The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-12
eRYAN PASSING AWAY.
The Tide of Public Sentiment over
whelming Him.

wheiming Him.
The evidences that the days of the
popocratic candidate of 1896 are rum
bered appear on every hand. Chairman
Sam Cook. of the Missouri democratic
state committee, rises to tell this local
ity that those who imagine there is
rivalry between ex-Gov. Stone and Mr..
Bryan for the presidential nomination
know very little of the political pur-
poses Of the distinguished Missourian.'
mir. Bryan" he adds, lis the national
leader. and will be in 1900. He will have
no more loyal supporters in the nation
al convention than the Missouri delega-
ton, which will be headed by William
j. Stone" The Missouri delegations
wishes count for little in democratic ma
tional conventions, as was seen in 1896.
when that delegation ostensibly cham
pioned much bigger and better man
than Bryan. Moreover, II that delega-
tons loyalty to Bryan in 1900 should be
no more robust than it was to Bland in
1896 it would not hurt any of Bryan's
rivals.
From present indications very little
of Bryan will be left in 1900 for the
democratic national convention to fight
about. The decree has gone out for
the slaughter Of Bryan, and the men
who issued it are capable of enforcing
the command. These men. are Croker
| and German, for the region east OF the
Alleghenies, and Altgeld and Jones, for
| the west, the Jones referred to being
| the chairman of the democratic nation
al committee. AS preliminary move
| in the game to efface Bryan, Buck"
Hinrichsen, who has remained Bryan
man through evil and good report, has
been defeated for membership of the
democratic congressional committee,
| Of which he hoped to be made chair
man, and the New York Journal, Bry-
ans only supporter in 1896 among the
important newspapers Of the east, has
repudiated Bryan and Organism. This
is only the beginning of the attack on
Bryan from the leaders of the coalition
which was called by the Bryanite name.
And Bryans enemies have more than
two years of time to work against him
before the delegates to the national con-
vention begin to be chosen.
1t is clear that the tide has turned
against Bryan. When Boies, shortly
after the election of 1896, sounded the
revolt against repetition of the six
teen to one folly. the handwriting
which decreed Bryan's doom was put
upon the wall. Boies was IN ardent and
conscientious free coiner, but he could
understand when he had enough. He
saw that the sixteen to one issue had its
day in court, and knew it would be mad
ness to tempt fate on any such platform
a second time The bulk Of the thought
full and influential Bryanites of 1896
! stand with Boies. They believe, with
the New York Journal, that there is
nothing divine about platforms that
they should be the same yesterday, to-
day and forever" The declaration of
1896 viii be dropped in 1900, and with
it will drop the candidate. There will
be new departure all along the line.
Base money, of course, in some shape,
will be demanded in 1000, but the de-
mand will not be so boldly and frankly
made as it was in 1896. And thus that
years candidate will pass off the stage.
But yesterday the word of Bryan. in a
democratic national gathering, might
have stood against world. Two years
hence no democratic convention will be
so poor as to do him reverence.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.