Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-02
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oOTsPoKEN DEMOCRATIC Ed
TORS.
Den'er republican (Pop): MANY ST.
yer Republicans and Populists will fell,
disappointed over the rather jgnom n
lou defeat of Mr.. Towne,
new York Times, Deml. Rryan
lo"ne and the Sioux Falls ponujists
are the only persons who will feel or
Express any emotions over the nomi-
nation or Adlai Stevenson for vice
president on the Bryan ticket. Mr.
stevenson Is a respectable man, too re
spectacle for the company he will keap
IoF the next four month"; but he is
getter." WV
Philadelphia Record CDsm.l. The
contention over the silver plank has
demonstrated clearly that the break in
the Democratic party that existed VIII n
bryan was nominated in 1896 still con-
Clhues n still makes 1T impossible to
the position of 1896 and e,ect
the Democratic candidate.
New York Times gold DEM: II is
rtuna for the nation, fortunate for
us business interests and its pro yperity
that the Organized Democracy at Kan
Sas City refuses to dissemble its v
lutlonary purposes or make any con-
cesslons to the conservative wing of the
party. In their naked u~gliness the
party n its principles are not dan
gerous.
baltimore Sun (Dem.): Bryan had it
IN his power to secure the support of
that large element in his party which
he ~alienated four years ago, but he has
been unwilling to make any OF the con-
cesslons which ordinary prudence and
political sagacity should have d'ctat~d
without abandonment Of principle. The
dictator Is not always acceptable to the
american people, and Mr.. Bryan's
Vlndlcatton" may prove the most cost
ly blunder in his political career.
Milwaukee Journal (Dem.): No party
can get away from its history. The
party was tied to free silver: it could
not get away from it, even when want
ing to. And this puts weapons in the
hands Of the Republicans.
DR.. Frank A. Bryant, 105 West Sew
enty-second street: We must admire
Mr.. Bryan for his persistency, but not
for his discretion. In my Judgment he
will be beaten worse this time than he
was before, and | sincerely hope that
he will be.
General Horatio C.. King: I have no
sympathy with the platform nor the
man. | shall vote the Republican tick
Ell. All who refuse to accept the Bry-
an ticket should unite against it.
aCob F. Miller, lawyer, 120 Broad
way: The nomination Of Bryan and
the r~eaf1rmation of the silver plank
are suicidal to the Democratic party.
SILVER MEN INDIGNANT.
"The fiasco in the silver Republican
convention will lose Bryan every state
on the Pacific slope" said Editor A. J.
Blethen of Seattle, Wash. ut was a
fatal mistake Of the Democrats not to
nominate Towne; 1t was more fatal
when the Silver Republicans turned
him down and made it possible for
Stevenson to be the nominee. 1t is
almost useless for us to make a cam
paign on the coast"
Il shall support Mr.. Bryan and Stew
enson," said Senator Pettigraw OF
South Dakota, "but I know a mistake
has been made and it will cost us thou
sands of votes. The fasteners got con-
troll of the Democratic convention and
loaded up the ticket to insure BTyan's
defeat"
Nebraska is Just as certain to go
against Bryan a the day follows
night, said G. f. Gibson of Omaha
Stevenson is a load. We should have
had a hard fight at best. Now we have
no show on earth"
"It is no use for us to waste any time
trying to keep California out OF the
Mckinley column now" said w. Fl.
Hudson Of Los Angeles. "The ticket
Just nominated is certain to go down
in defeat not only in our state but all
over the west"
at is a great disappointment to me-,
said Senator Henry M. Teller of Colo
RADIO, but we must do the best we can
to elect it. The liberty of the people is
at stake"
"I don't like the ticket, but will sup
port it," said the national committee
man, DR.. Lawrence of Kansas. II
makes it hard for us to carry Kansas"