Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-17
TRIBUTE TO BRYAN.
g,uU TallslsOD SlyS He Is FeTyId,
Sincere, Poor aud Honest,
sur 1HE PLATFORM Is INDUSTRIOUS
Iu,sr,itw win H. ell nj On the
Political situation Of ihi
United states.

Henry Watterson, who lie H)l1urning
with his family Mt Geneva, was Inter
viewed by n correspondent Of the Her.
slI, touching the Democratic crisis In
the United S'aies.
Col. wattefson has sought tho soulu.
sisn Of the Swiss mountains not merely
for recreation and rest but for the put.
pose Of completing the ll'e Of Abraham
Lincoln ON which he has been engaged
frsomo time.
"Fjr moro than n year" said Col.
Wattenon, 81 have been out Of active
politlcs, and on that account 1 have
declined to be drawn Into the dlscus.
sl1u OF public matters and into expos.
ing myself 10 cTiticitms and RESPONSE
liities which could not BIO met. You
zee am not used 10 tnking blows
without giving them In controversial
combat anu 1 am loath to put myseli at
disadvantage In this regard. Hut
The condition OF affairs nj home Ia too
iofioua 10 Justify the silence Of any
man whose opinions may BIO desired.
What Il u you particularly wish me 10
speak oi9"
"Flrst, the ticket nominated at Chi.
cag0."
Personally II IL M uncxceptionablo
ticket. Mr.. Bryan n mOst worthy
and vol educated young man, with a
talent for what poses for otatory. He
IL forvid, sincere, poor and honest.
Nc. SuwRll N Democrat OF long
standing and credit. lie Ia . million.
sire from Maine who, having nothing
10 lose politically, thinka no eau afford
TO crafty caprice AMI amueo himself
by playing with Populism. IL 10 n
ticket that may be made TO arouse a
great deal OF enthusiasm, both real anu
artificial"
"And the plAliorm2n
"Monatrous. IL not only means ma
tlOnnl reputation anu apoliatiOn but "
M open door TO revolution. 10 the
leAdefH OF this movement could come
into power those Of them who nave
any sense OF accountability aud con-
oeptlon Of orderly government, would
be quickly set aside by tue wild Gle.
mVLts behind. In this way civil war,
as fotcshadowed by the Chicago out
breaks last year, could be preclpitated
upon the county. Then the strong
hand OF the Fed0fal power was inter.
posed, but II this were withheld the
reign Of the mob would be easy
enough"
"what OF the proposal 10 put an.
other Democratic ticket In the iield7v
"You will observe" said Colonel
Watterson, slowly weighing and
measuring what ne taid. THAT those
VINO are 10 quick TO urge conce nlrstion
Of all sound money mon upon McKin.
ley are either Republicans who natuT.
ally seek TO swell their party ranks b.
such M unexpected accession, or those
Democrats VINO from u sense OF sheer
outrage ant diegual, leap nj oOnolu.
elonsi not caring 10 take two bites AT u
cherry,
"But there arc confederation which
neither Glaze takes into account. There
AIu from two To four millions OF sIaunch
Democrats who may not DO no easily
transferred from Que party 10 the other,
yet whosu votes can DO made just as
Vilootually Ia supprcssing anarchy As
thu yotou OF those Republicans who
directly support Mckinley. These
Democrats must have some abiding
place. They cannot find II lundVr "a
dag OF which one half Ii for sound
money and the other half for protec.
ton. MT. Mckinley lcannot compro.
mice nm Issue which hs has made tho
cornerstone Ui his political belief. IL
IL ttue that tbs money Issue, not the
larin Issue, ~ III the ascendant
cy now, but there must be lOgi.
cal consistency In all ihipgr,
and neither MT. Mckinley nor his
party eau ignore taTiii pledges without
standardization, Hence now
DsmucTatic convention with another
DemOeIatic ticket and directed by
Wiss oounsels IA tho solo hope Of the
Democratic fuiute anu would DO tue
ono refuge for those Democrats who
have nowhere else TO go. Failure 10
respect tho convictiDuu aud eLigenoies
VI these Democrats viii bo In the high.
est degree unsafe. As between Mr..
Mckinley aud MIR. Bryan, IN the final
outcome Mr.. Bryan would probably
get Ne many OF these votes NJ MI.
Mckinley while many would refuse 10
10 10 the polls, but sound Democratic
Ticket would get thom all. Thus alter
Tue election the opposition may he
organized on a SOUND basis anu not
ltIegaltd 10 the wild horses OF Popu-
lem for thTOo years more Of Tuinous
agitation with another Ito or death
struggle at the end Of them.
"lt II not oeTtsin that ticket headed
~ Carlisle OK whitney aud placed
upon real Democratic platform would
not gut more vOteB tngn tao ticket
hehdei by Mr.. Bryan. such u ticket
would not lmpefil the result, bu. would
secure u. Tue complete disiulogtAtiOn
OF lhe Democratic party ia an event u
he contemplated by thoughtful persons
ohly with iorebudIngH Ot vyll."