The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-06-14

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any length national or state politics.
Those who know me best know that
would much rather and could do
much better at discussing essentials
Of corn crop or how to grow alfalfa,
than to make political speech,
| though | have been an ardent party
worker ever since became voter
Reared i'm a Republican family,
descendant from Whig stock, had
keep the faith.
owe my Democracy to that great
commoner, the peer of them all. vii.
liam Jennings Bryan; and am happy
in the fact that his principles and
teachings, in the most part. have been
recognized by the great masses of this
Republic. and our Republican friends
have been forced to adopt the most of
them, and they are now to be turned
out for not adopting all of them.
The Democratic party has always
been the party OF progress and Of the
common people. 1t is the Oldest pc.
litical party in the United States to-
day 1t has survived the ravages of
time and the brunts OF many battles
and Is now about to perform the last
rites for the g. o. p. which has so long
boasted of It's guardianship of the dear
pee pie; but now almost every one
knows that the dear people, so ten
derly cared for. have all become mil
lionalres and multi-milliona!res. and
are boasting OF being more powerful
than the government itself
Not since the civil war have we
faced such a crisis as we are now fac
ing.
The great question Is. Are the peO-
| pie going to rule. or are the people
going to be ruled by special priyil-
| eges?"
The fact cannot longer be hidden
that the Republican party has been
the mother Of and the fosterer Of
trusts and corporations, and these in
turn have completely dominated that
party.
| Never before in the history of poll
tics in this country have the people
witnessed such disgraceful spectacle
Of president and an ex-president go.
ing about begging for nomination
and furthermore accusing OF each 9TH
er of favoring this or that corpora
ton, and calling each other all the pet
names imaginable; all because they
were letting out the G.. O. P. secrets.
Surely, the Republican party is bleed.
ing to death from self-infiicted wounds.
Our Republican friends Of the rank
and file are thoroughly disgusted and
are turning to the Democracy to fur
nish clean man to guide the Old
Ship of State back to the people.
The Democratic party has not In
years been In better shape to sweep
on to victory in November, for the
Republican party is passing into the
musty archives Of history.
There are no present vital questions
on which the Democrats do not sub
stantially agree, while ON the other
hand the hosts Of the enemy are hope.
lessly divided.
The Democrats Of the country are
united ON the general issue of tariff
reduction. They are united, with rare
exceptions, on specific measures of tar.
iff-reduction as passed by the Demo
cratic house. 49,
Y They are united against trust mon
opoly and for trade-regulation by com.
petition.
/ They are united in favoring an In
come tax and placing part OF the
federal expense burden on wealth.
They are united for the popular elec-
tion of United States senators, for
publicity of campaign expenditures be.
fore elections, for less extravaganza
In government for relief of the people
from the growing cost Of public ad-
ministration.
II Democrats like Governor Harmon
and Mr.. Bryan disagree about such In.
noyations as the initiative, referen,