The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
ABOUT RE0R6ANIzIN6.

nDOUl AEOHOANIZlNO.
ElItor A. R. Miller, Of the Washing.
ton Democrat, has the following most
sensible and pertinent remarks about
the proposing democratic reorganizers.
Ii a queer thing but have you no.
ticed that the only fellows who are say
ing, or apparently thinking anything
about reoreanizing the democratic party
are the very same ones who walked out
when Bryan was nominated, and have
been of the reservation ever since?
Now they promise to be good Indians if
the rest of the party who remained loyal,
will allow the rebellions braves to make
the platforms and nominate the candi-
dates. What do you think of that for
nerves? Isn't that a little cool to ask
the loyal element OF the party to stand
aside while the boilers come in and run
the party? All that the proiigal sons
father did was to kill the fatted calf.
But he did not turn the farm over to
him and tell him to go ahead and run it
his way. 1t was enough to kill the fat.
ted calf. Itis enough if we kill the fat
ted calf for the bolting brethren, and
invite them to come back and be good
boys hereafter.
When men rebel or when Indians get
off the reservation, or when Prodigal
Sons wander astray and spend their
substance in riotous living, they are
thankful to be taken back, even at the
back door and toilet them fare as we'll
as those who went not astray. But not
better. We do not believe they ought
to be invited to sit at the head of the
table and to advise the loyal end Of the
party and write the platform and tell
them what is good.
And you have noticed that it is in.
yariablylthe newspapers that bolted who
are now busy telling the rest of us what
to do? Not paper that supported the
regular ticket is talking about reorgan.
ization. There are!papers that supper
ted Bryan and they are demanding
changes and pruning and renodeling in
platforms, but they do not ask to be the
whole works while the rest of us are
backed into siding. The papers that
are clamoring for reorganization are the
Davenport Democrat, the Montezuma
Democrat, the Burlington Gazette, and
the Chicago Chronicle. There are 9th
ers, but these are the only ones in this
part Of Iowa. And every last one Of
them we're knockers the last two pres
.idential campaigns. We could easily
figure out why each was knocker, but
it is not necessary to thresh over old
straw. They have been doing the war
dance for five years, and it is not called
for that they run the party this year.
Why do such papers as the Keokuk
Constitution Democrat. the Oskaloosa
Times, the Clinton Age, the Mt. Pleas.
ant Free Press, the Dubuque Telegraph
and several hundred other country pa
pers camor for reorganization? They
remained on the reservation and were
good Indians and thevtdo not ask any
reorganization. They are satisfied.
Would it not he foolish to listen to the
boilers rather than to the regulars? 1t
makes one tired to hear all this tomfool-
cry about reorganization when the par.
ty was never better organized. Bryan
had over million more votes than any
other democrat ever had. He had over
six and quarter million votes. In
this country Bryan had more votes than
any democratic candidate ever did before.
Does that look as if we needed reorgan-
ization?. We would not, and we also
should say not. When there is any re-
organizing to be done, we rather think
the democrats who have meyer been too
good to vote the ticket will be the ones
to do the recognizing.