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

~ ttLy class OF slfiZeuS III
- any hieuii1er ct society special privi
'eses "hieh are not granted To every
os1'e'F class aud to every other meulbe,
Of society.
he social condition which we cal
shiocFacy and which finds it's avenue
- expression II the polls through on
parry i unaiterabty opposed 10 sI,ecia
privilege. whether granted by ehe Iaa
VI seized by ruthless ambition. II il
true ne mother of It'll special privilege
is the high protective farir All wh,
Foaeu the Democratic ticket at the last
presidential election were unalterably
ol'poSed To this system OF unjust taxa
'aoh' ahd sufficient number Of those
nho voted the Republican ticket were
.AAe wise convinced of it's iniquity
% make al overwhelming majority
against It. Save a favored few. al
were agreed that relief, TO 8 greater OF
less extent. should be afforded to tie
people from the unjust exactions oi
eiiis system All knew that we could
hot educate people of America indis
crihlihateiy. enlarge their views of
NE ana happiness and then by the high
cost or living deprive them OF their
treasures without making of American
lte Il seething caldron OF discomfort
theoretically speaking. therefore. the
majority or votes, having put party
al power upon platform pledged tC
reileVe the people of these burdens, has
Oeen ruling under constitutional linn
itauons. But this is not SO. Imme,
olateiy after the election the minority
became the majority in the sense that
It assumed control Of legislation with
reference 70 special privilege. hi tit
members of the Democratic party and
all the protesting members Of the Re
publican party have been in the minor
lty when 1t came 70 counting votes
where the count fixed the cost OF living
1t may be said that this il mere acci
dent OF politics. single Illustration
and that IL will not occur again. But
1t Is no accident IL IS only one OF
many illustrations 1t simply discIoses
the utter folly of a man remaining
member OF party when the party
policy ceases to voice his inner spirit
The Republican party does not recede
now from its protective theory Its re
turn to power viii mean again the
rule of minority, and the theoretical
idea OF Democracy will continue to be
the practical aristocracy of special
privilege in this country.
Easy For the Voter.
The voter who cannot satisfy him
self this year Is indeed eensorioHs
Eliminating the verbiage Of platforms,
taking their substance and viewing
the candidates placed on them. the
voter who believes that the cost of
production at home and abroad should
be equalized to the manufacturer of
this country and who wants an oil
garchy to rule may vote the straight
Republican ticket: the voter who be
lieves In a similar protective theory
but who prefers 20 an oligarchy that
the president shall he the state, may
vote the Progressive ticket: the voter
who believes this government Should
be turned into socialism may vote
the Socialistic ticket: the voter who
thinks that church and state are not
In America and that the ne0
pie have q right to settle religious
questions and TO determine by ballot
what is good and what Is bad may
vote the Prohibition ticket. and all
those who insist that 1t II not the bust
ness Of government TO eqnaliZe the
cost of production at home and abroad
to the manufacturer until it equaliZes
the difference IN the purchase prdce TO
the consumer at home and abroad,
who believes that the only equaIiza
ton justifiable In our government In
the equalization of opportunity, who
thinks that public office is q public
trust. who does not believe that dis
gruntled and defeated politicians are
genuine reformers and who think that
are not born with sore toes
NAV vote the Democratic ticket.
/ respectfully urge all those who are
opposed to special privilege to ally
themselves this year with the historic
Democracy. the cornerstone of whose
edifice is the Declaration of Independ
ence and the keystone OF which Is the
Golden Rule. Al Baltimore ii proved
its right to be. because there it arose
and BY Its proposed policy met the
needs and wants Of people. Am
To be met with the statement that re
suits like those Of the past four years
might Just as well have been produced
under Democratic supremacy? This
I deny. The kingdom of Democracy.
like the kingdom OF heaven. Is within
us. 1T comes not ny observation. 1t is
a living, growing. vital principle. 1t IS
as essential to the life Of the man who
II Democrat as pure air or pure
blood The power n resist lying II not
I'm the mouth but In the heart Of man
His p17ver to resist larceny anu mnr
der in not In his fingers. Democrats.
like poets. are born. not made heF
are born with the fixed, unalterabie be-
lief that God made MI men. not some
men. thar HI men are entitled TO an
nona1t chanra i'm life unhamperea anu