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Show I : STORY OF DEMOCRATIC I 1 PARTY IS SUBJECT OF CARVER'S DISCOURSE If vou know of a Democrat who does not know of the great accomplishments accom-plishments of his party you will find h man who knowa little of the history Of th rnlU d States Hl party, through its leaders has given to this country three of the greatest documents the, world has ever imown the Declara-, tlon of Independence, the Constitution 1 ami t he Monro, I " t r .ne I "This country virtually Is built upon the great theme of the Democratic leaders Jeffemon, Madison and Mon- j I roe of western expansion I have, often wondered why Democrats do not I speak more of the wonderful rlue of their party, of those three ureal men' who pushed the boundaries wist to in-, elude the great traetb of Iulslana, 1 Texas and what li now Oregon. Wash-, jlngton'and California. " These, In part, were sentiments expressed ex-pressed last night by the Rev. John, IMu ,r,l Carver, pallor of the First Pri-ahj terian clurch, in an evening sermon on the subject. ' What has the I Democratic party wrought for America? Ameri-ca? How did It arise? Why did it : change its name ironi nepuoncan loi ' Democratic?" It was the first of a; serier of pre-election sermons by the' Presbyterian minister on the great parties of this counn-y- In pointing to Hie prominence of j political pdrtlea In the government of! the United states, the Rev. Carver re-' ! called that during two years he had studied at Princeton university he had often heard W'oodrow Wilson, now president, suite to his classes of students stu-dents that America a country nih il by party The Democratic party of today, he declared, is predicated upon the germ of an idea back In pre-rovo-lutlonar) days thai America might be free. Declaring that political parties had existed since the tlrr.f of Christ and that one must take u sweep of years to chart the trend of a political party, the Rev. Carver said: 'The word democrat" means control by all the citizens of a state and the literal meaning of democrat' Is therefore there-fore 'government by be many.' Back In ih time of the Declaration of In-1 dependei.e'i iln re was ;i trend toward1 the alignment of the two common par- ties and the Cpmrnop theme then was the theme of Independence. "No aooner had the declaration been signed than there appeared a new tatfl of affairs There was another division of party lines, sentiment crystallxed into two factions. French ideals were much in vogue at tTSi? time and clubs were organized throughout tho colonies. These were called Republican Re-publican clubs and President Washington Washing-ton asked the colonists at one time not to join these' organisations. "The name 'Republican is that arhlt h l$ now known as the Democratic pan; of today. in thought, action and ideals those wl.- joined the clubs wert- opr.oscd lo the Federalists, who believed In the centralization of con-1 trol of government; in the trlot sense: of the word, control ry the few rather than government the many. i he Federalists i.geiy represent" ed those Interested in manufacturing in the Xew England states and were opposed to any radical changes They Wanted a strong constitution. The opponents of the Federalists wanted a loose constitution, one wlii.h would r;l. st.ites more latitude, and this fa, -tlon was the Republicans, now called the I ''-moerats win,, Tfaohiae Jefferson, vhe first Democratic president, entered office, it is a fact, regardless .f hov. amaxlng it may seem in the present day. that many of the people of the New England Eng-land states were in favor of giving away all of the territory now comprising com-prising the I nit. d States except that pan known as lh New England states. "Jefferson advocated pushing the boundaries further west, n war a' strong issue and Jefferson won out Another grcai issue of thai daj was a proposed law prohibiting anone speaking agalnSi the government but Jeflerse.ii h.,, ,,Wi ideas reaidoiK political freedom This great leader was . looted president for the second lime lintel) on these ivo pi. n , ,,. and a third, which had to do wilh the align law under which freedom In America was guaranteed in ihos,- fM,m acrj -s the seas. These ideals of I homas Jefferson have characterized the Democratic party from that dav to this." The pastor then discussed the poll-, cles of the Democratic partv which ultimately resulted in extending the borders to Include the Floridas, Louisiana, Lou-isiana, Texas and the i Iregbh-Washlnk-ton territory. This action, the minister points out. accounts for some of the Strong men developed by the Demo-1 crats in the middle west. He also referred to Thomas Jeffer- f.?J JY,,h Prrate", apostle of Indl-idua! Indl-idua! liberty that th- w.rld has , v ,.r fwtn e!,t know'i as the author of the Declaration of Independence the minister declared that there had never I been s political party In the worl I hat could point back to a more ideal leader. He also referred to the sr. Ll achievements of James Monroe In the Louisiana purchase from France and the protection of this and other American Ameri-can republics with the celebrated M. n-roe n-roe doctrine. g "America is virtually built upon the: grent thenus of western expansion as cl't h th" th"' Demo? TtTftiSWW?' ad,on nd Monroe It is this which makes me woneer why the Democrats .1 . rot more ott. - ,. , ,t ' l'hne. wonderful ns-e of the,,- party an.? t1hps? thrp xreat lender, u. 7ht t 7. f thls coun"-y shows 'hal. fo.r ,4 pears the Democratic! hR-a. rUled thl" Kovernment as m1 yfH''S by a" ot,lf '- Parties1 eomblned. For over 100 years the ' Democrats have held a mnfo.itv in the' congress of the United StateS D is I no wonder then that the history of this country Is so Closely Interwoven w ith the history of this party " The Rev. Carv.r also reierred to Vr.drew Jackson as the man who had firmly cemented Democratic policies and that thlx countn had necr done him full Justice to Polk as the first exponent of civil service for government govern-ment employes and a president who had the courage to veto over 100 bills. He id it was Interesting to note th it In a list recently submitted for a hall of fame In this country the name of Grover Cleveland lead all others. The pastor said he would not speak Of Woodrow Wilson for the reason that his time and his accomplishments accomplish-ments are too near to us as to d man I ihe historical comment accorded other I mocratlc leaders. One of the purposes pur-poses of this seriiion. as well as the others which he will deliver during the next few weeks, the minister sild. Is to give the men ana women of this community a true conception of tho grent power, the dlgnl- and authority Which lies In their hands when they go to the polls on next election day, November 2. |