Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-04
WHAT DEMOCRATS NnnD no WIN.


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ForIorn Hope IN Front OF the Dis-
cordant Elements Of Democracy.
g. Louis Globe-Dsmocrat.
No democrat has any hope Of winning In
the congregational elections OF 1909 or the
presidential canvass Of 1904 unless his party
makes great gains In the old doubtful states
of q dozen years ago and receivers all the
old border 'states. It cannot win the presi-
dency without the electoral votes Of New
York, New Jersey. Indians, Maryland, west
Virginia and the rest Of the states which n
used to frequently or constantly carry In
the days which ended with the second cleo
tion Of Cleveland. NoN York. New Jersey.
Connections and Indiana were the doubtful
states Of that tune. Maryland was 90 demo-
cratic then as South Carolina Delaware
ana West Virginia were reliably democratic.
The democrats must regain all OF those n
they are to have any hope OF carrying the
country In any presidential canvass. Sane
democratic leaders see this. Some OF them
are giving intimatloha that they see e.
What sort OF . chance h there that The
democrats can win eny q those states IN
1s043 No democrat 90 far es We are aware.
is claiming New York, New Jersey. Con-
necticut. West Virginia or Delaware Not
many democrats even have any hone Of re-
gaining Maryland. II was the silver issue,
OF course. which brought Maryland 20 the
republican side-the silver issue plus the
vices and follles OF oormanism. The silver
issue IL probably dead. That Il, no national
convention OF the democratic party viii ever
indcrse silverinm again. But so long as
Bryan remains the big factor In national
politics. which everyone knows he stiil is,
there viii be q fear Of the revival Of the
silver Issue and many syld democrats will
continue to vote the republican ticket. This
will affect Maryland as well as the other
states. In the case Of Maryland there is the
German issue as vital as ever. German ia
q smoother and a quleter parsonage than he
was before he received his Establishments In
several elections. but he win soon be in
ONCE again and power brings presumption
and folly In the case OF a man VITA the
Maryland boss proclIvities. Maryland IL
far from being democratic on the Issues OF
today and the democratic leaders know this.
II will be impossible for the democrats
to carry the country without q thorough
reunion Of the Cleveland and the Bryan
forces. This fact is 30 elementary that
nobody will dispute It. Even with the
democracy united II was seldom possible
for Il to win except in a case like that
OF 1892. when the populist madness was
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for any reunion Of the Bryanite and the
Clevelandite elements Of the democracy in
1909 or 1905. The gulf between the two
sections. as shown by the speeches Of
Cleveland and Bryan. is broader at this
moment than It was during the canvass Of
1895. Bryan Is using harder language
against the Cleveland ingredient Of his
party now than he was six years ago.
Cleveland is showing much more feeling
against the men who were In control Of
his party'a machinery In the two recent ma
tional canyaases than he did at that time.
Nobody can see any chance for a reap
proachment between the two wings OF the
until after the campaign OF
1904, at the earliest This Ia the situation
which confronts the democracy. That
party, in order to win.. will have to get
OF the old doubtful and border
and there is mo sane democrat who
has any hope for any such gains for his
side in the canvass two years hence.