The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-02
Mr.. BRYAN TALKS
TO YOUNG VOTERS.
The Sentiment or Tendency Underlying
the Two Great partes-Gruwth
Of Democratic Sentiment

dUu young men VIII cast lHtlt llTst
vote aud the COmmoner addresses
word to them.
The Democratic and Republican
parties have opposed each other for
about fifty years. The Republican
party was organized just before the
war and the purpose of its organi-
zatioI was to oppose the extension
of slavery. As result of the war
between the States it became the
party of emancipation, although
Lincoln never declared in favor of
emancipation prior to his election,
Since the war the Republican party
has been in power with the excep-
ton of the years when Grover
Cleveland was President, and then
it had control of either the Senate
or the House most of the time.
The Democratic party is rs old
rs our constitutional history aud
having survived all Of its defeats
is now not only vigorous. hut con
hdeut. These two parties repre-
srut different tendencies and these
tendencies ought to be understood
by those who are about 70 entc"
upon the exercise of the privileges
Of citizenship.
The Democratic party leans to-
ward the people; the Republican
pnrty leans away from the people.
The Democratic party has faith in
the people; the Republican party
has not Democrats look back TO
Jefferson as the founder of their
political faith: Republican leaders
are admirers of Hamilton. When
one knawS the difference between
Jefferson aud Hamilton be knows
the difference between the DOM.
nanl thought of those who admire
Jefferson and those who admire
Hamilton.
jefferson not only believed in
popular elections, bat he believed
III having the elections frequent
enough to keep the representative
under the control OF the voters he
recognized the frailty of man aud
knew that too long II tenure in
Office would lead the office holder
to hook out for himself aud forget
the people who elected him.
Hamilton, on the other hand.
did not have faith in the people
and he desired to remove the gov.
eminent rs far as possible from the
people; he drew III a form of gov.
eminent and tried to secure its
adoption, bat happily he failed to
engraft his ideas upon the eonsti.
tuition. His plan provided for a
President elected for life, for Sena-
tors elected for life and for Govern
ors Of the several States appointed
by the President for life. 1t was
Il centralized system which BETRAYED
in every part II Jack of trust in the
masses.
1t is Significant of the fundsmen.
tai differences between the two
parties that Democrats grow more
and more fond of jefferson, while
the Republican, Lenders talk iaore
and more about Hamilton. As an
evidence that this distinction ie a
real one, it is only necessary to re-
REV the history of the effort 20
secure the election of United States
Srnators by direct vote of the peo.
pie.
Something more than four teen
yeacs ago resolution was adopted
by the House of Representatives.
then Democratic. submitting the
necessary amendment to the peo-
pie; the next house, also Demo.
cratic, acted favorably upon this
resolution; then two Republican
houses adjourned without action.
Why did two Democratic houses
favor the election of Senators by
the people and two Republican
houses oppose it! Is there any
other reason than that the Demo