Show GOOD WORK The National Democratio Convention has done its work and done it well What has been dono is of the very best The delegates showed neither cowardice nor fear Since the war the party has been slowly and gradually getting back to its true position It has progressed by degrees gaining a little all the time It has trimmea one year and been more selfassertive next Now it has trenched on the ground of the enemy and made love to the opposition then it has been cunning and endeavored to sneak into power It has sought to prove its loyality to the dation by throwing itself at the feet of the snpirloyal It has tried to win the soldier vote by making a soldier its standardbearer At times it has been insincere if not dishonest and all the time it has lacked the courage and bravery in the right which was once a characteristic of the grand old party It has been afraid that would hurt some bodys feelings and that if it did not gain a vote it would lose one Nevertheless Never-theless there has been a steady advance and today the party stands before the country with head ereot proud of itself it-self and its achievements courageous daring to sy what it 13 ana in wnai it believes and caring only for the grand principles of human government govern-ment which have made the organization organiza-tion the party of the people the champion cham-pion of human rights There is no trimming no quackery no dodg inc in the platform formulated formu-lated and adopted in the St Louis convention The declarations are plain unequivocal unmistakable There his been no attempt to atraddlo no effort to avoid an issue Nobody will be at a loss to understand exactly what is meant to know pre isely where the National Democracy standson the questions of the day None of the ploughing round policy which was so prominent a feature in the conventions of the past sixteen years can be discerned in the work at St Louis Again the only policy found in the nominations JB that which should always al-ways be found in nominations policy to select the very best men fort for-t offices to be filled regardless of whether or not they will please this interest or antagonize that element or alienate such a faction or win votes from certain clique Statesmanship honesty iutegiity and administrative I administra-tive ability wore required at the head of the nation and the men in whom those qualities and qualifications qualifica-tions were found in the highest degree were nominated The candidates are true and unswerving Democrats who j are not afraid to proclaim their Democracy from the housetops and who would rather accept defeat as T Dezriocfratg than win victory by turnine to the right or to the left and casting doubt on the honesty and sincerity of their political belief With such a ticket and such a platform plat-form the party will win or the American Ameri-can people no longer love the principles upon which the Republic is founded |