The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911 Page: 1 of 10
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STROUD DEMOCRAT
( Successor to
The Lincoln County Journal, estAb\ished I9"6.)
Stroud, Okla. Friday, Mar 10, 1911.
Price 51.00 Per Year
There Is A Call For A Leader. What Shall He Be?
WHO SHALL HE BE? -
lust as the Democratic party may , proach of the amy of refer- has
have retaioed the name but departed terrified him ioto seeking shelter ,«
from the principles of Jeffersonian ] its ranks. It is all right for men
Democracy at times in the past, so who have been wrong to reform bu
has the Republican party in the pres. J iet them prove their reformation by
c-nt departed so far from the princi-; a probationary period of sack cloth
pies of Republicanism, as taught by j and ashes. After so many expen-
Abraham Lincoln, that its staunch- ences of gaining ground and then
est adherents recognize that in se- slipping backward these schools of
' ' be
vere chastisement there would
threat virtue.
The overwhelming majority 01
American citizenship unite in a de-
of our government that it bring to-
gether the weak and the strong, the
rich and the poor, the producer and
consumer, capital and labor, meet-
ing out to each and ever one of
them equal and exact justice, that
our government shall be respected
because it shall have become a just
arbiter in all differences and with-
out extending special privileges to
experience should teach the Ameri-
can people that the battle won is j any claRS ghaU give all opportunity
only half a victory. The enemy's | and aid in promoting individual
1C1 ttll r forts must not only be tak*n but pr0Sper,ty and welfare .
sirTfoinefficient, economic and just they must be manned by the army, Grover Cleveland, recognized
government, and when called into 0f justice and good government and ^ throughcut the Union as a man of
action to combat the misconduct of ; the guns cf the fort that have ; great ability and strength of ch.ir-
the party intrusted with power, pub-! wrought such havoc in the Palnot j acter, fell short of popular expecta-
lic sentiment in defense of the right i ranks should be permanently turned tJon chiefly because his knowledge
will always be found irresistable ! 0n the enemies of truth and iustice'; 0f his country, its varied industries
But correct public sentiment may j and to make this victory permanent and ciasses of people, was far too
properly be termed spasmodic in its , the men behind the guns should be 1 limited. He became Chief Kxecu-
efforts No sooner has the mass of j the men who have won the victory tjve 0£ our nation without ever nav-1
people corrected bad conditions than and the vanquished foe should not h)g sgen a state in the Union y,^\
the effort ceases ; the great army of be too quickly trusted as the Com- 0f Buffalo. In other words, his
patriots disperses and not the party mander in Chief. | whole experience in life, his every
as a whole, that was placed in pow- Indeed, it is recognized through- j chance to iearn by observation and
er but a small number upon whom 0ut the I'nion today that the repub. j ,xperjencej had been limited to the
the burden of government falls re- j ijcan party has strayed so far away j narrow world of those whe-traffkked
main and no matter how earnest | iI0m the teaching of Abraham Lin- in the things that ot hers have pro-
these officials may be in their efforts 1 coin that its most devout communi- duced. The producer and his needs
to discharge their duty to the public , can<s are deciding to rally around j were unkuown to Mr. Cleveland. It
all the contention and all the power | the flag of Jeffersonian Democracy, was but natural that he recognized
of'the greedy rises again to over-; iong enough, at least, to administer j oniy the wants of the financial and
whelm them The public sentiment that degree of punishment that pu- ^ commercial interests without realiz-
which had overwhelmed the wrong riftes conduct and disciplines the ing that the producer is the founda-
and enthroned the right has subsided
when it should have remained to sus-
tain and encourage the right. And
thus, again, in a few years by giad-
uj.1 approaches, commercialism
m
wayward, and Democracy, itself, on of all wea.lth and the basis for
all the better for having suffered j au commerce. And whatever may
reprimand in the past, is in the best | be said 0f the administration of so
possible condition to merit the alii-1 distinguished a man as Mr. Cleve-
ance of all classes of good people iand, we will always regret that he
uai approacnes, luiuiuv.v. an<-v. wa ^ . , ,
its greed has risen again over pa- j and to again be intrusted with power ' entered that high office so little in
triotism in its unselfish purity unt;l j in thL Na ion, ! formed as to the needs of the
m
the appression of avarice again be-1 But Demcoracy
come unbearable and the mighty jpast experiences. It is useless to
multitude returns to defend that j regain power upon any other basis
paragraph of our great Constitution 0r under any other leadership than
which says :
"The public welfare is the S
nreme Law of the land.
that which justifies the confidence of
the people and will continue to justi-
fy their support, The party that
cine ui iiiv- * -j
And it is then that the multitude comes into pow-.r in this Nation m
needs a leader and to lead the muiti-1 ly 12, no matter what its name may
tude there must be a man * hose be, will retain that power just so
heart beats in sympathy with the long as its conduct merits the confi-
caus2; whose life training gives him dence of the people.
to understand the needs of the peo-! Americans are not living in the
pie and whose sense of justice re- past. They are living in the pies-
cognizes that our government never ; ent. Americms do not ask tha'
approaches perfection except when oar government be upon a basis o(
it rises to the point where the stror g class favoritism nor that ot.e ele-
and the week, each essential to the mint of society be preferred to any
success of the other, may dwell to-
gether'in harmony. That leader
must not be one who has dwelt in
the house of the greedy until the ap-
other element, recognizing that each
and every element of society in all
matters of life is essential to every
other element We, therefore, ask
great
ust profit by ' producing mass
Many men of the East have ac-
quired distinction but it is one thing
to desire the public welfare; it is
quite another thing to know how
to accomplish it. Men of the West
or the South of equal high purpose
have the advantage of home en-
vironment, better qualifying themj
for leadership with experience and.
teachings broad enough to cover the
whole field of human necessity ; men
from the producing sections, vhere
the seed of wealth and sustenance is
sown and in multiplied results gath-
ered in the golden harvests. From
such environment call a leader of
the Jeffersonian Democracy and he
will not only take as his standard a
proper consideration of the great
manufacturing, financial and com
mercial industries of our country
but will realize that from the multi-
tudes of farm, shops and stores of
the great South and west there
comes a like demand for proper con-
sideration and reasonable protection.
The man from the humble walks of
life, governed by a knowledge of the
great affairs of this world and with
the opportunity to know all classes
of people, their lights and their ne-
cessities. Our great country needs
a leader of practical experience.
"Theorizing" will never be accepted
by the people as a proper substitute
for "executing." Our great coun-
try has not yet and for years will
not recover from its late seven
years of sensationalism and insincer-
ity administered by an executive so
lacking in experience as to have
been utterly incapable of managing
i a business undertaking of but a few
| thousand dollars i.i magnitude.
Again, the leader should be called
if possible, from some part of the
United States not under suspicion in
every other part of the Union. It
is far better and with greater as-
surance of success if the new leader
be one from a state where both the
leader and his state have the confi-
dence of the American people And
best of all if the state that assumes
this leadership through one of its
honored sons shall be of such conse-
i quence as to command the respect
J of the union For years we have
j loyally supported the sons of the
i North and the East and we recoR-
J nize today among the names ment-
| ioned from the North and East men
; who are worthy of national corisid-
i exation and leadership but we sub-
mit that sectional lines should have
no place in the consideration of
our country's welfare. We submit
that the distinguished men mention-
led from the North and East, worthy
I as they may be, of popular approval
cannot command the universal con-
fidence that would be bestowed on a
citizen of a state that has grown
great under a constitution and code
of laws that have protected its peo-
ple without embarrassing business
enterprises. It is true that for
years we have heard the clamor
from the office of the changer and
the special interests that Texas had
destroyed its opportunities for busi-
ness progress by its governmental
policies of protecting the people's
rights. But this clamor you will
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Burton, D. V. The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911, newspaper, March 10, 1911; Stroud, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc119931/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.