Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-26
BRYAN AND THE "oHio ioEA."


firm the Kansas City platform and TO
express continued confidence In VII
liam j., Bryan, have set the pace for
the party organization In the other
states of the Union. The Columbus
platform merely omitted all mention
ventlon Went ON record against Bryan
Ism by n vote OF more taan loo To L.
when an Indiscrete friend OF Bryan
moved the endorsement OF the candi-
date and platform OF 1900. The Mem
phis Commercial Appeal says that the
Democracy OF Ohio has sounded new
note. or. rather. has rccurred to an
old note. unheard for several years,
and that IL has presented the matter
with a dramatic effect as positive rs II
was unexpected. Our contemporary
adds:
THE Ohio Democracy records Its
wearin.ss OF failure and defeat. IL
turns Its back upon free silver ns u
dead issue. II breaks away from II
leadership which. honorable and well
meaning ns II has been. has brought
the Democratic party to condition OF
nerycl,-s dlsintcgration. W. have been
told recently that we must go oil. ap.
pended to u corpse. that We must cling
To our defeat as II II We're something
holy. that we must continue to light
for that which the people have twice
pronounced against. even though We
know that other and morr disastrous
defeats should follow
So also the Boston Post says:
''in refusing To 'r-aiiirm' the Kan.
sa- City platform. or 10 express con-
tinucd confidence In Mr.. Bryan. the
Ohio Democrats have set good "S-
ample to the party throughout 'hc
country. The Democracy has swung
back To- the mooFlngs from which IL
was cut loose In isaI: II Is anchored
again to Its Traditional principles
The Richmond Times, referring TO
Bryns's recent Injunction 10 -lcct no
man to committee or convention unless
lie Is u believer In the Kansas City
platform. declares him to bc "A mari.
plot. aud Insists that I'll. Ohio Demo
craIs have given him Just rcbukc. IL
says further that
MIR. Brynn's leadership has not only
been u Hat failure. but II has eost the
Democratic parry almost it, existence.
Mr.. Bryan has done about ~ much ns
any ollie man could io to disrupt the
party and destroy it, organization. II
was largely through his Influence that
the party formed au alliance with Pop.
ulisis aud Free silver Republicans.
and Il was Mr.. Brynn's idea to- drive
away from THE party all Democrats
WHO were opposed To his peculiar doc.
irincs. AMI then TO form u new party
of all sorts aud conditions u men who
believed In Bryanism.''
The Savannah News says that II the
Democrats in the other states viii fol.
need of talk about party r,organiza-
,lon-thc reorganization will take place
without any special effort:
The impression seems To b- taking
firm hold OH the Democratic party
that success l. not in the direction In
which Mr.. Bryan has bccn leading.
nnd thar II victory il to he won It
must bc with somewhat different Is.
sues and different leaders.
III the action Of the Ohio Democrats
Is any indication OF what is going to
take place, the Democratic national
platform OF 1901 will not be rcnf.
firmniion OF the Kansas City platform.
II will be different from TINT platform
In several important rnriicuInrs-so
different that no Democrat will have
any hesitation in standing upon IT,"
Tile Atlanta Journal considers that
the action OF the Ohio Democracy will
have tremendous effect:
'it will make more certain the re-
turn to Democratic principles and
policies as they were held and pro-
claimed before the Chicago convention
OF 1896. It has made doubly sure the
assurance already amply given that
the Democratic party will go forth In
1904 with other candidates and FAR
different platform than those for
which 1t invited ;hc support and conf.
dcncc Of the country in 1900"
ON the same subject the Albany
Argus says:
There will he no violent icconstruc.
tion, or disciplining. or reading out Of
the party. The Democracy has had
enough Of that. and 10 spare. The par
~ will simply forget some ;hings-it
has forgotten them already. and
learned some others. The process
which might better lie called rchabili.
.atiou than reorganization is quietly
doing It's work all over the country.
and the Ohio convention is merely
sort of first fruits or visible evidence