Show SUPPOSE suppose the predictions of the democrats should be reliable and the party should win at the polls the election of judge parker would mean a democratic house of depre senta tives and it might might r 7 also bring about a democratic senate before b 0 fore the close of ills his term Is the tho country ready for another experiment peri ment in democratic legislation n the ex peri ence from 1892 1802 to 1896 1806 is not forgotten 0 there was a democratic congress c aa as well as a democratic president mr cleveland was recognized 0 as an incorruptible and patriotic exec executive autive by republicans as well as by democrats the republicans in congress followed his hib recommendation in favor of repealing the sherman purchasing n law republicans did what they could to hold up president cleveland hands and save him from his bis party but they could not the democratic party was in power not mr cleveland and the independent voters who had been responsible for his election it was not a new now party it was the same old democratic party of irresponsibility it legislated 0 in the old democratic way and the president could not or did not stand in the way though he lie denounced tho Wil sonGor gor nian tariff law as an act of perfidy and dis honor lionor grover cleveland was better bettor known and 1 1 the people had more confidence in him than they can possibly have in judge 0 parker for cleveland had been president when his parti party was not in power in congress and when whet he be had republican legislation legislation 0 to enforce but when cleveland was elected in 1892 as a democrat and not as a 0 or ind epen dent he lie was only a part of the democratic party as would bo be judge 0 parker should he lie be elected next november suppose then a Domo democratic cratic congress try ing to follow the democratic platform in legislation 0 what would or could judge parker do to check the wave of distrust which would certainly again sweep the country as it did in 1893 to bring brina 0 disaster to business and labor and generally to the whole people would the telegram 0 sent to st louis beclar enry ing that mr parker recognized the gold standard as irrevocably fixed by law cut any figure would the people have coil confidence in ills his ability to hold ills his party in check and pre vent reckless flat money legislation legi legislation 0 Elation or in competent tariff legislation n if a free silver bill or another wilson tariff hill bill should pass a democratic congress 0 would business 6 go on oil just as before confident that a it democratic president would interpose his veto voto these are pertinent questions and business men working men and farmers who renie remember their experience under the last cleveland ad ministration should answer to themselves before they take any stock in the tile democratic predictions that there will be a democratic victory in november and a democratic president and congress elected to adil administer linister tb the government |