THE VALENTINE DEMOGRA
IV ! EDITOI
Thursday , July 81 , 1904.
. Entered at tbe Post-office at Valentine. Oner
county , Nebtaika , &a Second-class matter.
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THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
. J. 3Bzyan's "Views as
sse < l in tlic
Ooisimoiici * .
"Ishall vote for Parker am
Davis , the nominees of the demo
cratic national convention , an <
shall do so for the following reas
ons :
First Because the democratii
ticket stands for opposition to im
perialism , while the republicai
ticket stands for an imperialist !
policy. On this question , whicl
was the paramount issue in 1900
and which must remain an import
ant issue so long as an attempt i
made to hold colonies under tin
American flag on this issue th <
convention was unanimous , tin
platform emphatic , and I have m
doubt that the candidate will carr
out the platform.
Second Mr. Koosevelt is in
jecting the race issue into Ameri
can politics , and this issue , if i
becomes national , will make it im
possible to consider economic ques
tions that demand solution. Thi
election of the democratic ticke
will put a quietus upon this at
tempt and permit the race ques
tion to work itself out without th <
bitterness which Mr. Koosevelt' :
conduct has engendered.
-Third Mr. Koosevelt stands fo :
the spirit of war. His friends pre
sent him as a man of blood am
iron. He believes in strenuous
ness and inculates a love for wa :
like things. The democratic tick
et stands for peace , for reason anc
for arbitration rather than foi
force , conquest and bluster.
Fourth The democratic plat
form declares in favor of the re
duction of the standing army , anc
as this plank was unanimously
adopted there is reason to believe
that a democratic success on this
subject would bring some advantage -
s. * - age to the people.
For these four reasons I feel jus
tified in supporting the ticket , bul
I shall not misrepresent the situation -
tion , or appeal for votes for the
ticket upon false grounds. A
democratic victory will mean very
little , if any , progress on economic
questions so long as the party is
under the control of the Wall
street element. On the money
question Mr , Parker is as thor
oughly committed to the side of
the fianciers as Mr. Koosevelt. If
1m does not go as far as the re
publicans would in retiring silver
dollars , in establishing branch
banks , in enlarging the powers of
the national banksj and in the sub *
stitulinn of an asset currency for
the present currency , it will be
because he is icscrained by the
democrats in the house and senate.
Nothing good can be expected of
him on t-he-monoy question.
Ou the trust question the demo
cratic platform is very much , b ? t-
vtor than the republican platform ,
/ but the nomination of Jud r. Pap-
ker virtually mil fl lliemill-trust
plank. lrnkRs ? in ais letter of acC * -
C pluuG6 ho nomniiis himself to at
torn pt anti-trust legislation we-need
not expect him to pursue a dilTer *
ent course from that pursued by
Roosevelt.
So far as the labor questions are
concerned must await Judge
Parker's letter before we .shall
Kknow whether tliti bibnrinjf man
f has anything to expect , from his
( \ action , Tije labpr pianjk as
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pared by Judge Parker's friend
on the sub-committee was a strad
dling , meaningless plank. In th
full committee planks were adopt
ed in favor of arbitration , th <
eight-hour day , and against gov
ernmentby injunction ; also a planl
on the Colorado situation. I
Judge Parker is silent or.ambigu
ous on these subjects it will meai
that the financial influence back o
him will not permit him to tab
the labor side on these disputet
questions.
On the tariff question some littli
progress may be hoped for , bu
the Parker men on the committei
were nearly all in favor of a ver.i
conservative tariff plank , and i
i remains to be seen whether Judge
Parker will carry out the positivi
and definite plank which was sub
mitted by the full committee
This is the situation.
Judge Parker stands for euougl
things that are good to justify m <
in giving him my vote , but as"
have tried to point out for severa
months , the triumph of the Wall
street element of the party denies
to the contrary any hope or reliei
on economic questions. I have
nothing to take back , I have noth
ing to withdraw of the things thai
I have said against the method ?
pursued to ad\fance his candidacy.
It was a plain and deliberate at
tempt to deceive the party. The
New York platform was vague and
meaningless and purposely so , be
cause the advocates of Judge Par
ker were trying to secure votes
from among the people who would
have opposed his views had they
known them. If he had sent to
%
the Albany convention the tele
gram that he sent to the St. Louis
convention he would would haye
had verv few instructed delegates
from the south , and no possible
chance for the nomination. But
he and his managers adroitly and
purposely concealed his position ,
until the delegates had been cor-
ralcd and the nomination assured.
Then his friends attempted to se
cure a gold plank , which was over
whelmingly defeated 5n the com
mittee. After the party had re-1
joiced over the harmony secured
by the. omission of the question ,
and after ho had secured the nomi
nation , he injttcted his views upon
the subject at a time when he could
not be taken from the ticket with
out great demoralisation. The
hMriiinaLion was secured , therefore ,
bv crooked and indefensible meth-
ods , but the democrat who love
his country has to make his decis
tons upon conditions as he find ;
them , not upon conditions as hi
would like to have them.
After having stated that I shal
support the ticket , and after hav
ing given my reason for so doing
I think it due to the democrats o :
the nation to say that while tin
fight on economic questions i ;
postponed , it is not abandoned ,
As * soon as the election is over 1
shall , with the help of those whc
believe as I do , undertake to or
ganize for the campaign of 1908
the object being to marshal the
friends of popular government
within the democratic party to the
support of a radical and progress
ive policy to make the democratic
party an efficient means in the
bauds of the people for securing
relief from the plutocratic element
bliat controls the republican partj
and for the time being is in control
of the democratic party. This
plan of organization will be elab
orated soon. It is only mentioned
at this time that the readers of The
Common'er may know that the con
test for economic and political re
form will begin again as soon as
the polls close , and be continued
until success is achieved.5'
The republicans and g. o. p.
sheets all over the country four
and eight years ago jumped on tc
Bryan as the demo-pop and popo-
crat while he was leader of the
hosts , ancl praised the gold demo
crats for having the courage of
their convictions m bolting. Now
they will be saying that Bryan is
a fine fellow and has the courage
of his convictions. . Anything with
them , like with the Chicago Chroni
cle , to bo praising the minority
side to widen a breach in the party
or when caught with the words in
your mouth to switch clear and
ulean to the other side.
The Gordon Journal says H. G.
Lyon is threatening to start a second
end paper in that town with J.W.
Burleigh assulo. partner , and hoots
it the idea. We don't know about
Lyon , but as to Burlcigh we think
luite loud that he prefers to make
limself quite scarce in this section
) f Nebraska. Let's drop the cur-
, -Star-Journal. .
The Gordon Journal says that
ihere is a possibility of a new pa-
per being started in Gordon , witl
Mr. Lyon , formerely of Gordon
and Burleigh , our own lamentec
Burleigh in charge. This makes
one think of the camel on the
Pike ' 'Holy MosesAinswortr. !
Star-Journal.
Watson and Tibbets are th <
candidates of the peoples party.
They may get a few nibbles in
Nebraska.
Big ; Storms Coming.
Washington , D. C. Devasta
ting storms in greater number ancl
more severe than the country has
seen in the past ten years are pre
dicted for the United States dur
ing August , September and Oc
tober by W. T. Forster , an unof
ficial forecaster of this city.
These storms , he says , will be
tropical hurricanes and transcontinental
tinental cyclones. The hurricanes
will come from the south and south
west of the Gulf of Mexico , while
the trans-continental storms will
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