The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
GORMAN AN APOSTATE.
Bryan Is Very Severe On the Sena-
tor-eIect and On David
B. Hill.
SAYS THAT THEY BOTH STABBED HIN
Violated the Democratic Trust in 1896 and
Again in 1906 Cleveland Considered
Small Fry BY the Nebraskan-Stil
Free Silverite.

The New York san of Thursday
printed an inter view with Mr..
Bryan, in which the Nebraskan is
very severe on Mr.. German and Mr..
H'u. He is quoted as saying;
Il have had long talk with Col.
James NJ. Guffey, the Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman for the State of
Pennsylvania. | met Colonel Guffey
a short time ago in the Pittsburg club,
p I'd we went over certain Democratic
grounds. | said to Colonel Guaey
that while | would not insist on 16
to l silver platform in the convention
of 1904, should insist that the next
Democratic National Committee
should not nominate any man who
had violated the Democratic national
trust in 1896 and 1900.
Col. Guffey asked me whom I
meant, and replied Mr.. German and
Mr.. Hill | don't bother about Mr..
Cleveland, because there is nothing
to Cleveland at all. Cleveland fooled
the politicians and fooled the people.
l am not finding fault with any Dem
cratic layman who objected to the
Democratic platforms of 1896 and 1900.
They had a perfect right to do as they
pleased and vote against me. But
here were Mr.. German and Mr.. Hill,
who had never received any political
sustenance except as members of the
Democratic organization. was NOM
mated in 1896. | was the ull-fedged
and regularly nominated candidate of
the party. But Mr.. German and Mr..
Hill sulked, and refused to obey the
mandate of the Democratic National
Convention.
when Mr.. Cleveland was nominal
ed in 1884, and renominated in 1888,
| a I'D again in 1892, was a humble fol-
lower of the Democratic party, but |
obeyed the will of the majority and
voted and worked for Mr.. Cleveland
just as would have worked and vot-
ed for Mr.. German or Mr.. Hill if they
had been nominated in 1896 or 1900.
Mr.. German and Mr.. Hill can never
purge themselves of the offense of po-
litical apostasy in their conduct in
the campaigns of 1896 and 1900. [
propose to peImit them to treat the
Democratic party as they propose to
| do.
Il have no fault to find with the
gold Democrats, the laymen who for
sock the party. They differed from
me, and they had a right to differ
from me-. They had nothing to hope
| from the party, and didn't want any
| thing. But here were Hill and Cor
man, who had been built up by the
! Democratic organization in their
! States and in the nation, and they
stabbed me because they were not
nominated for the Presidency. Sure
| ly, they are not worthy to speak of as
! Democrats
What do you think of Richard Oh
ney?n one of Mr.. Bryan's friends said
to him.
"Olney is all right" replied Mr..
Bryan. He came out for the Demo-
cratic national platform in 1900. He
was little offside in 1896, but we can
easily forgive Olney. Olney is Dem
ocrat, and he isn't afraid of his con-
viction. He isn't cheat like Cleye-
land or Hill or German. Isometimes
think that because | was merely a
humble Congressman German and
Cleveland and Hill were little en-
vious because | was nominated for
the Presidency in 1885,