Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-11-29
Senator Daniel for President.

The recent ntterances of number
of Western democrats indicate that
the nomination of Hon. W. !. Bryan
for the Presidency 10y the democratic
party In 1900 is considered by them
unwise and a forerunner of certain
defeat, in view of the fact that Mr.
Bryan is not on friendly terms with
the party leaders i'm the East The
Kansas City Journal, In commenting
ON the statements of some of West
ern leaders, suggests the name of
Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia.
as "a compromise candidate between
the East and West, and the Rich
mOnd Times, one of the ablest edited
papers IN the South. thinks Daniels
nomination would be a solution of
the problem which now confronts
the democratic party, and presents
the claims of Nirginia's gifted son
upon the democratic party and the
prOpriety of making him their stand
rd-bearer in the approaching Presi
dental campaign III the following
strong editorial:
If John W. Daniel were nominated
for the Presidency upon such con-
seryatlve Democratic platform as he
would approve, it Is oar deli berate
opinion that, barring titzhugh Lee.
who is Just now out of politics, he
would do more to reunite the Demo
cratic votes than any other man
whom the party could select II
goes without saying that the entire
South would rally around him with
enthusiasm, and with Daniel as can
didate all hope which the Repub li.
cans may now entertain of breaking
the solid South would be abandoned.
or might as we'll be. Daniel is also
very popular IN the West, because he
has always been recognized as the
champion of popular rights. While
not opposed to progress, he is in
favor, as he said in his recent ad-
dress in this city, of making the cor
porations serve the people, and if he
were in the Presidents chair the men
of the West know full well that in
all issues between arrogant and un-
Just corporations and the people.
Daniel would be on the peoples side.
He believes that the great Anglo
Saxon race is the greatest race on
earth. He believes that the Ameri
can citizen is the greatest of the
Anglo-Saxon race. and no man In
this country is an ADLER or more sin
cere champion of liberty and welfare
of the individual citizen. He has
no tincture of socialism in him.
Major Daniel also has the conf
dence of the Democrats of the North.
They know that although he has
been an ardent advocate of silver. he
must see that the issue is ended, aud
he would do nothing to injure the
business interest of the country. He
counts among his best personal and
political friends many of the leading
politicians of the Northern States.
and 1t is our opinion that if any
Democratic candidate can carry New
York State in 1900 John w. Daniel
can do it.
We make bold the assertion
that no man in this generation, who
has been for so long "a time and so
cOnspicuously before the American
people, and who has declared himself
so fearlessly upon public questions,
has made so few enemies as John w.
Daniel. What powerful recon-
mendation of itself, is this for a
Presidential candidate. In John w.
Daniels time many politicians have
leaped into prominence and populari-
ty, but none of them has so continu-
ously kept his hold upon the people
and made so few enemies as he has.
A little while ago Grover Cleveland
was the most popular man IN the
United States, and was twice elected
to the office of President. David +.
Hill was scarcely less popular than
Grover Cleveland, and was time and
again prominently spoken of for the
Democratic nomination. Indeed.
but for Cleveland there is scarcely a
doubt that Hill would have been
nominated, but ueither of these two
gentleman could today control the
delegation from a single State in the
Union In a National Democratic
Convention. A few years ago Will
lam j. Bryan leaped into prominence
and popularity with one bound, and
he is a popular man to-day. But
William j. Bryan has more political
enemies to-day than he has friends, |
and If he should be nominated he |
would provoke fight aginst him
more desperate than against any pub
lie man whom the Democrats might |
put up. But how is it with Daniel? |
We assert that he is more popular
to-day than at any period IN his
eventful career. He has as many |
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