Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-21
THEY ARE COMING BACK.

Ex-Congressman Bedford of Colora-
DO has declared himself for the next
campaign. Bedford went with TeSIer
IN 800 he was very prominent in
mat campaign, beng sent into the East
10 make Tree silver speeches. Now he
says:
Il am not going to support BRYAN
this time. | am going to vote for Nc
hlnley II the Lord lets me live to co
So"
Mr.. Belford recognizes that it i. tie
Republican party which acconplishes
things, and under which the country
advances. His experience has satisfied
him that there was no use putting de-
pendence upon the Democrats TO co
anything. The Democratic party has
often lnterfered with the good that the
Republican party was doing. 1t was a
party without fixed prime pies. 1t was
not TO be trusted. It was insincele
with allies. 1t vas incapable Of per-
forming any great work.
Mr.. Bedford confirmed what has been
coming through many chanrels from
the Rocky Mountain country, that most
of the Republicans there who went of
On the silver issue are returning to
their old allegiance, satisfied that l.
they can not have all that they want
the country is far better off with the
Republican party in power than Il
would be with the Democrats in con-
troll.
Judge Morse or Detroit, who has al-o
repudiated Organism, was a delegate to
the last Democratic state convention
held in March, 1899, at Kalamazoo. and
was placed in nomination for Justice #
the supreme court. but was defeated by
Barkworth. He was then IN full az
filiation with his party. He has Issue |
a signed statement which is as TO-
lows:
Il am opposed to 16 to l. | shall rot
vote for Bryan, no matter what the
platform is, because he still insists
upon the silver heresy being made a
part, a prominent part, of the Demo-
cratic creed. In my opinion he is a
dangerous man to the best interests of
the country, not only financially, but
in other respects. | shall oppose anv
man for Congress who IS in favor of 16
to /, and any candidate for the leg,sla-
ture, although my dearest friend. who
Will SuDpOi a ~ W L hlu SCiN W.
of the United States. | do not expect
to be a delegate to any Republican con-
ventiOn. but if Bryan is nomin ated |
shall support the national Republican
ticket"
Judge NJ. B. Nicholson, formanv years
one of the fusion leaders of K9n~as,
hes tired Of Organism end "the haul
down the flag" policy Of the fusion
party in the state and nation. He pro-
poses to vote for Mckinley this year.
81 propose to vote for Mckinley this
fall. If | live so long as that" said the
Judge. "I have grown weary OF the
! course that is being pursued by the on
ponents of Mckinley: in fact, | have
been getting more and more weary ever
since the Spanish-American war broke
out. Before the war commenced. the
opposition. that is our party. were DO
ing their best to drive Mckinley INTO
II. ready or not ready. Since the war
commenced everything else has follow
ed as a natural and logical sequence
but the Democratic managers nave
dome nothing but kick. kick, kick.
"Tbere has V been a time since
Dewey sailed into Manila Bay that our
government could have let go or the
pbilippine islands with consistency OF
honor, There is neither patriotism nor
common sense in the course the Demo-
Gratis are pursuing now and don pro-
nose to stay with then.