The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-09
DEMooRAoY's OPPORTUNITY.

There are thousands Of honest Republicans who since
the war in loyal and unquestioning faith have Followed
the fortunes of the party Of Lincoln and Grant Iney
have kent the faith and never broken ranks because their
traditions were SET To these Roosevelt is reVea-
tion. He is preaching them Democracy from Repupi-
can pulpit He is showing them that the things which
Democrats have pleaded for for forty years. and whcn
they have been taught to believe would bring ruin 70 uhe
country are good things and righteous things and that
they can be done and ought to be done Those men can
never again be Republicans after the old fashion, Roose
yet has opened their eyes, They the light and love
it because it is the light of popular liberty Now who
will these men follow? They cannot follow the spoils
man and the trust magnae Not all the fat Of syndcates
can tempt them any They will not have kooseVelU
to follow fr the Reform President will not De tnere 70
lead What then but the Democratic party is left to
carry the creeds and policies which these honest men
have been taught by great example to respectS
If only the Democratic party shall be true to itself
and to its great traditions If only the Democratic party
will rise to the level of the great opportunity which IS
presented to it in this tremendous movement III only
the trmmers and towards and half-Republicans will be
quiet or Quit and give real Democracy free course to be
glorifed No haf-hearted platform no cumbrous plat-
uS vs. no straddng potestatons and no haltng ana uh
celan candidate rally the brave true men VINO nave
been liberated and inspired by the splendid movements
Of this eyentful year. The and the platform must
meet in definite and suggestive campaign The issues
must be clear The sentences must be short The plat
form must be brief enough for American voter TO
paste in his hat.
First-Reform the Robber Tariff.
Second-Regulate the Criminal Trusts
Thrd-Equaze taxation if it takes an income tax
to do it.
Foursh-A rbtrate the differences OF labor and capital
Fifth-Make reasonable the hours of labor.
Sixth-Put child slavery out of the factories.
SeyentH-And put in stripes every man who buys or
bullies an American ballot y
Go to the country in ringing sentences and the
country will respond in storm of ballots that will bury
the Republican party Every convert that Roosevelt Is
making now to the doctrines of popular rights and liberty
and they are thousandsmust pin his faith hereafter
to the party from whom the President is borrowing his
thunder There are many Democrats it is true whose
creeds and personal interests will carry them to the ranks
of the old conservative party of property and privilege
Let them go and the the better For the great
rank of the Democratic armythe plain people OF Amer
careinforced and recruited by the great army whom
Roosevelt has liberated from Republican tradition, will
make majority mighter than Roosevelts own.
And in that majority will be writ the rebuke OF the
selfish and greedy spokesman and the triumph OF the
great peopethe greatest good of the greatest number
for whom the buded by the fathers and
for whom it must be administered if hopes or deserves
to succeed.