The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24

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STATED by this relationship led n 80,
decay. The party ceased ~ Uua .apl3
great leaders. Men Of eonsc;opno "u aNs
courage, like Thomas H, Ren+on H ,ast
n; Ihe Significance of this neriod i a.. az
illustration it gives of tbs disas+ro, 20 tns
nano, betrayal of principles, to the
TSa HGnCr and usefulness Of q party,
Srat, peOple nave not trusted the Demo.
| $50 party since, except during the two
S D.Iea Nightmares Of the Cleveland ad-
| Farty's Shameful Record.
Sounuea on the wrong side of moral
anu political ethics, it spent the 6rst
Sl1tS years of it's existence alone 80
nnes OF self"aggrandizement and narrow
partlsan legislation. While nrofassir,
~ its platforms to be the friend NJ ~
Aasses' it persistenly enacted laws
wien pound them to penury and dis.
tfeSs. While publicly advocat;pv
Nfoad' intelligent citizenship, If voted
against individual f. 'om. While hont-
%Ne tom-toms for prosperity to the
He"p1e' IL voted against cheap postage
1oniestehd law, and the Resumption
VI specie Payment. Claiming to be in
Aa'or OF a higher standard of living for
Inc "erklngman, it enacted free-trade
measures which sent him into indefinite,
enAorced ldleness, and reduced him and
ms FAMILY to the level of the nounor
labor of Europe. Processing tbe ntnost
patriotism, it gave all possible aid to
the rebellion. ~
| some ComDarisoua.
| =. Contrasted with the grand old Repuh
ncan party: the one abolished slavery
the other upheld it to the last; the one
put down the rebellion. the other SIM
ported the rebellion; the one preserved
tne National faith and credit. and paid
the National debt, the other tried every
scheme and expedient to stultify the re-
puOhc 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.
Inc professions and promises of the
| democratic party, during the past forty-
| three years, and the absence of all per-
| romance are as notorious as ever. They
snow the lack Of ideas, or purpose. but
abound in hypocritical dogmas and
| natulent pretenses. 1t has reversed"
itself on almost every important Ma
| tlonal measure and brought upon itself
the rldicule 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 convention:
."WANTED-A good, active. energetic
Dlmmycrat, sthrOng Nv lung an limb;
t must De IN favor " sound money, but not
700 sound; an anti-impeeryalist, but fr
holdln' onto what we've got an inImy Of
| thrusts, but a friend " organized capital:
a 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. tariff fr rivfnoO, tn CONSTRUCTION
to follow tn flag as far as 1t can, an no
farther; civil service rayform iV tn la'ads
In office, an all tn great an gloryou0
principles Nv our great an gioryous party,
He must be akelly at home in Wall street
/ an tn stock yards, in tn parlors iv tn
rrich an tn Kitchens " tn poor"
Clevelandism and Democracy.
During Cleveland's administration our
National debt increased q half million
dollars a day in the face of the party's
| 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 Eve 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
as; capital withdrew from the fields of
/ legitimate enterprise into secret places;
labor was forced into unwilling idleness;
had
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-
clothed labor in rags. 1t fought under
the dishOnored banner of free silver, it
opposed kedRing our flag Al the Orient,
and advocated TINT 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, disGrhced, divided, decrepit
old Democratic party. 1t stands to-day
without an issue, without a principle,
without, a policy, without a platform,
without leader and without hope.
, In closing we quote s. e. Kisor, of
THE Nebraska Independent, who puts
these words in Bryan's mouth as regards
Parker and his party:
"Hrva~'@ Position.
"FrIends and countrymPn. let's trust him
Though he's not a man to trust
lets cndeavor to elect him,
Though his cause Is far from just;
I have put away all ranCor
As promised them ] would,
l am for the splendid ticket
Though it isn't any good.