The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-01-20
THE DEMOCRATIC P ART Y
MUST MAKE GOOD.

The people at the last election by their
votes from Maine to California, declared
in the plainest tones, what they required
to b. done by Congress.
There is, therefore, not the slightest
doubt about what the people want and
demand in the administration of their
government.
1t was, in The first place, clear asser-
ton that it is the peoples government,
and that the people can control their own
government, and can ave the govern
ment that they want They also clearly
indicated that they were bitterly opposed
to the present policies of the admniStra
ton and to the conditions as a result of
these policies. BY their votes they over
whelmingly repudiated the Republican
party and its policies, and commissioned
the Democratic party to give to the
people Democratic administration, and
in order to do this they elected large
Democratic majority of the House OF
Representatives to represent them IN the
next Congress. The most important
question now is, will the Democratic
party make good?
This is a vital question not only to
the people, but also TO the Democratic
party. In 1892 the people elected Mr..
Cleveland and a Democratic Congress
by much larger majority than was
given last fall, and that election turned
upon the same question as it did last
fall-namely the reduction of the Nc
Kiney Tariff This was pledged to the
people in the platform OF that year and
in the campaign.
But after the election the great inter
ests went to work 10 defeat the will of
the people, and all sorts OF devices were
resorted to in order to prevent reduc-
ton Of the tariff Factories closed, and
laboring men were thrown out of en-
ployment, and panic was brought on
to protect the special interests? When
the Wilson Tariff Bill was passed by the
House of Representatives, Mr.. Wilson
was carried in the arm, Of his fellow
members in triumph at the passage of
lower tariff bill. The bill went to the
Senate, and by the manipulation of four
false Democrats in The Senate, six hun
bred and more amendments were made
10 the bill all of whom were protective
tariff amendment, and the pledges of
the Democratic party to the people were
broken, and defeat and disaster have
logged the footsteps of the Democratic
party from That hour until the election
last fall. viii the Democratic party heed
that warning and deliver the goods, or
blsely and treacherously break the
pledges that they have made 10 the
people, and again doom the party to
t'eleat and disaster
AT the great Democratic meeting
which was held in Baltimore on Tuesday
o, this week, the most important thing
said was by Mr.. Palmer, ofPennsyvania
when he said that the Democratic party
must show the people its Intention and
Ability, in the language Of the street,
TO deliver the goods" The Demo-
cratic party must deliver the goods that
were promised to the people, or the peo-
pie will repudiate that party as it did in
IS93.
The first thing imperatively demanded
is that the Democrat party must prove
its intention to make good its promises.
There is a Democratic Senator to be
elected by the Democrats in the great
state of New York. one in New Jersey,
two in West Virginia, aud two in Vir-
ginia. If in these States the Democrats
elect men to the Senate to represent the
p .ople, they will deserve the gratitude
Of the masses of the people. but if on
the contrary they elect men who are con-
troled by the special interests. or if they
yl-ct -four out of the six Senators to be
elected from these four States, the Dem
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tie people, for as four false Democrats
defeated tariff reduction in 1898. SO four
filse Democrats can defeat tariff reduc-
ton in 1911 because four Democrats
voting with the interests in the next SEN
ate as it now stands, will be a balance
OF power in that branch of Congress.
From the indications as shown by the
public press, the outlook is not very
favorable. 1t looks as though the inter-
ests in New York, New Jersey and West
Virginia will control the elections. In |
Virginia, we are sorry to say, that the
outlook is but little better, for 1t seems