Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-19
The AKRON DEMOCRAT
WHO ARE DEMOCRATS2

as a Reputation of the platforms Of
those years and a personal affront to
Mr. Bryan, which took place at the late
Ohio convention. tt is both interest
ing and instructive also to notice how
the Republican papers are pattlng these
rebels on the back and telling them
what good Democrats they are. The
plutocratic organs of New York see
In this condition of things great sign
n;nety-ninth time assure their readers
that silver is dead and buried, and that
the sexton has locked the Gene
terry gate, thrown the key into the well
and gone home 10 supper. We but re
peat sound maxim when we warn
the Democrats to look out for the
Greeks when they bear such gifts as
these
We do not think that Mr.. Bryan was
accorded fair treatment at Columbus.
III the newspaper accounts of the
transaction are anywhere near cor
rect II was only an exhibition of the
boorishness of the contingent which
30 far as noise was concerned, was
In control in the convention, and II
sample of what may he expected Il
they shall ever be in control in the
State. But the personality of Mr.
Bryan counts for very little in com
paiison with the cause of which he
Is, TO the minds of several millions Of
our people, still the ahlcst reprcsen-
tativc, and he easily can, and very
cheerfullv win, pocket the insult.
II such it WAS intended 10 be by its
rude perpetrators, so far rs lie is him
SELF concerned. We have heretofore
expressed our conviction of the i'm
materialty of the sins OF omission to
be found in the platform. But, since
the question of the endorsement of the
issues of 1896 and 1000 was distinctly
raised in the convention, we think
good party faith, as we'll as good
policy, should have dictated II less
offensive treatment of IT, And this,
chiefly because the disposition made
of II can be turned into an occasion
for the bolter to say, as they are say
ing, that the work of the convention
Indicates reaction Of the party from
its position taken in 1896. and that
II is to be viewed as an invitation to
the Grover Cleveland barnacles to
again f8sten themselves upon the
organization.
But In one respect at least, the
boasted repudiation Of the party s
past has served q good purpose. II
has warned the people Just what may
be expected In case the element now
rackling so loudly Of their victory
should be permitted to again he in the
saddle. We greatly mistake the
temper of the rank and file of the
Democratic voters of the country If
they will again cntrust with leader.
snip those who have betrayed them
in the past, If 1t Is TO he only n
question Of which of two privileged
classes is 10 plunder them then by
all means leave the job to the Repub.
leans. They are no more conscience.
less, aud having had hold of the pub
lie pap for so long n time, they are
not half AZ hungry as the old Grover
to galvanize their corpscs back int,
their former life of community OF
greed with the Republicans
One Of the ioudcst and most indecent
of these bygoncs s Wattcrson, of tn,
louisville Courier.Journnl He saws
"'rhe new day has dawncd Dcatl
20 the fools who get in the way
Watterson was II rebel in 1861, iust
as he was rebel In 1896 and 1900
and Just rs he il today. In 1861, h,
was a rebel with arms in his hands
to perpetuato the privilege which ON,
class claimed of eating their bread il
the sweat of somebody clse's face
aud OF mans right TO larrup his owl
niger under his own vine and tig.trc,
with none 10 molest or make hin
afraid, About a million more or lcsi
.-of fools got in the way" of thi,
programme, also with guns IN thcl
hands, anG Mr.. Confederate Waiter
son found out that the new day
was not dnwuing so much as it ha,
been.
He Is today the representative of ia,
same kind OF privilege. He is IN re
bellion now against the right of
man to cat his bread In the sweat o
bis own brow, tue only dlferenc,
being that those who stand for th
industrial slavery advocated by hin
and his fellow-reorganzers today hay