The Globe-republican., 1900-09-06

Mr.. Bryan is sinsincere and is merely US
ing these liberty phrases to catch
votes where political rights are more adj
yanced than in the Democratic States,
else he does not represent the Demo-
cratic party at ALL The party's practice
for a generation speaks infinitely louder
than Mr.. Bryan'S words What the
party has always done and is now doing,
it may be relied upon to do If elected to
power Until the States where Mr. Bry-
ans party reigns supreme show some in
tention of practicing these golden pre-
cepts, their declaration in national
platforms and candidates speeches, may
properly be taken as only so much mate
rial for political deception.
1t is not a question OF whether the
franchisement of the negro a wise
unwiSe policy. but 1t is question of
common political honesty. If the party
believes, as its practice shows, that the
negroes are inferior race and cannot
with safety to our institutions be admit
ted to political rights, to proclaim the
to any race OF people the capacity OF
self-goyernmenr,'' is obvious hypocrisy
Some of the Democrats in the South,
who are more frank and honest than Mr.
Bryan, are already repudiating any pre-
tense of seriously living up to his ethe-
real political declarations The Macon,
Ga, Telegraph, for instance. frankly de-
clares its illingness to take AIR. Bry-
seriously in this consent of the gov
erned talk and says:
1T Is all sweet and nice enough to indulge
ties about the consent Of Il the e" governed.
about inalienable rights about the equality
fossrashsss dla Who ewned slaves s sn wh 70
another mater When a. You Try to apply it to
The Negro, the ina,an the kanasa and the
for our own and We are going to have IL
Was net TAKEN n rom ns By soTce and given
to him. He has no land. he has no birth h
help govern which was given wrongrully to
| leave him In a far better condition than he
| found himself when he came among US as
result of Yankee thrift and speculation
| The Macon Telegraph, with real South
| ern frankness, tells the simple truth
| about the Democratic position on this
| subject. It's statement is supported by
| both the theory and practice of the party
| wherever it is in power. Moreover the
Democratic party has oever been dishon-
est enough to pretend to believe in the po-
| litical enfranchisement OF the inferior
races, and Mr.. Bryan's sudden admira-
| zion of Lincoln and advocacy of CARR
1 sonian principles is personal flight in
political oratory. which has relation
to the past practice or future intention OF
| the present Democratic party III MT
| Bryan should be elected the offices would
| be filled and the Government conducted
| by people who, like the Macon Telegraph
| jeer at these equality phrases empty
| generalities. They evidently regard these
| utterances much verbal bait for
| new votes in the ''enemys country Bu1
| here Mr.. Bryan'S cunning is not wise
as the Telegraph's frankness- Honesty
| is always respected and such cheap cum
| ming Mr.. Brynn-s Indianapolis speech
| reveals will fail to deceive The Ameri
| can citizens not ignorant tiIpinos
| they too we'll informed the policy
| and practice of the Democracy on thi:
| subject to be caught by Mr. Bryan:
| rhetorical If not bypocrit:cal phrases. The
name of Lincoln and political liberty
| are too sacred to be fippantly used il
| such cause The American people hav.
| some sense of the fitness OF things