The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-30
FROM THE
THE FIRST VOTER.
MIR. BRYAlN'S PAPER

Young man, great responsibility at.
tachcs to your first vote. AS YOU be.
gin, so you are likely to continue The
momentum that carries You into Il
party ut the beginning Of your politi.
cal life IL apt TO keep you in that
party unless some cuuyulaiOn shakes
you out Of It. Start right. and In
| order that you may start right, exam.
inc the principles Of the parties and
the policies which they advocate.
There are two great party organiza.
tons in the United States, one 90
years old, and the other more than Il
century old The Republican party
has been In power almost unintcrrupl.
eddy for more than half a century. and
under us reign abuses have grown M
which threaten the prrpctuiIy OF tho
government and ondaugcr our civil.
izalion. So great are these abuses
thai Republican rcfurmrrs are now
pointing out that something must be
done and what can be- done? The
first thing X tn undo the things that
have been done. aud the party to
undo these abuses Is not the party
which has done them. but the party
which has protested against these
abuses and pointed out remedies.
The Republican party has turned
the taxing power over to private indi.
y.duaIs; 1t has allowed muuopollcs TO
grow up and assume control Of the
industries Of the country by granting
privileges by law and by giving immu.
nifty 10 the large yiOla,ur8 OF the law:
the Republican party has permitted
the fortunes of the predatory rich to
become so large that government Is
corrupted, politics dcbauched and
business polluted.
The Democratic party proposes to
withdraw the taxing power from pri.
yate hands, TO SO lcgislate as TO make
4 private monopoly impossible, and to
enforce the law without disCrimina.
ton. II proposes TO protect legitimate
wealth and punish those who attempt
to plumber the public for private gain.
On which side do you stand. young
man? Are you with the masses In
their CtfOrt to restore the government
10 It's old foundation and make It
government Of the people, for the PEG
PIE and by the people. or are You with
the Republican leaders in their cf-
tort 10 pcrpclu1to the party in power
by selling immunity in return for
camraign contributions?
There are always two parties in the
country. aud one is necessarily nearer
TO the people than the other In This
country the Democratic party is near
or to the people than the Republican
party. Its leaders have more faith
In the people and are more anxious to
keep the government under the con.
Tol 1T the people Take the election
Of United States senators By tho PEG.
pie as a test. Tho Democrats want
to give to the voters chance To elect
and To control their representatives, in
the United States senate The Dem.
ocratic party in the house of repro.
for the submission OF the necessary
constitutional amendment They did
this eight years before any Rcpub-
lican congress did it, The Democratic
party has thrice demanded this re.
form In It's national platform The
Republican party has not done so.
Why do Dcmocratics leaders insist
upon this reform aud!cpubiican lead
crs oppose il? There can be- but one
answer--lhe Democratic party is near.
cr 10 the people than the Republican
party Young man, will you stand
with the people or against them?
The answer to this question affects
your country. II you are with the
people your influence. be It great or
small will hasten their victory. II
yuu are against the people, your In.
iurncc may relard that victory. Bur
whI!a In the first instance It is your
country that may gain or lose by
your action. you must remember that
in the long run your own position In
politics will depend upon your CON
duct You cannot fool the people al.
ways. You may lead them aslray If
you dare. buI they will punish you
when they find you out. You may
work for the people without their rec.
ognizing 1t at first, but you can trust
them TO discover The character of your
work and to reward you accordingly,
If all the men guilty OF trust connec-
tons were retired from active parllcl-
patton in the management of the &. o.
D. campaign, the rooms of the Repub.
lican national committee would rescm.
bic an air dome resort in January.