The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-22
Missouri's Senator Declares
he Can Never be President
THE Party, However, Survived the
Death of Jefferson and it VIII Sur
Yive the Disappearance OF
Bryan


Vest expressed to-day his views OF
the proposed reorganization of the
democracy.
''The election Just held, said he
demonstrates the fact that Mr.
Bryan can never be president. But
the democratic party is not depend
ent upon the fate OF any one man.
Ii survived he death OF Mr.. Jefferson
and it will survive the disappearance
of Mr.. Bryan"
Heavier by fifteen pounds and en-
joying better health than he has
experienced for many years, Senator
Vest has returned to Washington
fully prepared to enter upon the
duties OF the approaching session OF
congress His voice is clear and
strong and his greatly improved
physical condition enables him to
take a deeper interest than usual in
public questions. To-day he was
busy with some accumulated cores
pondence when he made the remark
about Mr., Bryan, which has Just
been quoted
WHAT about the proposed reor-
ganlzation OF the party?"
cit is nonsense to talk about the
reorganization of the party at this
time, = was the reply. ''All that the
democrats can do is to await devel-
opments in the future and renew our
allegiance to the principles of our
party as announced by Jefferson,
We have had too much populsm
and too much cropping after a lliance
with people who have no sympa thy
with our democratic doctrine. No
body can say now who will be the
nominee OF the party in 1904 or from
what section he will come 4 leader
will be found for the democracy at
the proper time
Then you are not discouraged"
''There is really no cause for dis
couragement TO democrats in the
result of the late election" was the
reply. History has simply repeated
itself. No political party in this
country has ever been able to defeat
an administration that was carry
ing on a foreign war The Federal
party was destroyed because of its
opposition to the war of 1912. and
while the wings elected General Tay-
Tor i'll 1913, Notwithstanding their
to the Mexican war, the
of Taylor was caused by the
fact that the people believed him to
have been unfairly treated by Folks |
administration, and they resented |
what they conceived to an Injustice
to a gallant soldier 1t must be re-
membered, however, that Taylor was
the wing president elected, and Fill |
more, who succeeded him, was the |
last wing president in the white |
house.
Thousands of patriotic citizens
who were really opposed to the for
eign policy Of Mr.. Mckinley voted |
for him because they thought that
he should first end the war in the |
and then settle other
questions connected with the archi-
belago. And nothing was more
Freely heard i'll the camp align, from
men, than the argu-
nent that it would not do to dis
'redit our government by withdraw
ny the troops from the Philippines
while armed opposition existed there.
believe this feeling did more for
President Mckinley than any other
actor in the election.
| remember" continued the sena-
or, that twenty-eight years ago it
vas asserted that the democratic
party was dead beyond resurrection.
We had been defeated by a crushing
majority and democracy seemed to
'e past all hope, In 1873 the Mis-
souri, republicans remarked that the
party was dead and its putrid car
ass ought to be carried out to the |
public common. But what was the
eSult? We elected William Allen
governor OF Ohio in 1874. and in the
anne year the democrats carried the {
majority OF the state campaigns for ,
governors and elected a majority in ]
he house Of representatives. In {
$40 we elected Mr.. Tilden. 1t the !
prtng OF 1872, when l entered the {
eaate, there was a majority OF eight ,
emocrats in that body, and We