Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-20
GIVES GOOD v
SENATOR RAYNER's MESSAGE TO
THE DEMOCRACY.
Principles of jefferson, Unaltered.
He Believes, Still Should Be the
Watchword Of the Party.

WatchWord OF the Party.
A message has dust been delivered
to the Democracy that is worthy of
the most careful consideration of the
members of the party. The message
is from Senator Isidor Rayner, who
represents Maryland in the United
States senate. AS Maryland is n of
the states that it is necessary for the
Democrats to carry to win the next
election, this message of advice from
her most distinguished son on the
course the party should pursue is the
more worthy of attention.
"Of course" said Senator Rayner,
I'VE all appreciate the fact that when
a new issue arises the Democratic
party must take it's stand upon n
side or the other, and as new issues
develop parties must enlarge and ex-
pand. No n desires to restrict the
Democratic party either to a dead is
sue or simply to those that existed at
the time of its formation.
Now, have we any principles? l
think we have. Has the Republican
party stolen them? | acquit them of
the charge. l think that they are en-
tirely innocent, and | do not believe
that they have any felonious intent OF
design whatever to appropriate them.
Is the president a Democrat? most
respectfully deny it."
Senator Rayner after showing the
lines that divide the two parties, said:
I'VE must not yield the slightest frac-
ton OF the supremacy of the states
over their W local and domestic
concerns. This is u heritage, and
We must not barter it for wealth, for
progress or prosperity. Prosperity
may be only temporary, but the
foundations of the republic are per-
petual.
In the next place, we are opposed
to government paternalism. 1t is a re-
proach to Jefferson to claim that if he
were living he would be in favor of it.
| predict, with great respect to others
who may differ with me, that the day
will never come when the government
of the United States will own and op-
crate the railroads of the country.
Let us give the present railroad
law a fair test and trial, and if it does
not answer the purposes of its enact
ment let us extend its provisions and
supplement it's remedies so that it
will meet any emergency that may
arise. There is n proposition, how.
ever, that the Democratic party must
contend for in this connection, and
that is it must demand a complete
obedience to the existing statute. The
railroad presidents and officers of oul
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 upor
which all Democrats could unite Sen
ator Rayner closed by saying: 81
we advocate principles that are no
Democratic and be again defeated a
the polls, then it looks to me as if thu
hour of d~isintegration was at hand
because the only thing that has KEEP
us alive through all the strange vicis
STUDIES of our fortune is the fact tina
we have never yet wholly abandoned
the historic traditions of ory faith anC
have never yet, upon all the pages O.
history, sounded a final retreat.
IF the Democratic party will only
follow Jeffersonian precepts ant
aXioms without a revised edition tina
he would repudiate if he were living
if it will only unite upon essentials
and not divide upon non-essentials;
it will only stand by the old ritua
and not attempt to alter 1t to sui
every economic clique or mongrel de
nomination that is willing to array II
self under it's banners; If it will onl.
abandon the worship of temporar,
idols that are broken into fragment
with the close of every campaign, ant
return to the worship of those carolina
principles that will remain immutabl,
so long as the republic lasts, regard
less Of The fact whether parties dis
card them or not-then | believe tina
our mission is by no means ended, bu
that, emerging from the apathy an,
lethargy that now envelopes us, w
shall be recalled to life to resume tn
activities of our normal existence an,
to the accomplishment of our histori
destiny"