Show i tt t tt l t t t t t t t tt i I t i The Analogy Between Ro Rough Rider Roosevelt Roosevel and nn OId Od Jackson Ij jj I n t i i iiii What Is the tho difference between n a 1 Democrat anti o a Republican Is II n a question sent pent nt to tho the Post Foot Po I recently by II persons penol In 11 various forms of or language but all 11 moaning tho Pie same cattle MIl Ono One query presents the th old ohl proposition nf o if voting for 01 principles or for or men that Is to Ray If Ir one candidate Is 11 mi 0 perlor to 10 another I may Or the less able ablo candidates alf policy ho ha more Im Important and ant vital unit offset the tho others personal advantages Answering that question involves What Is the tho differ r once enco between tho the Republican and the tho Democratic party policy and principles and nn ultimate purposes SeVeral books hokl have been heel Issued d lately dealing with wih these questions from rota an un historical standpoint duet chief among them theta The Iio and ond Times of at Thomas Thorns Jet Jef Je fetson by hy Thomas 1 IJ Watson The Tue ami unit nl I Jel morrn cm iy ty l by b John J R B Dunlap the thi l Jefferson JeffersonIan inn Ian society New Neut York Unfortunately these hooks full ul of ot crochets Tho Flue authors try Iry to 10 prove their own present day tny theories by Jefferson of ot sot Hot Hotting let ting thug forth what Jefferson advocated and represented In tile Ills hi duty day c It I scents lcm al iii almost II most Impossible Impo for or a i partisan mind to work along unpartisan 4 lines Jnes I I Tile Tte fact Is II that It I Is absurd to 10 try to prove trove what tho the Democratic lemo rUe party I ought to be bo today by Thomas Jefferson Jet who she died In II 1826 It I IS U equally hopes Impossible sible to 10 present Irl nt Republican principles by the tho work awl and words word I of or Abraham Lincoln who tiled died when the generation now no pasting Ilas hll from the earth was VI young Hut But history throws light upon illIcit tho the origin of at things anti and Ulel It must munt mustI I conclusion ho bo considered In forming n a Without the bv lv the Iho Pst Post ticked n about the Ihl difference between the tl two to great parties NOW From that standpoint tho tue will Frol wil I try to IL them 7 I S I l ft Republican Hep original rw rest tins ions for tor existence e necessarily Involved ho proposition of ot strong IronI KOV go ge geI I Its It main issue t being heln to 10 stamp out olt rebellion reb idol secession It lied had to 10 practise e centralized It The Tho Republican party came Into lute I lund enjoyed power not as us lS u a I mutter of ot I I tho the of or government It I was wl tta not nt nott t f the product of or n ii 1 study stu of ot the science of or government It 1 was ns In n a 1 for or the tho abolition of ot slavery IIII unit Ind lt born horn through a I ci 1 to 10 preserve pl rl the Union It Jl I t bright glorious gorious guiding star Mar Was WAR National Strength Jeffersons was van n a 1 puny parly at was Wn n IL e NATIONS taLLY parly I 1 1 rite Tho Civil 11 ivil war temporarily suspended h r altered and lost host to tho tim people II thin rn question of or r science nf it I It j Us its for or Notional Noni I hV 1 end old a 0 tariff the tho it party was titi entitle and 1111 undeveloped It I Iti t i 1 replied to 10 Its 11 opponents with wih hun tho mil 1 of oC drums Uns anti and with waving of tInge lags fIn KY Its I I than r pin poses wern thul i strength lay IlY In their II I closeness clo to 10 that most IO t of po lO political JO J kl The Thet country countr tutu hud been 11 by byl l civil war And the tho Republican pony party fth ii Fought rought to 10 build up with u it 1 Indus protective tariff creating cl great I tiles i I It I watt was WIH chary about foreign policy 11 It I luul n ono S i 1 i I n reality all have been un uni r I t i r i a transition stage The Tho two t o terms of oC Cleveland were Wee partly the Il re reo null cult of IC tariff agitation and Inel pInt a I against Republican rite Tho election lecton of or Mcl WitH waw Wil owing to no tin moro Intelligent reason titan than there thero luau Imd beets been hard times under Cleveland Bryan the Democratic candidate was supported l by tho the friends of or putter pater paternalistic schemes les which utterly conflict td tl d with wih the of or Jefferson Free Pr e silver is now known to have been lleen only a i confusing and remarkable incident of sit IC the tho new now development of oC American political parties an as separated by definite and logical principle principleS S S S flue Tho Democratic party luarty Jart was WiY conceived In II the study of ot the scIence of nf govern government government ment m nt by b a it I group IU of oC great Virginians tarn men of or classical education thud and Ild private fortune Later It I WOH WOI dominated by bythe bythe the Iho Idea Iden Of oC n a chivalry Its Jl original impetus was wait confused d nini dispersed ell by Ity Iy the hatred that culminated ed oil Id In tho the Civil II war Shattered by tho the thoI I of or n a war wOIn n which Its founders foresaw and strove to tore fore Is th Democratic party has been the Iho victim of oC circumstances Rail and op Or opportunism Opportunism m Is IB a I good 1001 I word for tor taking advantage of oC anything that promises temporary success successor Of or Into years the Ihn old timers and the tho opportunists have hlo rent tho the party It ft I got somewhat mixed with a it new lew party of ur unstable character the Populist or Peoples party and the tho result of de IC defeat te terent teat rent dissension en lol anti opposition to the Republican unity party tour for oppositions take sake hits baa been heen to make the thir Democracy elm ply tim tho party Ax Al n fi great Democrat remarked lilt bit hi toily tOI Vo Wo e arc 11 all itil 11 Republican olt now noti nowadays or nut Hut that was as union under Iller Mcl the great Conciliator ills His Is death brought confusion con fusion S S S Civil 11 service is I nn Illustration tion of ot the futility of trying to 10 modern politics by 1 the tho past Today civil reform hue Iho antithesis of ot 11 To 10 the thA l victors belong the spoils spells Is by hy tho the people generally g lorl No Na Nobody NoOt body Ot Is II afraid that eMI civil service will till 1 build 11 an nit 01 arIstocracy rC Jefferson was 1115 WI concerned as I much its liS with un tutu about anything 11 holding das clasS lit lie II van 1111 nn nfl enemy neny of government which wits was WIS one ono of oC 1110 evils of nt his dA y thud and age oge In England elft Today Its il not lot feared government that Is for It tins lout to tn lie h a I possibility In hut but we an ate UI about tIle the domination of o government by lu h thu tim plutocracy of wealth stealth nathan Another A vital vita o I thee d Issue about RhoUl Polities politics involved mid Ild from which lo was We S slavery U It I IK is hunt drawing paral parallels lets today II II with wi I Iho the Ild policies ocleR Il of or m mel lush n who Stilt uric actuated l I hy y their feelings about slavery Is II not a it fair It Is 18 attempted to II compare slavery Shaver with I hue Iho trusts and am to parallel Jeffer pens wih rooted opposition to slavery the modern Democratic position t Ion on 01 wih trusts hut but the his attempt Is farfetched foresaw the Iho of Ut o a country growing up tip hil territory half n it zone one of ot free reI labor laho He lie Jo saw It meant civil war And It IL did I Slavery 11 of ot course n it 1 proud politically active uund warlike slave owing The Flue Jostle Issue woe was sot set settled let lieu by h n a 1 struggle of sectIon l clon ted The trusts on out the the pro arc loton everywhere Thor They The are oro not hot section nl at lre The Flue ho result of slavery Wil civil chU war bar I tf t t f t t f t tt f t tt Tutu Tho result of or trusts Is IR corruptIon conniption It I Is III already lucre here hee Anti And nd In seeking Becking to tl to eradicate cute cate the tue corruption the tho measures turf pro proponed posed tend toward overturning the most niost luminous features of oC American government nl which was sync a n ol of I tho thu Democratic pIEtY party In the tho past paMI name namely nalo ly I IMI I Jefferson hated paternalism Jackson Jckson Its keen enemy Paternalism IH Its II the seed leeel It of o Socialism which hue has hu always O it II I is 14 the demand that the got ROV HO t shall be ho bl a it Luther father to its Is peo people II pie pic It tony may take the form of or n a 1 kind and tutu humane 1 despotism Its final urn pro 1110 po IN Is that the tue people control till all Industries nid III arts fairly distributing lag ing the blessings ble of or tho tue earth to tho the end enl 11 that thai poverty no ito longer be bo aH as nt unfair an as IU wealth or 11 as tie 11 many put It that IhRl every over person bo be entitled to all ail ho lie produces or Its ts equivalent In Iii Jeffersons day tin there was titus Wil the In iii II title sue fue of or a it 1 strong central government ll u a ahome versus homo home rule title Jefferson was titus 1 homo home ruler Ills belief bell r was that thol the tho 11 least amount of oC stats tho the best Tim flue government should thouM preserve courts to 10 ills dis disputes hue Die peace furnish Bete di enact oni only necessary laws lasts pro Ido a R stable currency and auth foster edu education cation and anti science beyond that Its I II bret bent attitude was sync to t let lei the tho people alone and Int leave trade anti enterprise I inched The Federalists or feared that this meant limb Joll rule they tile the felt that public morals luul hiatt to 10 bo hue guided hi h by a U government nt auld ld the very Set er name Democrat originally was wason WOI on epithet of ruf hate null derision resembling 01 bling the use UKO today 1011 of oC tim the term nn tutu ni a In lit tho the furtherance of this Jefferson 11 Inn hut Democracy or ou anarchy It I be lie became to lo regard principles an came Caine necessary 0 higher than The Tue strong government party naturally leaned lenne to 10 toward ward 11 the for UK Its It II cause found In lii 11 men len In iii II tho OtC 1 while except when following a 1 popular Under 1 hll the Iho peoples party placed Its Il principles above preference Lot for hull Indi Individuals Iii tnt is Thus In tho this natIonal Democracy will very likely make Ilko a I campaign on ott 01 I 11 thin bIll laut t anti and I strong man President Roosevelt Itro Of course Ibis thui rulo rule hue hns hl only on been applied according to 10 because any In sort Mort of or party naturally prefers II a fascinating bearer b bearerS S S S The no I bun 1 campaign will tell wi I be he it e Influenced I enrol by I ii a I personality perhaps mote Clinic than by 1 party IrU principles No mutter matter moler hOll lucidly lurl hurl ii Iy I r the I lie Republican ii national nat Ion iii convention of If IDOl 1004 sets nets forth its policy 1011 or is how lion satisfactorily the broken parts mints of ct this the Democracy ore are lre mended tho the peo people f t phi t of th II thin country will wi ho bo voting for or or against And A should Id Iho I iut Democracy nominate ii inn I note Grover despite te lilt Ills hil declination lion tion ton It will wil become largely n it question of ot between bel inen because many Republicans mainly In iii II the tho runt I will wi refer Democratic victory Ictor with wih Cleve CievO Cleveland mail land to tl a ii 1 triumph of the Iho though Rough RoughRider Rider and 1111 many Democrats In Iii the ilie west will rather see coo 11 Republican II wil roil can rol success with wih Roosevelt than tho thin re rC reelection rl election of ot Cleveland politicians nf at o both h parties mire aro united In the tho feeling r that leathers lendern who ate ote greater than their parties RIO Aro They Flue y want stunt men l n lenders who meaning by hy sae at men will ho bo strict party or r chum i plans wil To 0 this thin feeling may mn be lie hI ascribed much of the talk about n the tho Republicans I I I i nominating Hanna Instead of Roosevelt nOo In Jn 1901 Anti And that thal raises the query What principles of ot the Democratic party would prohibit It from consIstently nominating Roosevelt If it the Republicans cans ClInt turn tur him down nt at It Chicago next year 5 S Sitt In itt II tim whirligig of or time n R mo 10 t l ox ex thing lias hns happened The rho Republican party today i by hy Roosevelt stands for or tho the of or the tho Democracy Thero There cnn COl bo IJo little 1110 doubt that thul In tim the matter matei Jackson and of foreign policy len Oen Theodore tire aro much Ilch the saute same They Fie each cadi other oilier oth r In lii bins tight light lighting hug ing hIl men in dominating the tho govern government meat ment with with their personality In currying carrying what they believe bellee to be lie right with a high bund bond believed amid reared feared that Roose Roosevelt It I it In I HOe velt v 1 as I nn an elected president t Instead of or ofa a it 1 president nt by I lt will wi disclose o fierce traits It Is feared reI I that he will wil go o after the trusts HH as ni Jackson attacked and destroyed tho United States bank stood for tor torn forn n a principle which Is iii still n a paramount nil I divisions Democratic policy among of or the party purly namely that no Institution get stronger than the people The Flie struggle which wiped out mit tim the United Unie States Slates bank and did dM away awny with wih the growth of ot a ii gigantic financial pen now pener pw er which might have dictated to tho the government anti and Intimidated the lie peo people pc pie pl Is to tho the trust Issue In iti II tilts hi light against tho tue bank Jack son bOil WRit the tho Rough ILI of or his tinie tm The rho friends of oC the tho hue trusts today are oro that Roosevelt will wi Jar Jr loose and go after ICer them as ns Old Ohl Hickory nc IC so 10 the tho death of oC tho the bank hank bankS hanko S o 4 45 In Jut the days of Democratic power be before before fore roro the Iho Civil war wor the party rep represented represented resented the thc element feared eared the tho growth of or now ow states und and wished to 10 maintain the old states na nS the para paramount mount power potter oWel That Thai Issue existed In Inthe the tho time of or that hunt mighty Democratic i Jefferson nud Monroe Their act Irl of ot the Louisiana purchase was WIS violently opposed ed by h per par ennui sonn of Dr much the Iho same samo quality muM 11 the tho eastern eRste of or today tolay Later the Democracy stood tot for 01 nest t i t j jIng Ing lag an on empire from Mexico and again that act ocl wan denounced as R Infamous and revolutionary by ninny Democrats D just nn as ni we WI Mini mImi today Republicans op ott opposed posed to their expansion policy pole Senator Hoar anti and the tho shade of or John Quincy Adams are arc ae together today lodl strong foreign policy his I expansion principles his action In the tho I Panama canal matter muter his hb supposed suppo ei I veiled purpose to crush the tho trusts re l imn rn n d nut Hut Roosevelt Is l a n civil nor norvice 8 r rIce vice Ice champion from ruin his whereas Old OKI was titus na an In o 01 per items permanent manent nt tenure of ot to 10 tho thue extent of ot being for the tho famous phrase To the victors belong the spoils But hut the tho of or Jacksons Jack Bons time tinie oft ent anti and the conditions today are differ different d Ie 1 I This article has hall tried to lio that lint thil while the past partly Influenced anti and unc determines tho ho conflict of or principle be between tween tho lie parties nevertheless It I Is II I Im hn Impossible possible to determine tho Iho tie future by ly y his huts history history tory We Wo can ran demonstrate that Ihl tho time thoI I Democracy In lii thus the past pant |