The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-05-23
A JOSHUA WILL BE FOUND.


Mobile Herald.
The New York Times makes the
following comments on the recent
speech Of Mr.. Bryan at the Hotel Hill
man dinner In Birmingham:
:, When Mr.. Bryan-W. J.-plain
Mr.. Bryan is not quite definite now.
adays-madc his rccent speech at Bir.
mingham everybody who read his r..
ferences to Misses and the promised
land must have either known or sus.
pccted that the Nehraskan statesman
had revealed an amusing similarity
between his knowledge Of Biblical
history aud his financial and economic
Information. He said, IL will be re.
membercd, that he had M great de.
sire to be the Democratic Moses, but
was willing to play the role OF Aaron
and let sOnebOdy take that NJ the
greater brother and lead the children
into their destined abode. 1t was ob.
vious that there was something wrong
about this, but II was left for the St.
Louis Globe. Democrat TO point out
the error, and-what Is much more
imp0rtant-to make exactly the right
comment upon it. H. said that for.
tunate paper. Mr.. Bryan will turn to
the sixth book Of the Old Testament.
lie will fnd that Joshua, after the
death OF Moses. led the Israelites into
the promised land. Moses never saw
1t, nor did his older brother, Aaron.
Mr.. Bryan is looking for another Dem.
0cratic, Moses, and Is not likely tO bc
disappointed. The party is out OF
Joshuas.' Whether the larty really
is supplied only with MuSeses, who,
for their sins and fOllies, can 20 NJ
further than Mr.. Bryan did In his
two attempts at leadership, Is a ques.
tion that remains to be settled, bul
the scarcity Of Its available JOshuas
is lamentably apparent. There may
be a bit OF cxaggeratiOn In the Globe
} Democrats assertion that The OrRani'
zation is 'Out Of them. but it docs
look so for The moment, and anyhow,
the phrase Is delightful One."
While the Globe. Democrat is correct
in It's statement that 1t was Joshua,
not Moses, who led the Children Of
Israel into tho promised land, the
Times Is entirely incorrect In its init.
nation that the wanderings OF the
Israelites IN the wilderness were
clargeablc to "the sins and fOllies Of
Moses" It was the Children Of Is
racl. not Moses, who were guilty Of
sin and fully. The Times is wrong
also In saying that the Globe. Demo.
crat made exactly the right comment
upon Mr.. Bryan's remarks.
II Is wrong because il is not true
that the party Is out NJ l0Sllias. 4
Joshua can aud will be found. The
Times may consider the expression a
delightful one, though admitting the
possibility OF exaggeratiOn. We see
nothing delightful about 1t. II tho
Democratic party was really out Of
reliable leaders, a presumably Demo
cratic editor, like Mr.. Ochs. OF the
. Times, ought 10 regret the fact, moi
to rejoice over it.
But Mr.. Ochs, and other wiseacres
wlo think that predictions IT Demo
cratic trouble and discontinue en-
hancc their own reputation for wis
: dom aud rrcscience, will find them
selves mistaken. The human rae
has not drpcnrla,cd, neither have III
American people. As u has hal
. pencd in the past sn u will happen /
y tho future. The lmur and the ma
. will meet A Joshua will ,c fn,,mt
!" the ,rumw,s will snimd. and II
!" walls M the Republican ,lrriclO wi
:. tumble. MIR. Urhs should reform b
politics, and refresh his memory
y the PentateiclL