The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-06-27


ii IN of the stAtes must he respect
ed, and il is absurd to talk of the
small states being overwhel elmed by
a popular vote, for those who fav-
or the application Of the initia.
tive referendum to national ques-
tions favor it with the understand
ing that the people Of u majority
of the states as we'll as majority
of all the people must concur,
INDIVIDUAL LEFT FREE.
One who believes in the right
of the people to rule and In the
capacity of the people for self
government naturally accepts the
fundamental Democratic doctrine
of local self-governm snt-that is,
that the people can govern best
where they best under stand con
dltions. The Democrat believes
that the individual should be left
to choose his own course except
where HE action would injurioue-
ly affect others; that each com
munity should attend to it's own
matters; that the state ehoEld
have control of state affair, aud
that the federal government ehoulG
be supreme in its sphere.
''If man is really democratic
in sentiment, that is, if he reallv
believes in the rule of the people,
this belief dominates him in the
consideration or all questions that
comes before the people,
"He looks at questions from
the standpoint of the whole people
and not from the standpoint Of a
few. HIS conception of society is
that it is built from the bottom,
not from the top. While the
aristocrat pictures prosperity az
dripping down to the masses from
the we'll to do, the democrat can
not imagine pro perity tn al
does not begin with the producers
of wealth.
The 1895 DEsERTIoNs.
"There are those who are con.
stantly and consistently Demo.
cratic, and there are those who
are Democratic in spots; there are
those who apply Democratic pIin.
ciples to some questions. 1t
ought to be the purpose of those
{" no engage in educational work
to enlarge the mum Der Of ques.
tlons to which Democratic prin.
ciples are applied. 1t is hardly
worth while to waste time upon
one who is really arietocratic in
sentiment,
cit is impossible to make d
Democrat out of him until he has
u change Of heart, but it is impos-
- NJ Z, cb,,,, an rauI nan,y,,rat = T. -, .
he has failed to apply Democratic
principles to particular question
In 1896 Il mum ber OF persons left
our party who called themselves
Democrats, Some of them were
aristocratic in sentiment, and
their departure was perfectly
natural. They have not came
back, and they will not come back
so long as the Democratic party is
Democratic, but Il far greater
number of those who left in 1896
from MISUNDERSTANDING, Most of
these have come back and the rest
will come back. A majority of
the Republicans are really Demo.
cratic in their Fundamental ideas
and to these We can appeal if the
Democratic party conVincee them
that it can be trusted to carry out
Democratic principles
THE BROAD PLATFORM.
"To recapitulate, a Democrat,
according TO party definition, is
d man who connects himself with
the Democratic party and acts
politically with those who bear
the same party name. In broad
er sense, lie is a Democrat who be.
lieves ia the rule of the people and
who desires To make the govern
ment the instrument IN the hands
OF the people to carry out their
Will Such a man truets the peo-
pie and favor such reforms as will
give To the people an increasing
power, And real Democrat will
not only favor Democratic meth