Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-04-02
appeared in the press recently to the
effect that Mr.. Clark is unfriendly to
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the new administrati ion.
"Since the foundation Of our govern
ment," declared Mr. Clark, mo party
ever had fairer prospect Of long
lease Of power or better chance of
promoting the welfare and property
of the country than the Democratic
party has What will we do with our
opportunity? The voters have only
placed us on probation. Can we
make good Can we yindicate the
vast army of voters who gave us the
power to conduct the government?
Undoubtedly we can. How? BY keep
ling faith with the people By re-
ligiously carrying out the promises
by reason Of which we N won. By
transmitting into law our pledges to-
improve the conditions under which,
we live. II we, do this the people
will recognize it and approve our con-
duct.
Democratic Promises Plain.
There is no doubt what our prom
Uses were. They were writ large in
the Baltimore platform. Our first
promise was a tariff for revenue
only, and to give the people that, or
as close an approximation thereto as
possible, is the first duty Of the new
administration and of the new Con-
gress and in passing it may be said,
and ought to be said. that tariff re-
duction which does not reduce the
cost Of living is not worth the paper
on which 1t. is printed.
Following that We promised to
strengthen the antitrust law; to es-.
tablish an income tax to revise the
banking laws; to improve our water
ways; to provide for reasonable
conservation system; to create de-
partment OF labor, which we have al
ready done, and to declare the ma
tion's purpose touching the Philip
pines. 1t is an extensive program,
but 1t is our duty to work it out. The
only way to achieve it is for every
democrat in official position to give
the best there is in him to help re
deem our promises by subordinating
| individual ambition to the public veal.
THAT any man fit for official sta
| ton will let his personal likes or dis
likes interfere with his cooperating
with any @other democrat in unlfylng
the party in its herculean and multi
farious tasks to redeem our pledges
and thereby contributing, as r believe
| to the increased prosperity and hap
piness. Of the American people, is a
thing incredible. The suggestion OF
such a state OF affairs comes from
faint-hearted democrats who are for
ever seeing ghosts or from malignant
marplots who, though disappearing
as democrats, are not democrats at
all. but wolves in sleeps clothing.
| Certain Of these venomous eleventh.
hour democrats are Joud-mouthed In
proclaiming trouble where none exists
and in laying down a rule Of conduct
for real democrats. a, &
"Genuipe democrats, who have the
good Of the party and the country al
heart would do well to give no heed
to these self-styled democrats, whose
chief business is to stir up strl1e
among democrats by foully slandering
any democrat who has earned their
enmity by being a democra. at az
times, under all circumstances ana az
all places.
Democrats should take to heart tn
philosophy OF the old saying Be
ware Of the Greeks bearing GIFTS,
Most assuredly democrats should re-
member what happened TO- them ny
reason Of their family quarrels from
March 4, 1898, to March 10, 1910,
l when LuSt N1lISI S1AAS III hSSSv
years the democrats in the House
electrified the country by voting to,
gether- mot a man missing in great
struggle. That was red-letter day
| in the history of Democracy.
Will Act With Wilson.
1The House Democrats have been
! together ever since and while neither
a prophet nor the son of a prophet,
! / predict that they will in the Sixty
third Congress act in unison, not only
with themselves, but with President
Wilson.
AFTER listening much and talking
little-the best way to Learnt have
yet to find a House democrat who
does not take that view Of It. II The
lesson from our own historic: quarrels
lis not sufficient, we could, do well TO
ponder the present republican feud
and the woeful plight to which it has
reduced the party Of Abraham Lin
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