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' who are working the democratic party
for what there Is in it, "don't like the
.Kansas City platform, and it is a
nightmare to republican boodlers.
Lexington (Ky.) Observer: To the
'democrats who wandered off: Come
.back. to the old ranks. Take your
place at the tail end of the procession
. along with the boys who have all along
remained steadfast in the trenches and
i show "fruits, meet for repentance."
$' Rathdrum (Id.) Silver Blade: The
money power wants a bank note clr--cculatlon;
wants the power to. issue or
withdraw the 'bank- note at their con
venience; wants an American Bank of
England. If they don't get it they will
lose confidence again.
Stillwater (Old.) Democrat: Ac
cording to the Chicago Tribune there
were 2,516 lynchings in the United
States in five years. And yet the
United States has the impudence to
try and civilize the Filipinos "for their
own good."
Plainview (Tex.) Press: A form of
imperialism already exists, .when there
is a money power big enough to re
tain one party in perpetual power,
provided it does its bidding, and de
luded is the man, who casts his ballot
arid his influence for its1 perpetuity.
" 'Massina (N. Y.) Forum: The reor
ganizes have been running things
witha 4?.il hand this. year and their
. success is well illustrated by the re
turns on election day. Doubtless the
democrats will take charge of.demo
. cratic affairs next year and work for
the good of democracy.
' Louisville (111.) Post: The recent
.elections prove that if the democracy
wHl stick to the principles of Jefferson
and Jackson, it will grow and thrive.
It is only when an attempt Is made to
'compel democrats to actfept republi
can theories of finance)' and govern
ment that the democratic party be
comes affected with paralysis.
; Cairo (111.) Bulletin: The Ameri
can who .would engage in foreign com-
. merco must first have his' ship 4buiit in
America at an extortionate price, and
then, having taken a cargo of Ameri
can goods abroad and sold them, he
must make the return trip empty be-
cause tariff laws make it unprofitable
to bring goods into this country.
-. Des. Moines (la.) Gazette: Hurrah
for" Jeffersonian democracy, Lincoln
democracy and Bryan democracy, a
democracy that demands the rights of
all-the people to be observed, that de-
- mands no class legislation and cries
'out for the initiative and referendum.
.What we need Is direct legislation and
the right to vote on the laws that gov
ern us.
- . Sidney (la.) Herald: The.reorgan--"
izers have -proved themseives, in vthe
results of the recent elections, to be
an insignificant cabal, exerting but
-little political influencejThere wris
not avstate in which rtheJfKamsag City
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the New York Journal, Chicago American, and San Francisco Examiner.
gain of strength as the result of such
rejection. Political treachery is not
popular with any. party in the United
(States.
Cdldwater (Mich.) Star: The facts
are that Gage and Wall street do not
want. an honest currency, nor a stable,
orsound moneys system. , They .want-
-platform was rejected that showed tiny a currency and money system that
will give them the greatest speculative
and robbing power over honest indus
try; and the sooner the pqople see this
And make "the currency question" a
vital issue 1n politics the better for
the country.
,BlircQtt ?ity (Mo.) Democrat: There
Is one. thing, about 'the Pennsylvania;
voter that we admire, and that is his
consistency. Having voted his belief
that It is right to deprive the Filipinos
of their liberties and lands, he now
votes to deprive himself of his own
rights. In this respect the Pennsyl
vanian Is a more admirable character
than his republican brethren who be-
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