Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-05-02
CAVITY RECANTINC.

A ripple of excitement was caused
in Minneapolis last week by the
speeches of Judge Canty. He has just
returned from the Philippines, and
gave an account of the conditions
there. 1t was heralded by the repub-
lican papers last winter that Canty
was an ardent expansionist, and had
gone to the islands to get material for
crushing the antis. If so, he must
have changed his mind when he saw
the conditions there, for he paints a
terrible picture of the difficulties this
country will encounter in pacifying
the islands. He denounces in. the
strongest terms the administra alton s
treatment of the Philippines.
But after roasting the republican
administration CAVITY switched off and
made most unaccountable attack on
Bryan. He objects to Bryan because
he is not a trimmer. He wants him
to drop free silver because it has been
defeated once. He believes in free
silver himself, but wants to drop it in
order to win. He is willing to vote
for Bryan. but does not want him
nominated. Here is the most peculiar
part of his speech:
81 tell you that Bryan has misman-
aged the campaign up TO date. There
has been mismanagement in the west
and treachery in the east. A sigma
instance of eastern lreachery is the
action of the Vermont and Pennsyl.
vania democrats in sending Bryan
delegates to the national convention
They intend to let Bryan's nomination
and McKinley's election go by default
They have put themselves in the posi-
ton of saying: We want to give the
Bryan fellows rope enough to hang
themselves. They think that it will
insure McKin]ey's election. They be.
lieve that McKinley's next term will
be the most corrupt administration Of
a nations affairs the world has ever
seen. Their hope is that it will prove
his political death-that there will
then be strong reaction against both
McKinleyism and Organism, and thai
the gold democracy can again assert
itself.
"Their return to power would simp.
ly mean continuation of Mckinley.
ism. Western politicians, the way
things are going now, are to be forced
to step aside. Instead of Mark Han.
ma We will then have another reign OF
j. Pierpont Morgan, 1t will be re.
turn to Cleveland democracy.
That is, the eastern democrats will
defeat Bryan at the polls because they
want return of the Cleveland Nor.
Gan regime. If that is true, did il
ever occur to you, Judge, that if they
can they will defeat any man on the
democratic ticket that is not willing
to become tool of Morgan? Are we
to drop man just because he does
not suit the men you yourself de-
nounce as traitors? You classify
Cleveland democracy and Mckinley.
ism as the same thing. Aud yet you
want the: democratic party to drop the
man and the issue that created the
difference between the present demo
cratic party and the Cleveland democ
racy. 1t is the issue that unite.
Cleveland and Mckinley. If you are
as afraid of Cleveland as you seem tt
be don't you see the necessity of keep
ing up the bar that keeps him out Of
your party? You must have given
your judicial mind vacation and
turned your mouth loose without a
fguide when you uttered the above.
You base your objection to Bryan
on the alleged fact that he is too radi
cal. You were not so afraid Of radi.
calism, Judge, when yon accepted 4
nomination for justice, of the supreme
court on the most radical platform
ever adopted in Minne@ota-the popu-
list platform of 1892. II you believed
in that platform you we're far more
radical than Bryan ever has been. II
you didn't believe it you were guilty
of treachery for the purpose of getting
an Office.
DR.. G. E. Gerretson, dentist. Office
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