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THURSDAY , APRIL 13,1905.
Must Democracy Die
To Be Born Again.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
* 'Theodore Roosevelt will be re-
nominated for president of the U.
S. in 190S , and he will be re-elect
ed. Through his domination of
the party organization and his
control of the post office depart
ment , Mr. Roosevelt already has
the nomination in his own hands.
There will be no trouble about ob
taining a majority of the delegates
in the national convention , lie
will be re-elected not merely be
cause he is the idol of the people
or on account of his virtues or by
reason of the mistakes that add to
his popularity , but because there
will be no real opposition. The
democratic party is and will be
hopelessly divided against itself. "
This is a literal extract from the
New York "World whose editorial
columns were the ablest written
advocates of Alton B. Parker in
the last national campaign.
It is an editorial utterance de
liberate , definite and stated with
out limitations as the judgment of
one of the most influential of the
great American newspapers which
generally support the democratic
party and its candidates.
The World usually trains with
the ultra-conservative or Eastern
wing of the democracy , and its
views may be reasonably construed
as representing in a large degree
the attitude and opinion of Eastern
democrats. This makes the utter
ance significant and especially
worthy of note.
It is exactly the political position
foreshadowed in the pessimistic
prophecy of the World which has
been in my mind as an apprehen
sion since the election and which
has been the inspiration of a ma
jority of the letters which I have
contributed to the discussion.
An utterance like this from a
source lise this is enough to chal
lenge every democrat voter in
America to serious thought and to
vigorous action.
There is no doubt that President
Roosevelt is riding the crest of the
popular wave at this time. Even
the South is relaxing if it has not
already relaxed the prejudices
aroused by .his negro appointments ,
and there are democrats all over
the country who are thinking and
saying , in view of the President's
courageous and vigorous adminis
tration , that Roosevelt is a better
democrat than Parker.
The President's party , if not
sympathetic , is at least quiescent ,
either through astonishment or
timidity , and he is going straight
forward in a great career.
Now , what are we doing in dem
ocratic ranks ? Wrangling , as us
ual , with unabated ferocity. The
Eastern democrats are eagerly
urging William 3. Bryan to break
awuy from his engagement with
the Iroquois Club in Chicago and
to come instead to the Jefferson
dinner in New York. To this in
sistent invitation they are adding
the questionable entreaty , "But
if you don't come to us , for God's
sake don't tie up with those radical
democrats in Chicago. "
Where is the hope of harmony
in an attitude like this 2
There in congress we saw John
Sharp Williams , lead ing the demo
cratic minority , deliberately turn
his back upon the best and sound
est railroad reform bill that the
generation has produced , and com
mit his party to a hasty and im
perfect measure which needed con
stant amendment , for no other
ostensible reason than that he was
unwilling that the credit for this
vital reform measure should go to
William R. Hearst , who had al
ready done a Titan's work in ef
fective democratic warfare against
the trusts and the public grafts of
the time.
And where do we find the hope
of getting together in a spirit like
this ?
The Eastern democrats are even
now coquetting shrewdly with the
rising fortunes 6f Joe Folk , of
Missouri , who has had the good
sense to hear their blandishments ,
to eat their banquets and to hold
his tongue.
And out yonder in the great wide
territory of the Central West there
are hundreds of thousands of the
saino sturdy democrats , who stay
ed away from the polls at the last
election , just waiting grimly to
see what the democratic party of
their faith and the democratic
party of their fathers is going to do.
It may just as well be repeat
ed here that the difference between
the wide wings of the old demo
cratic organization is deeper and
wider than the difference between
the platforms of the two opposing
parties in the last campaign.
How are we going to get them
together ?
Now this , if ever , is a time for
plain speech and definite under
standings.
There is no need for any man
to be afraid to speak his mind.
The next campaign is three years
away , and this interval must be
filled full with the frankest and
freest agitation that a great party
has ever known.
Faithful are the words of a friend ,
and that democrat is most loyal
and most worthy who does not
hesitate in this vital period to criti
cise , to challenge and to demand.
If the democ ratio party has any
chance in the next election , it lies
in the complete separation of itself
from the republican party , with
which it has grown too intimate.
And we cannot separate from the
republican party until we separate
from the republican democrats
who have led us into bad company.
Let the fellows who do not be
lieve in the things for which de
mocracy stand go to some other
party. Don't be afraid to let
them go. For every man who
deserts the party of the people be
cause it stands for the people there
will be found a hundred to come in.
We are now compelled to sepa
rate the democratic democracy
from the plutocratic democracy.
Oil and water will not mix. The
democratic party cannot any long
er survive half-plutocratic and
half-democratic.
It is high time for a reorganiza
tion of parties in the Republic
anyhow. There are democrats
who ought to be republicans , and
republicans who ought to be demo
crats. Let these men find their
political level. Let them seek the
camps to which they belong.
Don't be afraid. Go where your
convictions lead you. If you are not !
a democrat , don't be false to your
political conscience , but go right
on to the republican camp. If you
are not a republican , and your in
terests lie with the democratic
party , come right into the fellow- ;
chin of vn'ii * roal fnif-li nnrl vnnr
T
evident welfare. The curse of all
parties is the cumpulsory loyalty
that come from environment or
heredity. The democracy and th
plutocracy have a great battle
which must be fought out. Let us
fight it honestly and let us have
no half-hearted or lukewarm fol
lowers in either camp.
There is no use to get mad about
it. There is no way to drive the
republican democrats out of the
party. The only thing to do is to
commit the party to principles
and platforms so essentially demo
cratic that their fellows will have
neither motive nor excuse for re
maining.
We will never have a real demo
cratic party representing the ma
jority of the American voters un
til these fellows go.
We can never sail into port un
til we unload this ballast.
I have sometimes asked myself
whether the democratic party must
die before it can be born again.
I might find it easy to quote his
tory to prove that no party so
radically divided as ours ever came
into effective harmony again with
out a burial or a revolution. It
was so with the Free Soil party.
It was so with the democratic party
which split into fragments at the
Charleston convention of 1860 and
never came together until a civil
revolution had washed away its
antagonisms in blood.
But we cannot afford to die now.
The South is held intact by the
shadow of a negro balance of pow
er , real or imaginary. The party
at large is held together by the
fact that the real democracy is es
sential to individual and popular
liberty , and because no other party
of possible relief looms upon the
horizon except in creeds so radical
that the thought and judgment of
the people is not ready to receive it.
And we must not die now. The
democratic party is worth fighting
for and worth living for. Its
principles can never die , and its
organization along normal and
traditional lines is too vital to the
people and their interests.
Least of all can we who love the
grand old party stand by and see
it go down to even temporary dis
integration without a brave and
honest effort to reform its broken
lines , to redeem its drift from the
faith of the fathers , to bring it
back to the old creeds of the peo
ple , to rebuke its .enemies within
its ranks , and at the cost of all the
truth , and all the courage , and all
the criticism which its errors may
require , to rally once more the
great people who are its faithful
followers , and to carry it once
more to wholesome and glorious
victory.
What do you think of "the late
assembly of anarchistic law-makers
that sat as a legislature ? "
Standard Oil.
Topeka , April 10. James Ru
dolph Garfield , commissioner of
corporations , arrived here to be
gin his investigation of Standard
Oil methods in Kansas. He is ac
companied by L. P. Caswell , Chas.
Earl and Luther Conant , three
employees of his bureau. They
will assist him in making the in
vestigation.
" 1 have no news to give out
about the proposed investigation , "
said Mr. Garfield. "I have just
reached the scene and must first
get my bearings. I want to learn
something of the situation in Kan
sas before I complete my plans.
I will have a conference with Gov.
Hoch today on the matter. There
is no telling how long it will take
to make the investigation. I have
three men from my bureau with
me and we will get busy at once
and stay that way until the case is
closed up. Norfolk News.
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Spark * Qnills.
Dick Allen has moved a shanty
onto his homestead.
Mr. Gallon's mother came down
from town Saturday.
Miss Pearl Jelly is staying with
Mrs. Callen during the latter's ill
ness.
Miss Gertrude Allen went to
town Saturday to make final proof
on her homestead.
School commenced in Sparks
Monday morning with Miss Noy
Ashburn as teacher.
The dance at Mr. Osborne's and
the one at Mr. Polen's were wel
attended Friday night.
Dr. Lewis was down to Sparks
Monday to see Mrs. Callen and we
are glad to report her improving.
Mr. Meyers' father is out to
spend the summer. Hope he wil'
enjoy the summer breezes of Neb.
Mrs. Cora Archer was down to
visit her parents , Mr. and Mrs.
Graddy of Norden , last week , re
turning Sunday.
Clyde Kuskie has bought him a
nice brown driving team and we
advise parents who have eligible
daughters to be strictly on the
look out.
An officer from the fort drove
down to Sparks last Saturday with
the intention of buying a nice sad
dle horse. He found some nice
horses and also some nice prices
but did not buy anything.
"Wm. Barker , editor of the Val
entine Kepublican , George Trace-
well , Mr. Webb and Mr. Ander
son , of Valentine , were in Sparks
Saturday evening to attend the
sale of the Sparks creamery. Mr.
Tracewell was auctioneer. About
one-third of the stock-holders were
there and the property sold for
its original cost.
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My mule he was a creature queer ,
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His fur it looked just like a bear.
He never liked good hay and corn ,
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Two weeks ago last Sunday morn
He left his feed of hay and corn ,
And ham and eggs and all such things
And went off on a bum methinks.
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