The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-03-12

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process of solldification.
Agitation the Watchword.
/ For the present the watchwor.
should be agitation. Let US keep ths
waters in motion that they may be
come pure,
Public opinion, whether of nations
or of parties. is the aggregate of indi
vi1ual expressions, and this is tht
4 me and these are the issues upor
which Democrats should now express:
themselves
In the present impossibility of ac
| ton this is one time in our history
when there is a golden value In talk
Upon every occasion where one OF
two are gathered together in the
name Of the people there should be
free. full and fearless discussion and
the duty and the policy reached as to
the duty and the policy of the Demo
cratic party. Let Democrats talk out
in meeting everywhere. In the clubs,
in the wards, in the primary conven
ticns, let the many impress upon the
few who represent them what it is
that they ask and demand
Weed Out the Party.
Let the resolutions of every as
sembly voice the opinion Of the peo-
pie upon the kind of democracy which
they wish for the future And let this
be done without hesitation or fear of
the results. If any Of those present
take offense at the declaration OF old
fashioned Democratic principles,
don't be afraid to bid them politely
good-by. This Is the wholesome purg.
ing that must cure the sick man of
Democracy A dose of castor oil is
the essential 10 recovery here.
We cannot too strongly impress or
too frequently repeat the truth that
the Democratic organization has
many men who by interest or convic-
ton belong to other parties. Don't
commit the radical error of thinking
that these men are essential to sue.
cess. Don't be afraid TO let them go
Believe me, we will never succeed UNI.
iii they are gone. Men with Republi-
can convictions in Democratic as.
semblies may not be traitors, but they
are assuredly marplots, for they
stand obstruct!ves in the construction
of platforms which carry our real
principles and promise our real and
durable success.
For every man of this type who
leaves US for the party Of spoils and
privilege there will be found two to
come in from the ranks of the Roose-
welt Republicans, who are learning
liberty and popular rights at the feet
of the paradoxical president.
Give People Something to Vote For.
this idea car7rrEis pernea.g the
ranks OF the mass then the represen-
tntiTe attitude "a the leaders will be.
made plain 1t must be beaten into
the heads Of the politicians who repre-
sent us that in this hour OF danger
and of opportunity the Democratic
party is not afraid of enough radical
ism in platform and expression TO
make sharp and clear the difference
between the Republican party and
that which stands for the people. We
must give the people something 70
yot e, foo ils we expect them, TO. vote;
Cor Il we put tipItsEo conservative tick
ets % two e9nseE,'atiye platforms
cue people Wilt ~ fishing. AZ they.
ought 10 90 Except those extremists
among them WHO willi8ent their dis
in q. ballot FOR the Social.
list or Populist candidate.
And so the duty of the hour Is agi.
tation. Let the men who believe in
real democracy and wish the triumph
Of a real democracy talk and write
and speak, aud so TO the clubs and
the primaries and the hastings, and
thunder into the ears Of the leaders
the spirit and the elaboration of their
demands.
If we shall do this the next nation
al convention will be the renaissance
Of popular liberty aud constitutional
government. and its candidates win
sweep the ballots like Storm
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.