The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-10-20
WAS DEMOCRATIC DAY
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stands for the things that I believe
to be right, he stands for them with
a pronounced courage and persisten-
cy that commend him to your con-
sideration.
Commends Frank Stuart.
am not here to discuss state or
local issues, because they differ in
different states, and one from the
outside is not as we'll prepared to
consider them as those who are liv-
ing under them, and under the Of
Ulcers who act upon them. But when
we come to national issues, l think |
can claim an interest equal to your
own; and l know of no reason why
our interests in Nebraska should be
separate from your own, and l can
discuss this question, advancing the
same arguments in all the states, for
the democratic position is as wide as
the nation. And today l am glad
to present some reason why l be-
lieve you ought to support Mr..
Stuart Mr.. Frank Stuart, l might
better say for he seems to be better
konwn by the name Frank Stuart,
than Mr. Stuart, and that itself is
not disadvantage.
/ am interested in making what
ever advantage, and securing what
ever advantage l can in permanent
way for our ideas. 1 believe the
great majority of you here today
are in sympathy with the principles
for which Frank Stuart stands and
has so long stood | was introduced
up in a republican county in Mis-
souri, few weeks ago by the chair
mo hN I, So ,,,{,,
by telling me that the county was
strongly republican; and in speak
ing to the audience he said,"I know
you are republican; you are republic
can 365 days out of the year, ordin-
arily; and S66 days out of the year,
or leap year" And then he intro
duced me. l told the audience that
the chairman was mistaken, that
they were not republican 365 days
out OF the year; that they were re-
publicans one day and that was cleo
ton day, and the other days they
We're democrats and didn't know it,
told them intended to prove it to
them and | proceeded to do so. 1
told them of an experience had had,
and it is not an unusual experience,
although, | think on this occasion it
was presented as aptly as it had ever
been. A republican lady was visit
ing the town where I was speaking:
she was visiting in a democratic fam
lily, and the democratic lady with
whom she was visiting invited her
to attend my meeting; but the re-
publican lady said she didn't care to
hear me, she didn't have any use for
me and she wouldn't CO. But finally
she was persuaded to go. l made a
democratic speech as 1 expect to
make today and when l was
through this republican lady turned
to the democratic lady and said,
We'll, either he is a republican or l
am democrat, for that is what l
have believed all the time" 1
told the story down in republican
county in Missouri and when l was
through lady came by and shook
hands with me along with the rest,
and said, II am like the lady you
told about; | am republican, but
either you are republican or l am
a democrat, for | endorse every
thing you say"
Leaders Do Not Represent the Party.
My friends, l am going to prove to
YOU that you call yourselves republi-
cans but are really democrats-that
you are more in sympathy with what
our party is standing for than you
are with the leaders of the republic
can party; and l want you to dis
tingujsh between the leaders of the
republican party and the rank and
file OF the republican party, for the
leaders of the republican party do
not represent the rank and file, for
the sentiment among the rank and
lille OF the republican party is really
democratic sentiment; and the in
Surgent movement that has spread
throughout this country is but the
breaking out of democracy in repub-
Hcans who have kept it suppressed
before that time. 1t is simply evil
dence of the democratic sentiment
there is and | wish to prove to you.
1t is a matter very easily established.
Jefferson said a century ago that
there were just two parties in every
county, and that wherever speech
was free, there two parties would
manifest themselves, and these two
parties he described as a democratic
party and an aristocratic party; and
when he used the word democrat"
he did not mean our party, for at
that time there was no democratic
party in this country When Jeffer-
son spoke of the democratic party,
what we now call the democratic
party was called the republican par
ty, and Jefferson was a republican
and he said, using the word in it's
broad sense, there was in every coun-
try democratic party and an aristo-
cratic party and wherever speech
was free these two parties would
manifest themselves. He said the
democratic party naturally drew to
itself those that trusted the people
and were willing that the people
should control the government. That
the aristocratic party naturally drew
to itself those that did not believe
in the people and did not trust them.
This was the statement of Jefferson
a century ago; and l am able to
testify from observation that what he
said is true and that wherever you
go you will find a party democratic
in spirit and party that is aristo-
cratic in spirit. They are seldom
called by these names, but this is