The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-10-04
A Discordant Toot.

facturers of republican campaign stuff,
are at present making most strenuous
efforts to prove that silver democracy is
not democracy at all-it is simply Bry-
anism, and Bryanism is Populism, 30
cialism or any other ungodly thing
Later on in the campaign they will
have 1t that silver democracy is not on
ly democracy but is identical with
CleYeland democracy, and they will be
believing with mighty below, edo
you want any more such times as you
had under Cleveland?" Now, they are
talking for the gold bug democrats
vote; later, they will be talking for the
republican evidently of the opin-
ion that both voters are natural born
fools devoid of memories and the sense
Of consistency.
If Organism is not democracy now it
will not be democracy in November,
and the republican voter need have no
religious scruples about voting for
Bryan because of the name democracy.
II Organism is Cleveland democracy,
as they will finally claim, gold bug
democrats have every reason for voting
the ticket.
There are but two classes Of voters
and politicians in this country-those
who favor the common people, of whom
the farmer is the larger element, and
those who know only the banker, manu-
facturer, great commercial and trans
portation corporations, and few in
vestors in "furin parts" in whose in
terests our "furin" wars are being
carried on to the subversion OF our re-
publican government. Bryan demo-
Gratis, Towne republicans and popu-
lists favor the common people, and the
proof that the republican party favors
the other fellows is in its legislation
and in the fact that during its control
the great bulk OF the wealth Of the
country has found its way into the
hands of those small classes.
A fight was made in the democratic
party in '96 for the common people and
it wonn, resulting in the Chicago plat
form Gnl nomination Of Bryan. A
similar fight on a smaller scale was
made in the republican party and lost.
The difference between Bryan demo-
Gratis and Towne republicans was that
one controlling the party convention
didn't have to Withdraw; the other,
failing did. But before that o large
number of people despairing OF either
old party doing any thing for the COM.
mon people had withdrawn and formed
the populist party, the secession being
larger from the democrat, in the south
and from the republicans in the west.
What more reasonable proposition
than that Bryan democrats who had
controlled the convention at Chicago in
the interests of the common people.
Towne rel ublicans who had Withdrawn
from the st. Louis convention in the
interest Of the common people, and the
populists who had previously with
drawn from both parties in the interests
OF the common people should cooper
ate in 1900 to elect Bryan, and Steven
son in the interest Of the common peo-
ple2 Towne republicans and populist
leaders have mognanimously said you
should do it. Again, what more rea-
sonable proposition than that every
common" man, no matter how many
thousand years he has voted the reyub-
lican ticket, should support this COM
bination in his interest and the interest
OF his familyP OF course we do ntt
expect to influence any republican
voter. He must have his republican
rally no matter whatever else happens
his family and himself. Possibly ne
| thinks he is a millionaire because be
votes for them. Or perChanoe he has
not the moral courage to change bis
way of voting, even when convinced
that the interests of Sallie and the
babies demand it. Butw will take il
as personal favor Of any republican
voter il when his boss begins believing
about Cleveland times if Bryan is elect
ed, he will say: "You id old liar,
| it has not been month since you were
footing that Organism was not only
Cleveland democracy but not democ
Irlcy at all. Perhaps you did not ain
for republicans to hear You then bu
they did" F. j. RIPLEY