The Teton peak., 1904-09-15

- ~ Luis relationship led to rapid
Necay' Ihe party ceased to produce
great leaders. Men Of conscience and
courage, like Thomas IL. Benton. left
~, ~, Inc significance Of this period is ths
illustration 1t gives of the disastrous re.
SUITS OF betrayal Of principles. TO the
morals, honor and usefulness Of nartv
Inc people have not trusted the Demo.
.iauc party since, except during the two
0riei Nightmares Of the Cleveland nd.
ministrations.
r"rty's shameful Record,
rounded on the wrong side Of mor.I
ana political ethics, it spent the fret
siAty years Of its existence along the
lihes OF self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and narrow
partisan legislation. While profass;np
IN It's platforms to be the friend Of the
masses, it persistenly enacted laws
"hich bound them to penury and dis-
.leSs, W lille publicly advocating a
Dlo.'' ~ ih'eiligent citizenship. it voted
saiist Individual + lm.l While beat
.ns ,ne tom-tofns fof prosperity to the
people II voted against cheap posta ge
tne Homestead law, and the Resumption
ol specie Payment. Claiming to be in
iavor OF higher standard of living for
the ""rkinSman, it enacted free-trade
measures which sent him into indefinite
enforced idleness. and reduced him and
MS faniiy to the level of the pa,tner
labor of Europe Processing the utmost
PATRIOTISM. it gave all possible aid to
the rebellion.
Some Com pm nrisons.
Oohtrasted with the grand old Repub-
mean party; the one abolished slavery.
the other upheld it to the last; the one
put down the rebellion, the other sun
ported the rebellion; the one preserved
the National faith and credit, and paid
the National debt, the other tried eyery
scheme and expedient to stultify the re-
public and avoid the debt: the one pre-
served the standard of value UNCHANGED
the other sought to tamper with it and
| destroy it.
Gets Worse Instead of Better.
Ihe professions and promises Of the
democratic party, during the past forty
three years, and the absence of all per
1crmance are as notorious as ever They
show the lack Of ideas, or purpose. but
abound in hypocritical dogmas and
hatulent pretenses. 1t has reversed"
itself on almost every important Ma
tlonal measure and brought upon itself
the ridicule Of right-thinking people.
Apropos Of this deplorable condition in
the party, "Mr. Dooley" proposed the
| Following want ad., little while before
| the st. Louis conventions:
n,.,v, ,%wANTEDmA anti good, active. energetic
must be In favor iv sound money, but not
too sound; an anti-impeeryalist but f'r
hoidin onto what we've got; an inimy Of
thrusts, but friend iv organized capital;
sympathizer with tn crushed an down.
throdden people, but not be amy means
hostile to vested inthrests; must advocate
sthrikes, COVER mint be injunction, free sill
yer, sound money, greenbacks, a single
tax, a tariff f'r rvinoo, tn CONSTRUCTION
to follow tn flag as far as 1t can, an no
farther; civil service rayform " tn la'ads
In oftice, an all tn great an gloryous
principles ~ our gr-reat an gioryous party.
or amy great an gloryous parts thereof.
He must be akelly at home In Wall street
an tn stock yards, In TIL parlors " tn
r-rich an tn kitchens " tn poor"
Clevelandism and Democracy.
During Cleveland's administration our
National debt increased a half million
dollars a day in the face of the party 8
promise Of better times. Each day we
lost half a million dollars in foreign
trade. During that administration the
value of farm products decreased more
| than five hundred million dollars. Dis
trust and panic paralyzed the great in
dustrial system of the country. Banks
closed their doors; business houses as
| signed the balance of trade was against
MS; capital withdrew from the fields of
| legitimate enterprise into secret places;
labor was forced into unwilling idleness;
we had deserted mills, smokeless facto-
ries, silent machinery. We had tramps
and beggars, industrial armies. starving
women and children. Two million able
bodied men were begging for work
| the opportunity to earn bread for their
starving families.
Unworthy Of Existence.
This happened during the administra-
| ton of the Democratic party which dur
| ing fifty years has added nothing to
progress. nothing to the cause Of liberty,
nothing to freedom, nothing to the glory
OF our common country. This is the
party that, no matter what it promises,
always goes into partnership with calam-
| ity. 1t feeds on disaster and fattens on
despair. The only time it has had con-
| troll of this country during this gener-
alton, it shut the doors of industry and
clothed labor in rags. 1t fought under
| the dishonored banner of free silver it
opposed keeping our flag .n the Orient,
and advocated that it be lowered in
retreat and trailed in the dust of dis
| honor. Such is part of the record of
| the party of calamity. professions and
promises--the oft-defeated. discouraged,
disorganized. disgraced, divided, decrepit
old Democratic party. 1t stands to-day
without an issue. without a principle,
without policy, without platform,
without a leader and without hope.
In closing we quote s. II. kisor. Of
the Nebraska Independent, who puts
these words in Bryan's mouth as regards
Parker and his party:
"Brva-'S Petition.
"Triends md countrymen. let's trust him
Though he's not man to trust
Let's cndeavor to elect him.
Though his cause is far from just;
have put away all rancor
As promised them ! would,
l am for the splendid ticket,
Though 1t isn't any good.
sI et us grid ourselves for battle