Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26

crowded the Odeon theater to the
doors, Elliott w. Major opened the
Democratic campaign in Missouri
Wednesday.
Progressive Democracy.
This is a progressive age, the
march of progress is upon every
hand and the public servant must
stand for progression, not only in
principle but in public service. We
must labor for progress in govern
mental affairs and in our commercial
and civic achievements.
The Democratic party has a great
duty to perform and before it lies the
golden opportunity arising from the
centuries. Let the party meet the
problems of today in that masterful
spirit which is in keeping with its
splendid and glorious past. Let it
demonstrate again its craftsmanship
and ability to handle every question
and meet every situation in both
State and nation. In this great hour
of opportunity the Democracy will
not fail and the country will be swept
by Wilson from Maine to California,
anu MlObOull WILL 81 I1ChiOSitlIiS itOlLl
Clark to Mcdonald and from Atchi-
son to Pemiscot
New Political Era.
We are passing through the door
way of a new political era and there
Is going to be new order of things.
The pendulum of legislative and judi
Cial wrongs has swung to the full arc.
The pilots have followed neither
chart nor channel and we are gov
erned, not by the first and just prin-
ciples of American government, but
by the will only of political masters
who in turn have no thought or creed
save and except the thought and creed
Of corporate governmental vampires,
But, as in all things, there must
come an end, so today the followers
Of Taft see their finish, as they hear
the tread of the teeming millions who
feed and clothe this great republic,
men whose prosperity alone marks
the true progress of the nation; men
who are ready to declare that the
God of Mammon shall not prevail
over the Goddess of Liberty; men
who value the hopes and future of
American sons and daughters more
than they do the shining form and
the golden ducat; men who are in
tent in purpose, determined in action,
Jealous in the cause and firm in the
faith.
Let the people continue to fight for
the principles of Jackson, Jefferson
and Monroe. Let them follow in the
fnntStnna Of fhnf naronnraoNr uy1,{
has evolved greater governmental
principles and wrought more brilliant
achievements than all other parties
combined and on whose proud
escutcheen is written the emblazoned
glory of a century.
For twenty-five years l have cham
pioned the principles of Democracy
from a thousand platforms in Mis-
souri, and other states in the Union,
and in this, the sunrise of the great
est of the worlds centuries, I thank
the Master l have lived to see the
opposition standing in the open, con-
tossing it's wrongs and acknowledging
that the Democracy has pointed out
the true path and the only way which
leads to the eternal welfare of the
American people.
| have in other speeches discussed
1t length national issues, but tonight.
rs we have with us Hon. Champ
Clark, Speaker of the House, and Sen.
Rtors Stone and Reed, who will ad-
dress themselves fully to federal is.
sues, will devote the remaining Dor.
tion of nay time to state matters and
policies.
Party Records and Official Service in
Missouri.
Again the people of Missouri are
called upon to exercise their right of
suffrage and choose between political
parties and governmental policies.
The Republican and Democratic
parties have each been in power in
Missouri, and each has had its day in
court. 1t is for the voters now to
Judge from the record made which is
the reaotionary and which is the party
Of construction. The Republican
party retired from the management
of state affairs in 1871, and the Demo-
cratic party has had charge in all the
departments from that time until 1905,
when the Republicans elected their
candidates with the exception of Gov.
ernor. In 1908 the Democrats lost the
Governor and LieutenantGo Governor,
but won back all the other depart
ments.
Few men know how, by whom and
in what way the business of the state
Is managed 1t is taken care of by