The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
DEMOCRATS MEET.
Continued from First Page.


publicans didn't bring the good times
they came in spite of them, with good
crops, increased gold production and for
eign balances. An old doctor was lectur-
ing to his assistant one day, and pre-
scribed a hot bath for a certain disease,
the assistant replied he had given
an ice cold bath under such
| circumstances, and the patient
| had recovered Well said the old doctor
| lit merely shows how much poor human
| nature can endure. And the good times
coming in spite Of McKinleys tariffs.
| trusts and Imperialism, merely shows how
| great, resourceful and ineXhaus ible is
! our country Mr.. Bryan has all the COM
| mercial and manufacturing classes united
| ly opposed to him throughout the whole
country, and these men have more than
| an average of brains, influence and
| money. Even the politicians who are
| shouting for him admit II is impossible
| for him 10 win with his handicap. They
| say, however, that it never pays polite
! ians to be pioneers and the people viii
| find out the truth for themselves in No
| vember. O, for leaders North and South
| who had the courage of L. Q. c. La
! mar, to teach people that the path
| of duty is the path of honor and ult-
| mately of success.
Bryan stands in the Way.
when the South was crushed and help
less and bleeding at every pore this great
| party stood between her and humiliation.
| Let the democracy of the East convince
| the South that Mr. Bryan stands in the
| way of Democratic success and she will
| quickly show you how 90 choose between
the two. a similar crisis confronted our
| party in 1874 when Mr.. Van Buren, was
put forward by New York for the presi-
dental nomination. He had been Presi-
dent, and was the leader of his party, for
Old Hickory was then in retirement at
the Hermitage Mr. Van Buren, had
majority of the delegates on the first bal
lot but could never secure the necessary
two-thirds, for the South was convinced
he could not be elected if nominated, and
held out against him. The North yield
an impending defeat was turned into
glorious victory l cannot believe the
South loves the party less in 1900 than the
North did in 1874.
Wants to Defeat Mckinley.
MY object is not the defeat of Mr.
Bryan bur the defeat of Mr.. Mckinley;
TO defeat Mr. Mckinley, however, ii will
become necessary to defeat Mr.. Bryan
for the nomination. The spineess vacllat-
ing course of the present administration
always starting out with high sounding
phrases about plain duty and 'benevo-
lent assmilations' but always found in
the end doing the bidding of the trusts
I even at the sacrifice of the constitution
and our word Of honor, has disguised the
whole country, and it tires our indigna
ton in trying 10 keep up with it. The
people are very much in the frame OF
mind John Randolph of Roanoke was on
his visit TO the North. He ordered the
waiter at the tavern to change his, cup.
The waiter inquired if he desired tea or
coffee If this, he said pointing with his
scornful forefinger to the cup which had
been served him. be tea, bring me coffee,
if this be coffee, bring me tea. L want
change In my opinion we would have
/ d change, too, if our party would but
! nominate a conservative man, who would
not frighten the business interests of the
country-a man like Judge Van Wyck
who in his own person unites and repre-
sents both North and South, and stands
I for a progressive, dignifed, and cOnserv-
alive Democracy. Mr.. jefferson had such
a type of man in mind in his letter to
Gov Sullivan wherein he says Il con-
/ fess l am not reconciled to the idea of a
chief magistrate parading himself through
the several states as an object of public
| gaze, and in quest of an applause which
| to be valuable should be purely volun-
} tary' L had rather acquire silent good
Will continues Mr.. jefferson, by a
faithful discharge of my duties than owe
/ expressions Of it to my putting myself
in the way of receiving them "
Ex-Gov. CampbeII's Speech.
Ex-Gov. Campbell followed with an adj
dress on THE Restoration of Jefferson
. ian Democracy" He said in part:
ne DOlI.cal party luuIueO Dy InOflldS
jefferson cannot survive haf-D Democratic
- and half-Populistic There must be eth
er dissolution or restoration of pure Dem
ocracy. It is true that many thousands of
us will again support the nominees of our
party no matter into what mistakes ii
may fall, but it is equally true that many
other thousands will forever abandon the
party if it again supplants truth with err
: ror Democracy means the opportunity.
/ elevation and reign of the individual, but
'Populism is that perverted form of So
cialism which can lead only to the thralI-
, dom of the individual and the enthrone-
. ment of the plutocrat.
Not only did the fusion with Populism
result in disaster, as all departures to
, such issues are sure to do, but defeat did
not seem to teach us anything.
'"This may be our last stand. Let the
party of plutocracy once more succeed.
aud the census and the election statistics
will become the powerful weapons where
by the Democratic South shall be deprived
of her rights under the tattered remnants
of the constitution. If the men Of the
South love Populism more than they love
truth let them adhere to 1t and drive the
l knife into the Vtals Of Jeffersonian De-
; mocracy. Let us hope that a Kansas
a City on the nations birthday a regenerat-
/ ed Democracy shall redeem the country
and redeem the country to the common
people"