The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-02
BRYAN MEN MORE CHEERFUL.
sAvAxNAHIANs BEGIN TO THINK
THEIR CANDIDATE HAS A CHANCE
TO WIN.

Blown Away They Sec That Things
Are Not So Serene in the Republic
can Camp They Were Made to
Appear-With Any Sort of n Rea-
sOnnbIe Platform Democratic Bus
mess Men VIII Vote the Ticket.
All Depends on the Platform to BE
Adopted This Week Mt Kansas
city.
The Democratic National Convention
meets at Kansas City this week. and all
eyes will be centered there for a time
az least. That is, unless the Boxers do
something terrible in China, or the Beers
gain victory over Lord Roberts in South
Africa.
Like the Republican Convention at
Philadelphia. the head Of the ticket is
positively known beforehand and the tail
of the ticket is still in the woods. I'm
like the Republican Conveption, however,
the interest does not center chiefly in
the vice presidential candidate. There is
no Rough Rider candidate TO mate with
Bryan. and the only question which will
confront the convention in this matter
is whether a favorite of the East or the
West shall be chosen. whether the candi-
date shall be a rank free silverite from
the West of the Mississippi or d "bimet-
allist," who regards the money question
as practically settled, from the east of
that stream and north of the Ohio. The
South is not considered in this calcula-
ton.
The question is an i'm. ortant one, but,
east of the Mississippi al least, the plat
form is generally regarded is more i'm
portant. Thousands of good Democrats
who voted for Mckinley and Hobart last
time, or for Palmer and Buckner, or who
old not vote at al, are anXiously waiting
to see whether they will be given a plat
form on which they stand while at the
same time maintaining their mental and
political equilibrium. 1t is a time when
the platform is of mere Importance than
the man.
The Republican platform was cut and
dried beforehand as everybody knows. In
fact, it seems to have been a Ii tie too dry
for many ardent Republicans and they
are having considerable difficulty in swal-
lowing it. The Kansas City Convention
will not make its own platform any more
than the Philadelphia Convention made
men seem TO have made the Republican
Platform, while one put the finishing
touches to it, at least a score, aud prob
ably two score will have something to
say in making the one at Kansas City.
The leaders of the North the South and
the West will put their heads toge, her,
and there will be some very deep cogita-
ton before a platform is offered for the
considera ion of the convention. Then it
is more than likely that a few peope en-
the floor of the convention will have
something to say about the platform, and
1t may have to be returned for amend.
ment. 1t will not be cut-and-dried affair
anyway.
1t is remarkable what a change in senti-
ment has occurred locally since the
echoes of the Republican Convention died
away. When the convention first conclud-
ed its work everybody seemed to regard
the result as a foregone conclusion. Dem
ocrats readily acknowledged that the
ticket was a strong one. that the unani-
nifty and harmony was remarkable and
that all this pointed to undoubted success.
1t was freely said that Mckinley and
Roosevelt would get LOCO votes in Savan-
nah and bets of two and three to one on
the national result were freely offered,
with no takers.
Now that it is realized that the enthus-
iasm of the Philadelphia convention was
| manufactured and the newspaper men
who were there are telling the people that
there was less real enthusiasm than they
ever knew at a national convention, and
the Republican leaders are charging each
other with doctoring the platform the
Democrats are beginning to realize that
things are not always what they seem.
There is general feeling current that
with a good man named to run with
Bryan chill or some other Eastern mani
| and the money question handled in a con-
| sentative manner the Democrats have a
! good show to win.
Savannah is a comemrcial town and
pretty much on the same order of COM
| mercial towns elsewhere said business
man yesterday THE hundreds of good
business men who voted the Mckinley
| ticket four years ago are not disposed 70
do so again, and there is a general incln-
| alton to stay in the party ranks, if they
are not forcibly pushed out. While there
was a general feeling the other day tina,
1900 would be merely repetition of 1896
this feeling has changed and there is now
NOT only hope that Bryan may win, but
a belief that he will win, provided the
| platform is not extreme. Business men
| generally regard the money question a.
settled for years to come and they see
no reason why the convention should give
| special attention to a subject which is no
| longer live topic. If Mr.. Bryan and
his friends will be reasonable in this mat
ter they may see success perch upon their
banners. There are thousands of business
men in the North, especially in New York
| CITY, Democrats in principle, who view
the matter just as we do. They are willing
TO vote for a Democratic candidate on al
most any platform except a silver pla =
form. Anti-imperialism and anti-trusts.
with the mismanagement OF the Republi-
cans in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philip
pines, furnish ample subjects for the party
platform. Like silver very little of the
Chicago platform will go a long ways now
and the Democratic leaders would do well
40 bear this in mind
There are no doubt hundreds of business
men In Savannah and elsewhere through
out the country who take just the same
view of the matter and who are willing
to help the Bryan campaign along with
their money and their votes, If given half
a showing.
Do you read what people say about
Hoods Sarsaparilla? II is curing all
forms of disease caused or promoted by