Show i DEMOCRATS j AND PRINCIPLES Jj J r j The World of New York is filled with answers answers g ilo a its question What is is a Democrat Most l ost of Js i k claim laim that a Democrat is one who believes in tt constitutional government equal rights no tari tariff I rs' rs v ve for br revenue and this s with every clement element of t protection protection eliminated hostility to o monopolies etc Of course all those ca cardinal dinal principles of the party t. t rl read ad well and it t is is Jut hut fair to presume that those VhO J j vho advance them are as sincere as they are patri patri- otic tic But every everyone one of them were included in the I constitution of the dead Confederacy and that has 4 been buried for two forty years And the country has lias as moved forward a good deal But there is int to the in th those se two forty-two years years a p point I business which none of the answers in the World t touch upon Mr l Cleveland was elected twice on platforms essentially the same as the usual answer answerl What is Democrat but the only I l to the w-the the question is a 1 i attempt made to enforce either ither provision was thet the thet t i t struggle that Mr 11 Cleve Cleveland and and Representative r i Wilson made to emasculate the time tariff I j Would the party do any better i if given another k chance hanc 7 We believe it it might under an extreme r I Southern man man like Senator Culberson of Texas but butI I we have haye our fears We fear its is ideas on the tariff question would lead to tOno no end of trouble and appalling appall- appall I ng ing loss we we se see no sign that any Democrat Jl under under- j stands the significance and power of money or the time thet t need of keeping just as much of the volume of J k 1 o Y as possible in the country we e know of f not t one in m the party who realizes how immense is IS the national loss JoSs in prestige and power and trade 1 because we have no no merchant marine and when we wesee see ace ee the legislation in several D Demo Demo- mo- mo r. r 1 cr cratie cratic t c States State and note its approval b by eminent Democrats like Mr Bryan we fear that c could uld 1 1 the thi h Dem Democracy cracy obtain control o of Congress as it did j t in 1893 8 the bull in itt the te china shop w would uld be a i mild l i exhibition by comparison However the Republicans are arc not blameless They have done nothing for Ol our r shipping though inI inthe in inthe r J t the l m majority j rity in both houses of Congress they have I not tried to shave down the tariff where such ng ng down would help the whole country their t rA has not kept up with the country's J n needs e s they have d done ne some things they ought not notto noti i r to have hare done they hey have neglected to do some things they ought to have done and if a change comes next t year yeal we e we shall still believe that God is keeping watch and th that t His judgments are true and righteous 1 altogether H |