The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-09-25
The Peoples Cause.
Wilmington Star.

The Peoples Cause.
Wilmington Star.
The Democratic cause In this mo-
mentous campaign Is the cause Of the
people. A crisis is involved In a
three-cornered fight which is com.
p!icated with many distracting issues,
but the great political battle narrows
down to mighty conflict between the
people and a combination Of political
forces having common cause with
privilege.
The cause Of the people is led by
Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic
nominee for President and he must
triumph If privilege is to be defeated
on the 9Th Of November. The chances
look good, but Is must be remember
ed that there exist complications
which necessarily make complete sue
| cess a problem. The trouble is that
the forces against the Republican
| party are divided, those Of the DEM
ocratic party following Wilson and
| others straying after ex-President
Roosevelt. The great fight. HOY .ver,
Is between the Democracy and Repub.
| licanism, and the eventualities Of the
three-cornered fight are too grave not
to be warned Of them now. 1t is
necessary, therefore. to put up
| strong campaign for Democracy and
make its triumph so complete that
the cause OF the people shall be re-
lieved of menace of any description.
For the people to win a complete
victory they must elect Wilson Presi-
| dent and back him with a Democratic
House and a Democratic Senate. 1t
| is among the possibilities to throw the
election OF President into the House,
| and In that event there is no predict
ing what the outcome would be. An
other possibility is that enough Re-
publican and Third Party Represen-
tatives and Senators may be elected
to give them a majority. On the real
chiefly the tariff and the trusts. those
TWO parties are one. 1t matters not
who IS president, if combination
majority favoring the interests Sc
cures control of Congress, the election
OF Democratic President would be
neutralized.
| The people must not take chances
on electing merely their President. or
run the risk Of either Taft or Roose-
Welt as President. The election of
either of the protective tariff Presi-
dents would neutralize a Democratic
| victory in either the House or the
Senate. If a Democratic House were
elected with Taft or Roosevelt as
President. the cause of the people
would be baked as the Democratic
House and friendly Senate are now by
a President who stands boldly and un-
compromisingly by the special inter
ests who are privileged to prey upon
the masses. If either Taft or Roose-
welt were elected and the fusionists
OF the two protection parties control
the Senate and House, the people
would surely lose in a crisis which
would overwhelm them and menace
the nation itself.
EVentualities Of such grave ma
ture must be avoided and that can
only be done by masterful cam
paign from Maine to Texas and from
Washington to Florida. In conducting
such campaign and to meet the
enormous expense OF campaigners.
printing and executive management.
large campaign fund necessarily Will
be required. The people must fur
nish that fund, since the beneficiaries
OF the tariff and privileged interests
will pour their money into the funds
hoarded together to elect ANYBODY
but Democrat. This fight is to break
the copartncrship between the gov
crnment and Big business. and II the
people do not furnish the funds and
votes to triumph over that unholy al
lance. they will continue In a condi-
tion of scrfdom which compels them
to work for themselves while paving
tribute To those who do not do bust
ness on their own resources, but have
the government as partner in eX-
plotting the people