The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-06-16
BAILEY for Bryan In 1000.

| Hon. Jos. W. Bailey, of Texas,
Democratic leader of the House.
Who Will be Speaker Of tie next
House IN the event that it is con-
trolled by the Democrats, has
heretofore not been a warm friend
Of VIM. J. Bryan, and has been
mentioned in some sections as his
opponent. But Mr.. Bailey has
changed his opinion. Upon his
recent return to Washington from
q canvass Of the First Congress
sional District Of Missouri, Mr.
Bailey was interviewed by the
Post and among other things said:
1T seems to be the almost
unanimous opinion of the Demo-
Gratis with whom I have been
brought in contact personally and
otherwise, that the Democratic
party should commit itself unre-
servedly to the re-adoption Of the
Chicago platform Of 1896. The
almost universal desire appears to
be to add nothing to and subtract
nothing from that platform, but
to accept it without qualification
or reservation as the principles of
the Democratic party for 1900.
It will be impossible to disassoci-
ate Mr.. Bryan from that plat
form. He is a part of the fight
of 1896, and to adopt the plat
form of last year and refuse the
nomination to Mr.. Bryan would
be serious mistake.
"Mr, Bryan is identified with
the Chicago platform, and with
the issues Of 1896 indissolubly.
No man can so fully represent that
platform in 1900 as the candidate
of the Chicago convention of last
July. tits my judgment that his
denomination is a foregone con-
cluslon. Mr.. Bryan is better
Democrat now than he was when
he was nominated, and he appears
to be settling down upon a basis
that entities him to the support of
all Democrats who stand suuarelv
upon the undying principles of the
party that was founded by Jeffer-
son. I differed from Mr.. BRYAN
in many of his earlier opinions
and convictions, but since his
nomination he has kept himself
IN everything that he has said and
done strictly within the linita
tions of the Chicago platform, and
that platform is good enough for
me or any other Democrat to stand
on. When Mr.. Bryan first entered
Congress, six years ago, he was a
tariff specialist, his studies having
been confined largely to economic
questions. Since then he has
broadened out immensely and I
know of no man who more fully
represents the popular idea of pure
Democracy than he does. He is
a true American, a patriot, and a
man whom the Democrats of the
country feel that they can trust.
The Democratic party to-day is
more united than | have ever
known it to be. The Populists
who left the party because of
Cleveland and his policies have
returned and are with US again
heart and soul. The middle-of-
the-road Populists are still against
us, as they always have been, be-
cause we have not subscribed to
their extreme views, and the gold
Democrats are still an uncertain
quantity. They will have to come
to us, however, or. go over to the
Republicans. We cannot afford
to yield to either extreme, and
must stand upon the platform Of
1896. Ninety-nine per cent. of
the Democrats of the United
States hold that view
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