Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-20
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rs TepuulatlOn Oh tne pldllornS VI
those years and a personal affront to
Mr.. Bryan, which took place at the late
Ohio convention. 1t is both interest
ing and instructive also to notice how
the Republican papers are patting 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 a great sign
pf hope. and for the nine hundred and
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 to 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.
IL the newspaper accounts of the
transaction are anywhere near cor
rect, 1t was only an exhibition of the
boorishness of the contingent which,
30 far as noise was concerned, was
in control in the convention, and n
sample Of what may be expected Il
they shall ever be In control in the
State. But the personality of Mr..
Bryan counts for very little in com-
parison with the cause of which he
Is, to the minds of several millions of
our people, still the ablest represen-
tative, and lie easily can, and very
cheerfullv will, pocket the insult
IL such it was intended TO be by its
rude perpetrators, SO far as he Is him
self concerned We have heretofore
expressed our conviction of the i'm
materiality of the sins of omission to
be found in the platform. But, since
the question of the endorsement Of the
issues of 1896 and 1900 was distinctly
raised in the convention, we think
good party faith, as well as good
policy, should have dictated less
offensive treatment Of IT, And this,
chiefly because the disposition made
OF IL can be turned into IN occasion
for the bolter to say, ns 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 fasten themselves upon the
organization.
But in one respect at least, the
boasted Reputation of the party's
past has served good purpose. 1t
has warned the people Just what may
be expected In case the element now
cackling so loudly of their victory
should be permitted to again be in the
saddle We greatly mistake the
temper of the rank and file of the
Democratic voters of the country If
they win again entrust with leader
ship those who have betrayed them
In the past II it Is TO he only n
question Of which OF two privileged
classes Is TO plumber them, then by
all means leave the job to the Repub.
leans. They are no more conscience.
less, and having had hold Of the pub
lie pap for so long n time they are
not half as hungry as the old Grover
Cleveland gang, who are now trying
TO galvanize their corpscs back into
their former life of community of
greed with the Republicans.
One OF the loudest and most Indecent
of these bygones Is Watrerson, of the
Louisville Courier-Journal. He SAYS,
THE new day has dawned. Death
TO the fools who get in the way"
Watterson was rebel in 1861, lust
rs he was n rebel In 1896 and 1900
and just as he is today. In 1861, he
was rebel with arms in his hands
to perpetuate the privilege which one
class claimed OF eating their bread IN
the sweat Of somebody elses face
and Of a mans rlgh! TO larrup his own
Niger under his own vine and tig-treC
with none 10 modest or make him
afraid. About mIllion--more or les,
--of fools" got 'in the way" of thl,
programme also with guns In thell
hands, and Mr.. Confederate Waiter
son found out that the new day
was not dawnlng 50 much as 1t ha,
been.
He IL today the representative of th,
same kind of privilege. He is In re
bellion now against the right of
man to eat his bread In the sweat O
bis own brow,-tbe only differenc,
being that those who stand for tn,
Industrial slavery advocated by hin
and kfa faIloNv- raoroa ni1a,, .ola.. -.