The San Francisco call., 1899-08-29

W. ever naQ came TO II because vi ilo NO--'N-
tsm. In a republic there must be government
by parties, and the Democracy for many years sue
ceeded in holding the Government by ultra conserva-
tism. It was the analogue in American; politics OF
the English Tories, whose modern title OF "ConserVa-
tves has been adopted as exactly descriptive OF their
party position.
In 1906 the New Democracy changed all this ana
became the representative of all forms OF radlcas
Its platform attacked two or three points Our con-
stitutiona system of government and threateheu
omnously every safeguard OF property rights MI.
Bryan was himself without property OF gallui
vocation. He had practiced at little law ana NIUE
journalism and good deal OF politics. Inc nara
times had dsemployed vast numbers OF men, haa
taken the profits OF the business OF another vast
contingent that had business investments, and had
sown the country with discomfort which was easily
blown into flames by any leader sufficiently reckless
and restless SO many millions were pnched IN tneir
wages their incomes, their means of support, their
fuel food and shelter that sorcery was required TO
rouse them to revolutionary pitch against all whose
prudence or good fortune had prepared them tor the
crisis and put them above the hard orders OF neces
sity which it brought. They ready to elect to
the Presidency man who professed fellow feeling
and exploited the same needs which they felt. Any
man whose prudence had prepared him to outlas the
panic was not suited to the times as candidate OF
all this discomfort In all the prosperous years pre-
ceding the panic Mr.. Bryan had neglected any pru-
dent provision The squaor in his affairs was not
nitigated by any share in the good things of good
times which had to be won by industry and appllca
ton In his profession the law, all things come by
hard labor, none by luck Therefore, nothing came
to him.
He now confronts changed situation Our indus
tries are all in action. Crops good. Trade is
III
ing to work.
AS an ider and man with vocation Mr.. Bryan
stands practically alone among the public men OF
the country. His old appeals to discomfort are ad.
dressed to men too busy to listen. The panic has
passed like bad dream and the country is opposed
to bringing another by any radical political expert
ment Bryan has attempted to install himself in
leadership of partisan anti-mperal issue, but his
discussion of that subject is shallow and puerile
that it makes appeal to the profound men who
fathom all of its depths. So he returns again and
again to the line OF appeal that he used in 1896.
The people may be careless in their choice of public
officers in minor matters They may turn willing or
careless the solicitations OF the professional
politician in choosing minor officers But when it
comes to electing President they don't want man
without calling They have always chosen diff
ferent class Of men, Planters and farmers, proes
SlOna men, who can earn nVlnS WITHOUT pOnllCS
or men who have nightly achieved for the country
and won its gratitude by great deeds and sacrifices
are the benefciaries OF the ballot when President is
to be elected
If Mr. Bryan had settled down after 1896 in the
practice OF his profession and had been successful
had become known as lawyer OF respectable stand
ing and had made his living by the hard work which
success in that profession requires, he would be
stronger to-day he is.
But he did not do this He has made his bed and
board in politics since, and has lived the
sometimes generous bounty of his supporters. True,
he may have made more in this way than he could
have made by work, but after all it is a species OF
charity that does not dignity him put him in the
great mass Of his countrymen who live by work.
These considerations appeal to the keenly practical
men in his party and leave him with whole-hearted
support, except by spoils hunters like Croker
revoutionists and reds like Atgeld These two
classes control the party organization and will
else to the most radical limit the power to exclude
all conservatism from the convention. Mr.. Bryan
will be nominated and will be again beaten, because
his impassioned appeal will be made to country in
which prosperity and contentment have replaced the
discomfort and restessness which rife in 1906
The feeling in the South is such that at this moment
it is probable that majority of the Southern States
will rebuke radcalism by throwing their electo al
votes away from him, while at the time they
choose Democratic State Governments for the pro-
of