The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-11
Down Goes Bryan.

The Ohio democracy yesterday not only
removed the epidermis from William
Jennings Bryan, but virtually declined
to pronounce against trusts, defeating
Monnett, the antitrust candidate for at
torney general, and otherwise smashing
all the traditions of democratic history.
ooh, what fall was there, my coun-
trymen!" in the language of Mark An
tony. Think Of it! Weep over it! Ex-
plain it, If you can, oh We Montana dem>
ocratic organs that are shouting for
Bryan and cursing very corporation
having a capital of more than two dol
lars.
Where is the man who wrote when
Bryan Came to Butte?" Let him turn
loose the muse on the subject Of when
Bryan Went Down and Out"
Who will care for the Anaconda Stand
ard, the Butte Miner and the regular
and independent democracy of Montana
now?
Will they all be able to prove that the
entire democratic convention Of Ohio has
been corrupted by trust money, and
tumbled head over heels into the rear
political pockets Of Mark Hanna?
If not, how is the Columbus horror to
be explained?
But hush! Bryan was not entirely
without supporters. The Tribune Of the
People was not wholly ignored when the
Kansas City platform denouncing the
supreme court and pledging the party to
anarchy and riot was mentioned. When
one gallant democrat offered resolution
Endorsing Bryan and the platform, only
pa out Of $50 delegates voted against it..
why, therefore, should the Bryan organs
in Montana, who believe with their chief
in free trade, anarchy and idleness-why
should they be discouraged?
Besides, look at the platform. Is it
not still democratic? Does it not curse
everybody and find fault with everything
Does it not insist that this country is
still in the throes Of general disaster
business paralysis and widespread mis-
cry and want? Does it not abuse and
misrepresent the government, falsify the
to the nations enemies and denounce it,
friends? Does it not call for the sup
preston Of great business enterprises
that are giving work and wages to the
people and successfully fighting tbs
competition of Europe in the interest c.
American labor and capital? Does Il
not insist on the closing of foreign mar
kets and the loss of national prestige BY
crazy reversal Of the policy that ha:
made the nation great and prosperous.
prejudices of the ignorant and ignore
every fact and figure that appeals to thu
public intelligence and patriotism and
pride?
So why should the Bryan organs o
free trade despair? With six votes il
the convention standing Loyalty by thei
chief and pointing to his past achieve
ments, and with a demand in the plat
form for free trade, for the abolition o
courts, for the suppression of enterprise
for the intimidation Of home capital an
the consequent loss Of home labor, wha
more could be asked of a democratic
convention?
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan has not been send
ting enough copies of the Lincoln (Neb.
Weekly Commoner (pop. and dem.) I.
his Ohio constituents during the pas
six months to enable HIM to capture tn
entire convention. But, under the cir
cumstances, six votes out of $50 is reai
more than Mclean expected him to gel
SO it is hoped the Miner and Standar
will not feel discouraged.