The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-02-01
stopped Hts Paper

A subscriber to the Citizen has
written TO us TO stop sending the
paper to him because OF its change
of policy. He says that he does not
care TO aid or encourage in any way
party that has stained Kentucky's
name with darker stain than that
OF any other except the one which
has given such careful protection to
the criminals who are refugees from
justice"
Now we have nothing TO say in re
gard TO the assassination Of Governor
Goebel except that if party is re
sponsible for the action of its indi-
vidual members the Democratic party
has much 20 answer for, not only in
Kentucky, but in every part Of the
United States No one deprecates
assassination or any other form Of
lawlessness more than the editor of
the Citizen aud those with whom he
is associated, but the matter OF choice
Of political party is one that must
be decided upon broader lines than
those mentioned by our friend When
the writer cast his first presidential
vote for General Hancock and, later
when he voted for Mr. Cleveland,
there was no one in the country more
proud of the principles his party
represented But let us see what
has come 10 pass since then. When,
at the close Of his FIRST admins
traiion. Mr.. Cleveland, in spite Of
the cowardly protests Of bis advisors,
declared the policy Of the Democratic
party to be tariff for revenue with
incidental protection, there was
chance for that party 30 place itself
behind a policy that would. after the
FIRST temporary disturbance, have
commanded the respect aud follow
ing Of the Democracy, the great
common people Of the United States.
But when the first effort to fulfil the
pledges made by the President aud
bis party resulted in the hernia
phrodi,ic Wilson Bill, the confidence
OF every true Democrat in his party
was betrayed. That was the begin
ming Of the end. What has come 10
pass since is matter Of history be
fore which those who follow JetTer.
son aud the fathers must hide their
heads in shame Every article Of
the Hancock and Cleveland platforms
has disappeared from the statement Of
fads, they cannot be called principles,
that have been patched together
since in the vain hope Of enabling
some hungry politicians TO get their
noses into the pigs trough. Sound
money, a sane foreign policy, Civil
Service Reform. Conservation of the
Purity Of the Ballot, and Square
Deal, are nov Republican principles,
and II there is principle that the
Democratic party leaders would not
betray in the hope Of catching votes,
the writer knows not of IL. Even
Tariff Reform. the one thing which
still holds place. small aud mod
est one necessarily after the farce Of
the Wilson Bill aud the betrayal Of
President Cleveland in the party
platform. is coming 10 be Republi
can measure, aud those who seek for
this are seeing that the only way to
secure it is through the Republican
Party.
And in the state OF Kentucky,
those who, forgetting for moment
the broader issues OF the nation, are
seeking a square deal for the common
people. are now convinced that the
only way 10 secure this is through
the Republican organization. Aud
the square deal will come and will
come soon. We're it not for the
shameful gerrymandering Of the
state in the interests of the Dean
ocratic rings, il would be here now.
And the Citizen, while not a political
paper ia any sense Of the word, is
now in a position in which it can
speak the mind Of the people on such
questions as come up az every cleo
tion without the charge Of inconsis
tency being entered against it, The
Citizen stands for the interest OF the
people as against the rings, for good
citizenship as against lawlessness.
for the square deal in national, state,
and local affairs, for freedom from
the dominance Of the liquor interests
OF the state, and for all reforms that
tend toward the Kingdom OF God on
earth. For the present, those re-
sponsible for the papers policy see