Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-04-26
The SOUTH MUST LEAD
Invitation to Command the Ma
tional Democracy.
EULOGY OF SOUTHERN STATESMEN

AA"ASL 49, Il LIN
The Pernicious Tendencies and Bane-
ful Of tho Republican,.
The Country Ready to Intrust n
VigiIant and Reputable Democracy
With Power.
The southern states are the strong
hold Of Democracy, for when other
sections went off into un-Dcmocratic
fields the south stood stcadfast for the
party Of the people. Heretofore the
south has been very modest, even with
advice, at national conventions and has
brought forward no candidates for the
national nominations except in an in
different way from the debatablc Dor
der states, such as Missouri and Mary
land.
The country sorely needs honesty,
eminent from the party of graft, greed
and scandals that now is in power. The
6teadfaSt south, whose unwavering de-
votion to Democratic principles has
withstood the brides and gibes OF the
enemy, has now been invited to lead
in the reorganization of the party on
the old and undisputed doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privi-
legeS to none" This invitation comes
from the state that has heretofore al
ways been dominant in debating party
policies and candidates, but is now
ready to follow the lead of the south,
which has hitherto been content to fol-
low what have been considered the
necessary but doubtful states.
At Charlotte, n. c., Judge Parker
lately made a speech urging the south
to take the lead in party management
and further said:
But the time has come when new
duties and responsibilities must be I'M
dertaken by the Democrats of the
south. 1t is more than twoscore years
since the war closed, and your people
find themselves upon the threshold of
what promises to be the most remark
able business development the world
iist' N't IN IL Nlllili llc Ntll!lC ti!Iit
and space. Some of your men have
gone forth to command the highest sue
cess, i'll the most honorable way, in the
greatest financial and commercial
movements Of the time; others have
become the managers Of great railway
interests; YOU have developed great
manufacturing enterprises, and. most
difficult Of all, your people, as a whole,
have SO maintained and increased
their OWE position and the dominance
of the country in one of the greatest
products Of the soil as to make them
the wonder and admiration of the
world.
In spite of your devotion to princi-
pie and consistency in the face of nu-
merical Importance that was prepon-
derant, in politics only have you step
ped aside. From the earliest day you
have sent your best men into public
life. They have been at nee modest,
able, devoted. patriotic and honest. No
Jail or penitentiary has opened it's hos
pitable doors to admit your senators,
representatives or governors, nor have
the officers of the law. from detectives
to attorney general, been compelled to
haul them into the criminal courts. In
the face of this record you have not
only permitted us of the north to pre-
sent to you candidates for president
and vice president, but you have insist
ed upon our doing so and have then
voted for them, and that, too, when
sometimes no other states did So"
After plainly presenting to the minds
Of his audience the Democratic dis
asters Of the past ten years Judge Par
ker continued:
when such conditions confront you
why should you hesitate any longer?
You have borne the heat and burden of
the day. Your statesmen have demon
strated their ability not only to take
care Of the interests of their states and
their section. but they have been the
only dam against aggression at home
and the threat of discredit abroad.
Among them are men with the knowl-
edge. experience, honesty and courage
to represent their fellow partisans
without the surrender of principle and
their fellow countrymen with safety
and honor.
"The time has come when the really
effective Democrats of the country
should be recognized and when they
themselves should no longer hesitate.
decline or refuse to seek or to accept
those honOrs which are their Just due
for work we'll done. l believe firmly
that it will do better, because it will at
once eliminate the factions which are
inevitable so long as their leaders feel
that they have only to capture a few
state organizations in the north. non!i-
nate their candidate and then depend
upon the south to support and elect
him, if possible.
But If this course would give
southern Democrats the recognition
they deserve it will also put them upon
their mettle. 1t will make it necessary
for them to insist upon devotion to
ideas and principles, to avoid, as their
character and traditions assure, eX-
creme policies. to keep themselves thor
Fughly in touch with ali the clements
% be found IN Il national and progress