The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-04
REORGANIZATION"
Means CIeveIandism, imperialism and
Tfustism-Why Reorganizers 0p.
pose the Kansas City Plat.
form.

Prom Ia" ,OmmOnrr.
The Democrats oi the country
are under obligations to Mr.. Cleye-
land : friends for the frank avowal
of their purpose 10 make Mr.. Cleve
lnnd the nominee in ease the reor-
gaul2rrS obtain control. The Mont
gomery Advertiser publishes an in
teryiew given by the president of
the Memphis Commercial Appeal
company to the Brooklyn Eagle.
These three papers, all prominent
among the reOrganizers, join in
laudlng Mr.. Cleveland as the man
to be nominated. The president of
the Memphis paper, after declaring
that he spoke for himself rather
than for his paper, is reported as
saying:
"Mr Cleveland should be nominal.
ed. "Mr. Cleveland has no ce-
mrnts ui weakness as candidate "
81 d" NOT brllr'" Mr. cleveland would
'''"'' u '"", ne """'" P''''o'S IT,
lu-r to run il hi, candidacy wa, mere
proposition oi politics. hut it j. q
national emergency which call, for hi,
-cryicc, rhr Democratic party should
." ahead aud nominate him without
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hnc.n.o a.. .,,,,,',,' r,,.,i,a.' ,'a,,, 'ar
,lcr, and because the Democratic p,r.
ly desires to restore the country to the
basis "i safety and 'oIId1iy which You
gave 1t ~ '''''o'"'.
Here Is the opinion of the prcSl.
dent of the Memphis paper. II is
drawn out 10y the Eagle, whose cdl-
tor claims 10 he the political CoIum-
bus who discovered Mr.. cleveland S
pew ayuilubiIity, and il is repro
durrd in thr AIv,rtis.r whn.n. ..Ji.
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l'h"' Er"''''''' l"r Wii''h mus
daily editorial Expression. The
boiling newspapers are full of such
interviews and if is nIoiu tn amy
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thor h,rmonv uor s,,oc..s thot thc
r.orgoriyors 5osiro. lut r.tu,r to
CI,y.l,uJ;,m
Rpt ,b,t j. ,ot oII Tho Nam.
nhis r,ar ,;vesow,v Nor seorot
nom.Iv tLot fine nhie.t;or :, the|
r,ofl;ruoti,r az th, E,r.os r,t,
nl,tfnrm i not ornositinu to silynr
,Ious I'm, onro.ition ,o tho ,or,,,.
nos;t,,n nm i,nnr,,l;.m ond ,h..
trust ou.s,i,r os w.Il Il..,,,.
.rho s,r,l :, r,or,or,,,l. ,..,.o,
to the reatlirmation of the Kansas civ
platform The south knows that the
Democratic party cannot tie successful
W ''"T - 1t T"'' "''''' '"' '"""''i
.,,,n.;,r Th., ;..no !. dcoI ~
argue against cNpansion is to nrgue
against the commercial development Of
The SOUTH
SO imperialism Che calls by the
more cuphonIouS name rXpanslon)
is also dead! The paramount is.
sue ot 1900 Is, III hls opinion, no
longer dchatnhIr question. All
the party sad about human rights
aud self government must he re-
pudIatrd IT the party would he
successful. " No Republican pa
per has advocated comnerrlalIsm
more boldly than thus man who is
described by the interviewer as
one OF the staunch southern old
school Democrats, " 1t would seem,
then, that II carpet. bag government
is not bad III itself, but 1t depends
on VII" hpp"I'llS the carpet Dagger
y system which was objectionable
when eurnrrrd hy fine north AGAINST
tho south i oooor,l;rr :, ,his
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',""''' II ''''' - ''''' ''''','''"'' "''
rlslI IL chi"rceu ny 'he uhitcd
! States against the Philippines in
the interest of the commercial de-
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lheht OF the south, but II Is repro
duced to show how complete is the
surrender demanded and upon how