The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-22

dlSinGorested patriots who would will
lingly shed their blood for the public
interests.
Every speech delivered by Ohaunoey
M. D>pew. by Joseph r. Burton, or
any of the other republican senators
or members Of congress was pointed
to as the utteranoe of far-seeipg
statesman who would as quickly
desert his own party had his own
party attacked the public interests
as the democratic party was then
charged with doing. And consider.
able numbes of people really believed
that these mon were defenders Of
national honor. They really believed
that they were men standing for the
best course for the whole people.
Several million men went to the polls
and voted the republican ticket under
the impression that that party was
the God and morality" Organ,za.
tion, rather than the party of pecula
ton and plunder-as they now kno "
i6 to be.
Does any one believe that the
things complained of In the Depews
and the Burtons would not have been
condemned by Americans ten,
twenty fifty, or hundred years agop
Would the American people Of the
long ago knowingly have given their
approval to conspiracies In restraint of
trade, to monopolies in the neces
@aries Of life? Would Americans OF
the long ago have looked with az
proval upon an Aldrioh did they
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the tool Of special interests rather
than as the representative of the peo-
pleP Has there been q period in
American history when men would
not have known that the embezzle-
ment Of depositors' money by the
B;gelows and the Andrews was
wronep Has there ever been q time
when Americans would not see the
evil when United States senator's ac-
cepGed from private interests fees for
their services In public affairsp Dur.
ing what particular period did Ameri.
cans so far forget the simple rules OF
common honesty that they would
have failed to recognize as stea' ing
the appropriation Of policyholders'
money for the use and benefit OF the
republican psrtyp During what
period would they fail to detect tn-
iquity In the bribes given by coal
barons to railroad employees and Off
cials In order that the coal trust
might secure undue advantages i?
when did they ever look upon re-
bates as anything but unfair and dis.
honest both to the railroad stock.
holder and to the general publicp ?
Would the sight Of Rockefeller
dodging officers Of the law inspire
greater admiration among the Ameri
cans of the long ago than 1T does
among the Americans Of today? Are
the Americans OF today 30 much
brighter than their predecessors that
they csn more quickly dectet wOrng
in the action Of Walsh, who, as owner
OF the Chicago Chronicle advocated
the election o....... .-.-rut -. ,,.nos.
pretending his Efforts to be in defense
Of national honor when, as we have
reason to believe, they were in order
that he might be better able to
feather his own nest by the violation
Of the laws Of the land and the rules
Of common honestly There has never
been time when men did not know
chat wife abandonment, as INDUCED
In by the head Of the steel trust and
other defenders Of national honor"
Is not "Cdious and criminal" There
has mover been q time In the history
OF the American government when
men would not have known that it is
a crime to deal out en- balmed beef to
the sold ers and the sailors, and a
crime to feed the men, women and
children OF this land upon diseased
meat. Would the men OF the long
ago have looked more lightly upon the
Immunity bath to which our trust
nagnapes are treated than do the
people OF the presen I?
Don't be deceived, Mr.. Elitor Of
the Wal, Str. ct Journal. There has
>een no tremendous moral revolu
GiDn" as you employ The term. There
lave been tremenoous disclosures OF
terrible facts. The hearts Of the
people are right today as they were
riRhb in 1896. They were fooled then
as they were fooled before and as
ahey have been fooled since. Bu,
'nce let the real Weakening come; let
5nem know that they are called upon
70 take their stand on the side Of
5ruth or on fAlsehood's side, and IL
>ill bo very readily seen that by all
ov"rwns lining majo i.y they will lake
vDeir stand in line with those goou
old II Oral principles whicn they learn
Oh at the mothers knee.
IL the ne W8paperB would only tell
the people the truth with respect to
these public questions the popular
verdict would be more nearly corr, G ).
Even now there are many honest re-
publicans who really imagine that the
foreigner pays the tax, and because
Of that false notion they are holding
up the hands Of the standpatters. u
When the rank and file OF The repub
lican party learn the truth With re.
spect TO republican tariff they will
nold that policy to be "odious and
even criminal"
Let the Wall Street Journal unde
ceive Itself. The practices which the
people vigorously condemn today they
would have condemned In 1896 hat
they not been systematically de
ceived
Formula for Suooosg.
The formula for success In lif,
which the late Baron Alphonse Roth
child laid down for the young mer
Of France and distributed by mean
of printed CRrdA Wa9. Shup liouor