Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-22
Era of Democracy at Hand.

ERA OF democracy AT hanOs
This should be the time of general re
joicing by Democrats. Democracy is in
the air and nothing can quench Its fires.
1t matters not that for the time the
Republicans hold charge of the federal
government. for they are unable TO stay
the Democratic tendencies that prevail.
In every State there is an aroused pub
lie opinion that bodies the downfall of
political corruption and the raising Of
the banner of Democracy-a govern
ment of and for the people.
In many States Democratic princl-
pies are In full sway and honest gov
eminent is reality that comforts and
encourages the multitude and Is fair
and just to rich and poor alike. In
other States the battle is raging for
equal rights to all and the downfall Of
special privilege is as certain as that
the sun rises and sets. Only patience
and striving are the necessities of the
hour. In still other States, and they
are few, the corrupt ollgarchy of wealth
and corporations are still holding their
own, but with fear and dread Of the flu
ture. Who can doubt the final consum-
nation when the many are determined
on reform ard are fully awakened to
their opportunities to rule instead Of
being governed by the few? There may
be some who will lag by the way and
others be frightened by lions In the
path OF. progress, but these will melt
like snow In the fervent heat of Dem
ocracy that overcomes all obstacles
You are facing an era of pure Dem
ocracy which is worldwide, that can no
more be stayed than ocean tides. The
question is will you hasten or hinder
the coming Of thlssera OF righteous gov
eminent in which you and your peers
will be the masters, instead Of the un-
willing servants of iniquity. Three
fourths of the people of the United
States to-day are Democrats-that is,
they believe they are capable OF self
government, but fail to rally together
to attain It, Some are held In the
bonds Of partisanship and thus retard
their own emancipation from the po-
litical bosses and leaders, whose only
aim is their own selfish interests and
emolument. Why follow after false DO
litical gods, who are STEPPED in the
heresies of Hamiltonism and who be-
lieve that the ignorant many must be
governed by the enlightened few? Such
is the Republican party as at present
led and constituted? The leaven of Lin
coin, who was Jeffersonian Democrat
ic-Republican, has been subdued by the
concentration of wealth and the power
of created corporations. The Democ-
racy offers haven of shelter to such
Republicans as believe in the doctrines
that Lincoln announced. Their hopes
of personal and political freedom have
been bllghted In the effort of their lead
ers to centralize power in the federal
government that by inherent right and
constitutional limitations belongs to. the
States or the people. The work for
Democrats now Is to drop the blcker-
ings of faction and unite on the great
principles they are heir to, and minor
ISSUES and. difficulties can be settled in
the old, old way by majority rule.
Rally around any leader you will and
urge his selection with all your heart
and will, but be satisfied to eventually
endorse and work for the candidates
who the two-thirds majority may Sc
lect when the Democracy of the nation
meets in quadrennial convention. Thus
will victory be assured.