Milford chronicle., 1922-10-27

THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS are ten days away.
The Democratic party has fully developed its plan of at
tack position in this campaign is characteristic 1t
is the position of the chronic faulfnder who continually
bewals and deplores existing conditions but offers no
remedy The Democratic campaign, like all of its cam
paigns has been one negaton Its criticisms have been
petty destructive. 1t has conducted campaign Of
instrumentation In it's desperate endeavor to dscred
Republican officials it has not hesated to discredt the
institutions essential to representative government
endeavor to win support it has not hesitated TO
make common with the vicious elements of society
the avowed enemies of law and order. 1t has played
leading part campaign of defamation of the legislative
branch of the government. 1t has made common cause
with those attacking the courts and uphoding the
law of mob the rule of violence, and government by
force and intimidation. 1t has aligned itself with those
interests which seek to destroy the productive enterprises
America in order that they reap inordnate profits
by trang in the products of paid labor Of other
countries True to Democratic traditions and history, it
gone through the campaign endeaVorng to array
of the country against another and one class of
citizens against another In industrial sections of the
country has portrayed the American farmer to be
graspng profeer and in the agricultural states 1t has
portrayed the industries of the country to be rapacious
robbers It has sought to partisan victory by
the dragons teeth of dscord 1t has not contributed
constructive thought to the campaign. 1t has not offer
single constructive policy for the consideration of the
voters 1t presented sembance of legislative
gram which would attempt to enact in event it would
carry the Congress- It has not hesated order
ceive the unread and msead unthnng dstor the
TRUTH belle and descend to the low levels of
blacguardism Such campaign does not appeal to the
American people, Evidence of this is furnished
hand the first state to register its disapprov
al of such campaign The vote obtained by the Demo-
cratic candidates in that state only slightly in
cess of that obtained by NJ Cox, the Democratic
candidate president in 1920 To fully appreciate the
low estate into which Democracy has fallen it should be
kept mind that Mr. Cox received smaller percentage
of the vote cast than Democratic candidate in
history He received only per of the total vote
cast Although between 1916 and 1920 the total vote of
the United States increased by S5OOOOO Mr. Coxs
vote in 1920 only $1,000 than Mr.. Wilson's in
1916 That the in Maine received substantial
y the vote this year that Mr. Cox received in 1920 is
proof that party still at low ebb of popularity and
respect What happened in Maine will happen throughout
the country November The much advertised drive on
Senator Lodge in Massachusetts collapsed The Dem
ocrac party in New York is split quarreling, ire
conciabe factions. The Democratic party has all but
disappeared in Minnesota 1t has shown willingness to
coalesce with all the elements of dissatisfaction and
cor in Michigan bids fair to lose its identity in other
states It's candidate Senate in Wyoming has re-
pudated the party endeavoring to be elected in
this Republican state the ground that he has consist
emily supported Republican policies The party has be-
trayed the interests and welfare of the substantial eIe
ments of society to such that association COM
posed of Southern Democrats engaged in business indus
try agriculture banking, has openly repudiated the
Democratic national committee for it's campaign aimed at
the destruction of the American producer. Without
program beggared as policies impoverished as to
leaders, disorganized and disgruned, the Democratic
party is wagng losing campaign based upon pesslmls