The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
BRYAN DEMOCRACY
NEEDS A HANNA
New York Democrats Are Urging Bry-
an to Wink the other Eye, and
Bryan Must Name a Party "BOss'
From Old Line Democratic
Warriors.
The Verdict Reads the Riot Act to
Bryan and Explains to Him the
Law of Eastern Demo-
cratic MilliOnaires.
AN OPEN LETTER TO WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN.

AN OPEN LETTER TO WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN.
The Verdict would like brief, clear
word with you. 1t bears no bristle OF
criticism. 1t is written for that it's be-
lieved to carry some kernel Of common
sense. It's written because the Verdict
regards your nomination as certain and
hopes for your success at the polls. 1t
is written as the best thought Of thou
sands of your Eastern friends, and on
the chance that you may read and heed.
Your nomination is sure. The seasons
in their procession are not more fore
appointed. If your cup is to be made
full by mere convention honors, con-
gratulations are in order anytime. But
IL you want to win at the polls-and Of
need Of much now sadly lacking. The
limping, halting want of the national
Democracy at this pinch is stark, hard,
unfinching, unfaltering leadership. 1t
suffers for a war chief-a chief Of iron
hand and finty eye, who can make a
plan and execute it; chief who hears
much, says little, and is not to be de-
flected and turned aside by thistle-down
counsel and feather-blown advice. Folk
call this sort of leader "a boss" What
of that? What's in a name? No enter
oh 10 hnr ~
hooters, ever smelled success or touched
the hem Of triumph without "a boss"
The enemy is to be congratulated for
that it has the wisdom of the boss
Hanna, bad in essence, publicly blight.
the very mildew of honesty and office
worth-Hanna, coarse, jowlish, repug-
nant is still the keystone of Republican
opportunity. Hanna is "a boss" With
him, his party is an army, and has Or
der and direction with it's every move
ment. Without him it would be a mob,
or meeting, or a muster of strag-
glers. Without him, or some one like
him, his party could not make it's fight
next year. Its last chance would be dis
sipated; remove him and the arch of
Republican effort falls in heap.
What Democracy needs is a Hanna
"a boss" You cannot play the role.
But you might dig up some one who
could. Look at Democracy today!
swarming,, needless, careless aggrega-
tion as much without concert as it is
without caution. There's still time to
talk like this and salve the evil into
health. You, yourself, should look to it.
The opportunity to defeat Mckinley is
perfect 1t can be done, however, only
by harmony. Decidedly it cannot be
done by daily shattering and shaking
up Of party. What may one look for?
Is one to believe he may break the Or
ganization into forty fragments and win
with splinter? OF all men your inter-
est in these concerns should wax alert
and stand on tiptoe. You are to be
But if you are to have po-
litical survival following 1900, you must
succeed. You must land-you must
reach the mark. This fight means your
future. You should take every care.
Your bow should be we'll waxed; the
string true and of perfect twist; the
arrow accurately nocked, feathered and
balanced. For, mind, you! miss, and
it's your last shot at the butts. Other
archers Of politics may, in other years
to come, pull other arrows to the head,
and shoot for the prize of another presi-
dency. But tor you, to fail at the polls
In 1900, means that you'll never twang
party bowstring again. Therefore you
should take double thought, since you
have double hazard.
Find us leader! The party small
fry are too much in evidence! Find us
a big fish! The magpies, and linnets,
and bluejays, and starlings of Democ-
racy fill the trees with their chatter!
Find us an eagle! There's too much
flub-dub; too many words, too little
sense. Above all, there's nothing of
conciliation, nor charity, nor forbear-
ance, nor effort at harmony. Every
word that's been said, every move that's
been made, every published thought, or
hope, or plan within twelvemonth, had
but the one purpose of party disunion
Men using your name go about seeking
disruption. The party scheme would
seem to be to make breaches permanent, |
widen every split, and arrange for new |
'nes. Dynamite of verbal sort has been |
the only argument. Let the Verdict |
ask you the plain question:: Can you
win without New York, without New
Jersey, without Delaware, without Mary
'ano' without Kentucky, without Indi-
ana! With the silver West, vociferous,
yet vacuous, slipping back to gold, can
,ou win without the East? None but a
'ool Will say SO. Can you carry one Of