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to the strength of her own woman
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first lady of the land"
Those Points of Difference.
YELM, Wash. , July 80.

Elm, W uSii., % hlN cV'
ED. STANDARD:
| have carefully read my friend
Millett article in reply to my art
Gle of the 24tb. He seems to think
did not answer his position ,r the
question. Well, ! shall try and make
it so plain that he that runs may
read" ] assert that there is no
more difference between the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties than
there is between band of pirates
and community of honest men, >"
and stay with that proposition. l
am opposed to being placed in the
same category with the d. O. p. If
there is no difference between the
parties why not both join together
and fight the Socialists. | have no
kick on Republican if he is honest
in his convictions. The simple fact
il man being Democrat or Repub.
lican don signify that he is honest
no more than a man joining the
church makes him a Christian. We
find honest and dishonest people in
all associations. It's the principle
that makes the man and the party,
and claim that the principles of the
Democratic party are eternal-found-
ed on truth and justice. The fact
that a few United States Senators
and a few manufacturers of the
South. violate the principles of the
party = the fundamental law, the
platform if you please should not be
sufficient to call down condemnation
on the party. IL my friend Millett
can show me any plan in the princi-
pies OF the party-anything not in
accord with truth and justice-any-
thing that encourages exploitation
OF our fellow creatures anything
that is contrary to reason and COM
mon sense, I'll throw up the sponge.
Now in what respect do they differ /?
Is not the cardinal principle OF the d.
o. p. protection" Z? Is that the
principle of the Democratic party Z?
Not. much. Well, friend Millett,
there is one difference. Has not the
d. o. p. for the past 20 years preyed
on the people numerically through
the medium of protection ? The
Democratic party has always favored
a tariff for revenue only" and econ
omy in government expenditures.
Here is another difference. The d.
o. p. favored the acquisition of the
Philippines and to this day holds them
as subjects and has spent ten times
on them what they are worth, and in
SO doing violated a cardinal principle
OF the Declaration of Independence.
The Democratic party opposed it.
Here is another difference. The d.
o. p. favOrs government by trusts
and combines and they are now in
full bloom, controlling everything
worth controlling in the United
States; the Democrats favor a gov
eminent by the people. Here seems
to be ansther difference. The d. O.
p. favors the national banking sys.
tenn. the most damuable scheme ever
concocted for enriching the banker
and exploiting the borrower the
world has ever known. The Demo.
Gratis have always opposed it. Here
seems to be another difference. The
d. o. p. opposed the guarantee sys-
tenn OF bank deposits, that would
have secured depositors against loss;
the Democrats adopted it in their
platform. Here seems to be another
difference. Will my friend Millett
kindly inform me where the similar.
ity.exists2 lam getting very, very
tired OF being placed in the same cat
egory with the d. o. p. Its stigma
that l don't enjoy. The Democrats
do not, as he asserts, stand for child
child labor. The fact that few iso-
lated cases of violence took place in
Democratic communities does not
prove anything. think part of the
Democrats made q mistake in op.
posing the war, but so far as slavery
was concerned that was tolerated by
the constitution, and the Democrats
were only guilty of trying to uphold
the law. which is not generally con.
ceded TO be o crime. 'Tis true, as
friend Millett says. Democratic
Judges and Democratic Governors
and Democratic Senators have vio
lated the principles of the party. but
that is not the question. In wha,
respect are the principles of the
party similarP There is q greater
similarity between the Democrat.
and Socialists. for both believe in the
rule OF the people. and both are op
posed to the d. o. p.
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