The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-07-09


the applause Of the gallery.
The people this year have been
taught TO weigh these things for
themselves. They bring forth the
scales and the discomfort that was
in the land is not assuage d by this
platform of Republican aud Roose
veltian architecture. Nor has the
recent revival OF better business
outlook succeeded in banishing
this popular dissatisfaction flor the
masses have been taught that"their
plight is perilous. They have ac
eepted the diagnosis, are perturbed
ut conditions and are also fully a
ware that so far the remedies pre-
scribed have aggravated ratherthan
alleviated the troubles. They know
that no evil exists which has not
grown up under tn. auspicesef the
party now in power. Common sense
tells them that to some source other
than that from which their undo
ing has come they should look for
relief. They cannot be ignorant
that most of the ills which beset
them had their origin in corrupt
alliance between the Republicans
and the forces once denounced by
the president a menace to free gov.
erment and they are in humor to
be convinced that the author of the
prevailing disorders are not to be
trusted to carry out any genuine re
form.
They are ready for the change,
but they are not disposed for a
plunge in the dark. Their frame of
mind is judicial and judicious. and
before committing their destiny to
the keeping Of new set of guar
dams they need to be assured that
they are to be lead away from. not
deeper into, the quagmire of. diff
hcult;es which has been the upshot
of IL continuous years of Republi-
can rule.
1t behooves Demo craey. then tc
speak plainly, certainly and witt
consummated earnestness upon -
many vital issues of the day. In
doubeetly Mr.. Bryan will be he
chef architect of the Democratic
platform, but this instrumentg If
the party would win, must nc b
bandon traditional creeds and ell
tried methods for the new fan IA
theories and practices, that toe of
ten weakened Democracy bes>se
the people. The greatest danger
to success is demagogisn
which would Guido the Republican,
by sacrificing principle for The
measure of opportunism. Avoie
this slough, and the party has an
admirable opportunity to capture
the White House and the halls oil
Congress.
1t is imperative to convince all
the people that Democracy has the
courage of its convictions; that the
party believes firmly in the saving
virtue of its political doctrines;
that itiwill stand by the. constitution
for..rights again ST privileges, forthe
masses against the classes and for
a Federal government supreme in its
sphere and for state sovereign in
their several jurisdictions.
This year an enlightened publict
sentiment has "gone down the
Iine"in advance of the "word from
higher up.
1t teaches that the people will not
tolerate the methods of the past,
when the man was given the bunch
by the master, the compelling
bunch that made his job
dependent upou his vote. All
this is passed from the
arena.
Under these circumstance it will
be Demoeracy's own fault if the
party loses. The nation expects
the Denver Convention to come to
its relief. and it will be unpardon-
able if the demogogism that teaches
mere opportunism is permitted to
stand in the way Commercial
Appeal.