The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-02

election of Senators, hut no Re.
publican national plntInrll has yet
endorsed This reform. How can
this be- cX2lainrd' II is either be
canSe the Republican party lacks
faith in the people or brcause the
leaders are under the domination
OF the corporations which oppose
the popular election of Senators.
Let the young voter consider the
questions which ure at issue and
he will fluid that the Democratic
party looks Mt these questions
from the standpoint of the common
people, while the Republican lead
ers are constantly doing the bid |
ding of the trusts, syndicates and
other large corporations. Which |
party will ultimately triumph! No
student of history can doubt that
Democracy will win. In every civ
ilized country there are two parties
one Democratic and one Aristo-
crutic-One leaning toward the peo.
pie and the other leaning away
from them-and in every country
the Democratic party is growing
aud the Arst0cratlc party dlmin-
iShing in strength. Great Britain
has witnessed recent triumph of
II its Democratic party, for the .b-
cral party is the Democratic party
uf Great Britain. In the House of
Lords the Conservatives outnum-
Der the Liberals IN the ratio of =
to ! but in the House OF Commons
the Liberals have 200 majority.
This new Democratic government,
with Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
mau ut It's head, is preparing n
home rule measure for ireland, II
measure for the protection of ten
ants Of England, aud another
measure depriving the landlords of
, their multiple votes; at present Il
: landlord can vote in each district
, where be has land. but in the new
! law he will he restricted to one
I vote and he compelled to chose his
) residence.
. Thus Democracy grows IN Great
e Britain. In Russia, the most
2 deSpotic of the gOvorumm's, II
duma has already been estab-
! liShed and ut the election the
| Democratic vote overwhelmed the
votes east hy the ears party.
e Democracy grows in Japan, in
P China, in India aud throughout
| the world 1t grows because ii is
J founded upon living truth. Those
r who trust the people make 10 mis-
take; those who distrust the people
will sooner oI latrr find themselves
in the minority, for the doctrine Of
, self government has been vindca.
ted aud will triumph everywhere.
If the young voter will read the
speeches made by Democrats and
compare those speeches with the
speeches made 10y Republicans he
will find that the Democrat seeks
to make society prosperous by
making the masses prosperous, be.
lievipg that prosperity comes up
from the people; the Republican
leaders seek to make society pros
porous by making the corporations
prosperous, believing that pros
perity comes down from the EN-.
ployer to the employees.
Young voter, on which side will
You fight, with the people for pop
ular government, brought near to
the people-for government of the
people, by the people and for the
people, or will you distrust the
capacity of the people for self.goy-
eminent aud build upon an inter
mediate power between them and
those in authority? Will YOU pro-
tect the eXplolter, the CRATER and
che plundcrer-those who grow rich
upon the earnings of the public,
aud having grown rich. debauch
society, politics aud government?