The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-14

r1OuS OtateS had 10 support him TO
do so. He must be eliminated from
leadership of the party.
If he himself will aid in developing
and strengthening such man as
johnson, Marshall and Harmon, so
that by 1912 the country may have
the opportunity of selecting some
man who had demonstrated his quail
tiles of leadership in State affairs,
and so won the confidence of the
people, we can win that election. If
he continues his past policy of at
tempting to destroy every man who
appears who is not subservient to his
ambition, it may be within his power
lo prevent the election of any Dem
ccrat."
Mr.. Breckenridge believes in MAX
ing the tariff the one issue. The
query now is whether it is not too
late. The party abandoned the tariff
issue after having won national
election on it and since that time has
been following after strange gods
Now the Republican party proposes
TO revise the tariff and according to
President Taft the revision of the
schedules are to be thorough and
honest. If this be done, at the extra
session next year, the Democrats will
be again cropping for an issue. We
believe that if the Democratic party
had stood faithfully for tariff re-
form twelve years ago it would now
be in control of the national govern
nent.
Mr.. Martin w. Littleton who nomi-
mated Parker In the st. Louis con-
>ention and who is a leading New
York Democrat thinks that "Sooner
or later this country is to have real
campaign, and the question will then
be Socialism, as opposed to indi-
vidualism. The Socialists this year
had almost one million voters; thew
believe In what they advocate, and
Their political faith is with them "a
sort cf religion. They have enough
ardor for their cause to carry. them
a long way. think that if the Dem
oc;atlc party would prepare itself to
meet the anarchy of unbridled wealth
and the socialism of thriftless pow
erty, by standing, not in favor of
popular Democracy, but by taking a
stand upon the principles of a rep
resentative republic, from which
both parties have gone in their eff
fort to get away from Socialism
if the Democratic party should do
this, l say, then they would be in a
position to win the respect and trust
of the people.
In the last few years the cam
paigns have been exhibitions of plat
form snatcbing, and both have
snatched In a modicum of Socialism,
just enough. as they think, to win APP
proval. Whenever politics, and pres
idential campaigns in particular,
hinge upon the race to have the con-
venton before the other party, and
so to take the best policies to be had,
without much reference to any clear
cut principle, the second party comes
and sets up the first platform as a
straw man to knock down, and there
are the national issues. The result
of this is that, although we despise
The Socialists, we are bound to re-
sl.ect them for their complete prop
ii ition to run the administration of
the country"
But issues are not made to order
by party leaders. They arise as the
needs of the country calls. There
must be two great parties in the field.
The party of opposition must be
strong enough to keep in check the
tendencies of a dominant and sue
cessful majority to disregard the
wishes of the people and to be care
less in the administration Of the af-
fairs of the nation.
The great Republican leaders,
Roosevelt and Taft, have headed a
reform in the Republican organiza-
ton. They have succeeded so far in