The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
eRvAN,sM REPUDIATEp.

reversal of the national policy of the
party in the coming congressman ana
presidential campaigns.
In the committee on resolutions q
fight was made for the endorsement or
the national platform of the party, an
other fight fora declaration In favor OF
silver ut !1G to /. and the result was
that both propositions were turned
down by n decisive vote. Then the
fight was carried to the floor OF the
convention, and there the result was a
vote OF more than n hundred to one Ill
,favor Of the reputation of the Kansas
City platform. 7Ht sle tui aI..
,s The few Bryanites in the convention
attempted to get up demonstration
and one of them started to carry II
portrait of Mr. Bryan to the stage. He
was hustled about until the portrait
was dropped, and It was trampled un-
der the feet of the delegates while the
great ma njority of them Missed the name
of Bryan. ..... t..-..... t..l.
In the slang of the day. the majority
of Democrats are onto" Mr.. Bryan at
last They have given in to him twice.
they have done their best to elect him
twice; they have submitted to his die
tation as to their platform and to IL
great degree as to their candidates-in
short, they have given him nll the rope
he wanted The result has been defeat
so bitter and so overwhelming that the
Democratic party is in Il worse condi-
ton to-day than 1t has been since 1877;
and Mr.. Bryan Is ut the end of his teth-
er.
During the interval between 1896 and
1900, Mr.. Bryan kept himself before the
people by travelling around the country
and delivering, lectures and speeches.
His name WAS mentioned nearly every
day in the press dispatches; he was
recognized as the official leader of the
party. and there was n general disposi-
tfon to give him another chance. Since
the election last fnll, he las tried to
keep himself before the people by pub
fishing paper-no one can call 1t II
newspnper-and he has assumed to die
tate still the policy or his party, and to
tell them from time to time what they
must or must not do. Tr % Jtl uf q
. This dictation doesn't go any more.
The South is revolving at 1t, aud there
is not II northern state east of the Mis-
souri, river In which Mr.. Bryan Is rec
cgnized any longer MS the real lender
of the party. Tie action of the Ohio
convention will precipitate and crystal
lize this opposition, and we may expect
that the other states will follow. lo.,
There Will no doubt be tremendous
effort on the part OF the Democratsan and
assistant Democrats in the West--thnt
is. west Offthe Missouri river--to stem
the tide which, is sweeping over the
East and South. Every effort will be
made by such men as Senators Teller
and Patterson and Dubois to keep the
Democracy in line for free silver, for
denunciation OF all trade combinations
for freedom from riot, for. fiat money,
and the rest of the Populistic platform
that the Democrats adopted mt Kansas
City: but they will not succeed. Tile
East has repudiated them already. and
at the South. the movement for an old
fashioned Democracy is very strong
and, is growing stronger all the time
The South is growing tired of Populism
mnsqueradipg under the Democratic
name; 1t is tired of voting for anybody
the northern Democrats put up, and fol-
any set of principles the northern De
mocracy presents. .-l.,
Now, If the national Democracy fol
lows the example set In Ohio. and re-
pudiates Bryan and all he stands for,
what will the Western Democracy do
The. great majority. of those in this
state and the, neighhoring states who
now call themselves Democrats are sat
isfied with the Kansas City platform
liid they will not be satisfied with any
platform that leaves ont free silver. In
other words, they are essentially Popu
listic in their doctrines, whatever party
name they may he marching under at
the present time. VIII party name ant
sties-basenought to 'keep,t ,talem in Hne. ~
will they bolt. and either vote with tht
!. Popullsts, Or organize another party:
? And wliet yin Ms BSspAmsslfsloi
viii he remnh 4 Dsn$erat. Or Fhlsh'
-join the -ropalists On the Meriwetlier
ties, and head movement of the dis
satisfied generally throughout til,
co.lhtwsaSE shFgG aSRa
These arc Interesting Questions, AM
in view 4 she action. Of tlle, Ohio con