Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1901 — WILL ALWAYS LIVE. [ARTICLE]

WILL ALWAYS LIVE.

Lafayette Journal: It is just possible the future now and then looks dark to that Democrat who proceeds on the theory that there is no success outside the occupancy office. It is just possible some of them look about them and, finding most states in the controT of the Republicans, and all the federal offices in that same holding, come to the conclusion that there is nothing worth while in adhering to the old organization. But when they t urn to look where they must go if they leave Demwcraey. they strip, drop a sigh for what might have been, and conclude to remain. They can not leave that old army of conservatism—the force which has been the safeguard of the republic through all the storms of the past, and (lie party which must keep the government free from the contamination of imperialism on the one hand, and anarchy on the ,other. _ There is an unmeasured allegiance in Democrats to the party of their conviction. For it is not the party of their choice so much as the party to which they belong because they believe in it. They are not hired men, hungry for fees, and suffering for spoils. They are the freemen who want their nation to be free. There are plenty of instances of it. Here is Hon. John Ross, lately returned from a summer journeying, and as modest in his coming as in all the rest of his walks of life. Last year he accepted the nomination for congressman on the Democratic ticket, and went into the race with FIVE THOUSAND MAJORITY against him. Do any of you happen to appreciate what five thousand majority in an Indiana congressional district means? It is absolute impossibility. It is the hope of a stone to float, of mountain to fly, of a seraph to find congeial souls in the city government of Philadelphia. And yet Mr. Ross entered that campaign. He gave of his time—and he is a merchant whose time is valuable. He gave of his effort; and yet he is a man of judgment, and knew the power of the enemy he challenged. For weeks he absented himself from home, attending meetings, telling the truth to thousands, addressing many a meeting, going up and down one of the big districts. And at the end, when he had cut down that majority some hundreds, made no complaint. It costs money. It costs time. It is an expense of that vanity which all men have in some degree. But he was loyal to the nomination liecause he was loyal to the principles of Democracy and nothing could turn him aside. That is the view that is taken by the millions who follow the banner of Jackson, of Jefferson, of Tilden, and of Hendricks and Gray. They believe they are right, and do not have to be hired to remain true. That kind of an organization can never be crushed. It lives and is formidable because it is honest. It stands for all that is sound and safe and sensible in politics. It | is the great body of the common , people who have to be reckoned ' with, and who give the final judg- : ment of history on the ephemeral deeds of the transient politicians ,of every name. Democracy will remain, and will triumph, because it is the conservative common sense of the nation, And the fair men of all parties respect the loyal legions of Democracy, whether they vote with them, or not,