Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-04-25

eHoS While a cCnspiracy Ezs helm.
hatched % deliver the STATE arEaniz
tioa over L. . handful = Go1d-S2n
dzrd DeHucnus Ebo have had D.
lolgzRizati0B fT four Years and mos
u them have never taken any zctiv.
part in Polittcs a. auy time, save ths
tremen5oGs struggle ofIST We d.
not believe thai tbese ieade1s SER
asleep We Do not believe that q Goa.
sPirzey vas formed 70 -Bepabiicanizs
TIE Democrztic party, u that il
could be carried cut i formed. II
Wouh seen a Hitle singular that such
an attempt would meet with such Bit
ter opPosition from the Republican
organ q this city, which has receutIy
developed 50 Surprising an apprecia-
rian q the editorials in the Cm-
uoasr.
Mr.. Bryan does not, 10 - mzuy
words charge that Mr. stone SsDa-
toH Vest and Cockreil and the other
Democrats Leaders q the StziezSsist-
o0uniyed az q were ignorant q
the conspiracy 70 turn over the party
in this State 10 The re0rgzni7eE
but be Is sadly pat out because the
reorgzniBers have captured the or
~ganiEati0n. This IS the m8St singular
part Gthe attitude o. Bryan toward
this local contest in that be has hith-
erto been known as utterly Indifferent
70 what Is known as the machine
in politics He has made his appeal
directly 70 the people and left the
machine 70 take care Of itself OF fol-
low in the train o. the popular move
ment Of which he was the leader.
Now be seems to think that the con-
trol Of the Democratic organization in
the city gives the entire State into.
the o1ntrol Of the ~farSeeing and deep
~ plotting Gold-B0gS Had Bryan
attended a Democrats STATE
Convention in Missouri and noted the
fact that the country Democacy
finds cut, FIST what the city
wants and, second. refuses
70 grant any Of it's demands probably
the mighty spread Of his Imagination
would not have given him such a
dreadful scare
Bat organization does not always
count for everything in politics as
Mr. Bryan learned, or could have
learned. in the campaign Of 1900 Has
forgotten that magnificent or
in the city Of New York.
known as Tammany Han. OF its
leaders, the far-famed Richam
Croker, and his promise to deliver the
E0te Of New York to the Democratic
party byan overwhelming ma1aritys
Dr., has be forgotten his rapturOus cry
IN Tammanys platform: Great Is
and Croker is its prophet,
Very small profit he proved to be.
either 10 NJ. Bryan OF his ticket but
be undoubtedly controlled the organ-
Of the Democratic party in
he greatest city In the Union. By
he way, didn't Bryan welcome Carl
schnu and Bourke Cochran with open
rms last year, though both Of them
consistently adhered 10 the attitude
N the currency question that theg
lad held In 1866 Missouri Cold
standard Democrats are no worse
han Schur and Cochran. dear Mr..
in fact, most Of them are per-
Getty harmless and pretty good fel-
Ows on the whole. There are not
nanyO Of them, and they are surround
BY a mighty host Of regular Dem
Gratis who are watching them day
md night as they gradually evolve
gain back into their former Demo
ratio selves. Don't shout at them
100 hard or you might spoil the pro
,ess and leave them sad mementOes Of |
arrested development. In the mean
we make you this proposition:
inst make your ward Democratic:
hen your city, then your state, and
hen shalt thou see clearly to cast out
he mote that is in thy brothers eye.
r. F.. CHEW.