Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-12
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City Mr.. BryaI should not tsf, iken too
seriously. IL .snay very w.ll be that
there Is mot 4 word OF troih'' In the
premature reI,s;t that IL Ia organized
to maintain his s.erenniai candidacy for
the office Of Prss lient. or th,z he is the
author Of its dc iafatIon OF principles.
This. however. groves nolhAir; In re-
CARDS Mr.. Bryaf. future Identification
with this moyrtssni. should s'.become
sufficiently important To war-nnt him
in assuming its la idership.
What Mr.. Bryan may iind Hito his
political interest b' do now or n some
future iinc in tb. matter OF party nf'
filiauons Is OF ms.h morc interest 10
the peopi. OF the Sssith than TO thosc OF
the North. The pIss mt dlsorsahlE tion
OF the Dcaocratic ssr'y In the South
Is due almost wholly To his insiss.nce
upon the III anciai assi economic here
rsies which E.ie introduced and which,
under his disastrous leadership. ,t.-
.capc for ih. time i-eiuG Democratic
,do,srinc. IL cannot haze escaped The
tknaviedsc Of Sir. Bryan that SO far -
the South Is cSnecrncd hss contlnunne.
In Democratic leadership. even To the
extent OF being permitted so exercise q
strong personal influence In shaping
the .Iar.y policy or In the s.iccilon OF
CANDIDATES. would render IL Impcsslbic
for the II, ,mocra,ie party TO carry more
than twoSr ,hrsc ssuthcrn states on n
snir count OF bailoss east. Certainly
-os,sthiri. fsid pcrhays onehnif Of the
ballots east Cor him ~ the South In the
last presidential election were urwlll.
tng votes. whLh he would not hav. re-
cclyat II those who cas-, them had hot
Sc,t snnc ,ha, III. election svas impossi-
blc In any event, and tina; for reasons
wholly Independent OF his cs sndldncy IL
was cSp-lIcnt TO esst Dcmo.raiic bal.
lots Thls condition prccini.s The Idea
of his again bccomib. u candidate OF
tAs Democratic party. or OF retaining
she measure Of influence as n iradcr
wbi,=, would satisfy his ambition or
give the scope for his restless energies
which these must have. lie {. used To
defeat. ana probably nt no time really
expected TO be elected. but he has Who'll.
ly lost the habit OF retirement within
the sphere Of private citizenship. and
we imagine he had rather lead for
larn hope and 80 Keep IN the public eye
than disappear from notice and con.
tent himself with u commonplace life
OF modest ob-curity.
II the wealth aud intelligence OF the
South have any voice In the matter Mr..
Bryan can have no further rccogni.
tIon as leader OF the Democratic party.
1t should not be forgotten. however.
that he still has n following in the
South which Is numerically strong. and
which Is allied with the Democracy
only because such alliance seemed to
promise II an advantage which 1t has
not realized and from which Dcmocra-
cy has gained no benefit. That each
should desire separation Is only natu-
raj. Should they drift apart Mr.. Bryan
could gain no advantage from remain
Ing with the Democratic party. His
friends and followers. In whose loyalty
resides all the political strength he
ever had. would have left the party
and swarmed by themselves. Consti-
tuted as he Is. 1t is scarcely possible
that he could remain Democrat with
out influence or following when the
al lnI tnly
the discarded standard emblazoned
with the shibboleths OF his two unsuc-
cessful campaigns and formed party
to teach and preach them and fight for
them.
1t Is not to be expected that so
shrewd n politician as Mr.. Bryan
would be found ostensibly identified
with the Kansas City movement in its
suggest to him the wisdom of waiting
until the movement has taken shape
and effected an organization of some
sort. But 1t Is inconccivablc that he
is not with them in spirit. A company
of Populists, Socialists, Communists.
public ownership advocates. single tax
ers, Silver Republicans, cranks, NAL
contents and Bryan Democrats could
not very well unite on any other leader
than Mr.. Bryan, and If he is not with
them he will be, should the movement
survive the pangs of birth, for the ex-
cellent reason that by that time he
will have no other place to go, polite
ally. So far as the South is concerned,
the Democrats are fully reconciled to
the loss of their Populistic allies. They
brought the party very little strength
and to hold them the South must con
tinue to oppose the policies which are
in the highest degree essential to its
industrial and commercial develop