Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-07-18
CAN,I SAND BRYAN.

IANl SiANU bhlANs
Thus earlyin the campaign eastern
Democrats ARE expressing their dis
approval Of Bryan md the platform
promulgated at Kansas City. Refer
cnce To "A few OF them and the expires,
sion of their views will show the
trend Of feeling In "A region in which
Bryan is greatly In need of votes.
Ey-Gov. lloully OF Ohio. now n
resident Of New York city. upon he
ing interviewed, said;
~ intend To- @utc for Mckinley aud
Roosevelt, because the men on il are
SO much better myu thm Bryan can
ever bc. There is HO comparing him
with them. Then, agnin, l shall vote
the Republican ticket hccauSethecur-
rcucy question T. one that involves
the happiness OF every man in the
country. Bryan and his lGtul plank
are the greatest mcnHrrS 20 prosper
ity in the country. The most anus
lng thing about that convention IN
Kansas City is the spectacle afforded
by Croker ana Van Nyck shouting
against the trusts, when they are
knee atbusinrsS themselves
\ convention like that ut Kansas
City, furnished with it, hrgins, rs It
H., 10y the grcntcst living anarchist,
Altgrld, Is not worth discussing, any
way"
Abram :. Hewitt said that the
Kansas City convention hnd made
the issue of the campaign plain in
trying 10 hide il. The tight goes
back to the battle-ground OF four
years ago, he said. aud the Hcpubli-
cans find themselves better equipped
for the struggle than they were when
! they triumphsl before. The Repub-
leans nrc committed toa goldstand-
ard, while the Democrats are in the
positiunuf having rcatllrmed n llnan-
ciul system that the people of The
whole country have shown thIt they
viii have none of. prspitcthceilurls
ri the Democrats 10 make imperial.
ism the issue uf the campaign, silver
il the issue ana cannot be hidden,
and there H. little doubt that Bryan
ism will be crushed.
Everett T.. Wheeler suid: 1.-THE
platform with It's silver plank is
odluus. The 10 To ] plank will Ger
tainly alienatcg gold uemorratsaGain
The election Of William Mckinley il
now certain"
Delaney Nicoli said: 81 shall ccr-
tulnly not vote Tor Mr.. Bryan
\ number OF Others VINO were seen
said that silver was the issue, nn,I
that the act Of the kaasas City con,
ventiOn In making il sohad undnuht.
eddy lost the state uf New York and
probably the entire cnst To the Dem.
ocratic party. al agreed that tbc
effort to hide the silver issue behind
the anti.impcrialiSm pink wa,
absurd ana would do no good,
In Maryland the feeling is mu'l
the same rs in New York.. Even tx
senator German * sail 90 lac lis
pleased aud will not go out OF hi,
way To assist the ticket.
Charles u. Fisher, II leading grail
merchant and Democrat, spys
There Is not the 81 ghtest chance q
the election OF Bryan. ! do not fca.
that the people of this country ar
| mad enough To turn the g]ovcrnmcn
I over to n lot uf cranks.'
! Alexander Brown declares that tn
&. election OF Bryan would Ice the wors
. thing that could happen to the coun
| try. Robert Ramsay, another repre-
sentative Democrat and busines
man. says: at il nonsensical 70
Bryan to talk Of anti-imperialisnl
r liz il the greatest imperialist in III
r country. am y Democrat, but vii
vote for Mckinley"
That most notable ohjrctoramuui
n Maryland Democrats. To Bryan an
!, his platform. Is General Lloyd Jack
I son, who was leader of the Bryat
n movement In Maryland four year
n ago. To the surprise ri the free nj
n vcrites, he today repu1latrd Brya.
and declared the Kansas city pla,
n form un-Amcrican, lie advocate
- expansion and believes that thou
: sands of Democrats, ,or similar rtu
I sons, will vote for Mckinley.
/ The above gives but II mint idea q
the situation among gold Democrats
d In some quarters there il talk Of
r third ticket but the general lmpres
| sion in that ninety per cent OF tn
gold Democrats will vote for Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt, believing il Il
= be the surest way Of forever gettin!
y rid Of Bryan aud his financia
heresies.