Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-03
little NATION PARTY AND i
OUR EXPANSIVE DESTINY
Democrats Have Always Opposed
the Republican Policy of Making
This Greatest Of Countries.
PETTINEss OF DRYANlsM

II the D~eplorable Opportunity Should
Ever Come When a Strict Com
structionist Could Put Its Paro-
chiaI Policies Into Eject the
Panama Canal Would Be Aban.
doned, Rural Free Delivery
Stopped and Efficient Manning Of
the Navy Made Impossible.
Having failed in its attempt to cut
the Union in two and grant independ-
ence to the dying Confederacy (see
Democratic platform of 1864, the
Democracy, as represented by those
who nominate Its candidates n
frame its national platforms, has ever
since been kicking against the RepuD-
lican policy of making this Nation the
greatest, biggest and most prosperous
in the world. Every move In the d.
rection of improvement and expan-
sion, of greater comfort and afIIuence
for our citizens at home and greater
respect and influence for our country
abroad has been resisted and de-
nounced by the Democratic party
through Its leaders and in its declara-
tions of alleged principles. The
American flag was hauled down by 9
Democratic President in Hawaii, and
orders were given to turn over u
kindred OF American descent in those
islands to the vengeance OF a half
savage ruler. Republican protests
from all over the United States pre-
vented the infamy from being carried
out. The Panama Canal project was
an object of Democratic
attack, and, since the beginning of
the work, 1t has been the object OF
continuous and malicious Democratic
abuse. The requirement Of Porto
Rico and the Philippines-an inevita-
Bile result of the war with Scain{
has been denounced as imperialism,
and altogether the drift and attitude
OF the Democracy has been antago-
nistic to every step in the upbuiiding
of the Nation abroad.
At home the Democratic attitude IL
indicated by the denunciation OF The
Republicans for having added within
six years $4,000 to the number OF
office holders" at a cost of nearly
seventy millions of dollars. The
Democratic platform says: "We de-
nounce this great and growing in
crease in the number Of office holders
as not only unnecessary and wasteful,
but also as clearly indicating a DELHI
crate purpose on the part OF the ADJ
ministration to keep the Republican
party in power at public expense by
thus increasing the number OF its
retainers and dependents. Such q
procedure we declare to be not less
dangerous and corrupt than the open
purchase of votes at the polls"
OF the expenditure which the DEM
ocratic platform denounces as "un-
necessary and w~asteful,r more than
one-half-$35, 500, OO0-was for the
establishment and support Of 1920
rural free delivery routes. 1t should
be interesting to the letter carriers
on those routes to know that, In the
view Of Bryan and hts platform, they
are "fetainers and dependents" OF
the Republican party, and that their
hard work driving around to tho
farmers delivering mail Is mot less
dangerous and corrupt than the open
purchase of votes at the polls" Tho
farmers and other country residents
who get mail by the rural free deliv-
cry system will also be interested to
know that Bryan's platform declares
the expenditure of money for that
system to be unnecessary and waste
full" and that Bryan, II elected. will,
of course, feel 1t his duty to put an
end to the waste by abolishing rural
free delivery.
The thousands of seamen added to
Uncle Sans navy In the past six years
are also included in the $4,000 3oflce
holders" whose employment is de-
nounced In the Bryan platform.
They, too, should be interested to
know that they are dependents OF
the Republican party" and that their
faithful and honorable work In help
ing to make our navy what 1t is-tho
most efficient in the world and adj
mired by all the worlds, according
to the Bryanites, as corrupt as the
open purchase of votes at the polls"
VIII the Democracy never Learnt
Can the leaders of the party which
accepted Bryan ever get into their
heads the fact that the United States
Is not a "little" Nation, that there is
nothing small or petty about the
American people, as a people. that
they want to lead, not 20 follow, far
behind, in the procession of civiliza-
ton; that they want the best that Is
going and are willing to pay for it2
They want the rural free delivery sys-
tenn; they want the best seamen at
good wages for the American navy;
they want the Panama Canal. and
they want Taft and Sherman for
President and Vice-President of the
United States, and are going to have
than