Let Every Democratic Vote Be Polled

The attention of democrats is called to notices, appearing elsewhere in this issue, of democratie township caucuses, called for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the different township offices to be filled by election on April 2d, two weeks from yester! day. It is quite as important that j every democrat should attend his party primaries and see to it that upright, honorable representative ! party candidates are placed onthe ticket, as it is to attend the election for the purpose of voting for those candidates. If this were always done, there ,would be far less cause for criticising local officers, for shortcomings j in the performance of their duties. j By such a course the best men i would be placed in office and the j business and interests of the town ; ship would be more carefully guard ed, and the party organization woulc be imbued with stronger, anc more vigorous life and purpose. The present democratie members of the board of supervisors are able, clean men, and everyone of them should be returned, or better ocrats sent in their place. The same rule should be applied to the incumbents of the other offices. There should be no democratie stayat-homes at the coming election. If every voter who believes in democratie principies, vvill go to the polls and perform his whole duty, there need be, and there will be, no falling off of the democratie vote. Of course, every conceivable effort has been made by the republican press and leaders to make it appear that the democrats are responsible for the hard times, whirh the republicans by their vicious class legislation and extravagant expenditures of the public revenues brought upon the country, but no democrat should be deceived by this lying. It is all done to regain the public favor which was lost by their threachery to the people's interests, and if they can now make it appear that there has been a great revulsión of sentiment on the tariff question, and other issue since the election of 1892, they will have, partially at least, accomplished their purpose. No democrat should permit any such conclusión to be drawn because of his absence from the polls on April 2d. It should be borne in mind that the large republican majorities in Pennsylvania and elsewhere have not resulted from democrats voting the can ticket but from their failure to go to the polls and vote. A failure of the democrats to vote will be attributed to a renunciation of those very principies which they have fought for so long, and which the are about to see carried into legislation. Farmers, especially, who liave been robbed for years under a so called system of protection which has protected the manufactures at the farmers expense, should see to it that no backward step is taken in the policy of tariff reform. With wheat worth 53 cents a bushei while there is a düty upon it of 25 cents and wool worfh less than 20 cents while the duty on washed wool is 22 cents, further proof that protection does not protect the farmer should not be needed. There is every reason now, that existed in 1892 why democrats should go to the polls this spring and vote for the policy that swept the country then. This policy has not yet been enacted into law and henee is in no sense responsible for the present stagnation. It is the duty of every democrat, therefore, to go to the polls and reinforce the principies which commanded his vote two years ago.