Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-07-03
THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1902.
AN UNHAPPY FAMILY.


AN UNHAPPY FAMILY.
Our Democratic friends have recently
been exulting over the divisions of senti-
ment existing among Republican mem
bers in Congress about the Cuban recip'
rocity question. In their fatuous exuta-
ton they have greatly magni6ed the ex-
n4R- tcnt Of fhaF trouble, and expressed the
confident belief that it would create a
breach in the Republican party that will
insure Democratic victory in 1904. 1t is
4 another instance of drowning man catch.
at straw. An intelligent observer
to see that the conduct of the small
rity of Republicans who differ from
Re majority on the Cuban question,
Lrhaps, on other questions that
bme as results of the war with Spain,
SERVES to demonstrate the vitality of
sht and action which still dominate
Republican party. Such differences
"A will in theeud prove sources of strength
10 the party, and make it a united, victo-
lious organization IN the battle of 1904,
which will be fought on vital, home, eco
nomic questions.
We had not started out, however, to
discuss the trivial discussions that may ex
q in the Republican party and their
fofNble bearing on the Presidential cleo
ton in 1904; but to call attention to the
very discordant condition of the Demo
cratic party, which presents very strik-
ing picture of an unhappy political family.
Ifever there was political house divided
against itself it is the Democracy of today.
There can be no denial that the Demo
rival factions just as it was in 1896 and in
1900, except that the two are at this time
more evenly divided than they were then.
Organism in 1896 and 1900 was the ag
gressive all-powerful force in the party.
Ttetndications'Rre that in 1904 conditions
will be reversed and the so.called reform
Democrats, representatives of Cleveland
ism, will control in the councils of the
party.
Among the late events that have con-
tributed to intensity the already seri-
Gus inharmonious condition of the Democ-
racy are Mr.. Clevelsnds speech before
the Tlden Club and the criticisms made
by William Jennings Bryan and Henry
Watterson on that address A war of
bitterness has been provoked by the in
--sin Situations of Cleveland and the sharp re-
torts of Bryan and Watterson that can
never be concluded until the parties to
the strife are dead and their large personal
folowIngs have been scattered or alb
sorbed. 4
Some Democratic journals are b9d
enough TO condemn both Mr.. Cleveland |
and Mr. Bryan for the course they are
\ pursuing and declare that the party is
not dependent upon either of them for
success. There might, possibly, be some
truth in this position if Cleyeahdsm and
Organism represented only the individuals
for which they are named; but it is fact
that the terms represent much more, and
are truly descriptive of what the Demo
Gratis are pleased to call policies and prin-
ciples, upon which the party has been torn
into hopeless factions.
The Norfolk Virginian. Pilot, which re.
Gently twitted Us about some remarks we'll
made about enforced harmony in th4l
Democratic ranks, is strongly of the opi9-
ion that Cleveland and Bryan will both be
shelved in 1904. Tie Pilot says;
ut may as well be said first as last I
that neither Mr.. Bryan nor Mr.. Cleveland
Can or will control the party in 1904.
The party will not surrender to
b., Mr.. Cleveland who deserted it and be- L
D.. trayed it in 1896. 1t will not follow Mr.. 0
Bryan-who shows symptoms of purpose
to desert it in 1904 if he cannot control
although slaughter house to an open q
grave on platform of defunct issues"
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This is pretty severe arrangement of
the two former great leaders of the Democ-
racy; and the very truth Of the charges
makes it more damaging to the future of
the Democracy.
The Virginian- Pilot declares: "When
Mr.. Bryan says, however, that there can
be no halfway ground between sagebrush y"
Populism and an abject surrender to East u
ern plutocracy We part company with
him." Our contemporary, who is strong
advocate of harmony, dubs Bryanism We
''sagebrush Populisln" and Cleveandsm pl
eastern plutocracy." According to this Al
view, the Democrats went wild over the an
representative of eastern plutocracy' ics
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