The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-16

Shareholder in his efforts TO pernetuote
lhe institution of human slavery and to
extend save labor at the expense of free
i.'por' Inc sacrifice of principle neces.
state" oy tins relationship led to rapid
"c'aH' lhe party ceased to produce
great leaders. Men of conscience and
courage, like Thomas II. Benton, left
II: lie significance of this period is the
illustration 1t gives of the disastrous re.
SUITS Oh a betrayal OF principles, to the
morals. honor and usefulness of a party
Inc people have not trusted the Demo,
rtl'lc party since, except during the two
hriet Nightmares Of the Cleveland ad.
mlnlStrations
iartr's Shameful Record.
ro"'iued on the wrong side of moral
ana political ethics it spent the first
SNty Years of its existence along the
mes OF Self-aggrandizement and narrow
partisan legislation. While processing
in Its platforms to be the friend of the
masses. ii perSiStenly enacted laws
which bound them TO pcnurv snd dis
,feSs. While publicly advocating a
"'"a"' intelligent citizenship, it voted
AGAINST individual freedom While beat
ing the lom-t"ms for prosperity to the
people, II voted against cheap postage.
the Homestead law and The Resumption
OF specie Payment. Claiming TO he i'm
ia'of OF higher standard of living for
'hc W"rkln%man. it enacted frcc-tra,Ic
measures which sent him into indefinite,
enforced idlcncSS. and reduced him and
MS family To the level of the paupcr
iah'r OF Europe. Processing the utmost
patriotism. it gave all possible aid 10
the rebellion
Some Comparisons.
NuniraStcd with the grand old Ecpuh
Ilcan party: the one abolished slavery.
the other upheld it to the last; the one
put down the rebellion, the other SIM
ported tn" rebellion: the one preserved
'I'e National faith and credit, and paid
the National debt. the other tried every
scheme and eXredicnt to stultfy the re-
public and avoid the debt: the one pre-
served the standard Of value unchanged
the other sought to tampcr with it and
destroy il.
Gets Worse Instead of BETTER.
Inc professions and promises of the
Democratic party, during the past forty
lhrce Years, and the absence of all per
l'fhahcc are as notorious rs ever. They
snow the lack Of ideas, or purpose, but
abound i'll hypocritical dogmas and
hatulent prctcnses. 1t has reversed"
itself on almost every important Ma
t"nal measure and brought upon itself
the ridicule of right-thinking people.
n DrDnDS nf Il
,he party, "Mr. Dooley" proposed the
following want ad., little while before
the ST. Louis conventions:
'WAN'rED-A good. active, cnergcti.
Dllilinycrat, Sthrons y lung an lim
mus DE IN favor ~ sound money, but ne
hoidln onto what we've got; an nimy Of
thrustS. but friend iv organzcd capital;
a, sympathiz"r with tn crushed an down
hostile to vested INTERESTS; must advocate
sfhrikeS, govcr'mint be Injunction, free sill
yer, sound money, grecnhacks. Il single
TAX, tariff fr rivinoo, tn CONSTRUCTION
farther; civil service rayform iv tn la'ads
in Office. an all tn great an gloryous
principles " our great an gioryous party,
or amy ,s, sr d an sloryous parts thereof
an. tn stock yards, in tn pnrlors " tn
r-rich an tn kitchens iv tn poor
Clevclandism and Democracy.
During Cleveland's administration our
National debt increased a 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 five hundred million dollars. Dis
trust and panic paralyzed the great in
dustria system of the country. Banks
closed their doors; business houses as
signed; the balance of trade was against
us; capital withdrew from the fields Of
legitimate enterprise into secret places;
labor was forced into unwilling ideness;
we had deserted mills, smolleless facto-
rlcs. silent machinery. We had tramps
and heg"ars, industrial armies, starving
women and children. Two million able
bodied men We're 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 caam-
ity. 1t feeds on disaster and fattcns on
despair The only time it has had con
troll of this country during this gener-
alton. ii shut the doors of industry and
clothed labor in rags. 1t fought under
the dShonorcd banner of free silver. it
opposed keeping our flag III the Orient
and advocated that it be lowered in
retreat ana trailed in the dust of dis
honor Such is part of the record Of
the party of calamity. professions and
promses-the oftdcfeated. discouraged,
disgrace1, divided decrepit
old Democratic party 1t stands to-day
without an issue, without principle,
without a policy, without platform.
without leader and without hope.
In closing we quote S. f. KiSor. of
the Nebraska Independent. who puts
these words in Bryan's mouth as regards
Parker and his party:
Organs Position.
Friends and countrymcn. let's trust him
Though he's not IL man to trust
Let's endeavor to elect him.
Though his cause is far from Just;
have put away all rancor
AS ! promised them ] would,
am for the splendid ticket,
Though 1t isn't any good
Let us grid ourselves for battle
But / hope we cannot win
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