The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
This Obstructs Their Efforts 10 Es-
tabIish Themselves as Lead
ers of New Party"
BRYANITE HOST RESENTFUL
THOUSANDS KEEP HEIR ADNIRA-
TION FOR TIE NEBRASkAN.
Thomas Future of Great Inn
portnnce-Situation in In
diana Analysed.

A prominent state official made some in
teresting observations yesterday on the UNI
settled condition of the Democratic party.
There is a distinctively peculiar situation
In the Democratic politics of Indiana, he
said, lat the present time. The Sentinel,
duplicating its policy Of several years ago,
is calling for a new leader and insisting
that the party shed its chameleon skin of
free silver. 1t Will be observed that in a
homeopathic way the Sentinel's editorials
before the Kansas City convention init
mated that MIR. Bry an had served his use
fulness and that his particular issue was
tagging superiuous as a political platform.
Encouraged by the action of the Ohio con-
vention in describing Organism and Popu-
lism the central organ of the party becomes
more aggressive and stalwart. and while
it n~eglects to furnish the leader i'm the able
writer who penned the editorial. it still
calls for some Napoleonic Democrat. in
sisting that he shall nave the attributes of
the late Samuel Jones Tilden.
The action of the Ohio Democratic con-
vention and the editorials of the Sentinel
were such a broadside that the party in
lilNldl4o, 81 d dS tApltSSlOhS NdH Dt Sdln-
cred. is not ready to accept unanimously
the conclusions of these oracles. II is man
ifest that there is still a Bryan following
and that there are plenty of adherents 10
Bryan's spectacular principles.
Last week, when the drought was the
most severe, there were names mentioned
in connection with places on the Demo-
cratic state ticket, but since the rains have
come and it is apparent that disaster is not
to overtake the farming interests. the list
of anxious candidates has been abridged,
and, unless something intervenes that is to
destroy or curtail the wonderful prosper
ity, the draft will have to be enforced to
secure a representative ticket. The only
section of Democratic politics that seems
10 have a live wire attached TO il is the
socialistic offshoot that IS now in conven-
tion in Indianapolis. These people claim TO
be actuated by principle and, while they al
most universally come from the Democrat
ic party, they claim TO be only the advance
guard of a revolt from the ranks OF the old
Organization that has so steadily followed
to defeat the Democracy of Organism and
Populism for the last three or four cleo
tlons.
LOOKING TO TAGGART.
1T is only in strong Democratic counties
or in Democratic congressional districts
where there is an assured majority that
there is any vitality left among the rank
and file of the old Democratic party. There
is hope that Mayor Taggart may succeed
to the craftsmanship of the national COM
mittee and with this hope is faith that in
an off year, with the Taggart methods and
the money ne could get from the national
purse. Indiana could be made to appear in
such a situation that the party would rally
around another effort for supremacy.
universally over the State. so far as my
observation goes. there Is a disposition to
await the result in Indianapolis. 1t Is
known that Mr.. Taggart is going to make
his last stand and his greatest effort TO
succeed himself as mayor of indianapolis,
believing that with such a demonstration
of popular approval the result would com
and he land as the chairman of its ma
tional organization.
"The difficulty the Sentinels editorials
are IN ving is that the new issues and the
new leader that are clamored for are TO be
under the sponsorship Of men who were
openly against the success Of the party in
the last two national elections, and this is
not palatable to the thousands of Demo-
Gratis who voted for Bryan and who fol-
lowed the cause of free silver because they
believed IN the honesty or their candidate
and the justice of their cause as an endur-
ing principle of orthodox Democracy. The
protest of the Democratic paper in Rock
vile, while il will not be quoted as general
ly as will be the editorials of the Sentinel,
Is still the consensus Of opinion among the
Democratic newspapers and among the
| Democratic legions. They are against
making the betrayers Of the last two presi-
DENTAL elections the leaders in elections
that are 70 come, no matter whether the
monetary and lmperlallStc issues are 10 De
shelved or not.
TOO WORN FOR REPAIR.
Down i'm the Second district the Demo-
cratic effort is not so much to rally the
party again for a state campaign. but 1t
has degenerated into a bushwhacking con-
test as to who, from a dozen different
county leaders, shall contest with Repre-
sentative Miers for the next congress
sional nomination, and this is practically
the situation in the Twelfth and Fourth
districts. The coterie Of leaders who in
spired the new departure as announced by
the Sentinel has been expecting 10 select
some returned Philippine soldier of Demo
cratic standing who can lead the ticket
in a campaign against modined IMPERIAL
worn the uniform OF Uncle sam, MS per-
sonal services in the campaign ana upon
Democracy that the policy or this gov
eminent i'm the Philippines Is only a pro-
gressive step toward an ultimate empire.
Take it all in all. the situation from
a Democratic standpoint is much as II
was in 1850. when voters who had fol-
lowed the fortunes OF Democracy from
their voting age and from the times OF
Jackson were convinced that the principles
of the party were eternally wrong, and
that as an organization II had outliVed IFS
capacity for the successful government or
r country requiring the genius and patriot
ism required by this government. hence
they abandoned the old organization and
united with what has since developed into
the geatest political agency for the per
petuation Of free institutions and success
full business management since govern
ments were founded among men. Unless
we are 10 have "A panic. a famine or a
protracted drought. the long-headed Dem
ocrats and those whose cOunsels have the
candor OF cool elaboration are quietly OF
opinion that the time has not yet come
when another new rehabilitation of the old
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OF Democracy can succeed either in State
or Nation