The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
DEMOCRACY
PARTY OF THE PEOPLE IS HOPE OF
NATION, SAYS WRITER.
C. B. Notice, PomerOy Democrat. J

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the people and our institutions?
This country is, beyond any contra
,diction, the most beautiful of any on
the face of the globe.
Bounded by the sparkling waters
of the Great Lakes on the north, and
on the south by the health-restoring
waters of the Gulf, and on the west
by the peaceful golden waters of the
Pacific, and on the east by the mighty
Atlantic, it might be said of our
States that they are apples of gold
in pictures of silver"
We have within this great and most
beautiful boundary unlimited resOur-
ces. The wealth of our mountains
and valleys can not be estimated, and
our rivers and lakes have furnished
the power by which great manufac-
turing cities have been erected. But
amidst all of these natural resources,
and surrounded by untold wealth,
thereon from the mountains, from
the VALVES, from the cities, and in
fact from every section of our coun-
try, murmurings of discomfort.
What has caused this discomfort:
There must be a cause for every
thing, and that cause must be built
upon some foundation, and that
foundation is the creation of some in
dividual or individuals and carried
out too its completion. While we
are great nation, every thinking, in
teIligent student, will admit that we
should have been greater.
If the Republican party had been
removed from power twenty-five
years ago our country would today
rest upon a higher plane of morality,
and financial comfort among the
masses.
The immortal Lincoln would not
recognize the Republican party of to-
day! He could not, with that great
heart of his, and with that spotIess
character commend some of the prin-
ciples and leaders of the present Re
publican party.
The Republican party of Lincoln 5
day, and the Republican party of to-
day can not be compared. In his
day, it stood for equal opportunity;
for the good fall people, for honesty
II business; for character in Office;
for pure legislation; for the justice of
the courts.
Today the Republican party stands
for special opportunities for the few;
for the welfare of few privileged
ones; for dishonesty in business, for
corruption in Office; for class legisla-
ton; and as the President said in
his message that great deal of our
lawless violence is directly due to the
injustice and uncertainties of our
courts.
The Republican party, with its
great campaign fund has elected in
4 great many instances inscriptions
men to fill the different Offices in state
and National bodies, and who are not
in sympathy, to any great degree,
with the moral and intellectual adj
vancement of our country. This is
proven by what we call the white
slave trade
The white slave trade has been
created under Republican rule and
nothing has been done to suppress it,
or stamp it out, and we find in our
larger cities, where the Republicans
are the stronger, that the white
slave trade" aourishes the most.
The President in his message has
called the attention of Congress to
The evil of the traffic.
What will Congress do:
1t will perhaps pass law, impos-
ing fine or Jail sentence or perhaps
both, on the guilty parties. That
will be a great punishment! 81 guess