Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Tired And unafra1d.

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John Sharp Williams, the democrat
ic leader in the house of representatives,
says that the country is tired of the re-
publican party and afraid of the demo-
cratic party.
There is no question that the country
is growing tired of the republican party.
1t is tired of the republican party be-
cause it is party that proclaims the
protective tariff graft as its ''fundamen-
tai principle and which practices all
forms of graft as matter of habit
There is no doubt the country has
feared the democratic party-an un-
reasoning fear, but a fear that has
existed none the less. The coincidence
of democratic administration and
financial panic and industrial depres-
sion-the two unrelated facts that
served as cause and effect-has lost
its terror
Growing tired Of the false pretense
that the republican party through the
be-it-enacted of congress has been able
to Great prosperity, the country's panic
stricken fear of the democratic party
is abating. The country is beginning
to think and the more it thinks the less
1t fears democratic policies and the
more it desires democratic administra-
ton
The fact that the country is growing
tired of the republican party and is
without fear OF democratic admins
tration was quite plainly indicated at
the November elections.
The fear of democratic administra-
ton, however, has not fully abated
There are classes and interests that
fear the democratic party as the thief
fears the faithful policeman.
The tariff beneficiary that through
tariff privilege is piucking the public is
fearful of democratic rule. The gorged
trust hates democracy as the devil hates
holy water The interests" that con-
troll governments to their selfish ends
stand in dread of the democratic party's
return to power.
In the state of Wisconsin the fear of
Democratic administration is causing
no honest man to lie awake of nights.
But to the horde of taxeaters that
through republican administration has
been foisted upon the people it IS con-
tingency fraught with calamitous evils.
The cost of the state government has
been more than doubled since the
voters striking at the democratic party
for the ills that they suffered through
hard times placed the republican party
in power and turned the state treasury
over to the mercies of the warning fac
tons of the republican party.
There is no honest fear of democratic
administration.
There is widespread disgust with Re-
publican rule.
In national affairs, the. republican
party has devoted itself to serving the
interests of what President Roosevelt is
pleased to term cunning and greed"
and has privileged organize' ealth to
exploit the public on every hand
The only thing left to the republican
party that does not excite public dis
trust is the presence of Theodore Roose-
welt within its lines and he commands
public confidence owing to the fact
that he has urged Democratic policies
in the face of republican opposition.
Wherever the policies of President
Roosevelt come in conflict with the
privileged interests he is dependent
upon democratic support to accom-
plish his ends.
In Wisconsin, the divided factions of
the republican party are both agreed
that democratic administration is far
more preferable than republican con-
troll through the opposing faction And
there is every reason to believe thai
majority of the people of the state, sick
and tired of republican factionalism,
are convinced that the best interests of
the state lie in return to democratic
rule and the administering of public
affairs soberly and decently and eco
nomically.
The American people are unafraid.
The people of Wisconsin have had
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