Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-31
In NEED OF HARMONY
Anti-ImDeridIIStS Trying TO
Concentrate their Forces.
They Are In Doubt As TO Their
Strength or Whether They Have
Any at Ali-GoId Democrats I'M
pose Conditions on Bryan.

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The anti-imper.a1ists The expansion
lists Of the vigorous type call them the
anti-imps. However, they say they
don't mind being called names.
| So far as can be learned, while the
mloNsment is clearly apparent, no.
much progress has yet been made in
getting the anti-iImperial:s-s together.
They are worse than the various fac
tions of the democratic party in disa-
greeing upon everything else except
the one question of not wanting the
government 20 establish it's sovereign
ty in the Philippines. But since
Croker and the Rev Dr. Parkhurst
and former SPEAKER Thomas B. Reed
are all standing en- or under the same
platform, have been told half a dozen
times today by Jealous anti-expansion-
lists that the age of political miracles
| is nc.s past, and that the anti-im-
periatistic sen;tmsnt will Crystalline in
a general movement That may be,
but don't find the signs OF the c.ys-
tallization yet visible
ready indignant at what they call the
emeaking attempt of his Old enemies
to undermine him. They mean chiefly
J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska. Mr.
Morton did not announce the birth of
his nsw party on July 4, as he had
promised, but he has lately come to
the fTorts as the head of an anti-=x-
pansion scheme in the west. There
has been correspondence with the east
ern anti-eNpansionists. What makes
the Bryanites angry IS that Mr. Morton
has also fiouted their antitrust cam
pa.gn, and comes forward as the de
Iender of the trusts That is a poor
sort of a reform Platform What Mr..
Bryan'S friends in New York seem to
fear is that the former secretary Of
agriculture may really keep some con-
velts away from him. Bryan and DIR.
PaTkhurst had reached a good under
standing, and others of DR.. Pagk-
hurst's type were said to be in the
mood to receive advances. Whether
DR.. Farkhurst will be Of that mood
still when he gets back from Europe
no one can say, but the impression IS
that he viii nc. change his mind. He
went away a pronounced anti-eXpan-
Sionist, SO that, unlike Mr.. Croker, it
Wili not ibe necessary for him. to talk
with the princes and potent3tes of the
old wOEld in order to pUE him against
his own government.
gTbn1sa Coma ,,cr oroLd ,1c,1,O
Gratis like ex+Secretary FairchiId and
Lawyer Hornblower, who once failed
to be confirmed for the supreme bench,
who few months ago were hopeful Of
finding a democratic candidate who
would unite them on an anti-expan-
forgive RCyan and take him back into
the fcCd if he would only yield the free
silver issue. AT times .shey really felt
encouraged because Bryan showed
Willingness to let the issues shape
themselves. and if the people did not
want free silver prominent to let it
be obscure1 by other questions. But
since he insisted th3,. it must be in the
platform, and since recent develop
nIents in the west have shown that
the populists out there viii continue
to control the democratic pacEy, these
New York anli-expansionis'5s are again
in despair. They are drifting about
hopeaessly waiting for the right man
to appear.
Naturally one would suppose they
would turn to their former idol. A
feIw Of them did salk of Grover Cleve-
land. 1 asked one CT the miliest and
most sensible Of these anti-expansic.1-
lists why nothing more was heard of
Mr.. cleveland. He shock his head. |
Grover" he said, ''is strongly against !
the policy of the government, but he |
has been President and he won't gay
anything 50 long as there is fighting. |
That is where we think he is wrong. |
We believe that everyb who thinks |
as w's' do ought to denounce this war |
against the Philippines as UBIQUITOUS |
and insist on cur government stopping
it. But we have had no encourage
mert from Grover"
1 do not know whether this state
ment CT Mr.. Cleveland's position is
correct. 1t is not usUnl for him to be
heard from during the fishing season
On public questions of any kind. But
a demoaUatic politician who does not
sit al the feet of the oracle and who
does not pretend to belong to the cir
Gle of the most worshipfu1 Cleveland
-dolators told me he had heard the
same thing. Grover" said this pol
Itician, 'igrowled a lot in the beginning
and he'll growl a lot more when i is
all settled and We are in the Philip
pines to stay for good, but he won't
come out publicly and say anything 10
smbarrass the administration, though
If you could hear him talk in private