The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-04
TT SOUNDS GOOD.

busily engaged hunting for Democrat whom it will support for President. The Sun is an independent newspaper. very much so. Sometimes 1t is so in dependent that 1t refuses to support a candidate os it's own selection. It has never been remarkable for Democracy. So far as we know, except as suited its own inclinations. It has in time supported some Democratic nominees. probably because in such cases 1t liked other fellow. Just now The Sun Is opposed to Roosevelt and his policies and is try ing to find a Democrat according to it's own ideas and one who may be able to beat Roosevelt or his candidate. It has been digging and delving in the bed of Democracy for it's man but has had little success. It finds some real old Democrats left but unfortahately those who measure up to its standard of what the candidate should be are
 
 few genuine Democrats of the old school that it has uncovered are all so far advanced in years that they cannot be made available. We believe it is still digging, however.
 But if The Sun is having difaculty about finding the man the same cannot be said of the platform for the man to stand on. It has that already written out ready to plant its man on when it finds him. There are just four words Stick to the Constitution" That is to the point, and if. as old Polonius says, "brevity's the soul of wit" why may it not also be the soul of wisdom? Some times it is better to be brief than too prolix. Some political platforms read as though the only object in view was to write as much in them as possible. The Sun declares that it wants to elim- form.
 It has done this. and when we come right down to hard-pan the platform sounds good. We would suggest only three more words. and make the plat form read: Stick to the Constitution. Revise the Tariff" There is plat form, small in space but broad enough in scope to afford standing room for all good Democrats from all sections of the country, and we think many good Republicans would make rush for place on it.
 Certainly 1t is time for such a deliv- erance. To the party in power the Con- stitution is fast becoming only relic of by-gone years, not to be reverenced or regarded in these latter days. It stands in the way of modern Repubii- can ideas of advancement. It was good enough for the Fathers of the Re- public who were slow coaches at best. It would do for those old codgers who never saw steamboat, railroad, an electric car or a game of baseball. They knew no better and looked for nothing better.
 But Republication has outgrown all such efrete notions and prefers a new dispensation. It is unwilling to be bound by what our forefathers con- | sidered a sacred instrument The par ty in power wants an india rubber Constitution that will cover as with a blanket everything they desire. They want an instrument that will bind them where they want to be bound and leave them at liberty in all else. Sticking to the Constitution is not part of their political faith. Let the Con- stitution go hang!
 And the three additional words we propose for The Suns platform are sec ond in importance only to what 1t of fers. There are no fri1ls and furbeows in such a platform. It is all solid meat upon which Democrats may feed and renew their strength. That the tariff should be thoroughly revised and mod flied ought not to require demonstra- tion. The very best men in the Republi- can party admit the fact and loudly demand it. The only fault with them is that they want to do the revising themselves, and we may imagine the result. If the work could be done by those of them who are sincere in their arguments something good might re- suit, but that we consider practically impossible. The rabid protectionists, the monopolists, the trust beneficiaries: all who derive benefit from the robber tariff would be on hand and their pow CT and influence would dominate. A tarifr revised under such conditions would be a delusion and mockery. It can never be done properly until 1t is done by Democrats.
 The candidate? Well. he can be found In all the history of the world a great emergency has found man to accomplish the work. If the Dem ocracy will show that 1t really desires a strong man to lead it to deserved vic tory 1t will find him. Let Democrats of all sections unite on such a plat form as above suggested. or let those seven words dominate 1t and we can get the candidate. He may be one of
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