The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-07-23
ERYANiSM REPUDIATED.

the past year. 1t points to a complete
reversal of the national policy of the
party in the coming congressional and
presidential campaigns.
In the committee on resolutions
fight was made for the endorsement of
the national platform of the party, an
other fight for declaration in favor of
silver at 16 to l. and the result was
that both propositions We're turned
down by a decisive vote. Then the
fight was carried to the floor of the
convention, and there the result was
vote of more than hundred to one in
favor of the reputation of the Kansas
City platform.
The few Bryanites in the convention
attempted to get up Il demonstration,
and one of them started to carry a
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 majority of them hissed the name
of Bryan.
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 n
great degree as to their candidates-in
short, they have given him all the rope
Ia. bn a 1pfpnt
so bitter and SO overwhelming that the
Democratic party is in a worse condi-
ton to-day than it has been since 1877;
and Mr.. Bryan is al the end of his teth-
ar.
During the interval between 1896 and
1900 Mr.. Bryan kept himself before the
people by travelling around the country
md 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 DISPOSE
tion to give him another chance. Since
the election last fall, he has tried to
keep himself before the people by pub
fishing n paper-no one can call it
newspaper-and he has assumed to die
tate still the policy Of his party, and to
tell them from time to time what they
must or must not do.
This dictation doesn't go any more.
The South is revolving at 1t, and there
Is not northern state east of the Mis-
,.i, In, iaI NJ Ir Is
ognized any longer as the real leader
Of the party. The action of the Ohio
convention will precipitate and crystal
lie this opposition, and we may expect
that the other states will follow.
There will no doubt be a tremendous
effort on the part of the Democrats and
assistant Democrats In the West-that
Is, west of the 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 at Kansas
City; but they will not succeed. The
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
masquerading under the Democratic
name; it is tired of voting for anybody
the northern Democrats put up. and for
any set of principles the northern De-
nocracy presents.
Now, If the national Democracy fol-
lows the example set in Ohio, and re-
pudiates Bryan and all he stands for,
what viii the Western Democracy do?
The great majority of those in this
state and the neighboring states who
now call themselves Democrats are sat
sfied with the Kansas City platform,
and they will not be satisfied with any
platform that leaves out free silver. In
other words, they are essentially Popu-
istic in their doctrines, whatever party
name they may be marching under at
The present time. VIII party name and
ties be enough to keep them in line, or
will they bolt, and either vote with the
Populists, or arganize another party?
And what will Mr.. Bryan himself do?
VIII he remain Democrat, or will he
Join the Populists or the Meriwether-
ties, and head a movement of the dis
satisfied generally throughout the
country?
These are interesting questions, and
in view of the action of the Ohio con-
vention. they are pertinent and timely