Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-24

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old republican leaders Of the south;
that both of these new ofaceholders
are gold democrats; that their APP
litically necessary In connection with
the speech to be made by Senator Nc
Laurin next Thursday, when he wilt
anti Bry ante lines. Capers' appoint
Laurin, who Is still classed as q dem
Ocrat and whose activity in leading
the new party is expected to begin
political revolution In the south.
The republican organization in the
south is composed largely of negroes
and carpetbaggers and, except when a
national convention is at hand, little
interest Is taken in the southern con-
tingent by republican leaders of the
north.
Prominent gold democrats of the
south who refused to support Bryan
in 1896 and 1900 have gradually drifted
away from old line democratic moor
ings. Added to this element is the
younger generation, with new ideas
and new ambitions in politics, who
have become indirectly associated
with the republican administration.
Capers Is regarded as q representa-
tive of the latter class of southern
democrats. Senator Hanna believes
the south can be brought to the sup
port OF the republican party.
A great many of these southern
bourbons have been democrats be-
cause the negroes have been repub-
licans. Now that the negro DONNA
ton need no longer be feared they are
ready to go where they really belong.
They are aristocrats without SYM
pathy for the common people. They
see no wrong in wars of conquest,
just so it opens markets for their cot
ton. The Chicago and Kansas City
platforms were not to their taste but
until they had finished their work of
disfranchising the negro they dared
not vote the same ticket with the de-
spised son of Ham. Had they been
in the Eastern states they would have
proved as treacherous to Bryan as
the Hill democrats or fought him
as openly as the Cleveland stripe of
"democrats" did. Such democracy
could not be relied on. Even if Bry-
an had been victorious those men
would have been source of danger
to reform.
Events are shaping themselves tor
battle royal to the finish inside the
democratic party. There is no doubt
that the gold bug and Office seeking
democracy of the east will try to cast
out Bryan and install Cleveland as
the high priest of platitudinous,
democracy. The
south will most likely split, the gold
bugs and the oficeseekers to a great
extent joining the republicans, while
those who are democrats from habit
will go with whatever branch of
democracy that carries off the honors
at the national convention. Bryan
has little to hope for from the organic
alton to which he belongs.
But his work has not been in vain.
He has educated the people of the
north to think, and millions of them
begin to realize that the great coming
battle is between private monopoly
and public ownership of whatever is
essential to the welfare of the small
business man, the farmer and laborer.
The gigantic strides made by trusts
the past year has forced this issue
ahead of all others. The Industrial
masses must unite to protect them
selves. There may be a new party,
but it's nucleus will be the peoples
party and the genuine Bryan demo-
Gratis.
The republicans are welcome to the
bourbon democracy. The breaking
up of the solid south would break up
the democratic party and allow the
remnants to go where they belong.
This would enable us to get a party
embracing all who desire true popular
government, and this new party would
not be burdened with name that is a
source of terror to many people.