The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-12
\ THRUST At BRY
aND THOSE DENO1RATS WEO
AGREE WITH EIM.
J=rome seekirg Aid Of eo;d Cemo
Gratis and the Republicans in
His Fight.

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-one of New York was the centrs
isurs IN the conference OF up Stats
Nsw York Dem crs:s called to mee'
st Aiosny, N. Y oa "Wednesday t,
consider the c*n6ition Of the D mo
o.ssic pSrsy In the State OF Nes
York. Is was declared by the spon
sors OF the conference, leading among
zhom Was ex. Mayor Thomas N O..
borne OF Auburn, that Mr.. jerome
vas present merely IS speaker, no.
IS a party to the conference and tha'
5he meeting vas lot In the interes
OF his capdidacV, OK thst Of any other
nan for the 6 Varnor.
Mr. jerome uentioncd no names IL
his address. Hs dealt With tho gen
aral purposes, gsnsrsl condition sno
possibilities OF she Democratic party
9e declared it az bis erstaading
::has the conference was Ia the inter
est Of 10 particular candidscr, least
II all 20 dictate to or threaten the
convention Of our party sool to as
Semble st Baff 40"
He took direct issus With the opin
.on recently expressed by Gov, Folk OF
Missouri and Others though be nanec
40 one.
R al leadership is nowhere ir
tght," said he, ''snd what passes for
leadership seems to consist Of dsnsg
ogic derunciation Of existing cond:.
5ions and tbs advancing Of vague
chemes OF soei&Iisn and psternslisn,
@hica sre essentially revolutionary In
character.
we are rot on the threshold o.
~ sr>atest political 3 Takanirg this
,asiun nas ever known, ;caTktDg the
nsginn;ng OF new age. aus ~e are
I believe, about to return to our senses
snd to earnestly address ourselves to
she solution OF the difficult problems
confronting Us by the msthods which
she past has shown to be entirely ade
ouste to meet the greatest emergen
cies
oar elections, where national p'-
l.tical parties are involved, have be
come little more thsn ignobls scrsn
o!es for cfice, in which each candi.
!sts declares how good be will be II
elected to Office aud vses with his op
o0nert in c!siDniag trust busting and
anti c ~rporasi e virtues, not forget
ling to enphas:z, how warmly biz
peart BEATS for organized labor.
10 the midst OF all this, '1he plain
people go about their business, see
ing no real issues cf present interest
in dividing tire national parties, they
and in6iff: :rent to each, ready ano
free to chose when an Issue arise
yhat interests them
The 3 publican party, he continu-
sd, hao always been conservative, op
posed to grange aud innovation, until
today, half consciously it voices It's
character by declaring itself to be the
party Of the ''sSaudpsttsr. -
"Oa the other hand, the D D:mccrst'
:c party has been the party Of the
Liberal. Oaly recently, he said, had
Efforts been made to drag the party
from the path Of progress to that OF
revolution.
The men responsible for the pres.
snt demoralize condition Of the psrty
machinery should be driven out. From
great vote getting Organization,
they havs maoe it simply 8 delegate
getting machine. "
The Democratic party, "disgraceo
and Inundated by years OF m!snsn-
agement, to give 1t no hsrSher nane,
would array themselves behind their
party candidates II they are men o1
character, standing on platform OF
real Democracy.
And in that platform, ne SAID
they want no clsZJ ociaisn mol
rev 1lutionary pasernslism. WHIST they
=art is men and not measures. They
nsve little faith in news lavs While
there is not honesty and cspacis!
enough In public servants to WORK the
old -