The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-21

masses against the classes or vested
interests. 1t will be a campaign of
the masses against the benefciaries
of protection and powerful corporate
influence backed by Doodle fund of
millions of dollars, the Republican
administration and well-organized
forces arrayed against the American
people.
There never was a time in the his
tory of the republic when the Demo-
cratic party needed workers as much
as it does now. The opportunities
for success were never as great The
crusade started against the so-called
'Standpatters'' or. representatives of
the corporate interests of the coun-
try by the so-called "Insurgents" or
"Progressives' within the Republic
can party has done more to enlighten
the people than any other influence,
reveal the hypocrisy and deception
of the Republican party and cause
the people to realize that radical
steps must be taken now to save the
nation from ruin and revolution. The
Republican party is being split wider
and wider apart every day.
The next House of Representa-
tives MUST be Democratic!
Before the people are again sum-
moned to elect a President there
must be full enlightenment and edu-
cation upon existing evils. There
fore the chief issue of the year is to
provide education.
The task of investigating waste,
extravagan fraud and corruption
must be intrusted to men who can
act with the courage of clear con-
sciences. Let us send Dem ocrats to
Congress who will turn on the light
and open the books. Not men who
pose as Democrats and serve secret
Influences but men who have been
tried and tested and upon whom we
can rely to give publicity to the hid
= den causes of what Senator Aldrich
called the 100000 annual of
waste in administration; who will
have the courage to reveal the source
of the demand for eXtravagant ex-
penditures, who will uncover the re-
1ation of the trusts to the present
and the late administration, who will
make known why the enforcement of
law has been fastened or halted at
the caprice of a former President.
The next Congress MUST be Demo-
cratic, and it should be specially
charged with the mission Of re-
trenchment and reform!
The issues of the campaign to be
waged this year must be: constitu-
tional not personal government;
popular not partisan government;
publicity not secrecy; law not ca
price; punishment of the guilty not
connivance at guilt; patriotism not
jingOism economy not eXtrava-
gance; peace not militarism; the
maintenance of prosperity through
public confidence and credit not at
tacks upon business; government as
was established by Washington and
Jefferson and prescribed by the Con-
stitution not Taftism or Roosevelt
ism; only that which accords with
the principles of genuine Democracy
In order to win the Democratic
party MUST do two things:
First. 1t must become a united,
harmonious body. It's forces must
be organized and strengthened. This
can best be accomplished through
the organization of Democratic clubs
in every election district in the coun-
try. Every loyal Democrat should
enlist in this movement and cooper
ate as far as possible toward crush
ing the conspiracies against the peo-
pie in the interest of private wealth
and bringing about the restoration