The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-11
PRESS COMMENT.
Views of Leading Papers ON the
Nomination.


CHICAGO. July 1e-The Times
Herald says: The nomination of VIM.
Jennings Bryan as the Democratic
president of the United States, means
that there is scattered. not numerous
but resolute party in this country in
favor Of, among other things: Ex-
tinction Of the right of private con-
tracts; legislation so to alter the
supreme court of the United States as
to make 1t Populistic, voluntary bank
ruptcy of the national government, in
voluntary bankruptcy Of all business
men of the United States who are not
Vanderbilts and AStors.
OMAHA, Neb.. July 10.-The Bee says:
Representing principles and policies which
we profoundly believe are hostile to the sne
terests Of the welfare Of the American peo-
ple-which we believe would be productive of
greater disaster to the financial and business
interests OF this country than they have
experienced-we confidently predict that Mr..
Bryan and his party will be overwhelmingly
defeated at the polls.
COLUMBUS, O.-The Ohio State Journal
tRep) says: The old guard that in years Of
the past have rallied to the Democracy will
turn deaf ear to the new apostle of the
party who hopes to use the name and fame
of Democracy for the carrying forward of a
national policy that means irretrievable ruin
TO the business interests OF the country.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The Journal (Rep)
will say: The politician who attempts to ar
ray one class against another to influence the
poor against the rich to kindle the fires of
revolution in the breasts of the people, is a
demagogue and an enemy of his country
Such man is William Jennings Bryan. Of
Nebraska.
LEADvILLE, Col.-The Herald DemA
says Bryan is candidate alike to trust
and to admire He is the kind of candidate
to grow upon the people.
CINCINNATI, O.-The Commercial Tribune
d. Of ThVTrc 7oxx
nominated him on Friday. He is not a
blatherskite like Tillman, nor a demagogue
IKE Aitgeid, but few can read that speech of
Thursday and not feel that the man who
talked as Bryan talked is not a man in
whose hands the welfare of the great republic
can be safely placed.
says: The platform adopted Thursday es-
pec1ally when read in the light of the sheech-
es or 11ilman and Hill, showed that the pol
Icy adopted is to combine the extremes of the
free trade and bourbon Democracy with all
the extremes of the Populists. AS the stand
ard bearer in such a combination no other
man man could have been as appropriate as WILL
LOUISVILLE, KY. July 10-The Courier
journal says: THE league of free silver men
VINO went to work several months ago to
capture the organization of the Democratic
party have accomplished their purpose They
nave put forth, in the Democratic name q
platform which violates almost every cardi-
nal Democratic tenet and have nominated as
the Democratic leader a young hot-head who
but recently abandoned the Democratic marty
for the Populist party.
Such foolhardy and bastard leadership and
sucn radical revolution Of the very life prin-
c1pies Of Democracy will be disowned by those
democrats whose subseFviency to party form
IS not dictated by their desire to share in the
of1c1al spoils of party success.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The Globe Democrat (RepO
says mere is strong probability that
bryan VIII get votes in the Eastern states
that Bland could not obtain This however
element weakness n
very consideration which makes him less oh
Jectionable to the gold faction of his party
faction. ,rSe- Stt-'e1
The Anzieger des Westerns Dem) strongly
disapproves Of the Chicago platform and
VIII announce that it will not support ire
candidates nominated on 1t. The nomination
of third ticket to represent the gold nem-
ocrats will be advocated
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The Times Dem. }
says: we doubt whether the Chicago conven-
uon could have chosen any lnan SO well
equipped to unite and inspire the ebean money
fanatics as Mr. Bryan
MILWAUKEE. aWis.-The Sentinel (Rep.,
says: The candidate nominated at Chica0o
is we'll suited to the platform He has been
one OF the most voluble shriekers for silver
TOT Two years past he has separated from
tne regular organization Of his party and
organized free coinage Democratic marty
IN Nebraska, the state of his residence
BALTIMORE, Md.-The Sun (Dem.) saws:
The only question that now presents itself
10 the SOUND money men is how to beat Bry-
an. he Is the best man the free coinage
people could have nominated a brilliant
SPEAKER and an effective campaigner. He
MS tne platform and the platform fits him.
boSTON, Mass.-The Journal says: The
silver party has a candidate worthy of n
ftis strength ought to be the full strength af
the party. but nothing more than thaf-and
nere IN New England we never can believe
that ANYTHING else than disastrous defeat
wicket platform. --N