The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-26
BRYAN IN NEW ENGLAND.

|MR. BrsEAN's WELCOME in New
vi England is even more notable than
|his Nantssket Beach speech of Thurs
play. only six years have elapsed
|Fince the students of Yale hOoted the
'Nebfaskan and other New England
!aadienees showed plainly their dislike
pr him.
Even where large crowds gathered
/ 20 hear him. curiosity. not confidence;
ns the dominant force. At the polls.
this distrust found expression In enor-
|5nous najorities against the Democratic
/ candidate. and the press OF New Eng
and could hardly find words to ex-
press adequately ITS bitterness toward
him.
Now the pendulum has swung the
pther way. The Democrats who de-
erted their party and repudiated Bry-
an find him altogether to their liking.
and hail him as a new apostle of lib
frty. Audiences greet him now. not
IN curiosity. but with profound regard
! for his courage. his sincerity and his
: power OF expressing the beliefs they
herish.
s Though but vaguely expressed as yet,
. Dnc can discern In the new attitude
3 of the Kew Englanders an evident vet
pleasant surprise in the discovery that
Bryan's Americanism is Of the old
spe. the kind that descended from
F'arcuii Han. from Bunker Hill and
From Independence Hall.
Instead OF the wild-eyed. radical dis
turber OF traditions they had supposed
zhim, they have found a conservative
% their own type. ready to bark back
10 the days Of the fathers and demand
ID return to the fundamental doctrines
. FOR which they fought
& so remarkable a transition Of public
#Dpinion has rot been seen since the
lays of the great rebellion. and the
.hange in attitude toward the aboli-
81 i7nists. when the issue of arms came.
s. Mr.. Bryan must be gratified to find
q friends where foes were before; TO find
New England with him in spirit. where
would have none Of him or his only
few years ago. Whether it sig
iifies political power for him or only
sentimental support. not yet crys-
allied into tangible influence. it is "a
riumph for him beyond any he has
.ver won.
In essence. the Nantasket speech is
trumpet cali for the rehabilitation of
I'D principles Every Democrat will
agree with the declaration OF faith he
makes. because IT IL confined to gen
eral policies on which there can be
20 difference OF opinion. The menace
Il Il. 81, - g
rnment favor TO organized wealth, the
entraliza tion of political power in cor
1pt hands for the enrichment of a
ew. the tendency toward an expansion
pf autocratic government at the ex-
bense OF constitutional Iiberty-all
hose dangers under Republican ad-
ministra ton are clearly defined.
So far. Mr.. Bryan viii find no divi-
ion in the party lines. 1t is an evil
ence of his political wisdom that he
s. limited himself to defining the general
principles on which the party will
mite
The questions naturally arise: VIII
Afr. Bryan submit 10 the decision of
81 he majority of the party. If that ma
GRITTY decides to follow some leadership
timer than his? VIII he support a
platform that does not reaffirm all the
enets of the Kansas City platform
Il possible for him to abihe by
nominations controlled largely by the
Democrats of the east who deserted
i'm on the money issue In 1896 and
900?
These are The questions he must an
nay depend the harmonious success on
he disastrous disruption of the party
a the next presidential campaign.