The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-10-20
The First Vote.

momentum that carries you into a
party at the beginning of your poiiti-
cal life is apt to keep you in that party
unless some CONFUSION shakes you out
of it. Start right, and in order that
you may start right, examine the Drin-
ciples of the parties and the policies
which they advocate.
There are two great party 0rganiza-
tions in the United States, one fifty
wears old, and the other more thai q
century old. The Republican party
has been in power almost uninterrupt-
lily for more than half century I'M
der its reign abuses have grown but
which threaten the perpetuity OF the
government and endanger our civiliza-
ton. So great are these abuses that
Republican reformers are nov pointing
out that something must be done-and
that can be done?
The first thing to do is to undo the
Things that have been done, and the
party which has done them; but the
party which has protected against
these abtiRss and poftsd out remedies.
The Republican party has turned the
taxing power Scr to private fnGfvid-
uals; it has alscwed munopc@ies' to
grow up and assume control of the in
dustries of the country by grantiSe
privileges by law and BIZ giving immr :
nity to the large violators Of the law
the Republican party has persisted the
fortunes of the predatory ricA. to be-
come 50 large that governmencis COR
rupted, politics debauched and business
polluted.
The Democratic party proposes 80
withdraw the taxing power from pr Y
vate hands, to so Iegislate as to make
a private monopoly imp 1ssible, and to
enforce the law without discrimlna-
ton. ii proposes to protect the legiti-
mate wealth and punish those VINO at
tempt to plumber the public for private
gain. On which. side do you stand,
young man? Are you with the masses
in their effort TO- restore the govern
ment to its old foundation and make it
government of the people, for the
people and by the- people. or are you
with the Republican leaders in their
effort to perpetuate the party in power
by selling immunity in return for CAM
paign contributions?
There are always two parties in, the
country, and one is necessarily nearer
to the people than the other. In, this
country the Democratic party is.nearer
to the people than the Republican,
party. It's leaders have more faith. inI
the people and are mure anxiousstol
keep the government under contoIsofi
the people. Take the election of
United States Senators by the people
as test. The Democrats want to give
to the voters a chance to elect and to
control their representatives in the
United States Senate. The Demo-
cratic party in the House OF Represen-
tatives passed the first resolution for
the submission of The necessary consti.
tutional amendment. They did this
eight years before any Republican Con-
gress did it. The Democratic party
has thrice demanded this reform in its
national platform. The Republican
party has not done so. Why do Demo-
cratic leaders insist upon this reform
and Republican leaders oppose it?
There can Se but one answer the
Democratic party is nearer to the peo-
pie than the Republican party. Young
man. will you stand with the people or
against them?
The answer TO this question effects
your country. If you are with the
people your influence. be it great or
small, will hasten their victory. But