The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-23

cracy of our state and nation emerges
like the tabled Phoenix from her
ashes, and before the smoke of battle
has hardly been dissipated Democracy
is armed again with her sword of
truth and clothed in the invulnerable
panoply of her historic virtuesHis
ready to take up the gauge of battle
for the oppressed of the land.
Let the murmuring of the hustling
be stilIed, let the voices of individ-
ual Democrats, no matter how great
or respected in their appropriate
spheres, be hushed, if. they breathe
discouragement or discord, while the
voices of the hopeful, militant, demo-
sincere, rolls out in it's silvery cadence
over our historic soil proclaiming the
eternal truth-the epigram of Kansas
Democracy, principle was not born
to die
Purity of Politics.
]. H. Simminger of Lawrence spoke
on. the Purity of Politics." and said:
Purity in politics is an illusionaly
dream say those who are Indifferent to
the affairs of public interest and do
not take an active part in. them Poll
tics is the game of the yenal, corrupt
and designing tribe assert a large
number who are too ignorant to take
an intelligent interest in public ques-
tions or too poor to concern them
selves about anything but their i'm
mediate wants.
"Trebly defeated Bryan still shines
a beacon light of politics. The rays
of his ideas penetrate and make bright
the dark places of Repubhcan1sm
whilst it's officeholders walk in the
light they borrow from Fairview. So
many of his advanced theories have
been incorporated in the Republican
platform, that should we read, side by
side, the platforms OF 1908 and that
of 1896 we would have to exclaim in
the words Of Shakespeare, Bless me,
Bottom, thou art translated
Mr.. Martins EIoquence.
''The Next Step in Politics. was the
subject of an address by John u.
Martin of Manhattan who said: Some
fatalists believe that God marks out a
mans life: that man follows a path
laid out for him and that when he
reaches the end, his life GIBBS out and
that is all. I cannot believe that
theory. A creator who has power to
control the sun, who placed the stars
in the heavens, who gives US the
spring the summer, the fall and the
winter, who created man in his own
image does not give him limited
amount of work to do, then crush hlm
into a mass of senseless dust
I'VE are living today in the greatest
age of the world, never was man so
powerful The eyes of the world are
on the youth of America. The coun-
try's tomorrow lie in the strength or
the young ndll OIL IOQdy IOI WACl 2 SAiC
vanguards walk today, the hosts shall
march tomorrow. Patrick Henry
thought, and the ball of revolution
was set in motion. William Jen-
nings Bryan thought and the new era
of politics came forward. The Ameri-
can youth is born a Democrat. The
ideas of our country call for the Dem
ocratfc party to rule it. The time is
not far off, when the people, shall
awaken to say: Let us rule. this is
our land, let the people rule it.
Courage of the Democracy.
F. NJ Thompson of Emporia spoke or
Democracy Triumphant, and said
1.-THE century just passed furnished as two
sons of greatness, stril1ngly similar II
their primal characteristics IS ard in the IN
usual opportunities afforded for their eX-
erclse in the service of che state. Napole or
Ronaparte in Europe and George WASH
ington in America. The ampit1o1 o. @ @o3e
prompted him to seize the totterine
thrones of Europe from out the grasp Q!
the weak and vascillating monarchs ano
parcel them out to his rela tiveS an6
friends The other to whom this event