The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-12

more votes than Mr.. Cleveland or
Mr. Parker. Until some other
democrat receives larger number
Of votes Mr. Bryan will continue
to be- TIA" national leader of IN par
.ty.
Being the Democratic National
committeeman Of New York Slate,
and member Of the executive
committee, tins blunt declaration,
right ON the heels of the conflicting
dogmatism of the Jefferson ban.
uurtS IN Chicago aud New York, is
a sign Of II new situation III the
Democratic organization
MIR Mack is short square built,
aud Of the pure Gaelic type, His
blood was drawn from the NOM.
tains Of Inverness. He has Wig
urouS, pleasant cuuntenance, rosy
checked and strong jawrd, with
hushy, brown eyebrows drepset
hazel eyes, and long, thick, curv.
iug mustarhc Of coarse sandy hair
IA face and figure common IN the
heart OF the Scotch highlands.
lie is the editor aud owner OF the
Buffalo Times, which lee founded
twenty three years ago lie sup
ported Mr. Cleveland III 1884, sue.
rrrdrd William + Sheehau n
Democratic leader in Buffalo, sup.
ported Mr. Bryan aggreHslyrly IN
SgG aud 1900, aud last year helped
to sustain the leadership of David
& Hill IN this State
MIR. Mack was NO; anxious to-
talk about politics but when the
divided condition Of the Democratic
party was mentioned he spoke with
characteristic irankncss
NoNEN uRARHERs TO rHF REAR.
The Democratic party at tins
time reminds me of the hoy baby in
the advertisement reaching for Il
cake of soap and labelled lie won I
bc happy till he gets it. The PEG.
pie who make mp the rank and file
Of the democracy will never he sat
islrd till the men who have been
engaged IN securing and making
money ont of special governmental
privileges have been sent tu the
rear u tlr party The party inst
nov seems to he made up of two
elements Ninety eight per cent
of il consists Of men who seem f.
be- ~ favor of progressive democ.
rucF, which says what II means,
and IS honestly opposed To- the
u-r OF the party or the govern
mrut tor private advantage Those
who make mp the remaining Gwu
per cent seem to be- convinced
that they ARE the real Demo
Gratis, hnt we might as well hr
honest they call themselves con
srryatIyc democrats with the rN
ccptlun of very few who have
been mIslrd yOu will find that that
~ nearly every ease the So called
conservative democrats who have
opposed the pnaly most OF the time
Tor the past ten years are either at
the head OF big corporations look
my Tor special privileges or are ut.
turnrys hired by such corporations
To secure special privilege tor large
money considerations.
The democrats of the country
might rs well understand clearly
that they can never win hy the use
OF Doodle, | intend to speak
frankly TAX" my own county,
Erie, for instance. In 1900 we
had fund of about ~ 100 IN that
county. We lost it by about /
500 votes. Last year We had
fund of more than $50, 900 We
lost the county by more than IL,
600 votes.
Now in 1896 it is a we'll known
fact that there was not county in|
the Union in which We had money
enough to buy the necessary post
age stamps, and yet we came with
III Col ,SJ4 votes of electlng a pres
ldent. Last wear we had plenty of
money, | don't believe that the
public should he misled, and |
will speak plainly. Last year We
had all the money we could use in
this on any other state. Yet we
lost the election by 2,jl2 .OG2, al
defeat, IN spite Of our abundance
of money, more than four times as
great rs III 1896, when we were 80
hard up for funds. If it had not
been for the strength furnished by
local issues and local candidates in
States like New York, Michigan
Massachusetts and Minnesota we
should have come ont of the cam
pnlgn stripped bare
MUST HAVE REAL ISSUES.
The truth is that the Demo
cratic party must stand for some
thing diiinite if it hopes to win at
the polls. You don need any BET
ter evidence than that last fall Chi.
cago went 10000 Republican,
while this year, indeed in the past
few DAYS, when the municipal fight
was made on straight out ana ont
ISSUES, Chicago went % 900 Demo
cratic.
These things ought to be les
son to the Democratic leaders, local
state and national.
If the Democratic party is Ia
have any chance to win, it must
have democratic leadership and II
democratic platform.
Last falls campaign was not "A
fair test of the Democratic. party's