The Adair County news., 1906-08-08

"When that snail tranSplre, and thai
it will is just as sure as that awak-
ened people are solicitous for their we'll.
being. we VIII enter the gates of the city
of promise and hope and come into Oui
own. AS the Democratic party has al.
ways been disnitied in defeat, in victory
il will be moderate. IT is the party o.
the people; it's battles are the peoples
battles 1t has survived til fortunes OF
princes and of monarchs. 1t has known
its defeats, and has mad lis triumphs
but in victory or defeat it has Away:
been the same. the enemy of the poll
cies which favor the few to the eyclu.
sion Of the many. From every defeat
no matter how overwhelming or inglori-
Gus, it has arisen fresh and vigorous &c
offer battle in behalf of the people as
against corporate usurpatiOn and has
never faltered even at the last ditch
Like all good things, it can not persi.
1t may for a time be subdued and resi-
in the shadows, but when the battle cry
of the great common people is sounded
it rallies to their standard
What other political party could have
so long survived the long years of sue
cessive defeats in our national elections
The Wings. Know NOthinSs and al
other parties suffering a few defeats
dlsinteSrated, became as a dream anC
passed into oblivion. leaving only as d
reminder Of their existence a few traces
IN the political history IF our nation
but the Democratic party as strong i'm its
integrity and vigorous as in its great
est triumphs, still lives the pillar of the
! Ia
! their rights. 1t lives and will continue
10 1--we SO long as justice needs a cham.
pion, and so long equality before the
law and in governmental affairs shall be
part of the fabric of our republican
form of government
And why has this great party sur
vived the disasters of the past? Be.
cause it is founded on the broad prin.
clpics of justice and equal rights to all.
because espOuses the cause of all the
people and not special few: because
1t believes in the constitution as almost
divine instrument and favors following
H. because il is opposed to the high pro-
tectiVe tariff that robs the consumer tc
enrich the producer; because in Iine. ii
IS bui!ded on those lofty principles. en-
bodied in the first inaugural of jefferson
the great founder of our party and con
shutting our party creed from that time
TO the present.
Platform of Jefferson.
"A better platform has never been de.
! visCd. the tombstone OF which is eoua.
and exact Justice to all men and bless.
lrSs or government secured by restrain
ing men from injuring one another leav-
| ing them otherwise free TO regulate Their
! own pursuits and not taking from the
mouth of labor the bread it has earned
Such was the party Of jefferson: such
the party of Jackson. and such is it il
| this good year of the Goth century hoarv
with age. but vigorous as when the
| splepGOr upon its infancy
This historic party Of the people il
rich in having as it's fearless. faithful
| and conscientious advocate the peerless
William Jennings Bryan. not of Ne
braska, but of the United States at large.
whom prophecy has named our next
/ President.
Misrepresentation of Trust Funds.
1.-THE world stands appalled, at the
startling disclosures Of the corruption
exposed by the investigation of insurance
companies whose officers, out of the
! trust funds that had been placed in their
hands for the protection of widows and
orphans. contributed to the National Re-
! publican Committee stupendous sums in
return for which they were to receive
! governmental favor and protection and
such legislation as they might require
regardless of the rights of the citizens
of these United States. When confront
ed with their turpitude, they not only
did not deny it, but brazenlv attempted
/ to justify it on the ground Of expediency.
Our moral senses have been shocked by
other similar instances
Republican Party Compromises With
Crime.
ITO carry out its purposes the Repub-
lican party has compromised with crime,
and forgetting the sacred trust that was
confided to it of a sound and economical
government for the benefit of all the
people, it has delegated it's governmental
powers to corporations and entered into
a combine with them in consideration OF
these corrupt contributions made to pro-
mote 1tS success. with the Democratic
party there is no compromise with crime
It's policies are grounded on higher
loftier and nobler principles. Even the
| Republican President at Washington has
become disciple of Democratic policies
that in 1906 and 1900 were denounced
throughout the land as heresies, or as
the dreams of visionary. and is founs
advocat ting and promoting the things
Bryan has stood for these past ten years
Kentucky's Part in Battles.
Now. my friends. what part has our
beloved Kentucky played in the preser-
walton and perpetuation of Democratic
principles and Democratic beliefs and the
principles and Democratic success? With
the exception of 1896 when the party was
disrupted and torn asunder by reason of
the money question, which was the con-
trolling issue in that campaign and
when the Republican party had exacted
from corporations the most stupendous
corruption fund known to American pol
tics. Kentucky has always cast her cleo
toral vote for the Democratic candidates.
In 1903. when those composing the pres
ent state administration were candidates
4 before the people. they were elected by
40 3ora%x, 80 oon <br II ..~o~< 49, Sor;t,,