The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-20
WANT TO DOWN BRYAN.

Atlanta Constitutions: We have read
with considerable care and interest the
letter in the New York Journal which
seems to have given the gold organs in
Georgia and elsewhere sGch supreme
satisfaction. We fail to find in it a
word or a line On which TO base their
i~ubilation. 1t is not an attack on the
Democratic party, but a particularly
vivid exaltation of its principles. 1t is
net an attack ON Mr.. Bryan, but a crit
icism of his attitude during a recent
contingency to which the writer of
the letter gives a magniied IMPORT
ance.
In short, Mr.. McEwen's letter, apart
from the very narrow grounds of his
criticism. is a very nea contribution
to the general argument in favor of
Democracy. lie accepts the term "Bry-
arism" for what it really means, and
says that the word stands low in the
United States for the whole hattie of
the many against tyranny and spoilia-
ton at the hands of the few. 1t IS d
declaration Of MAJ upon the plutocracy,
not against property, but against the
aegressiUns of property upon the rights
of the people" This is the mole mat
ter in a nutshell. That is the end ard
aim of Democracy-to dispose Of or
overthrow every obstacle that thrusts
itself between the people and II cir nat
ural rights.
But what is the matter with Mr.. Bry-
an. in the view OF the writer in the
Journal? 1t is very simple. bryan is
revealing himself as a politician"
When and where did the revelation he
gin? That, again, is very simple. When
the Henry George party declared for
the Chicago platform Mr.. Bryan failed
TO send in a word of cheer. When the
Democratic party of the municipality
went into the campaign for the control
of Greater New York, it failed to in
dorse free coinage, and Mr.. Bryan fail
ed to enter a word of protest
1t is at those points the shoe rinches.
1t is because Mr.. Bryan failed TO in
dorse Henry George or 20 protest
against Tammany that he has revealed
himself as a politician. Now, the truth
is hat a mere politician would have
lone one or the other of these things,
for your genuine politician is just rar-
row enough in his views 70 imagine
thai the success of the peoples cause
hangs on a municipal campaign. Mr..
Bryan made no protest in the one case
and no Endorsement in the other. He
simply paid no attention to the cam
paign. Tammany had. nominated a
Bryan Democrat and the Henry George
party a nominated a man who had
r~epudiated a most vital principle of the
Chicago platform.
rQaQl stated, there was an evening
UP between these elements, so far as
Mr.. Bryan is concerned. Here were
people of various parties trying TO elect
a mayor. The mere politicians had,
on one hand. ignored the party plat
form as they had a right to do, and on
the other hand, mere politicians had
declared for the platform. Should Mr..
Bryan descend from his position as the
leader of a great cause to dabble in
municipal contests? The homer he
does that he reveals himself as a poll
tician. Until he does do that, or some
thing equally as narrow, he will retain
his place as the leader of the peoples
cause.
AS the writer in the Journal says.
Organism is a bigger thing than Bry-
an. And Organism will continue to
grow, whatever Mr.. Bryan Ia do
Organism is also a bigger thing than
any 1t is bigger han its
eastern critics and opponents. 1t is
bigger thar the boilers, bigger than the
pivotal states and bigger than the ele-
ment of opposition. 1t is bigger than
all these, and it is growing all the
time.
Mr.. Bryan is not a politician, and we
thank heaven he is not. He is a plain,
sincere, simple man of the people. If
he is ambitious to be president, the am
bition is a worthy one, for the position
will give him an opportunity to benefit
the people. But high as the Office is,
he will never stoop to get it. nor will
he surrender his principles, nor tenn
porize to secure power.