The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-06-17
MR.. BRYAN AND ST. LOUIS.

Editors and politicians, says the ST..
Louis Mirror, who assert that Mr.. Bryan
will not be renominated by the Demo.
Gratis. in 1900, and that silver at sixteen
to one will not appear in the platform,
are either ignorant or frightened. There
is no man rear to the democratic masses
as Bryan is near them. Silly as democrats
may be they are not going to abandon
free eilver. They said it was an eternal
principle in 1900. They are not going to
admit that it played out 10 an eternity
OF four years. They simply can't stul,iiy
themselves in any such manner as drop
ping the silver question, even though
their leaders are sorry they went astray
after cheap money as a good cry for a
campaign in hard times. Bryan is Dem.
ocracy, just now. Bryan is free silver.
Bryan is anti imperialism. There is no
man in the Democratic party, to-day,
who could poll one. fiftieth as many votes
as be. Mr.. Bryan will be renominated
"bauds down." He will again excite the
emotional enthusiasm Of the crowd-and
he will be again defeated by the majority
Of citizens Of the United States. The
Philippine issue will be dead by this
time next year and, il not. the tendency
OF the question will attach the people to
the party in power. They will not swap
horses while crossing stream. As for
the trust issue, that will be much simp.
lifted by republican reiteration OF it's
opposition TO trusts 10 former platforms
and even il the democrats should have a
monopoly Of antitrust declaration, there
is no democrat who would be more &C
ceptable to the democratic party on that
plank than Mr.. Bryan. 1t is an indis.
putable fact that every democrat who
suggests Mr.. Bryan's RELOCATION to OBJ.
security was disloyal to him in 1896. The
nomination OF the democratic party in
1900 will not be dictated BY men who
openly bolted, or secretly scratched, the
nominee in 1896. Mr.. Bryan is Democ
racy's best man, and he is 90 strong with
his people that the plotters who raised
him up three years ago cannot throw
him down. Mr.. Bryan will be Mr..
McKinley's opponent for the presidency
once more. There may. possibly, be q
third party Of anti imperialists and anti.
silverites. but it will not amount to
much. Democratic leaders may know
that silver is dead, but they dare not cay
go. They dare not go back on the plat.
form Of 1892. If they recede from the
Chicago platform they will lose the
populists. They will not bring back
any boiling gold bugs, for the boilers
refused to swallow other things in the
Chicago platform besides silver. II ell.
yer be abandoned, the masses of the
democracy will feel that they we're
fooled 10 1896. In short, il Mr.. Bryan
and silver were abandoned the Demo.
cratic ticket would not receive enough
votes to entitle it to legal existence as
party in most states OF the Union. Mr..
Bryan and silver must be defeated
again. The people Of the country be.
lieve Mr.. Bryan and silver are wrong
and silly, but they feel that the alleged
Democrats. who are trying to shelve
both, are dishonest now as they were
dishonest when they took up both az
mere expedient three years ago. Be.
tween Mr.. Bryan and men like Croker.
and the scheming members Of the Dem.
ocratic National Committee, the people
of the United States v i'll choose the re.
.,,hl;oon an d;doto