Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
is THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DYINe7

reasons for this impression are stated
as follows:
"A Tammany city convention adopts
resolutions praising President Roose-
welt for 1.-THE surprising courage. re-
markable tact, distinguished ability and
commanding influence displayed by
him as the central figure in the greatest
peace triumph of the age"
William Jennings Bryan, twice can
didate for president on the democratic
ticket, tenders to Mr.. Roosevelt his
sympathetic support in the campaign
OF regulating corporations in general
and railway rates in particular.
1.-The Massachusetts democrats COM
mend Mr.. Roosevelt for his service in
establishing peace between Russia and
japan.
The Rhode Island democrats indorse
Mr.. Roosevelt's rate regulation policy.
1.-The republicans of Massachusetts
are demanding revision of the tariff
Former Senator Gallery, of Louis.
lana, says the southern democrats are
protectionists, and predicts the organl-
cation of new party"
When president elected as repub
lican moves for reform upon the lines
proposed in three successive democratic
national platforms, 1t would be strange
| if he did not have the support of demo-
Gratis. The failure of democrats to sup
port him in that proposed reform would
| do hot TOR . hot no 6op IN
party is dying than the New York
w orld IS able to cite in the patriotic,
| democratic and consistent attitude TAX
en- by democrats generally with respect
to Mr.. Roosevelt's efforts to enlarge the
powers of the interstate commerce
commission.
| Former Senator Cafferv of Louisiana
has not for many years been an author
lty on democratic opinion, and that the
republicans of Massachusetts are ap-
preaching the democratic position on
the tariff question gives no reason for
The belief that the democratic party is
dying.
Democratic principles as they were
presented IN 1896 and in 1900 are, ad-
mittedly, more popular today than ever
before. And when we see distinguish
ed republicans advocating democratic
methods in the. effort to provide the
people with relief-and prevented from
establishing reforms because their par
| ty is welded to its corporation idols-it
is absurd for any one to contend that
1.-THE dem ocratic party is dylng.''
More and more of the American peo-
pie are coming to realize that the dem
ocratic party represents the real con.
servatism of the country-that it stands
between the radicalism of the republl-
can party on the one hand and the radi-
calism Of the socialist on the other.
More and more of the people are com
ing to understand the evils of monopoly
as described by democrats in 1896 and
in 1900, and more and more they are
coming to believe that the democratic
methods for reform along these lines
must be adopted if popular government
is to be preserved.
The Washington Times, in an editor
ial printed in its issue of September q,
while displaying its gratitude for repub-
lican victory In 1896 and 1900 on account
of the money question, added: Now it
is clear to US that practically every
other notable feature of those two dem
agogic platforms was fully justified"
And the Times further expresses regret
that the opponents of the democratic
party IN those two campaigns were too
"pig-headed" to perceive that while
that party's deductions might be all
awry its premises might in the main
be sound" Also, that the opponents
of the democratic party In those cam.
paigns would feel better today if they
had not jumped "to the preposterous
extreme of contradicting every premise
on which those policies we're supposed
, to hang down to the Ten Command
ments.n
, Time was when political parties were
presumed to display strength and polit
lcal leaders were regarded as statesmen
{ when they withheld their endorsements
/ OF proposed reforms advocated by the
opposition; and there have been in
stances where men. vigorously fought
the very reforms which they had previ.
ously as vigorously advocated, and all
I because the opposition had adopted
i, their own plans. But such things are
of the past.
Ii democrats are not sufficiently sin.
e cere and patriotic to support their own
t plans for reform, even when those plans
E are adopted by sincere republicans.
then they are incapable of giving
strength and vitality to the political or.
l. ganization to which they telopg.
r 1t the democratic party were made OF
n men who would desert their principles
N and their policies simply because an
l honest republican had undertaken Il