The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-06

| upon the business interests Of the coun-
| try. In the minds of those who carry on
the affairs which make up onr business
world he Is associated with uncertainty
aud doubt. 1t will not do to say that
these interests are selfish and ought to re-
ceive a lesson, for the creates sufferers
will be those who are most dependent
upon the largest daily activity In busi-
ness. No one would suffer SO much rs the
laborer, for he must have steady work,
day In and day out. He has no reserve
capital from which to draw. and the cur
tailment of business operations means
the curtailment Of employment of labor.
with attendant distress and idleness.
Dangerous to Labor Interests.
look upon Mr.. Bryan as the most
dangerous man to the labor interests to-
day in public life. In the first instance
he is demagogue. possessed Of a certain
quality of oratory which appeals always
to prejudice. In the second, he Is well
grounded in no branch Of political econ
omy and unsound in all. He would DO
more unpopular with laboring men. IL
elected, than, 1t is claimed, he Is popular
with them now, because his success would
paralyze business for long time at least,
during which time the laborer Of neces-
sity would be without employment.
Then, too, the laborer would soon dis
cover how utterly futile Mr.. Bryan's ef-
forts would be to make better his condi-
tion by making war upon his employers.
The laborer certainly cannot be benefited
by policy which Is directed wholly to-
ward the unsettling of values, the reduc-
ton of the purchasing power Of his wage
nj he ntv mt MT In nf vi
which, tested by experience and history.
are wholly unsound.
l believe President Mckinley ought to
be reelected as largely as possible by
Democratic votes. Under the present
domination Of Mr.. Bryan conservative
Democrat can find no place of influence
In the party. Those who now return to
it after. rejecting Organism four years
ago will find themselves without voice in
the administration. Theey 90 back to ac-
cept Mr. Bryan's views. He does not
accept theirs. They indorse him-he does
not indorse them; and, once elected. they
are not in position, after changing front,
to protest against his radicalism. BY vot-
ing for him they do, in fact, indorse him,
despite mental reservation that they do
not approve of his public utterances and
selves Of right to criticise and draw
down upon their heads more blame for
Mr.. Bryan's unsound views as q disturb
ing factor than does Mr.. Bryan himself.
For by their act in voting for Mr.. Bryan
they have made It possible for him to do
the harm which they must know would
follow the carrying out of the principles
for which he stands.
Bryan's Party Populistic.
The Democratic party cannot be both
Democratic and Populistic. Under Mr..
Bryan 1t is POpulistic. 1t Is so out OF
power. 1t would be more 30 in power.
The best example of what he would do
with the party IL in power is shown In
his own State, where even the kind OF
Democrats they have In Nebraska are
| only allotted one or two minor ofaces,
while the Popuists are given all OF i'm
| portance.
| When Mr.. Bryan Is eliminated Demo
Gratis can readily assume position OF re-
spect and influence in the Democratic
party, and until he is they ought to fight
against him. They can aid the party best
by rescung it from Populism by defeat
ing Populistic candidates Mt the polls, not
by electing their candidates with the vain
hope that they can either reform them,
render them harmless, or prove them to
be pretentious boosters, publicly standing
for things which they never intended to
carry out.
As far as I am concerned, / am going
| to maintain my Democracy by voting and
speaking against Mr.. Bryan and those
| who have debauched the party and placed
| It In the attitude Of a defender Of all the
sms that disturb the country. do not
believe In Organism in the West or Gro
kerism in the East. II continuation Of
Organism and Crokerism constitute De-
mocracy, sound political wisdom and hon
est administrative ability, / do not wish
to be Of 1t. But l do not believe 1t does,
and, therefore, have faith In there being
enough Democrats who are Democrats
from principle to defeat Mr.. Bryan so
emphatically as to make impossible the
things we have witnessed during the past
years in alleged Democratic conventions.
I really would like to know what q
thoughtful Democrat thinks Of reforms
wrought in domestic and foreign affairs
through the combined wisdom and expe-
rience Of William J. Bryan and Richard
Croker. JAMES Fl. ECKELS,
Comptroller of the Currency under Cleve-
land.