The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

thirty votes of the Massachusetts deleSa-
ton TO Mr.. Bryans list in 1850. Maine.
New Hampshire and Vermont cast twenty
votes against him in 1886 and eight in his
favor; reverse this vote in 1909. Rhode
Island. Connecticut. New York. New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania cast not a vote for
him in 1896; he cannot lose these. Cold
political calculation cannot produce fig
ureS to defeat his denomination as mat
tiers now stand.
Had Colonel Bryan made no further
strides in public esteem, had he faded
from public view as any less able
statesman would have done with every
Hannaized newspaper of the country
villifying him and ridiculing his every
act, these figures would have been
worth considering, anyhow.
But Mr.. Bryan has not been station
airy in popular esteem" says Mr.. Will
liams, rejecting the sentiments of east
ern Democracy. His campaign in 1896
was made when he was comparatively
unknown to the voters of the country.
A few weeks only were given for the
study of his character. No candidate
in the worlds history has gained more
devoted supporters in a single canvass.
The man cannot be found to repeat
that canvass. To change such leader
ship would be folly, unless better man
appears, or he himself develops some
weakness. The better man has not APP
peared; instead of weakness, Mr.. Bry-
ans subsequent career has added
strength. When war was declared he
offered his life to his country; denied
opportunity for active service by the
administration, he did not complain.
With rare judgment he has allowed
others to condemn the administration
for its faults in the conduct of the war.
Relieved of military duty, his civic
courage appeared in the prompt decIa-
ration of a policy for the government
of the territory taken from Spain. a
time-server would have failed. His
party in congress sustained him. He
supported the administration in its ne
gOtiationS. with foreign foe; a smaller
man would not have resisted the temp
tation to embarrass his political Oppo-
nent. He stands now as a presidential
candidate, pledged to give independence
to the nations which have been rescued
from SPANS oppression. With him not
another drop of blood would be spilled
on foreign soil, and our flag would mean
liberty, not conquest
AS to the outlook for the cause of in
dependent bimetallism and the success
of the party upon which that cause de-
ponds, Mr.. Williams makes this state
mert, and it is likewise worthy of a
careful perusal and preservation:
Three years ago the Democratic party
was disrupted; its prospects were none
less. Yet Mr.. Bryan. leading a new pol
icy. increased the vote of 1892 by one
million. and few thousand votes prop
erly distributed would have elected him
TO the presidency. He united all the re-
form forces of the country; the protest
ing patriots. who had formed the Popu-
list party. were satisfied with him, and he
made heavy inroads into the Republican
ranks, gaining also from them some ma
1eStic leaders. Those who defeated him
were the elements in the party which the
DEMOCRATIC convention itself had repu-
dated The gold and monopoly vote
which went to MIR. Mckinley, was driven
there by the Democracy. not by Mr. Bry-
ans leadership. No change of leadership
Will bring back this element. On the
contrary. so far as new issues NAV in
vite this element to return. Mr. Bryan
has its confidence beyond any other
leader.
The.' who would have us now abandon
or modify the money issue do not under
stand how precious and Indispensable
that issue now Is as mere tombstone of
Democracy. They who i'm 1896 went
straight to the enemy because of it: yes
who Joined in reviling the Democracy be-
cause of it. affirmed that if the majority
did not agree with them, the majority
must be Inundated. So they brought us
the curse of McKinleyism. Do they owe
the country no explanation. the Democ-
racy no apology; have they no
silver issue is the needles eve:
they who pass through shall be
saved. They themselves. not only by
their desertion declared this issue to be
superior to all others combined. but the
and sacrifices which the ma
jority accepted for it. have made 1t pre-
cious. somewhat sacred.
Let IL be understood that a social con-
test is before us: nothing short of that
Aggrieved masses demand justice; labor
demands a fair portion of its toll. If the
courts oppose, they must conform. If leg
slatures are corrupted. the people Will
vote their laws at the polls. Tyranny
over debate or over savage races has no I
place in republic. and an army to sup |
port it will not be tolerated. Conferred /
capital shall not make slave trade of in
lustry. nor shall banks draw the peoples |
blood with their money-biades. mighty I
Yes. But the God of the I
Republic will nerve men to execute it.
As it is mighty. seemingly impossible. we |
want no tinnid. complaisant general at the |
broad shoulders. eyes which can set mems /
'ouls afire. a heart that can pity, yet a !
;oul that can defy. Bryan is such a man
$ THE man. All the sordid interests |
which would displaee him cannot name |
lis peer. True, his coat-collar is frayed; !