Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1912-09-12

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o o.s.. fooaamsotaI Democracy
..I,. Au- 2o-In the pres
L7o.4' DISTINGUISHED company today
so.s . ", THOMAS r Marshall accept
Go'e'", ,..r,,aratic domination for the
a-astdency lie said;
Fiee , Parker and Gentlemen Of the
Jao-. .t,e commigte-rermit me TO
N7'l... ,r if +, uot uy purpose on this
sa9 .- FL present details wish
oc0t,. J., a~.~eat some general obser-
H55' ..,.n.d .u nome~pnn language
". 5r..faf ,ral they may be Of value
u .r,.. rh. opinion and determining
u md Inns Of the intelligent voter
ibis year ...... a., u,,;
fam tile elsie. the fact yet re-
so@- nm, raad government has in it
-''. l.r..nt rf morality Neither con
.,..fo1s nor laws nor ordinances can
,n,,r.tef lfgorrc civil government
.y1 ~sr.ufams sentiment. There are
.-,Is in The history Of a people
-t.o ,he conflict between the good
49, Nh. 5ad mas involve almost all of
.ts commandments There il rarely
conflict In which ut least the one COM
,,.rsmant against covetousness does
-, become an Issue. and this cam
o,3.,, Is ao exception to the rule.
II viii be we'll for the voter 10 clear
m same hazy definitions We have
to- maBy years been entertaining q
hariaf founded upon ne fact whatever.
,tat Democracy and RepublicanIsm
-anrp,eHf different ideas of govern
uppt. The Republican has looked
ro7n the Democrat as n man opposed
10 the government The Democrat has
looked upon the Republican as man
eBDosed to the peoples rule and in ia
yor Of arIstocratie sway. 1t is time
for is to remember that Democracy Is
not a system Of government Indeed.
Democracy may find IT. expression in
any one Of numerous systems.
The Rule Of the PeopIs.
The rule Of the people IL not essen
tally rule by the people. BY their
votes. even when Democracy has I'M
folded to full manhood suffrage, the
people may have 4 monarchical form OF
government The peoples rule does
not depend upon the number OF votes
nor necessarily upon the system OF
government under which they vote.
Goai or bad government must 90 back
70 good CT bad citizenship, to intelli-
gent or ignorant, 10 honest or dIshon-
est electors. / venture the assertion
that iitbe electoral franchise were now
granted to all the citizens of Russia the
Little Father would again be crowned
IN Peters city
American Democracy in its purity
vas intended TO mean and | believe
does mean something more than vot-
Ing, something more than selecting of
iceFs. Like the sunlight. we cannot
zee H. yet We cannot see without it
And, like the sunlight. 1t has not only
1athed this republic i'm sea OF beauty
Ind glory, but il has warmed and nur
ured every fruitage planted in the
garden Of universal brotherhood.
American Democracy does not de
lend upon caste Or creed or condition,
lpoa race or color, upon wealth or
'oFeFty. upon success or failure But.
heHingiy, il does depend upon the
laef life Of the individual citizen. Il
al Inspiration and IN aspiration. II
oes not always depend upon the ticket
'nich a man votes. It does depend
ways upon the motive back Of the
allot
4ae historic Democratic party CT
america had its inspiration and its
SpHailon In the life and conduct OF
: great founder It is time now to
ave q perfect concept Of that Democ-
aey, Ter In recent years we have di-
'oed ourselves into three classes. and
1e Classification has been made moi
me heart throbs Of men. but by their
0cia! condition We have those who are
N'heasuFably rich aud who are looking
Ut more and we have those who are
nut 'eFably poor and vino are growing
'o'eF. Between these extremes we
ave great middle class living
e" ana reasonably content except for
1e uncertainty Of not knowing wheth-
meg are TO rise into the first class
SINK into The third
Jefferson and Hamilton.
many have assumed that only the
poor and those sinking into
Z, class were Democrats and that
nc l'hneasurably rich and the climb
=, we're Republicans. But these divi-
II o"S nave not been logical. 1t was
- Ihe outward and visible which
" the inward and spiritual Of
IN ao','as jefferson Born Of the bluest
,,0o0 In the Ola Dominion and accus-
.rs LEU as gentleman. scholar. diplomat
II ~ statesman TO nil the luxuries of
-. seheFation, he was the man who
49,, mat all men were created
,ar.. i anu mat all We're endowed with
n. '"alienable rights. such as life.
- aud the pursuit Of happiness.
,rts. 10 MS dying hour this seeming
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