Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-23
DEAD At THE ROOTS
The Bryan Campaign Has Been
Going Steadily Backwards.
REVOLT OF DEMOCRATS.
Indications That the Silver Figh,
Is Going to Pieces.

Indications That the Silver Fight
Is Going to Pieces.
NOTHING LIKE 1T EVER KNOWN.
Nothing In the Bryanite Advocates, in the
Character Of tho Men and the Newspa-
pors Supporting the Movement Has Pro-
duced Any Conviction Among Serious.
Intelligent OF Common Sense Men-It
Cannot Grow-"It Is Not in the Wood"
As week after week has gone by since
she Chicago convention nominated ticket
act upon a platform Of repudiation and
social and political revolution, the pop
ular revolt against its destructive prin-
ciplss has Leen steadily increasing and
swelling.
Bryan has been going backward steadily.
He has made no progress anywhere. There
not state, there IL hardly an election dis
trict In the whole Union whore he Is not
perceptibly and decidedly weaker than he
was on the 10th Of July, when he was
nominated with SO much historical and
ominous excitement. He has trAversed the
country from Lincoln to New York, re-
turned TO Nebraska, and started thence on
still another stumping tour eastward.
meanwhile scattering speeches by the hun
dred to big and curious crowds upon his
way, but the popular sentiment which has
been growing along his path has been
against him rather than for him.
From no quarter has there come a ray Of
promise for him. The state elections In
Vermont and Maine, both agricultural
etates, where there are no great cities, as
measured by the standard Of magnitude
reached by 90 many towns Of both tn.
east and the west, have condemned him
emphaticNlly, more emphatically than
any candidate for the presidency previously
put before tine people. Even Arkansas
gavo him no encouragement, for. In the
state election Republicans rather than
Democrats gained by his candidacy. Even
there. so far as We can place any reliance
en- the returned results Of the voting rs
an Indication OF tho actual popular senti-
ment, Bryan and repudiHtion were heavy
weight for ths Democracy.
The revolt Of hundreds OF Democratic
papers Of the Union against his rcvolu-
tionnry and ru,nous scheme, extending
steadily during the past two months, In
cludes the great majority Of the journals
of character, >Hoility, and superior infiu-
ence IN every quarter. or those noni-
nally supporting his candidacy there arc
few which do not betray their distastc
for tho task, or which even attempt rea-
sopable arguments In his behalf. OF strong
and sincere respect for him personally
there are almost no evidences oven In the
Democratic papers Of the south committed
to the advocacy OF his election. Many of
them are unable to conceal their contempt
for him None OF them shows anything
like real confidence In him. In truth,
there is nowhere in American journalism
any considerable. respectable, or reasona-
BILE support of Bryan's candidacy.
Neither Is there any such support among
Democrats entitled to be described rs lead
e-s Of the party or conspicuous in public
esteem. The great mon Of the Democracy
In all parts Of tn. Union are either openly
opposed % BryaY's election, or when they
tolerate his candidacy 1t is simply and ad-
nitted.y because Of Its technical regu-
lar.ty. Even among the POpulists, for
Whose Cancellation apd Us q concession to
whom, he received the Chicago nomination,
the references TO him are commonly dis
respectful. The fusion with them, like
political fusion generally, has proved un-
satisfactory to both sides. The two tailed
HOT
and it becomes more and more evident
that one or the other sppcndage must be
cut of in order to give 1t ,.ny seriousness
whatever.
The degradation OF the rcpudiatiOn can
yass has been Increased aud intensified by
tho necessity for the repudiation OF honest
money and patriotic principles and con-
yic,ions previously declared by Democratic
state conventions rs a preliminary to the
os,ensible acceptance and ratification of
the Chicago ticket and platform. OF
| course, so lo.thsome r. proceeding only
se5ycs 20 increase and extend public con-
tempt for those making the recantntion,
! ard for the political movement requiring
| 1t OF them Bryan electoral tickets put uy
by such conventions can only be regarded
with popular dcrision. No Democrat OF
| nny self respect whose convictions have
thus been played with Is willing to subject
his reputation TO the Disgrace Of running
| AS u Bryan clec,or. Nothing like this has
ever before occurred in our political his
tory I, IL IN absolute novelty of this OK
s-gordinary CANVASS.
| Whit does nll this presagc: 1t seems tt
indicate that the Bryanite campaign will
| GO ,o pieces 80 un,niS:"sahly during tine
coming month that E:;lc cfit will !c:'Iair
| 20 Ni.h-t:rd the assault. of the ri '!rg pop
r;:;. ,;,.rl.,iu:. IN rs whole cour 81 two
r..,::i. i...rh.I.: h..- tc;iCcd 10 provoke re
,.r-: N.,:r.u.- t.. n, arguments OF tSe
u --.:.:.- ..... -.----, - ;Ac cs;-r..ctcr Q,
= - - yrn.vS-S Importing
| ~. i.i.rrc:.u.-:.. which started CG so conf
cun:ly. n- IN ne tore, spirit and method,
| f.. which !; is conducted has prodnced any
| conviction among serinus, Intelligent and
common sense EicE that 1t has in ID ever
| the sembiancs OF endnring vitality. Il
cannot grow, for it has no fructifyini
germ Of l.fc. Ii Is dead at tho FOots.-N
Y. Sun.
| currency: "I do not believe that you