| Show HOW OTHERS LOOK AT democratic PLATFORM r L Auie american rican J prolix K to a degree and for the most part drearily st stated abed the democratic platform instead of being a forceful and pointed expression turns out in fact to be a limbering and wordy recital of democratic achievement and democratic purposes evidently the democrats who had primed their nuns guns for a shot in behalf of the only simon pure americanism chary of their target and decided to shoot at wind mills as decide decidedly dl sifer and aad this is the wilson I 1 h v phen plank I 1 I 1 it huies I 1 jule the platform adopted at st louis will have no effect on the mind of the people the fate of the platform adopted at baltimore four years 3 ears ago together with the circumstance of the construction of the present platform manifest the insincerity of the party leaders too clearly the country has learned thit mr sir wilson considers nothing he says as binding upon him wilmington Wll WiN lington morning new the wolds of the platform if they were intended to win those who ban hae e been dissatisfied with mr olsons Wl WIl sons course in our fo foreign reigna affairs both as regards mexico and the warring nations will fail the platform will count but little with them is in view of the firm statement for the defense of american rights made by mr fl hughes rocky mountain lomi tain news j in bears ears a distinct line of cleavage could be dhawn between the plit platforms forms of the two principal political parties one parti adheld state rights the other leaned toward federalism one part built a big prote protection tion wall without equivocation the other was content with a tariff for revenue on today these platforms on the surface merge into one another and weave eave in and oat we fear the ear efficiency process of f is hiving its effect on u the plit platform form makers the democratic platform is a of circumlocution in words it is four times the length of the republican platform a time worn prerogative of the democracy in comparison the republican document is stilted but it has hag a ring of sincerity to it want ing in the other document philadelphia public Ls adger I 1 the democratic platform ma mai ut a amater figure in the coming cam laign than is cuto customary marl for such documents and tor reasons the critical will want to know how many of the plinks are meant to oo 00 taken in a which are to be taken seriously as what they siy anda and it will also be a matter of curious casuistry on the pal t of the supporters of the pt aiesi esi dent and the defenders of the platform itself to reconcile the discrepancies between democratic profession and democratic action the pr pirty t will be put in n the defensive a at t 0 once nee on its peculiar tv tariff riff declarations moreover the Platt platforms description 0 the effect of the various legisla live tive experiments of the present congress has a and finality that will be called in by the cou country itry some editors seem to take delight in comparing the tile whiskers of hughes flu glies to those of jim ham lewis the hir suite adornment of hughes is not pink and he doea does not accentuate it with a purple tie a lavender blurt a been vest and ellow spat over ov er red socks jim ham flani is welcome elcome to some of his peculiarities and the next president pre vil not infringe on his prerogatives gaties after july 1 the members of the alt citi council vill lil taie turns tiring firing the furnace at the light plant a mayor herslo will c irry out the ashes do aou ou remember the great snow drifts on oil main street six months ago |
