The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-23
OPINIONS OF PUBLIC MEN.
What Prominent Democrats Say About
The Ohio Convention.

Henry Watterson in speaking of the
Ohio convention says: At last the
Buckeye v%aliants are tired OF sucking
eggs that have no meat in them. They
realize that i%nflationism in all its forms
is a losing card. They want to win. To
win they must get together. To get to-
getfer they must get away from dead
issues and line up on living issues.
Mr.. Bryan has had both his chance
and his day. His plea for another trial
will not hold water. His dictation no
longer exercises any power OF COM
mand. 1t means simply hopeless divi-
sion, continued defeat, ultimate ruin.
Anybody with half a mind can see this
plainly"
Editors of leading Iowa democratic
newspapers are divided as to whether
the Iowa state convention. August 81.
should follow the Ohio lead and omit
reatflrmation OF the Kansas CITY plat
form and endorsement OF Bryan.
kilograms sent to the Tribune TO-DAY.
IN answer to a request for expressions.
give the views OF the editors Of eleven
leading Iowa democratic papers. They
line UP in general as follows:
For the Ohio plan-Keokuk Consti-
tutlon-Democrat. Des Moines Stats
anzeiger. Clinton Age, Fort Dodge
Chronicle. Waterloo Times-Tribune.
Dubuque Herald. Fort Dodge Post.
Clinton Advertiser.
Against the Ohio plan-Dubuque Tel
egraph. Ottumwa Democrat. Creston
Advertiser, Burlington Journal.
The tune OF the kilograms from those
editors who insist on reaffirming the
Kansas City platform and indorsing
Bryan leaves little doubt they will fight
Tor their convictions. On the other
hand is generally expressed a conviction
that the masses of the party do not want
tree silver. Organism and the Kansas
City platform. Confidence is urged that
the rank and file want to get back to
first principles. The majority want a
campaign on state issues without drag
ging IN old national questions. Col. Jo-
seph Eiboeck, while arguing this, adj
mits it will be hard to fight Cummins.
tor he knows thousands OF democrats
will support him if nominated.
The most sensational declaration
comes from John S. Murphy of the Du-
buque Telegraph, free silver leader for
Iowa and member Of the resolutions
committee at Kansas City. He saws fail
ure to reafflrm and indorse will release
true democrats from party obligations
and they will stay at home on election
day. Scarcely less vigorous are the other
expressions OF the Bryan adherents.-
Sioux City Tribune.
The men who suppose that Bryan will
be cowed into silence by the treatment
which he got at Columbus do not know
the Nebraskan. He is still the national
leader OF the democracy. He was given
this post by the conventions Of 1906 and
1000. He will hold it until he is deposed
by the same sort of an authority, or UNI
til he %relinquishes it formally. Unless he
gives up his precedence voluntarily he
Will hold it until at least 1904. More
over. there are hundreds Of thousands
OF democrats, men who are still de-
voted to his fortunes. The democrats
who have started out to extirpate Bryan
are sure to have a halcyon and v%ocifer-
Gus time before their job is finished
st. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep).
In my opinion Senator Hill Of New
York will be the next candidate for
president of the regular democratic
party and the platform adopted will, /
believe. be a very reactionary one. In
fact. | believe the party will split in 1904
and Mr.. Bryan will lead a third party
faction in support of the issues to which
he is still loyal. The feeling among
democrats throughout the west is that
they want to win. and they don't care a
rap what sort Of a platform they win on.
There is a strong feeling in that section
for the nomination Of Mr.. Hill or some
other eastern man and the adoption of
a platform that will be a total repudia-
ton OF the issues OF 1896 and 1000"
This was said today by Charles A.
Towne, formerly of Duluth, MINI. and
the free silver republican party. now OF
the Texas oil fields and plutocracy, who
is in the city for the purpose OF selling
his fellow plutocrats in Wall street a few
shares Of stock and some bonds of the
oil octopus OF which he is president.
His stock he guarantees verbally to pay
100 per cent per year in dividends. He
is also promoting a new company to
handle the by-product OF his oil wells.
The free silver question is absolutely
dead in the west continued Mr..
Iowne. 1T Will not only not be an issue
in 1904, but | don't believe it will be
mentioned in the democratic platform
or campaign. Our position on free sill
yer in 1906 and 900 was misunderstood.
We were not demanding that market
and profit for the silver mines. but more
money for the country to keep up
prices. God in His wise providence has
provided a vast increase in the supply
of gold, and today there is more money
in the country than there would have
been if the gold supply had remained
stationary and the minis had been
opened to the free coinage of silver. SO
loEg as the present condition continues
crease there can be no successful or
serious demand for the free coinage OF
silver. Certainly that demand cannot
again be made an issue in a national
5 campaign until there is a big. change in
5 industrial or financial conditions"
/ Mr.. Towne said he was glad to see
: that Mr.. Brayn had condemned the
: Ohio democrats for their refusal to