Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-04-09
THE DEWEY CANDIDACY.

The New York Tribune thus sum-
smarizes the democratic situation and
the Importance Of the candidacy Of
Admiral Dewey for the presidency:
Admiral DeweywilI never hear from
the American people, it is probable,
what they really think of his political
u~tteranceS. The natural kindness
of feeling toward n who has served
the country we'll in the sphere for
which he had training VIII hinder.
frank eomment on his idea that the
president has not much work to do;
that it is a small matter to execute
laws, as If the share of laWmaking
power intrusted to the chief magistrate
by the veto were Insignificant, and all
SO the selection of agents by the hun.
dred Thousand to enforce laws all over
the country; that his personal con-
4syictions make no difference if any
body OF fellow citizens wishes to run
him for president; that~the men who
have sought that high Office merit con-;
temptuous mention, and that his per-.
sonal abilities seem to the country to
outweigh many years of labor in ma
turing of naval power by far-sighted
legislation, and in promoting the hap
piness and prosperity of the country
by wise laws affecting all Industries
and business. "A mar who discloses
such a conception of the functions and
duties of the president will be elected
about as soon as the funniest clown
in each3state is chosen governor.
But there is a stern and sober side
of this business also. tits a startling
revelation that some of the ablest and
best democrats In the country think
the nomination of such a candidate
more worthy of their party than the
denomination of the candidate who
was beaten in 1896 and who appears to
have a mortgage OF the nomination
this year. Truly, the candidate to
whom even the innocent Dewey can:
be preferred must be a strange repre-
sentative Iof one of the two great
parties. Nothing more sever has
been or can be said Of Mr.. Bryan than
this--that able. experienced and en-
inentIy influential democratic leaders
think itsWould be a gain for the ticket
to put Dewey instead Of Bryan at it's
head. They are probably wrong. 1T
IS their misfortune not to know how
low their party has fallen. But their
treatment of the name of Dewey is
sufficient evidence that they have a
clear idea of Mr.. Bryan's fitness and
of the danger to the country which the
election Of any such person would in
Volye. Ss%
Presumably the people who hope
that Mr.. DeWey's name will be of great
Importance conceive that the demo-
cratic voters in all sections will as
readily support the admiral, with his
notions about executive authority, as
Mr.. Bryan with all the zeal Of western
and southern democrats for a financial
and industrial revolution. tits little
they know Of their W party. Never
have they offered a more respectable
excuse for their support of such a party
than their evident ignorance of the
temper and purposes which its western
and southern elements have shown SO
plainly, and which have been potent
enough n55eastern states to land high
and dry on the banks mea who were
formerly leaders of the highest infiu-
ence. Until they know nor of their
oWn party of Its passionate de-
sire to overthrow all that is able and
conservative in American self-govern-
ment and all that has made industrial
progress here the wonder Of the
world they can hardly estimate with
any approach to accuracy the conse-
auences OF the overthrow of Bryan
which nany%of Them hope tc accom-
nIish.
The straight truth is that Mr.. Bryan
Isl for the best OF reasons the faVorite
of that great section of the democracy