The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
EXultant Bryanism.

Mr.. BRYAN is reported as taking much
comfort from the elections of last Tuesday,
and the Bryanites generally regard them
as bright with promise for Chicago plat
form Democracy.
Such reason as they have for this hope
fulness has been furnished them by the
pure folly of their opponents. The Bryan.
ties have proved themselves to be the more
adroit and cool-headed politicians. They
have also been more tenacious of their
vicious principles, and they have held to.
gether, while their opponents were divided
on variousfantastic side issues.
1t has been a good deal ss it was when
Organism was gathering its forces early In
last year for the capture of the Chicago
Convention. The sound Democracy in all
the States were paralyzed by the supposed
and undenied third-term aspirations of Mr..
CLEVELAND. Nothing was put in the way
of the silver faction when it went to work
to obtain the delegates to the convention
with a single end in view, the gaze of the
Cleveland Administration being riveted on
itself, and its unholy ambition paralyzing
all efforts to stand in the silver mems way.
So the enemy captured the convention
completely.
This year. not less obviously, Organism
had been steadily at work strengthening it's
position all along the line with reference to
the Congress elections of 1898 and the cleo.
tion for President in 1900. 1t encouraged
the division of its opponents by side issues
fabricated for their delusion, but kept its
own eyes unchangeably upon the single
issue which gave 1t reason for existence.
That issue is Organism. pure and simple. 1t
may he that the 10 to l device will be dis,
carded as worn out, but the fiat money ad'
vocated by HENRY GEORGE is ready made
as a substitute. Meantime the revolution.
airy spirit of the Chicago platform re.
mains with its appeal to popular dis
content. The great centres of population
would have seemed to be naturally the
places where it could work the most mis-.
chief, but, last year, the populous cities re.
jected Organism with much emphasis.
This year, accordingly, its assault was
directed against them particularly.
TIL main objective, of course, was New
York, whose capture at the beginning OF
its new and larger career would be a prize
OF tremendous value to Organism, and all
the more priceless because the Chicago
platform had been rejected by 1t last year
by "a majority of nearly 10000 in a com
munity heretofore steadfastly Democratic
Organism laid down its approaches to the
Greater New York with the dangerous
political astuteness which has distin
guished it from the first. Tammany, with
the connivance of BRYAN himself, fought
shy of the subject in it's platform, but put
up a ticket of distinctly Bryan.te compost
ton, and the late canvass showed very
plainly that without the spirit of Organism
to give 1t impulse Tammany would have
been inert. The Democratic State Commit
tee followed the sam course. 1t also KEEP
quiet so far as concerned any formal dec
l~aration of Organism, but it nominated Al
its candidate for the only State Office In the
election, that of Chief Justice OF the Couri
of Appeals, a man who sought support by
announcing promptly that he had voted fol
BRYAN last year.
What has been the RESULT Tammany II
overwhelmingly successful in the city thu
Bryanite is elected Chief Justice of tn,
Court of Appeals by a large majority. New