The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-22

boom is launched. l knew when last in
New York that the plans were being
formed to spring his name, by his con-
sent, on the Kansas City convention, for
the purpose OF splitting, if possible. the
Bryan forces; SO good old honest Dewey
has spoiled the game again, by the fatal
mistake of spiking their gun before it
was loaded. 1t is a sad sight to see a
man who all American loves. and wor-
shipped as a national hero, made the cats
paw of the nation he has so we'll served
The humiliation of contemplating man
that stood where Dewey has stood, COM
hitting the ungraceful act of personally
announcing himself as candidate for the
Presidency of the United States. in about
the same manner, a candidate for the Of
flee of constable in some small county Of
fee would announce himself, by saying
that many of his friends, whose names he
does not care to diy!llge, have solicited
him to run, that he can no longer With
hold his name "and now announce my
self as candidate for the highest of:ce in
the nation" So pressing has been the So
licitation of some of these friends that
they did not caution him to wait until
they were ready, they so misled him
lItdI he ulu uOJ even GliON 1hO
ment read that the many friends of Adj
miral Dewey have finally persuaded him
to change his mind and offer himself a
sacrifice to political responsibility, and
we now take pleasure in announcing him
as candidate for the Presidency before
the American people. And as he has no
political party ties we trust both the old
parties will side-track their leaders and
nominate him. Yet he says himself,
since changing his mind and announcing
himself. that Mckinley will be nominated
by the Republican party. This shows
the cloven foot, for he does not say
whether he is Democrat or Republican.
The Admiral has allowed himself to be
mislead and l will tell him, in my hum
BILE judgment, how if he does not know it..
Some weeks ago | stood for quarter of
an hour and contemplated the great
Dewey Arch on Broadway, New York;
that arch is history, past and future; it
represents sincere alteration for Dewey;
it represents deception to Dewey; it rep
resents honest idolatry, and hypocritical
idolatry; it represents the threat to wipe
out the condition of the constitution OF the
United States, and the plan to put capital
above labor in the structure of the Gov
L.. IHOuSut, 40 HiCh OIeSh ehihh,
when they get on top of the high mountain
peak, and look away in the distance, re-
flecting the future, then behind them re-
flecting on the distant past.
Honest history will tell the coming gen
erations had there been no Bryan the
city of New York would never have built
the Dewey Arch. When Dewey passed
under that arch he had reached the
zenith of his glory as the military hero
in American hearts, had he run then, I'M
der the deceptive purpose of that great
boom, as an American candidate for
President, so imbued was the nation. at
that time with hero worship, more than
likely he would have been elected. but
he declined, and gave sound reasons, and
so sound that they will live in his honor
when he has gone to the better land to
palliate his first mistake in giving away
the first great free will Offering confer
red upon him by the American people.
Now he has Inundated this same peoplc
by second mistake in refuting the words
that immortalized him, and made him
chief among the idoliZed soldiers of
America, when he declined political Of
flee as reward for his services.
Now there can be but one construction
put on this move, God forbid and do not
believe that Dewey at heart realizes just
what it means | cannot believe he does.
This pressure on him is to defeat the un-
animous State endorsement now being
rolled up for Bryan in the July conven-
ton. The fatal statement that Mckinley
will be nominated shows, as he truly
says that he is no politician. A true
Democrat is Democrat wherever he is,
under all circumstances, and not afraid
to say so, and so is a true Republican.
So here is the milk in the
cocoanut shell. Not long since,
while in New York, attending sew
eral public meetings l saw that the De-
mocracy that fought the Chicago plat
form was waking up to the fact that the
great State of New York was rapidly
wheeling in the line with the Chicago
platform. I heard Republicans say if
Bryan was not defeated for the nomina-
ton this time. the Republicans would
have the hardest fight of their lives to
keep him out of the White House. They
concede that there is no living man that
can defeat Mckinley today unless it is
Bryan. They do not even hope to have.
or be able to organize. a Palmer and
Buckner Side Show to aid Mckinley this
time. 1t did it's work before, but they
know that traitor work has made BRYAN
dearer and stronger with the people than
he ever was before. The strength of the
Palmer and Buckner business was in New
York. Dewey says his strongest solicita-
ton comes from New York, and that it
comes from men high in both parties. We
all know men once leaders, high on the
top rounds in New York Democracy were
the men who defeated Bryan and helped
to elect Mckinley. The nation knows
the reward to that class of Democracy
was Lyman ]. Gage. as Secretary of the
Treasury-a so-called Democrat-accept-
ing the most important office at the hands
of Republican administration. Yea
Gods, what standard of political honor
There is no hope with the LYMAN Gage
type of Democracy helping Mckinley
beat Bryan on the third ticket plan if
Bryan is nominated this time The great
money men of New York knew that the
hour Lyman Gage, professed Democrat.
took the oath, as a Republican Secretary
of the Treasury, that they challenged
American integrity to defeat their pur-
pose of surrendering the money interets
of this country to the National Banks
And the only way to maintain it in their
hands was to keep Bryan out of the White
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