The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-27
STILL BOOMING BRYAN
PLANS TO FORM NEW PARTY Fol-
HIS BENEFIT.
Call Issued TO Reform Forces to Get
Together by Deserving Republican
and Democratic Standards.

BOSTON, November 19-George f.
Washburr president of the Bryan
club of Massachusetts and treasurer
of the Peoples Party National Com
mittee issued the following circular
letter to the reform" forces of the
country:
The campaign Of 1900 was a contest
of conscience against capital 1t was
the greatest struggle for human rights
since the days of jackson or Lincoln.
The reelection of Mckinley was a
triumph for Imperialism and the Trust.
But the Bryan movement viii roll on
to ultimate victory.
The last two national campaigns
have taught us important lessons. We
cannot longer put new wine into old
bottles" We cannot entrust new IDEAS
to old leaders. The control of the
Democratic party will now revert to
German, Hill, and Croker and the old
machine regime they represent. This
Will create a cleavage between the re-
actionists with old ideas and the re-
| formers with new ideas. To succeed,
our work must be on a high political
plane-absolutely clean and far above
the mire of machine methods.
1t is admitted by the leaders of the
! New Democracy that Bryan was de-
| feated by the Democrats to get rid Of
him. If this be so, it is clear that he
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the Democratic party. He will not sur
render to this element. He will not
repudiate his record. He Will not dis
appoint his friends. But he can lead
to victory new party, conducted on
safe and conservative, yet progressive
lines. Therefore, to hold what we have
and maintain our present momentum,
a new party must be formed. 1t is the
quickest road to ultimate success.
| We must have a complete union of
the reform forces. They belong to-
! gether. This can be accomplished by
uniting the Bryan Democrats, Bryan
| Republicans, Populists and other small
| er bodies. Such a movement would
draw to itself the best elements in the
| two old parties. This would leave out
| the machine politicians and force them
| together as the party of the opposi-
ton, where they rightly belong.
Add to this union of reform forces,
! the strong personality and masterful
! leadership of Bryan, and history would
repeat itself in the rapid assembling of
patriots to uphold and preserve the
national honor under the inspiration
of the Lincoln of the New Century.
Such a movement would arouse a pa
| triotic enthusiasm not equaled since the
majestic uprising of 1860.
Although unsuccessful at the polls,
Bryan is a mightier man today than
! his successful opponent. He is the
greatest political crusader the world
has ever seen. He stands alone. He
is enough of a political genius to be-
come the founder of a great, new
party, even as Jefferson was the foun-
der of the Democratic and Lincoln
of the Republican party. Millions of
men would enthusiastically rally to his
standard under these new conditions.
1t is not eXtravagant to say that Bry-
an could thus hold two thirds of the
Democratic party and very soon at
tract at leae one third of the Repub-
lican party. These, together with the
other reform forces, would give him,
before another election, a majority of
the voters of the country.
l believe that had such a party been
formed four years ago, Bryan would
have triumphed at this time. There
were hundreds of thousands of Re-
publicans who would gladly have voted
for him, who would not move into the
Democratic camp or help restore that
party to power.
Accordingly l propose that at an
early date, we have a conference of
the leaders of the parties referred to,
in the central part of the country for
tho purpose of effecting an immediate
union, that we may begin at once the
! organization of the new party. These
forces should promptly come together.
We must unite or disintegrate The
sooner this initial step is taken, the
| better, so that the great new move
ment of the New Century may begin
with the first week of it's dawning.
I therefore invite an expression of
views from the leaders interested that
l may give publicity to those views
through the press and thereby secure
a consensus of opinion regarding the