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Show i -J . . ' . ; t : . 5 . 1 ) . 1 t) 1' ( ::. i . , t ' f r i I - r i ) cf t:-. : -, !: ' d- : 1 v i t' i 1 ' r c 1 3 it V i i rty. . t it f.. f ;:e is f'.t re -i. I' i t I i -i t: ? t i cf c.-y i i i ' . ui.'. a Bre tir:' y t: 1 l ar 1 which can got aior j , .cut r-'-ctlra row et--1 to it -t. A t ...f Ijt revenue w ua l.o: i-r.tal I ro-tecticn ro-tecticn la the true, traiiiijnal D-r-rrocrat-1c policy. "iYotectlon for our rr.arufar turers I a Jeffersonian princ'rle. In t.'a -H:ori annual meare to CongTes Jefferson c" .J. red that -'to -rrctect the r-ar.ufac-t.rts a' rtcj to cr circus.;' :cm i one of the lar. '.marka by whica. we tre, to guile ouraciven in all our proceed-inB-i.' That was Democratic doctrine in IS. Z. It ehould be Democratic doctrine in .'." Heciprodty Is an Issue. "Then there is reciprocity. That is a Democratic, not a Republican, principle, except by adoption. Jefferson himaeif was the first expounder of it in his celebrated cele-brated report on foreign commerce written writ-ten in 17&. . "Expansion Is '.another Democratic principle. The founder of the party more than doubled the area of the original thirteen colonies before the middle of his first administration. Could he have had his way be would have taken in Canada. The annexation of contiguous territory la a principle of Democracy never to be abandoned. . ''Economy In administration Is another common ground on which all Democrats can stand. "At the present time the question before be-fore the Democratic party Is not a question ques-tion of candidates. That will come later. The main question to be settled now is that of harmony. The vituperation club should be adjourned permanently. The newspaper vendetta should come to an end. It a leader has nothing to offer of advice to the party he should hold his peace. People Tired of Wrangling. "The rank and file are weary of the wrangling that has- so long filled the newspapers. Let the gentlemen with personal e-rievance keep them to themselves. them-selves. The issues of past campaigns were fairly and ably presented and argued. ar-gued. The verdict was given and Judgment Judg-ment pronounced. The decision must stand. The whole thing is now ancient history. Parties cannot live in the past. They are of today and tomorrow. "The Democracy of the present time has a splendid array of men of full Presidential Pres-idential stature. They are to be found tn the North and the South, In the West and the East. I shall not name any one of them. ' They readily suggest themselves. them-selves. As compared with the Democratic Demo-cratic party In this respect, the Republican Repub-lican party has little or no advantage. The swing of the political pendulum is toward Democracy, but this win not count for "anything unless the party turns its face to the future instead of the past. Quarreling over old dead and gone platforms is in this rushing age lit tie short of lunacy. They should be allowed al-lowed to rest in peace In the political lumber-room." ' |