The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-08-17
SATURDAY. AUGUST II. 1912
MR COLORADO EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
Republication vs. Democracy

I HEeDVuOIvCAnIHUI
II. z. Churchill, for many years q
Republican "war.horse" in Weld
county. has quit the q. q. T.. and
jumped right into Democracy. Mr..
Churchill gives his reason as follows:
1.-The Republican and Democratic
parties have nominated their candidates
for president and vice president and
promulgated their respective platforms.
The Republicans ask the people to vote
for William II. Taft and James q.
Sherman, the Democrats for Woodrow
Wilson and Thomas r. Marshall.
For thirty years have voted the Re-
publican ticket. have given freely Ut
my time and means. year after year. for
my party's SUCCESS.
am now to leave the party of which
10 the past have been member.
No longer is the Republican party
guided by the counsel of such great
statesmen Is LincOln, Stanton, Grant,
Hayes, Sherman. Edmunds. HOar. Har-
rison, Garfield, Blaine, Everts, Cullom,
Dolliver, Foraker, DinRley, Reed,
Mckinley and others of commanding
ability and craftsmanship.
During the last few years the party
has gradually and surely succumbed tn
the baneful influence aud cOntro! Of the
great corporate interests Of this country
and as result, and In order to control
tho party for their own selfish interests,
1t became necessary u place the organ
izatiOn of the party In the hands OF paid
agents, and Hence the high-minded
statesmen Of the party were displaced.
and the entire party machinery-in the
nation and In most Of the states-was
placed In the hands Of the tools and the
bosses OF the interests. such as tho
LOrimers, the Penroses, the Barnses,
the Coxes, the News, the Tawneys, the
LOudens, the SmOots, the Rosewaters.
the Cranes, the Murphys. the GugRen-
helms and the Evanses.
Anyone who knows ANYTHING about
politics ut the present time, must be
aware that through the great corpora
lions and mOneyed interests OF this
country, men like the foregoing abso-
lutely control the Republican party and
dictate its candidates and Its policies in
practically every state in the Union.
No longer does the rank and file Of the
Republican party have anything to say
as to the policy OF the party or who its
candidates shall be. What, then, under
the circumstances that confront the
people today. is a self-respecting voter
TO do In order to accomplish the ends Of
good government? After mature deIib-
Grafton, 1 have concluded that, In view
OF the damnable influences that are now
In control Of the Republican party, in
this and most Of the states Of the Union,
that must leave the Republican party
and enter the ranks Of the new Fem
ocracy, which William Jennings Bryan,
in the laat few years, has constructed
out Of the old Democratic party.
Through the indomitab'e courage
tenacity and splendid ability Of Mr..
Bryan, the Democratic party-as see
it tOdsy-is the real party Of the people.
The Democratic party todsy-thanks To
our savior, William Jennings Bryan
stands for the people, and presents to
us. as candidates for president, and vice
president, Woodrow Wilson and
Thomas r. Marshall, statesmen OF the
highest character and reputation. They
and the platform on which they stand
are opposed to government by the trusts
for the trusts and Of the trusts, such as
the Republican party stands for today.
All of tho corporation trusts are sup.
porting the Republican party and are
bitterly opposed to Woodrow Wilson.
There 10 no need for any third or
Progressive party. The issue Is clean
cut between the Republican party and
the Democratic party. The former
stands for the perniciOus organized
mOoeyed interests Of this country, and
The latter stands for the rights of the
peopse. That 10 the issue, and 1t must
DO settled. aad settled right. before we
can, % . people. BIZ prosperous, con-
tented and happy.
Henceforth. 30 long as the Democratic
party stands for the people. shall sup
port that party and its candidates.
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