The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-30
kind, the most sad and lonely life made
rich and beautiful.
Another year is dawnipG.
Dear Master let it be.
In working. or in waiting,
Another year for Thee
is THAT To lie T..E DIVIDING
LIN. .

| III q ItlcIc upon liz A'SAAio
cracy which Mr.. Cleveland twice led &c
triumph and which ar. Bryan twice led
| to Overwhelming defeat, the New YORK
| Sun concludes that the Cleveland Demo
| cracy was a namby-pamby, listless con-
| Germ with very little interest in the out
come of the elections, while the Demo
| cracy which Bryan has led is one OF I'M
| passioned energy and fierce determine
| ton to conquer. There is food for much
! thought in this suggestion, ana we are
] compelled to admit that there is much
!, plausibility in it. The Southern contin-
| gent of the Cleveland Democracy was
| very much in earnest in both his cleo
| tons, but their earnestnesS was beSot OF
/ local conditions. In both OF those cleo
| tons there was a fixed belief III the
! Southern mind that the Republican party
| intended to subject the South to negro
| rule, and the fear of that displaced every
! other consideration of every sort and
| kind. Hardly a thought was given in the
! South to any of the questions that
broaden out into hints that engage the
attention Of the whole nation. All that
we thought of and asked for pivoted upon
our own local affairs as they were at
fected by the negro. The Southern Dem
ocracy was by no means listless in those
two elections for the reason gwen but
there was very little Democratic enthus-
iasm in the rest Of the country Inc
mugwump or independent vote was ac-
tive-an activity born eff fear that the
Republican party would carry muSWump
doctrines too far, but the virile tradition
airy Democracy of the North and West
took but listless interest in those cleo
tons at best.
But that cannot be sad Of the Demo
cracy of any part OF the country in the
last two elections. y fiercer, more in
tense partisanry has never been seen at
any time in any country han backed Mr..
Bryan in 1896 and 1900.
We do not mean to sly that all who
voted for Mr.. Bryan belonged to this in
tense partisanry. By Nd means. There
was a large clement in j, and especially
in the Southern States, tat had no sym
pathy with it at ALL but tlat went with it
because of traditions aid associations.
But the Populistic followers Of Mr.. Bryan
We're intensely in earnes1 and dead bent
upon accomplishing the aims they be-
Iieved Mr. Bryan was se1ing to accom-
plish. They were inten.ely in earnest
then, and they are just is earnest now,
and they will put Mr.. Bran's ideas into
control Of this Covenant if they are
able to do it.
What are their aims? They want free
silver because they wan cheap money,
but free silver may be lot and forgotten
and they will still hold tgether just the
same. What then do thy aim at? We
believe that the government by injunc-
tom plank OF their platform comes
nearer giving expression to their desires
than anything else in it, and this repre-
sents them because it Stands for the over
throw Of all settled things and license in
the future. The growth of wealth and
the increase in the number of wealthy
men is the especial grievance of these
men; and the curtailment Of wealth and
of the opportunity OF men to grow rich is
the definite OBJECT tldL is te1Ore tlelT
minds. Opposition to progress, develop
ment and successful endeavol is at the
bottom of their aims. Is that to be the
dividing line OF parties in the future?
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The name of Mr.. Bryan's paper spelled
Chinese fashion suggests denomination
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Among the Christmas presentsireceived
by the Mayor OF Chicago were FIVE gal
Ions of bourbon yhiskey, a case OF Scotch
whiskey, a shaker for mixing drinks and
a basket of champagne
Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta, will now
cast his political lot in Chicago.
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The Richmond street car companies
ought to be on friendly terms. When they
operate over the same tracks there will be
many common ties.
The superStitiouS will take notice that
there were thirteen failures on the Lon
don Stock Exchange yesterday.
Counsel for Henri Heugel and Paul Chev-
alier, of Paris, the owners of the play
Les Fetards," which was adapted for
the American stage by Harry 3. Smith
and Luddig Highlander and produced under
the title OF The Founders at the Casino,
applied in the Supreme Court to-day for
an injunction penGente lite restraining
Samuel E. Rorke, Thomas @. Soabrooke
and s. Striker Williamson from continu-
ing to produce The Founders" on the