The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-11-16
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| SOME PERTINENT POINTS ON OUR
| POLITICAL. DISASTER
What Bryan Stands For--HOw tho Defeat
or Dem" "cracy In Viewed by Conserva-
tive Thinkers az Soon as They Have
Gotten Their wits Back

Tho American people," says the
Iowa Capital, "refuse to learn any
lessons except in ndversity. No
man can teach IN American any,
thing when he has money to burn.
But when he is on the road to tho
soup house, he is tho most obedient
scholar in all the school,"
The Columbia State sounds one
clear note in the valley of defeat.
and asks two or three very peril
nent questions which disafrected,
if not disappointed, Democrats may
consider with profit: It says; "To
dethrone Bryan from the position he
holds in the hearts Of the democra-
cy and it's allies you must cause them
to lose confidence in him. How are
you going to do that? Bryan did
not lead the people into false path;
he champloned the cause they had
at heart and appointed him to cham
plon. Therefore he has in no case
betrayed them into disaster, and this
they know full we'll. How, then,
will you see about the retirement of
Bryan from political leadership aud
representation Of the democracy's
cause. Besides, one loader cannct
be retired until there is another to
take his place.
Who is to take Bryan's place?
What man in the party can you
name who would make such lead.
or as Bryan who has proved even iu
defeat" Who is he, and where is
he? Name him. - News and Cour-
ier.
London, Nov. 0.-Tho speaker
tomorrow will say Of the American
election:
"The things which are uppermost
are that man is The slave of the dol.
lar That seems to be the chief i'm
preston conveyed by the victory of
MIR. Mckinley. The veriest tyro
must know the party of Mr.. Croker
leads in New York must be far from
an ideal party. But what is rather
absurdly called Organism and what
might better be called the new de.
mocracy does vaguely represent an
effort to raise the American republic
to better standard of life, to re-
mind the people of the idealism from
which the republic was born, to curb
the dangerous power Of organized
capital and to make republican in
stitutions square with the principles
OF liberty and equality and what is
good in the politics Of Mr.. Bryan
will remain. It is Mr.. Br"an's per-
sonality rs candidate for president
which disappears for the simple rea-
son that the aggression of the monop-
olies is certain to become moro ty.
rannical ana moro ;nsolvent every
day. Materialism is riding man-
kind in the United States as in Eu-
rope"
The Spectator will say tomor.
row:
"The whole world is Interested
this time in the election of an Amer
ioan president and justly, for it con-
oerns the whole world. We do not
it is true, believe that Mr.. Bryan if
elected could have put back the
clock and compelled the Am ericans
to attend exclusively to their domes.
tic affairs. Circumstances are
stronger than the teachings of the
founders of the republic and a rich
people of 7G,000,000 situated on the
Atlantic and Pacific, with the grow
ing necessity for commerce with the
politics of Asia and therefore in the
politics of the nations who are try.
ing to eat up Asia. The American
people have been consulted and &C
cept their new position as a world
wide .power,> ready for the con.
sequent sacrifices and will in the fu-
ture share.in tho general movement
Of the nations. Instead of standing
cynically and selfishly aloof, they
will govern Hawaii and Porto Rico;
they will keep the Philippines and
they will acquire so much of the
world as is essential to the develop:
ment Of their power and trade. We
heartily welcome this decision"
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