The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-11
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beneficiaries Of that tariff have so en-.
luenched themselves in power that Il
is impossible to accomplish their over
throw They grow on what they feed
upon. and become more powerful
more inveterate every year. Every
new trust mothered by the tariff be
comes a filial defender of the icstitu
tion whicH gave If life and strength
The rdiating threads Of executive
eucroachment, legislative usurpation
and judicial construction are drawing
us closer and closer. year by year to-
ward Capitalization. The right of
state to try its own cause in its own
I courts Is denied, and the attorney gen
eral who attempts il is fined by
Federal court for contempt Federal
judges paralyze the very machinery Of
a sovereign state. and the highest
court of the land uphoids the act OF
oppression.
Conditions like these are intoler-
able. The Democratic party as it ex
lists seems powerless, and yet If is
principles are allowed to die much OF
the best i'm the Republic must wither
Grave men and patriotic men here
in The South are looking about for the
answer.
"And it Is from the men of the
South that this answer must come
for more than ever before the South
has become the Ark OF the COvenent
It is here that real Democracy finde
It's last refuge among the fastnesses.
1T is simple candor to say that the
South has no one to blame but itsell
that Democracy has fallen upon such
evil days. From the very beginning
the effective force OF Democracy has
rested with us The "Solid South"
has become commonplace. OuI
cOnstancy was so we'll assured that 4.
was held almost in contempt We
have been hewers of wood and draw.
ers OF water for the party as a whole
so long that no one has given us q
thought II was taken tor granted
that we would continue our menial
service, but that we should have no
part in debating the party platforms
or. furnishing the party candidates.
: Even the spoils of office were not for
us.
I'VE say frankly that the answer 10
the momentous question which con
fronts us Is that the DemocTacg of the
South must organize and take the d.
I rectiOn of the party into its own
hands. We have been as a sleeping
giant, ignorant of or Indifferent to his
strength. We must arouse ourselves.
call our own convention and name our
own delegates.
I'VE must no longer allow ourselves
to be held i'm contempt. We must
write the platform according to the
, principles of true Democracy, and
( name the candidate who is to go be
, fore the people II the Democracy Of
/ the East and the West will go with us
well and good Otherwise we shall go
on alone. We can do nothing worse
T. than meet defeat and that has already
: been our portion so long that we know
2 little else AS conditions exist today
. We compromise with the alien ele
4 ments Of the party, accept the candi
date dictated to us by other sections
S OF the country permit ourselves to be
g led by the nose, and awake TO dis
b aster. as We have just done.
I'VE barter away our birthright, and
q are then robbed of even the pottage
How much farther must we pass
through The valley OF the shadow be
. fore we awake to the duty We owe
J. ourselves and 20 the country? How
r much longer must we perform Z
. thankless and useless service, weight
o ed down with the burdens which oul
petty masters impose upon us? If the
?. events OF the past twelve years have
Q net been sufficient to demonstrate
4 the hopelessness of the party undel
/ the domination of the East and the
West. when will we learn the impor
tant lesson2
These are days OF darkness, in
- deed, as we sit In the shadow Of q
j. fresh defeat And yet q more splen
- did vision opens before the people o
the South than is vouchsafed TO the vi
/. sion of any people on the globe. The
'- course of events has made us the
e keeper of the palladium of popular
e government, for without Democracy
= our Republican institutions must fall
{ aud il is only here that true Democra
s cy can be found An Oyerrulins F'rUY
p idence has placed It in our power tC
p preserve the heritage left us by oul
l. fathers, and II becomes our high duty
to rise TO the obligations OF the hour
r we can do this by asserting ou
e independence and supremacy. We car
h do this by declaring 10 the Democlacs
e lOf the United States that hencefortt
2 we will write the platforms and name
the candidates. The sullen East and
1.-the presumptuOus West will open theil
eyes for a time al the impudence o
these lifelong menials but moment.
reflection will convince them that \
is not only necessary but wise 10 ac
cept oer leadership and authority.
I'VE can do no more than fail, bu
, we will have performed a patriots
service and in our honest judgment
we will carry the principles Of Democ
racy 10 such a victory as this country
has not seen since the days OF Andrew
Jackson, OF Tennessee.