The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-12

ment woald BE- able 70 finance ass
IN Wall street and MA al
EASY victory The piarts tried Il aad
that bait will not serN. assla
Let southern candidates ee eFe-"aN
ed anon their merits. Let them e@
brought forward as champions o.
democratic ideas and thes WIZ tsad
the north ready 20 listen. Papers axe
the sun hoge oversoxk%d lbe Sonsei-
vatism OF the south Coz hcAv
Smith Of Georgia. won his campaign
by attacking railroad infiaene" u
politics aud BY demanding regulation.
Governor CromeG won biz fisat t2
Alabama along the same lines Cox
ernor Campbell. % Texas made
spe,.chas IN favor OF railroad resa'a-
ton which would brand bin As an
anarchist according to tne Sans d%a-
milton Of anarchy Her" ar" taE@e re-
cent victories IN three PF@ells%aA
southern states which teua 20 Sho~
that the masses Of the soagh AZ" be
more willing TO Do ridden ey rs cor
poFations than are the masses 81 Jae
north. There are many democrats "a
the south who woald poll the full
democratic strength 81 the aeEtas oaE
papsrs ike the sun do not mention
them for such papers have no more
interest in q southern ra2o ~ho IS
really democratic then they have I'D
z northern man who is democratic.
because such papers are the organs
of predatory wealth Their praise
aamns any man upon whom lneH laF
ish it and their opposition compti~
neuts these who are honore8 With II,
The south furnishes most o. the
electoral votes OF the democratic par
tv but it does not furnish majority
of the democratic voters. In 1895
New York cast $4,000 democratic
votes, more than Alabama, Arkansas.
Florida. Georgia. louisiana and MIS-
issippi com bined. Pennsylvania cast
433. 000 democratic votes, or more
than Kentucky and Virginia eomoIn~
ed Ohio cast 47T,009 democratic
votes. or more than North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee conf
ained. Illinois east ass. 900 democrat
.c voses-neariy 100000 more than
Texas. These figures ars given To
show that the selecting OF demo
rat candidate is 4 matter Of interest
% the whole country. and il the So |
ection il is not fair that one section /
hould be sighted or that another /
ectiou should De considered. There /
re democrats in every state IN the /
nion In many Of the states they
ave often fought without hope, but
lev ara none the less deserving q
JnsiGerariou. Democratic platforms
1ouid be made and democratic can
.daras should be selected with view
/, strengthening the party's position
Il over the country, not With 4 view
) pleasing any one section or any
ne element OF the party
Let as enter the next convention /
With an eye single to the party > good !
embering that the party can adj
vance its interests only by advancing
T. H. AtA-s-At--t- vi tAAF- %0I-Ah1 L-f~N -
enter uDou the selection Of candidates
not with a view OF gratifying any
mans ambition or of eouplime nrtng
any state OF portion of the union.
bur with a desire 70 select candidates
who voice the sentiments OF the rank
and file OF the party aud VINO If cleo
ted. will strengthen the party's hold
upon the country by proving the par
rv deserving of public confidence. u
the most available man il a southern
man. let our candidate be- from the
south. II the most available man is q
northern man let him h- from the
north. If the east presents The most
available man. Ter him be- from the
east. II the The vest can furnish the
most available man le- him De- from
h. west. The real democrat from any
section ~iu poll more votes in any
other section than one whose demo,-
raCv s. certified ru Uy Wall street
whose inlqaLts-s aaya s0 aroused the
public that even many republicans
are irving 90 zar away from -H"i- .u-
Nu.lg. -BrvaI- G0mUoCsr.