The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-05-05
WESTMINSTER. SID.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NAY 5, 1911
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

history of their party, especially in
the prominent parts of this history.
No party Of less inherent vitality
could ever have survived the ordeal
through which the Democratic party
has passed in the last fifty years, and
stand O. it stands today, as the al
most certain dominant party IL the
coming Presidential election i'm 1919
IN the earlier days OF our republic,
and III it, better days, the Democratic
party was il almost continuous con
troll of the government of the country.
Then came the terrible Civil War,
when the party was unfortunately dl-
vided, and the new and untried Re-
power The Republican administra-
ton, as Of necessity, stood for the
preservation III the Union, and being
so much stronger numerically than
tn south, finally conquered, and III
the credit Of preserving the Union,
was without stint, claimed by them,
Notwithstanding the fact that some Of
the ab1est military leaders WI the fed
eral side, such a. Grant, Hancock and
others were Democrats.
Then came the awful period Of re-
construction, worse than the war it.
self, when the south was under the
power of military rule; under the
iron heel of military desp0tism. This
condition absolutely paralized the
south and rendered 1t powerIess a.
political power. Then in addition to
all this the Republican party, for the
sole purpose of strengthening itself,
enfranchized the whole crop Of south
ern negroes, and those Of the north
as well, thus adding millions to their
voting strength.
This was considered by them a
master stroke of political policy, but
was really one of the most infamous
things any party ever perpetrated. "A
colossal crime against both the whites
and the blacks, end all done, not that
they cared anything for the negro,
but in order to perpetuate the wan
i'm fortunes Of the Republican party.
During the vissisitudes through
which Tho Democratic party passed in
All these years, in which it was in
the minority, its voice was ever heard
protesting against the encroachmants
Of the federal government upon the
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tralization of power in the federal
government; against tne iniquities of
the Protective Tariff System, end
against the utter extravaganza of tine
Republican administration and the
profigate waste OF the public monies.
III never failed to raise it, voice
against departures from the old land
marks Of the federal constitution, and
against the dangerous theory Of "a
higher law than the constitution"
And so it kept on, 'in season ard
out Of season" warning the a'un-ry
against the wild and extravagant pol.
icies OF the. Republican party.
And 50 impressed were the people
Of the country by these protests and
warnings, that in 1876 they succeed
ed in registering a vote that chose
Samuel y. Tilden, Democrat, a.
President Of the United States. That
under the sheer power OF military
domination and political manipulation
he was denied the Office, II matter
of history, and the foulest blot upon
the American escutcheon. In almost
any other country this outrageous
procedure would have led to revolu-
ton, but the Democrats realizing the
gravity Of the situation, submitted
peacefully to await final vindica-
ton by the American people
Ut u said, Whom the Gods destroy
they first make mad" And so the Re
publican party went Oh III IT'D reckless
career, until they have now come to
the point at which tie people have
called them to a halt. The excessive
tariff taxes collected under the guise
cf protection had been carried to such
an extent, that a revolt, which echoed
from cne end Of the country to the
other, at the last election, swept the
Republican party from power ia the
popular branch Of our National Con-
gress, and has awakened In the minds
of the American people the belief that
the day OF their deliverance Is at
hand, and that the coming Pres
idential election will place the coun-
tiny in IT, hands of the Democratic
party; the party Of the constitution;
the party that stands for low tariff
taxes, and for economy in the admin
istration OF the affairs OF the govern
ment. and the party that has been
glorious in victory ana Id defeat, and
today the political hope Of the 4Ameri-
can people
DEMOCRATS MAKING GOOD.
MANY of our Rnnuhtinan friends