The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-12-03
Harvest Time.

Harvest Time.
Harvest time is approachin,
The election returns of 1911,
indicate that the democratic
party is approaching the llou
Iof it's triumph. For fourteen
Years 1t has been 1aboring il
behalf of certain Fundamental
reforms which were lhncl
needed. At first its policies
were regarded as. dangerous
and every possible effort Wa,
made to arouse opposition t.
Jour party among the timid
radicals as we'll as among the
avowed conservatives. When
the democratic party took the
side OF the people on the mo-
ney question aud insisted that
the country needed more mo-
ney changers organized and
terrorized the people into ap
| parent submission to the dis.
astrous conditions caused by
an insufficient volume of mo.
ney. Now the world knows
that there was not enough mo
ney in 1896, and intelligent
people understand that the
prosperity that followed since
would not have been possible
without All unexpected in
crease in the volume of mo-
hey.
When the democratic party
fought for All income tax,
those who favored tho tax
were called demagogues aud
disturber of the peac1, and
were accused of trying to ar
ray the poor againet the rich.
Since a republican president,
a republican senate aud a re-
publican house have SUBMIT
ed the income tax amendment
the people have become CON
viccei that the democratic
party was the champion of the
masses in it's advocacy of the
Income tax.
Whens eighteen years ago,
the democratic party began
its fight for the election of
senators by direct vote of the
people, it was accused of at
tempting to revolutionize the
government and destroy the
influence of states in the fe.
deral congress, but now that
two-thirds of the states hav.
endorsed the reform now that
three republican congresses
have declared for it aud a re-
publican candidate for presi-
dent has admitted that he isl
Inclined to favor it, the peo-|
pie recognize that the demo-
cratic party bag spoken for |
the masses of the people.
When the democratic party |
began. fourteen years ago, to
demand railroad regulation |
and spoke out against rebates |,
and discrimination, the rail-
road officials rushed into theI
party and made it
the representative of the big
raiwap combines, but now
that the republican leaders
nave been compelled to admit
he necessity for better regulation,
,ow that rank and file of all parties
Tenant it, the democratic party is re-
as the pioneer 10 this work.
During all these years the democratic
'arty has been pointing out the evils
Il private m"nopuly and insisting up
N the enforcement Of the criminal
aw and the passage OF snch addition
i statutes rs may be necessary to
'rotect the public Now that even r.
|ublicans are compelled to admit
bat the trust evil demands attention.
ur party is recognized As the defend
r OF the peoples interest on this sub
ect. Our party's opposition to the
hip subsidy and to extrsvsgance 10
'gislaiion is now more popular than
was few years ago.
For more than twenty years the
emorratic party has been pointing
Ut the iniquities Of high tariff and
s'iing attention TO the necessity for
rift reduction A great many hayel
ts.n 40 wethied to the principle Of
igh protection that it hiss heen diff .
cult to check their faith 10 the sys. {
10, but the promise made hy the re.
a''icans two years ago and their v,c
tion Of It 10 the FIRST session of the ]
'ssrnt congress. these togethrr have
'ened the eyes Of the blind aud al
ased countrywide protest against
e high tariff leaders.