Fergus County argus., 1900-08-08
BRYAN CONFIDENT.
WON'T coNcEoe a STATE TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Notwithstanding That Leading DEM
ocrauc Papers Have Rcpudinted
Him-TIllman aud Croker rs Ex-
ponents os Human Rights.
When the Montana state delegation.
which was the first to greet Mr.. Bryan.
routed him out at 1880 a. m., he made
his first speech. He said: 81 shall
not concede them a state this year,
not even Vermont. Ii Is only qucs-
ton which state In the Union will give
the largest Democratic majority" lie
certainly has supreme confidence in
himself, but | wonder II he reads the
Democratic papers of the east. The
New York Times repudates him en-
tirely. The Brooklyn Eagle does the
same and calls him "a Thespian
dreamer, who is alsoa fanatical egotist."
The Hartford Times, the leading DEM
ocratic paper in Connecticut, says:
"Bryan Is not a Democrat, never was
Democrat and apparently Intends
never to be one. He is Populist and
Socialist, and has the enthusiastic
support of Popullsts who are not
In the pay of Republican Bosses"
The New Haven Register agrees with
It, and says there is the same kind of
harmony that existed between the lady
and the tiger when they returned from
their ride, but didn't say which Of the
two is In the lead. And there are
others. So ii seems that, as In the last
campaign, there Is still 'the enemy's
country" 1t is n curious situation,
Bryan insisting on 16 to l and all the
states OF most Importance against II.
The Hon. George Fred Williams, in
his speech ut Kansas City, said, Gods
benediction was almost heard spoken
aloud In our deliberation yesterday"
Yes. almost. That was when 1t SEEM
ed as though 1G to would be defeat
ed. Henry Ward Beecher once said,
There are some ministers who can
give the exact latitude and longitude
Of God" Perhaps the presence of Till
man, Altgeld and Dick Croker was the
cause Of its being only almost. What
a subject for a cartoon! Tillman, that
barbarian from South Carolina. read
ing the platform demanding Filipino
independence! His kind of lndepend-
ence for the Filipinos would be just
like his for the negro.
The last Democratic platform insist
ed on the free coinage OF silver at the
ratio of 1G to 1 because the money
question is paramount to all Others"
The platform also claimed that "the
decentralization Of silver In 1873 has
resulted in the fall of the prices Of COM
modlties has led to the prostration OF
Industries and the impoyerlshment Of
the people," Who thinks so now?
Also that federal judges have been
guilty of new and highly dangerous
form of oppression" because they en-
Joined persons from obstructlng the
movement of cars carrying the mails
Of the United States during the Debs
Chicago riots.
The late riots In st. Louis and the
lawless acts committed there, the strip
ping Of the clothes from women who
rode IN boycotted cars, would seem to
any law abiding citizen TO call for
some power to stop such outragcs. No
decent workman thinks anything else.
\ Sober minded citizens are in favor Of
| law and order, and the people who
! join in riots are far from being fit citi-
zens of a republic, The political party
that offers plank which encourages
riot doesn't represent the best thought
Of the people.
The new platform is, ns usual, en-
tirPly one of opposition to every Re-
publican policy. The questions that
have come to the front since the last
campaign are seeking solution and will
need the best effort Of the highest
minded and most level headed men In
the nation. They are new questions
and cannot be solved ofrhand by some
political stump speaker. What lot Is
heard about the rights Of man from
people who confound rights with H.
ccnse. What regard for the rights Of
man have Croker and Tillman? Their
kind of right Is all wrong. The foreign
policy Of this government is In the
hands Of those who have always been
on the side of liberty and justice. The
100 schooltcachers from Cuba now
ut Harvard college have no fear of any
/ fell designs on their island by this
country ana when tie Filipino under
stands rightly our intentions he will
also lose his fear. Perhaps those pco-
pie who have so much sympathy with
the Filip'nos don't know that we could
not possibly escape Fight with them.
The Filipino junta at HonglSong or
dcred Aguinaldo to help the Americans
drive our the Spanish aud then to drive
the Americans out The iunta prcpar-
cd instructions and in the middle OF