The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-03
PARTY OF THE MASSES.
issues al Following Certain, But
Leaders Of Integrity in
Demand.

The annual output OF after-dinner
,loauence incident 10 the celebration OF
me birth Of Andrew Jackson has left q
IN worthy utterancss for the Ameri-
IAN people 10 reflect upon this year. and
notably so In the speech delivered by
william Jennings Bryan before the Jack
son club. at Lafayette. Ind. says the At
anita Constitution.
Mr. Bryan voiced great abstract
ruth that must be reduced 10 concrete
deyelopmant If the democratic party IS
10 fulfill it's historic mission and its rea-
son for existence, when he declared tha,
the old party Of Jefferson and Jackson
must stand for the people with an eye
single TO popular rights, regardless OF
whether. for the time being. such an at
rtado spells defeat or victory az the
polls
Tlcs are Mr. Bryan's words. referring
10 the democratic party Of to-day:
cannot hope olthor io win on deserve
s- unui IL becomes Goa reallfy Jack
III parity and. Ike ola Iiickory Is ready
.1flkc the peOp.e's side ~ every question
l,lut stopping 10 count the COST Or 10
u, ure the prospects Of immediate sue
There were aspects and phases Of the
late campaign. more personal than 9TH
erR which threw a grotcsQucly in
cdr ruous shadow over the 81 Louis
"a aration Of principles. one swallow
docs not make a summer, nor does a plat
form b-isling with sound doctrine join
tha issue squarely with the enemy un-
the active forces in the campaign
bah up the platform with a consistent
seriousness and personality that Will
admit ofno popular skepucism.
Ne need not be more specific. essay
l 10 REORGANIZATION as TO incongru-
ltes o patent on their face that mil
Won or more democratic voters did NOT
20 % the POLLS az all. while thousands oil
others voted with the opposition IA a
spirit o. indignant protest
The democratic party is the party OF
TIE masses in contradistinction 10 the
classes or the bencfciarios Of special
privileges from government. or IL is
nothing There is no importation pos
aie between democracy and the SIMS
Ter forces OF public spoilation The peo-
pearc quick TO detect that common spe-
c.e- of campaign strategy which puts
ufra & mocratic aphorisms in the
mouths OF wolves in Sleeps clothing ana
PASS the game Of verbal DISSEMINATION
10 Tx galleries in order to betray the
eli. crate. once power Is attained. The
lonely proyerb OF Lincoln about fool
irs 'he people has more than one appli-
cation iu recent politics history
The democratic party must either grid
Us iaIns ior uncompromising and eternal
contest With the Goliath Of privilege in
every governmental way. shape and
form, or i' must stand aside for the new
David Chat the outraged people Will
sooner or later send up against the NAL
efolent Influences that to-day menace
faa very life OF the republic or. AZ least.
II. continued existence as a republic.
], Is all very well to wax patitudin-
ols about the "old landmarks and the
'iatiers' Of democracy. but the tenets OF
je9,rson are but sounding brass in mod
en- politics. il the democratic party Is
not progressive enough and brave
enough TO apply them 20 existing gov
ernmcntal conditions Historically the
democratic party is great. and its foun-
iatlons reach down TO the bedrock Of
free institutions ard popular sovereign
81 but is ir meeting the demands upon
il hy the abuses and perversions of gov
eminent to-day? Is il rising grandly
and hravely TO its full opportunity. nay.
10 Us historic duty. in championing the
rights and demands Of the great common
people to-day?
/, is. so far as the rank and file are
concerned. but there is something pain
fully lacking in its leadership 1t has
700 many opportunists accredited with
leadership who lead nowhere save into
an abyss and a slough Of despond.
The issues are ready at hand The
following is large and certain. The dem
ocrailc army is clamoring for men 20 lead
who will not barter the vital elements of
democracy for a mess OF expediency pot
tace
The future OF the democratic party is
secure when it lives squarely up TO the
axiom that MIR Bryan propounded az
me Jackson banquet in Indiana
Don't Let 1t Out.
our republican friends do rot wear
their hearts On their sleeves. When dem
ocrats fall out, they are prone to hire a
hall. proclaim aloud their differences.
and raise the standard Of rival factions.
70 rally all hands for a fight for the lead
ershlps But the republicans. bound to-
sether BY the cohesive power Of public
plumber SO successfully confine their
calling Of names TO the privacy Of the
inner chamber that IL is only by vague.
general and not always reliable clues
that one can doduce that hair is being
pulled fifth ribs being jeoparded by the
sharp steel Of rival ambitions and stilet-
toes sharpened for a gentlemanly cary