The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-01

4 message has sast tse~n delivered
10 III. democracy that " wugsar II
ID. maest careful consideration Fl
the members az the parts. Tae tses.
sage Ia from Senator fsidns Rayaeg.
who represents Maryland tn the
/ United stata@ A.nAse As Mars 8sH5i
| il one uf sha states that II - nsrT@-
I sary for the democrats 20 vafFy to
/ wln the aexg election. this ns.@sa ss
~ advice from her NEST dlstlnss aiAs1-
"a sou ~ The tamree TIE part.
should paFsae t. TBS more wuEfhS q
Alteration
"of sonrss. said Senator Ray
Iuer. wa All appreciate she fae'
that when RES Issue agtses thn
democratic paFty mUsf tabe ~ asand
upon one aide OF the uther and a.
nen lasues develop parties mast ea-
large and expand No ono desires
ia restrict the democratic party eita
er to d dead issue or simply so ihssss
that existed az the time VI tts forma
tluu
New. have we any principles
stAink we have Has tbs republican
parts stolen them acqnIt them Of
this charge. ! think that they are su
ttrely innocent. aud | do mol believe
that they have any felouious Intent
OF design whatever To appropriate
them II the president demoefat7
most respectfully deny H.
Senator Raynor after showing the
lines that divide the two parties,
said eve must not yield the slight
est fraction OF the supremacy Of the
states over their own local and do |
nestle concerns This IL our heritage |
and we must not barter II for /
wealth, for progress or prosperity. |
Prosperity may be only temporary. |
but the foundations OF the republic /
are perpetual.
In the next place. We are oppos-
ed To governmental paiernalism. II (
Is reproach 10 jefferson 10 claim
that If he were living he would be Ia
favor OF IT, / predict with great res
pect TO others who may differ with
me, that the day will never come I
when the government of the United
States will own and operate the rail-
Dads OF the country
Let us give the present railroad
aw fair test and trial and ii it
Iocs not answer the purposes of its |
.nactment let us extend its proVis- {
ons and supplement its remedies SO c
hat it viii meet any emergency that
may arise. There is one proposition,
however, that the democratic party II
must contend for in this connection, /
and that is it must demand q COM
plete obedience to the existing stat
ute. The railroad presidents and Of
ficers of our trunk lines must be
made, once and forever, to realize |
that they are the servants, and not !
the masters, of the people.
After suggesting a platform upon !
which all democrats could unite !
Senator Rayner closed by saying i
If we advocate principles that are !
not democratic and be again defeat |
ed at the polls, then it looks 10 me
as II the hour of disintegrauon was
at hand. because the only thing that
has kept us alive through all the
strange vicissitudes OF our fortune Is
the fact that we have never yet Who'll
by abandoned the historic traditions
Of our faith and have never yet
! upon all the pages of our history
sounded a final retreat.
I IF the democratic party will only
follow Jeffersoniau precepts and
/ y{a,,- y-itbout atfpmpfiuu "A revised
edition that he would repudiate il
he were living; if 1t will only unite
Iupon essentials and not divide upon
Iuon-essentials; if 1t will only stand
by the old ritual and not attempt TO
alter il 90 suit every economic ell
que or mongrel denomination mat
lis willing 20 array itself under its
banners, if ID will only abandon the
worship of temporary idols that are
broken into fragments with the
iolose OF every campaign, and return
lto the worship of those cardinal
principles that viii remain immut-
liable So long as The republic lasts,
regardless of the fact whether par
ties discard them or not then ! bee
'uryc that uur mission b. by uu means
lopded. bur chat ymersius from the
lapathy ana letha.sy char now euyal-
Hops us $50 shall t, recalled t1 lie
.t1 Resume tb, activities ut ugl uuI-
Imu .sisraucc aud io Jhs accomplish
imset off uug historic destiny.
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