Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-05
What is Dem Ocracy?

What is the democratic party today q:
What does it stand for? What will be
its policy? What can it do il it attains
power: Judged by the records of its
representatives in congress it Will be as
subservient to special interests as the
worst of republican membership. 1t
denies that it is for free trade. A small
fragment of the party proclaims the doc
trine of tariff for revenue only. Yet
within the past year, when the tariff
bill was being framed, no members of
congress were more avaricious, none
more insistent for high protection to
their own special interests and none
more utterly obliyious to their party
princip' es, if such party can be said to
have principles than the democratic
members of congress from Georgia
Florida. Louisiana and Texas.
lt would be a prophet indeed who
could predict with any accuracy the
course that would be taken by a demo.
cratic majority in the house of repre-
zen tatives 4 combination of the dis
credited Tammauy organization with
southern colonies! What a spectacle
with which to threaten the substantial
business interests of the country If
democracy means anything at all, and if
the party can accomplish anything at
all in national leadership one of its first
achievements will be the complete re
moval of the prospective duty on coal
Do the solid, substantial business men of
West Virginia wish that? If democracy
means anything at all one of the first
things it Will do if it ever obtains power
will be TO put lumber and wool on the
free list DO the wool growers OF West
Virginia, do the lumber owners aud
lumber manufacturers of West Virginia
wish that? If democracy means any.
thing at all, one of the first things it
will do If it obtains power. will be to
reduce the prospective duties on iron
steel, glass and potteries Do the thous-
ands OF men employed in the iron, steel
glass and pottery plants in West Nir
GINA wish that: If democracy means
anything at all, one of the first things il
will of 1t ever obtains power will be
20 attempt 20 guarantee public bank de
posits, from fund created by tax mp.
on all banks. Do tAe solid and stable
banking interests Of West Virginia wish
that: If democracy means anything at
all ono of the first things it will doif it
ever obtains power. will be to- limit the
authority and jurisdiction Of the United
States supreme court. DO the law abId-
ing and substantial interests of West
Virginia wish that:
The fact is however. that democracy
mean nothing. It's simply O. discord.
ant, conflicting aggregation of discou.
tent. has no capacity for coustruc-
tive leadership aud mo- common policy
upon winch ifs factions unite what.
cvermay Doe the faults of republican ad.
Iuiu.strauou whatever may boz the
abuses iu The protective tariff or iu other
national legislation 70 is 10000 times
better for the Americas people to
remedy these faults through the medium
OF the cua political organization that
has during half a century built mp and
protected the prosperity Of the whole
country, than to accept the leadership
of men who unite on no ono thing ex.
cept the desire TO get Office, and whose
only creed is TO overthrow existing and
established institutions. Wheeling In.
telligencer.