Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-27
The Discred;ted Democratic Party.

The independent Washington Post
thinks Speaker Clark has accepted Mr.
Wilson as the Democratic nominee for
the Presidency in 1916, else he would
not have given him the complete in
dorsement which has recently been
published. 1t has been remarked for
some time that neither Underwood,
Clark nor Bryan care for the nomina
ton next year, for reasons strikingly
apparent.
Mr.. Wilson has been the whole
show" debating to Congress and CIV
ing the country to understand from
the start that he preferred to hang fol
his own mistakes rather than for those
of anybody else. Troubles have null
tiplied until, several months ago, such
Democrats as Clark and Underwood
must have decided that they would no.
care to stand test of the country's
disappointment. The Post says:
Speaker Clark has evidently accept
ed Mr.. Wilson as the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency in 1916.
else he would not have given him the
complete Endorsement which has re-
Gently been published. Republicans
can now rest satisfied as to the results
upon the issues which will be pre-
sented to the electors in 1916, for. with
Mr.. Wilson as the candidate, there can
be no successful lodging by the party
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up or avoidance of the record which
thousands Of Democrats are ashamed
Of and which hundreds Of thousands If
former Democrats will repudiate by
their votes in 1916.
The party must face its record upon
the tariff. Its failure to protect Amer
lean workingmen, American agricul-
turists, American manufacturers, and
American investors will lose 1t votes
IN every congressional district in the
patton.
Its levy Of direct taxes to cover the
deficiencies in the revenues from the
tariff cannot be successfully defended
before any audience, either Democratic
or Republican, in the country.
BY its tariff schedule it legislatea
foreign manufactured goods into this
country, and 1t legislated business and
profits to the foreign producers, while
it legislated closed shops and factories
in the United States and caused unem-
ployed labor. by hundreds OF thou
sands, to seek soup houses and to form
bread lines in every important city u
the republic.
AS the soup houses and the brea
!, foS Of NJ 1907
to 1898 were the result Of the last
Democratic administration, so soup
houses bread lines and tramps are II
the present one. and as the full dinner
pail promised by the Republican party
In 1896 flung the Democratic party out
Of power that year and brought six
teen years Of prosperity to all, SO the
soup houses and bread lines Of the
Wilson administration have caused
nation wide demand for the full dinner
pail once more, and the Republican
party is called upon to provide it.
The Democratic party has guaran-
teed defeat for itself for so years to
come by its deliberate reputation Of
its promises to the people. 1t promised
to reduce the cost Of living, and 1t has
not done it, but while living costs ad-
vance, work becomes more difficult to
get, and hundreds Of thousands Of men
walk the streets of the cities this win.
ter without work, food or suft1cien,
clothing. It promised to protect Amer
lean citizens and their interests at
home and abroad. and the Republicans
have but to point to their platform
pledge on this subject and offer Mexico