Show reorganizing THE DEMOCRACY A POLITICAL party must have principles organization and the confidence of the people it can gain no following without the first no standing without the second and no victories without the third A mastery of these primary facts of politics will be of the greatest service to democrats who are taking thought about the reorganization of their beaten party that is the short way to triumph and regain power the short and sure way to permanent outer darkness is to ignore them new york times what the new york times has said in the above extract from its columns is as true as gospel and yet there seems to be an effort in some quarters to reorganize organize the democratic party for some hidden bidden reason on the part of certain persons who having heretofore acted with the democratic party and last year year bolted and voted against ahat that p party this class of ex demo brats claiming still to be democrats are now talking of a reorganization iza tion and probably expect such an event to take place there is no necessity for a reorganization of the party nor of a new party calling itself democratic the principles advocated by thomas jefferson and andrew jackson were voiced in the organization in 1832 1 of the democratic party and this party is still in existence and possess posses a the three requisites principles organization and the confidence of the people should a small number of soldiers in an army during the existence of a war with an enemy desert and declare an intention to reorganize the army they would be laughed at as fools or court marti aled and shot as traitors when such men as cleveland hill cockran bynum palmer breckenridge et ef al made a similar atte attempt ampt at indianapolis as to the democratic party they simply announced to the world the fact fac t of their assin ity and political t treason reason these men since their defect defection ioL treason and desertion have no in terest in the democratic P party j all that they can at any time in the future expect to receive at alt the of the party is the privilege open to every one of voting its ticket and sharing in the addan ad vantages growing out of its success I 1 As to a share in its leadership leader leadership shi p the time for them and such as they has passed they may continue if they ahey so desire the indianapolis organization aaion or which would be equally honorable they may mi ly re main sin as in the campaign of 1896 1 hewers of wood and drawers of water for the republican party HADLEY D |