El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-13
ARE FAR APART
LOCAL DEMOCRATS EXPRESS A
Variety OF VIEWS
Some OF Them Want Reorganization
and Some OF Them Don't and
Many OF Them Sill Adhere To

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: What is the future of the democrat
ic party?
Should the party be reorganiZed and
should the free silver and imperial
I isms' planks be left out OF the party
platforms OF the future?
These are questions that are coming
in for extensive discussion since the
election and the published interviews
of many national democrats. who have
stood by Bryan and his dictatorship
during the past eight years show that
they are taking more interest in the
question than anything else now be-
fore them.
| That the reorganization of the party.
or at least the abandonment of the
ideas of Bryan. is essential to the pos
sible success of the party hereafter
seems to he the popular idea with one
7 faction of the party: but the Bryan
, ideas have taken such a strong hold ON
many that they still contend that the
: party principles are right as they are
The Herald has secured the express
sion OF many local democrats on the
subject and among them are found tn.
ideas OF every kind OF n democrat and
IL is plain to be seen that the leaders
are very far apart.
Judge J. r. Harper: The democrat
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The reorganization threat is not I'M
usual after temporary defeat at the
polls. but the democratic party lived
through 80 years of defeat following
the civil war and can do IL again. II
is the old fight between Hamiltonian
and Jeffersonian ideas of government:
the former insisting on a strong CEN
trai government and the latter oppos-
ing it I. will go on.
AC to .,lf
per. the party platform has always
declared for il. and so have the repub-
licans until their last convention
There is recognized need of plenty of
basic money. The recent defeat of Mr.
Bryan is no reason to despair.
The matter of his democracy is a
right sacred one to Captain Charles
Davis. He commenced to vote AMI
work for his political faith in southern
Texas. when to be a declared democrat
was not like going on a picnic
1T tried mems souls" said Mr.. Davis.
to stand opposed to the 'carpt-bag
rule
| - have always been faithful TO my
! party. land Mr.. Davis was evidently
! much moved by the declaration he was
makingJ but I voted for Mckinley last
| week bcause | thought duty to my
country demanded il. The country is
ueniOc-atlC ana the people want to
vote tnat way. but the party is hold
ing to one or two issues which they
will not tolerate. These are free and
| unlimited coinage of silver and anti
eXpan sion. When she drops these the
victory is already won. There is no
need for reorganization. and therefore
think nothing permanent will be af-
fected.
Wants No Fusion.
Major Fewell: If the party is not
recognized with different leaders and
different principles We will have no
democratic party. We have not had
democratic party since Cleveland's last
election. but we can have by return
ing to the old principles of the party
ard take our principal planks out OF
the republican platform.
The republicans have stolen our
principles and we must get them back
or We will have no party. Another
| thing let the nominee be the nominee
of the democratic party alone. We
do not want the support of the popu-
lists and all the other lists in thu.
| country.
The populists have stolen the dem
ocratic party. | took the utmost sat =