Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-10
HEAR THAT BRYAN Is ALIVE

To Start a Paper to Disseminate
True Democracy.
BASED ON PRINCIPLE oF LIBERTY.
Marks Cohorts Thought They Had
Him Killed and Cofiined, but He
Bobs Up SereneIy--stands For All
That Is Best In American Politics.
Success of His Newspaper Assured.
Cleveland Rc-enters the Arena.
Bids For the 1904 Nomination.
Grisss on the Constitution-TIlino
Senatorial Fight
Especial Washington Letter.
Senator Marcus A. Hanna ct id genus
omne are very much astounded by the
latest news from the northwest. The
last gale from that quarter brought to
their unwilling ears the unpleasant
news that William Jennings Bryan in
stead of retiring into a corner and re-
naming dumb, nursing his wounds, is
about to start newspaper for the dis
semination of genuine Democracy and
to keep alive the principles of human
liberty. They thought they had killed
this phenomenal young man, had
screwed down the coffin lid good and
tight on the corpse and had buried him
so deep that nothing short of Gabriars
trumpet would resurrect him. To their
amazement and disgust he bobs up Sc
renely with plan of operations which
is likely to prove thorn in the side Of
the Hanna gang for years to come. He
is only 40-good for seven presidential
campaigns, either as candidate or a
powerful factor in politics. lie may
be president or he may choose the part
Of a presidential Warwick. Which
ever he may be there is-ex necessitate
rel there must be-war, eternal war, be-
tween him and such as Hanna who
in these latter days has come to be
"the whole thing in Republican cir
cles. Bryan and Hanna are the mental,
moral and political antipodes of each
other. Between two such men there
can be nothing in common. Bryan
represents all that is best in American
public life and stands for conscience
in politics. Hanna stands for all that
is forbidden. He is the almighty dol
lar incarnate. More than any other
man prominent in American history
he represents the power Of Doodle.
Success-AssuTed.
That Bryan's paper will be Il great
success from the beginning no man
with two ideas above Hottentot can
doubt. Its appearance will be hailed
with delight by millions of unpurclas-
cd and unpurehasable voters. anl5 be
read with fear and trembling BY the
leaders in the Republican party
1t will not only be a journal Of vast
influence, but will be a paying venture
from the start. There is scarcely a
township OF hamlet within the broad
confines of the republic in which it will
not find cheerful and eager subscrib-
ers, because the people have implicit
confidence in the ability. the courage
and the integrity of one cf the most
brilliant and remarkable men this coun-
try ever produced. The only remedy
for Mark & Co. is 10 have a rigid press
censorship established at once.
Re-entcr C. C.
While all America was discussing
oI,,
another thing happened far olis of the
ordinary, the re-entry of Grover Cleve-
land into the political arena, this time
through the columns Of The Saturday
Evening Post of Philadelphia, i paper
founded by Ben Franklin and which
at this time has vast circulation. OF
course Bryan's announcement of his
journalistic plan and Growers letter
had nothing to do with each other, but
taken together they form concatena-
tion of events strange enough to startle
the sleepiest person in the land
The burden of Mr. Cleveland's pro-
nunciamento is. "Give the rank and file
a chance" Why, bless my stars, that
is precisely what we have been doing
from the day Bryan received his first
nomination down to this day, both in
elusive. Grover may not know it, but
the Democratic rank and file have been
in the saddle for the last four years,
rushing things. The rank and file
forced the Chicago platform i'll 1896,
caused the nomination of Bsyan that
year and compelled his nomination in
1900 despite the protests, mere or less
openly avowed, of the so called and
self elected leaders, If these same
Headers" could have had their way
in 1896 and 1900, Bryan would never
have been nominated either time, and
no man living knows that fact better
than Bryan himself.
What's more, the rank and file are
still of the same way Of thinking
Holding AIoft the Banner.
Mr.. Cleveland speeks feelingly about
the Democratic banner being 'held
aloft by unfamiliar hands" in 1896
and 1900. What abou. the hands
they not also somewhat unfamiliar"
and somewhat new to the business?
And if none but old and faiaiIiar
hands are to hold aloft the Democratic
banners, what will the poor, ofahaG-
lied party do when the owner Of those
familiar hands namely. Hon Grover
shuffles off this mortal coil?
Mr.. Cleveland says:
Thus in 1900 the lesson Of 1s9G ssas coneinptu-
ously rejected, and every hope Of Democratic sue
cess was willfully cast aside. Asaia nur long
Mffering rani and file, whose loyalty and ohedi-
ence deserved better things were sacrificed in a
cause theirs only in name, and again it was DEM
onstrated, but more clearly than before, that
the only forces that can win Democratic success
are adherence to. recognized Democratic princ-
pies and reliance upon Democratic councils and
leadership
That ali sounds well; but the point
Of his observations lies in their ap-
plication, don't you know. Mr.. Cleve-
land does not permit any doubt as to
the application which he purposes
shall be made, for in the very next SEN
tence he asks:
Why should we not return to these and in their
name again achieve victories no less glorious and
renowned than were ours in The days Of coura-
geous advocacy of our time honored faith?
False Leaders.