Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-29

and i'm catering To the chosen few.
At It's best human nature is weak.
The cares of the world and the deceit
fulneSs Of riches OfttimeS Stife gener-
GUS impulses Great crises are neces
sary to awaken mnny men to their
sense of duty. 1t was because !
thought crisis to he at hand that
four years ago | made thu statement
that 80 per cent of the people of lndi
ana were Democrats at heart even
though they did not know it. | now
enlarge that statement and decla1e
that 80 per cent Of the entire country
believe in the historic Democracy of
Thomns jefferson. This campaign Is
going to rid the Democratic party Of
every man who does not believe In It's
principles and Is going to add to the
party's ranks. ! hope. every man VIII"
does believe in them
Men have allowed their personal in
tercsts. ambitions and prejudices f"
sway their political conduct, and con
sequently this great body OF American
citizens. thinking alike and feeling
alike at heart. has never been united
under one banner to fight for the com
mon rights Of common humankind.
The strength OF those determined to
give every man his chance in life, IN
hampered and unaided by Legislative
enactment and to strike down every
species OF special privilege inuring to
a - In
minded I'm their view that government
liz n necessity and not a luxury and
that business should have It's large OPP
portunity for success. but that this
government was made for men. not
corporations: for principles, not inter
ests and OF those with sufficient cour-
age and fortitude to drive the money
changers from the temple of our ma
tionaI life. has been impoverished by
assertions due to personal interests.
ambitions and prcjudces.
Time For Patriotism.
This campaign calls upon some for
justice. upon others for charity. upon
all for patriotism. 1t does not call for
the bandying Of epithets nor for an
appeal to the personal. We may safe
ly leave to that senile dementia which
has seized the 20 called Republican
party the personalities OF this cam
paign. Its unfitness to rule the repub-
lie In disclosed by Its inability to keep
It's temper. 1t was cohesive so far as
its leadership was concerned while 1t
was engaged in looting the public. but
even It's leaders are now disorganiZed
while quarreling over the loot. AS for
the partys bosses. the improper intiu'
ences In American political life are
about equally divided between them.
Everywhere Boss Barnes Ia crossing
swords with Boss Finn. and their
charges and countcrchnrges disclose
greatness only when we apply Elmer
sons statement. Consistency ia the
hobgoblin Of little minds
How comes 1t that we have reached
such condition OF affairs In American
life that the party In power la rent In
twain, that boss IL charging boss with
knavery, crookedness and dishonesty
and that each faction II claiming nm
exclusive patent upon honesty and
patriotism while avowing that the sue
cess OF the other would spell irrepara
BILE ruin for the republic? And. more
particularly. how comes this to pass
under n Republican system OF govern
ment consisting Of coordinate branches
to which were coded by the people
none OF their lnalienable rights. but
only such powers as We're thought to be
needful to redress the wrongs. pre-
serve the rights and keep unshackled
the moral intellectual and physical
forces OF mankind?
Though majority of the people
have been voting the Republican ticket
and have been assuming thereby that
the majority would rule, the disgrace
full but purifying scenes which nave
been enacted recently In Republican
conventions disclose that large mum
Der of those who have been voting the
Republican ticket are Democrats at
heart These scenes disclose further
that we have been mistaken in some of
our conclusions touching government
In America We have yielded quiet
assent to the proposition that II major
ity IL all powerful and That minority
has no rights which Il majority Is
bound to respect, But now we know
that the theory Of the historic Demo
cratic party that It is the right of n
majority to rule. but only within con
stitutional limitations and without the
usurpaton of single inalicnahle right
of single individual-ls correct
Majority a Minority.
! 1t IL only when maiorities thus rule
TINT governmental machines move
without friction. The right of II ma
/ jority to thus rule must always be
conceded wonder. however. II II
hns dawncd upon the sober second
] thought OF this people that II is posi-
/ bile for II majority To he minority
/ and that It il equally possible for n
minority to I've majority At first
/ blush II would seem that the officials