The Meeker herald., 1913-07-12
Republicanl.m W. Democracy

II. E. Churchill, for many years a
Republican ''war-hOrse" in Weld
county. recently quit the e. D. Z. and
jumped right into Democracy. MIR.
Churchill gives his reason as follows:
For thirty years have voted the Re-
publican ticket. have given freely Of
my time and means. year after year. for
my party's success.
l am now to leave the party of which
in the past have been member.
No longer is the Republican party
guided by the counsel of such great
statesmen as Lincoln, Stanton, Grant.
Hayes, Sherman. Edmunds, Hoar, llar-
risOn, Garfield, Blaine, Everts, Cullom,
DOlliver, Foraker, Dingley, Reed.
Mckinley and others of commanding
ability and craftsmanship.
During the last few years the party
has gradually and surely succumbed to
the banpful influence and control of the
great corporate interests of this country
and as a result. and in order to control
the party for their own selfish interests,
1t became necessary to place the organ
ization of the party in the hands OF paid
agents, and hence the highminded
statesmen of the party were displaced,
and the entire party machinery-in the
nation and in most of the states-was
placed in the hands of the tools and the
bosses of the interests, such as the
Lorimers. the Penroses. the Barnses,
the Coxes. the News. the Tawneys. the
Loudens. the SmOOts, the Rosewaters,
the Cranes, the Murphys, the Guggen-
helms and the Evanses.
Anyone who knows ANYTHING about
politics at the present time, must be
aware that through the great corpora
tions and moneyed interests of this
country. men like the foregoing abso
lutely control the Republican party and
dictate its candidates and its policies in
practically every state in the Union.
No longer does the rank and file of the
Republican party have anything to say
as to the policy of the party or who its
candidates shall be. What. then, under
the circumstances that confront the
people today, is u self-respecting voter
to do in order to accomplish the ends of
good government? After mature deib-
Grafton. | have concluded that, in view
Of the damnabIe influences that are now
In control OF the Republican party. in
this and most of the states of the Union,
that must leave the Republican party
and enter the ranks Of the new lem
ocracy. which William Jennings Bryan,
in the last few years, has constructed
out of the old Democratic party.
Through the indomitab'e courage
tenacity and splendid ability Of Mr..
Bryan, the Democratic party-as l see
1t today-is the real party Of the people,
The Democratic party tolay-thanks to
our savior. William Jennings Bryan
stands for the people, and has given
us Woodrow Wilson and Thomas
r. Marshall. statesmen Of the high
est character and reputation. They
and the platform on which they stand
are opposed to government bv the trusts
for the trusts and of the trusts, such as
the Republican party stands for TODAY.
All of the corporation trusts are sup
porting the Republican party and are
bitterly opposed to Woodrow Wilson.
There is no need for any third or
Progressive party. The issue is clean
cut between the Republican party and
the Democratic party. The former
stands for the pernicious organized
moneyed interests of this country, aud
the latter stands for the rights of the
people. That is the issue, and 1T must
be settled, and settled right, before we
can, as people, be prosperous, con-
tented and happy.
Henceforth. so long AS the Democratic
party stands for the people. shall sup
port that party and its candidates.