The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-23
THE HERALD AND NEWS.

/.
I,nent the world has ever Known WITH,
an the same time and spa ace. Some of
|Syoar / men have gone forth to command q
the highest success, in the most honor
able way, iii}the great testj jfinanc cial and
4 commercial movements Of the time;
others hayeSbecome the d, anagers Of
Sreat railway interests !; you have de-
Iycloped great manufacturing enter
lprises, and, most difficult of all, your YOU,
people, as a whole, have SO maintain.
led their own position ana theEdoini--
nance of the country in one Of the
greatest products Of the soil as %
make them the wonder and the ad-
miration of the world #.E ss;.s. &
In spite Of your devotion to prin-
ciplc and consistency, in The face 5of
nfnumericals Importance That was pre-
ponderant, in politics only l,eve yo,,
stepped aside. From the earliest days
since self-government was restored
you have sent your best men into pah-
lie life. They have been ut once
modest, able, devoted, patriotic and
honest. No Jail or penitentiary has
opened it's hospitable doors to admit
your senator's, representatives + or
governors, nor have the officers Of
the law, from detectives, to attorneys
general, been compelled to hale them
into the criminal courts. In the face
Of this record you have, not only per-
mitted us Of the north to present to
you candidates for president and vice
president, but you have insisted upon
our doing SO and have then voted for
them, and that, too, when sometimes
no other states did so. . ~
>''In ls96>you tried Nebraska ana
since that day, no old democratic
northern state has accredited one Of
our party to the United States SEN
ate and in none has there been a
friendly governor. All the democrat
lc training schools of the north--ele-
mentary, intermediate and higher
were closed and have remained so.
Tho party paralysis was complete and
almost fatal. In 1904, hoping to cure
or palliate it, you advised returning
again to New York for your .candi-
date, only to meet the worst defeat in
our party history. It is now nearly
twelve years since any man processing
devotion to our party has been chosen
in nation or in any northern demo
cratic state to fill an important execu-
tive office. At the last election, per-
haps eight out of ten voters then un-
der thirty were ranged with our op-
pohents and today tho party organiza-
tions are lifeless, their one time
leaders are dead or have abdicated,
or worse, have become republicans,
while in more than one state the
threat hangs over them that they may
become the victims. of the spoiler, the
destructive, or the corruptionist.
"When such conditions confront
you, why should you hesitate any
longerY Until tho democrats of Ne
braska and New York and othe,
northern states have brought forth
fruits meet for repentance at
least so long as they are threatening
to give themselves and the party over
to further destruction-should yot,
not assert yourself7 You have borne
the heat and burden Of the day. Your
statesmen have demonstrated their
ability not only to take care of the
interests Of their states and their Sec
tion, but they have been the only. dam
against aggression at home and the
threat of discredit abroad. Among
them arc men with the knowledge, ex-
perience, honesty and courage to rep
| resent their follow partisans without
tho surrender of principle and their
fellow-countrymen with safety and
honor. ..s-...... .. -. -.--
~, myself, placed at the front fo,
a time, have every reason to be CRATE
ful 70 6pinocrafc avo,.uuhnro o;o1