside Of the state.
lie Is the NestOr of our party IN the sem
ate, and / would have been glad to have
seen him the national standard-bearer Of
our party. The fact hat he lives in the
south would not, in my Judgment, nave
embarrassed him in the campaign. The
fact hat he served in the confederate
army would have helped him rather than
have injured him had that question been
raised against him. The civil wal has
been over for nearly 10 years. Those who
participated in IL are now friends, and
the ople are much more Interested In
the great problems with which they are
now struggling than they are in the ques-
tons which were settled by the war,
anu III the great controversies IN which
The people are engaged to-day, Senator
Cockrell Is on the side Of the common
people, His votes n his speeches
show him to be the able and consistent
champion OF the masses, | trust that
no Democrat Will permit anything to en-
danger hts return to the senate.
l nave warned you against the dangers
of the stay-at-home VOTE l have not
been afraid of lack OF interest in your
state ticket, your congressional ticket. or
Nnlr legislative ticket h1tf have hnan
afraid that some of those who have been
active in recent campaigns might be dis
couraged by our failure TO secure a plat
form declaration upon all the questions
which We have been discussing. l need
not tell you that our platform does not
cover all the questions upon which l de-
sired the party to take a position. As
FAR as the platform goes il is good, com-
pared with the Republican platform it
is not only sound, but II is clear and en-
phatic The faults Of our platform are
not IN what was stated, but In what was
omitted. We were unable to secure a
platform declaration upon the money
question, but we were able to prevent a
declaration for the gold standard. The
only way these two elements of the
party could get together on the platform
was to eliminate the money question en-
tirely. This does not settle the question;
it simply removes 1t from this campaign.
Neither is 1t necessary to say that the
presidential nominee Of the party was
not my choice for that place; my objec-
ton to him was not to his character or
to his personality. hut to the fact that
he did not stand with us upon the eco
nOmic questions which have been a mat
ter Of controversy In recent years. but
he stands for so many things that are
important that ! can earnestly support
him. His letter of acceptance will out
line his position upon the various planks
of the platform, and after that appears
we shall be able to discuss his position
with more intelligence. He has already
referred to the conduct Of the Colorado
authorities in such language as to en-
courage the laboring men Of the country.
He has condemned the violations by the
Colorado authorities of constitutional
principles, this gives hope that in
earners are interested they will find in
him one who will do them justice. In
his notification speech he announces his
determination not to be a candidate for
reelection In case Of success this fall.
and this determination strengthens con-
tidence In him, for with but a single term
ne viii be so anxious to leave a spOtless
record that he will better be able to
resist the temptations which great cor
porations can place before one who Is a
candidate for reelection. The surrender
of the present president to corporate in
uence furnishes an excellent proof of the
wisdom of Judge Parker In making the
statement that he has at the very be-
ginning of the campaign, Leaving eco
aomiC questions out of consideration.
there are certain Issues which have been
forced into the political arena by eight
years of Republican rule. and these is
sues must be removed before there can
be calm and deliberate consideration of
social and industrial conditions. Take
for instance the race issue. President
Roosevelt has done more to embitter the
white and black races against each other
than any other president since the war.
No one who realizes hat a race issue
means can view with Indifference the
growing antagonism between the eau
cassian and the African. The race issue
has already cost this country hundreds
Of thousands of precious lives and nun
dreds Of millions Of dollars, and when
ever II again appears as a national issue
all other questions will be lost sight of.
President Roosevelt has not only done
nothing toward settling the race ques-
ton, or towards improving the condition
of the black race, but he has injured the
blacks, while he has spread alarm and
anxiety among the whites. We need the
southern Democrats in our fight to resist
the advances of plutocracy, and we can
not interest them In any other national
question while they think their civiliza-
tion in peril. If Judge Parkers' election
would do nothing else han remove the
race question from national politics we
would be- justified in supporting him.
But President Roosevelt stands for mill
itarism. Eight years ago we had about
5000 men in our standing army. to-day
we have a minimum of $1,000, with an
authorized maximum Of 100000, and the
president can at any time raise the army
to the maximum without further con-
gressional action. The navy has been
very much enlarged, and the Republican
leaders are demanding a still larger navy.
We to-day spend thirty times as much
for the army and navy as we spend upon
the department Of agriculture. What a
discrimination against the farmers, who
are the foundation Of our national pros
per1ty! What a menace to the laboring
men, who come mex in numbers to the
farmers! There are but two reasons for
an increase In the army: one is that we
need more soldiers to support an i'm
perial policy-I shall speak OF imperialism
a little later on. The other that a large
army 10 required to put down labor trou-
bles. That the last is the most potent
reason for increasing the army is shown
by the fact that the present increase
was recommended before a single shot
was fired at Manila, and before we had
n Philippine instructions. Formerly
the forts we're upon the frontiers to pro-
tect the pioneers from warlike Indians,
now the forts are being constructed near
the large cities, and why II not to have
the soldiers ready to enforce the demands
Of organized wealth when corporations
and their employees fall out2 While the
Republicans are increasing the army,
and relying on riot cartridges, the Dem
ocrats are insisting upon legislation
which, by bringing justice between en-
ployer and employe, will remove the ne
cessity for strikes and at the same time
remove the excuse for military Interior
ence. Our platform declares in favor of
arbitration and the enforcement of the
eight-hour day upon public works, and
II declares against the government by
injunction, which has been used to deny
the laboring mar the right Of trial by
jury; II the election Of Judge Parker
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