The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-21
FRANK S BLACKS
SPEECH.


already to be nearly closed. Sc
wisely have the people sowed ano
watched and tended, there seems
little now to do but 10 measure uT
the grain. They ace not ranging
themselves, not for battle, but fol
harvest. In one column reaching
from the Main woods to the Puget
Sound are those people and those
states which have stood SO long to-
gether that when great emergencies
arise the nation turns instinctlvely
TO them. In this column, vast anC
solid, is majority so overwhelming
that the scattered squads in opposi-
tion can hardly raise another army
The enemy have neither guns nor
ammunition, and if they had they
would use them on each other.
De stitute of the weapons OF effective
warfare, the only evidence of ap-
preaching battle is in the tone and
number of their bulleting. There is
Giscord among the generals; discord
among the soldiers. Each would
fight in his own way, but before as
saulting his Republican adversaries
he would first destroy his own COIN
rades in the adjoining tents. Each
believes the weapons chosen by the
other are not only wicked, but fatal
to the holder. That is true. This
is the only war of modern times
where the boomerang has been
substituted for the gun. Whatever
fatalities may occur. however,
among the discordant hosts now
moving on St. Louis, no harm will
come this fall to the American people.
There will be no opposition sufficient
to raise conflict. There will be
hardly enough for competition.
There are no Democratic plans for
conduct OF the fall campaign. Their
zeal is chiefly centered in discussion
rs to what Thomas Jefferson would
do if be were living. He is not living
and but few of lis defendants are
among the democratic remnants Of
OF to-day. Whatever of patriotism
or wisdom emanated from that dis
tinguished man is now represented
In this convention.
1t is sad day for any party when
it's only means of solving living
issues is by guessing at the possible
attitude of stateman who is dead.
This condition leaves that party al
ways a beginner and makes every
question new. The Democratic
party has seldom tried problem on
it's own account, and when it has it's
plumbers have been it's only monu-
ments; it's coul age is remembered
only in regret. AS long as these
things are recalled that party may
serve as ballast, but it will never
steer the ship.
When all the people have forgotten
will dawn a golde n era for this new
democracy, But the country is not
ready yet to place party in the
lead whose most expressive motto
is the cherries word forget. "
That motto may express contrition,
but it does not inspire hope.
Neither confidence noa enthusiast IN
will ever be aroused by any party
which enters each cam pagn utter
ing the language of the mourner.
There is one fundamental plank,
however, on which the two great
parties are in full agreement. Both
believe in the equality of men. The
difference is that the Democratic
party would make every man as low
as the poorest, while the Republican
party would make every man rich as
the best. But the Democratic
course will provoke no outside inter
ference now, for the Republican
motto is that Of the great command
err, never interrupt the enemy while
he is making a mistake %
In politics as in other fields, the
most impressive arguments spring
from con trast Never has there
been a more striking example of
unity than is now afforded by this
assemblage. You are gathered here
not as factions torn by discordant
views, but moved by one desire and
In tent; you have come as the chosen
representatives of the most enlight-
ened party in the world. You meet
not as strangers, for no men are
stranger who hold the same beliefs