The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-23
THE HERALD AND NEWS.

.nent the world has ever known with
in the same time and space. Some Of
your men have gone forth to command
the highest success. in the most honor
able way, in the greatest financial and
commercial movements Of the time;
others have become the managers Of
great railway interests; You have de-
veloped great manufacturing enter
prises, and, most difficult Of all. your
people. as a whole, have SO inaintain-
ed their own position and the domi
nance OF the country in one Of the
greatest products of the soil as to
make them the wonder and the ad-
niration Of the world.
In spite Of your }evoticl 10 l'i'ln-
ciplc and consistency. in the face 81
numerical importance that was pre-
ponderant. in politics only have yo''
stepped aside. From the earliest days
since self government was restored
you have sent Your best men INTO p;:b-
lie life. They have been 1t once
modest. able. devoted, pat1'inTl" and
honest. No jail OF penitentlary has
opened it's hospitable doors to admit
your senator's. representatives or
governors, nor have the officers Of
the law, from detectives to attorneys
general, been compelled to hale them
into the criminal courts. In the face
Of this record you have not only per-
,nitted us Of the north to present to
YOU candidates for president and vice
president, but you have insisted upon
our doing 50 and have then voted for
them, and that, too, when sometimes
no other states did 50.
'In 1895 you tried Nebraska and
since that day, no old democratic
northern state has accredited one Of
our party to the United States SEN
ate and in none has there been a
friendly governor. All the democrat
ic training schools Of the north-ele-
mentary, intermediate and higher
were closed and have remained so.
The party paralysis was complete and
almost fatal. In 1904, hoping to cure
or palliate it, you advised returning
again to New York for your candi-
date, only to meet the worst defeat in
our party history. It is now nearly
twelve years since any man protesting
devotion to our party has been chosen
in nation or in any northern demo-
cratic state to fill an important execu-
tive office. At the last election, per-
haps eight out Of ten voters then un-
der thirty were ranged with our op-
ponents and today the party organlza-
tions are lifeless, their one time
leaders are dead or have abdicated,
or worse, have become republicans,
while in more than one state the
threat hangs over them that they may
become the victims of the spoiler, the
destructive, or the corruptionlst.
"When such conditions confront
You, why should you hesitate any
longer9 Until the democrats of Ne
braska and New York and other
northern states have brought forth
fruits meet for repentance-or at
least so long as they are threatening
to give themselves and the party over
to further Observation-Disclosures you
not assert yourself9 You have borne
the heat and burden Of the day. Your
statesmen have demonstrated their
ability not only to take care Of the
interests of their states and their Sec
ton, but they have been the only dam
against aggression at home and the
threat Of discredit abroad. Among
them are men with the knowledge, eS-
perience, honesty and courage to rep
| resent their fellow partisans without
| the surrender Of principle and their
fellow-countrymen with safety and
| honor.
~, myself, placed at the front fot
| q time, have every reason to be CRATE
full to democrats everywhere, especial