The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-06-27
VI. j. BRYAN YHLKS
BUT NOT IN A HARMONIOUS
STRAIN.
Scores Cleveland and Says Hill is a
Good Deal Worse.
BRYANISM ONLY WAY OUT
No Harmony Where Cleveland is
Concerned-Calls Grover a
"Former Democrat.
BRYANISM ONLY WAY OUT

Mr.. Bryan has recently given out
the following statement, setting forth
his views with regard to the Demo-
cratic "harmony" dinner in New
York, to which he ignored an invi-
tation to be present:
1.-THE banquet given on the evening of June
19 by the Tilden Club, Of New York city, was
advertised as harmony meeting, but it turn.
ed out to be what might have been expected OF
such gathering, an ovation to the chief guest,
former Democrat Grover Cleveland. There can
be no such thing as harmony between men like
him and those who believe in Democratic prln-
ciples, and he is frank enough to say SO. He
spent no time looking for middle ground upon
which to gather together discOrdant elements.
He boldly called upon tho members OF the party
to abandon their convictions and accept the
construction which he places upon Democratic
principles. He even taunted the party with be-
ing sort of prodigal son, and invited 1T to give
up its diet of husks and return to its father s
house.
He spoke OF his retirement from political
activity and said: Perhaps there are those
who would define my position as one of Danish
ment instead of retirement. Against this L
shall not enter protest. 1t is sufficient for me
in either case that have followed. on the mat
ters of difference within our party, the teach.
ings aid counsel of the great Democrat in
whose name party peace and harmony are to-
night invoked. No confession of party sin
should be expected of me. / have none to
make, nor do crave political absolution.
"He not only boasted of his course, but put
his brand upen those who sat at meat with him.
Having asserted that his Democratic faith com
PEELED him to leave the party (or resulted in his
banishhent( he described the bsnqueters as
sharing in that faith.
"He is not only defiant, but he insists that
party success can only be secured by an open
and avowed return to his ideas, Harmony Is
TO be secured not by the suppression of differ
H,,th h,s slna li,,,ft. nf uhnd n
fer from him"
Mr.. Bryan says he will print in his paper Mr..
Cleveland's speech, Ito show that the reorgan.
izers do not want harmony, but control, and
that their control means the abandonment Of
the party's position and a return to the policies
and practices Of Mr., Cleveland's second admin
istration."
He (Cleveland) secured his nomination in
1892 by a secret bargain with the financiers; his
committee collected from the corporations aud
spent the largest campaign fund the party eyer
had; he filled his cabinet with corporation
agents and placed railroad attorneys on the
United States bench to look after the interests
of their former clients. He turned the treasury
over to a Wall street syndicate, and the finan-
cIal member of his official family went from
Washington to become the private attorney OF
the man who forcedtD the treasury department
to sell him government bonds at 105 and then
resold them at III. He tried to prevent the
adoption of the income tax provision, vetoed
the only tariff reform measure passed since the
war, and, while laundering against the trusts
in his messages, did even less than Knox has
done to interfere with their highhanded meth
ods.
His administration, instead of being foun-
tain of Democracy, sending forth pure and re-
freshing streams, became stagnant pool from
whose waters foul vapors arose-poisonous tc
those who fingered near.
Having debuuched ihis party, he was offend
cd by its efforts to reform and gave comfort to
the enemy. Virginius killed his daughter to
save her chastity; Cleveland stabbed his party
to prevent its return to the paths of virtue.
And now. still gloating over his political
crimes, he invites the party TO return to him
and apologize for the contempt which it has ex
pressed for him. Will it? Not until the prin
cples Of Jefferson are forgotten and the works
OF jackson cease to inspire.
IF we are to have reorganization, Cleveland
himself should accept the presidential nomina
tion: II would be due him his Reinstatement
would be poetic justice to him and retributior
to those whose Democratic conscience revolted
against his un-Democratic conduct. OF course
he would get no Democratic votes, but, being
closer to plutocracy than any Republican likely
to be nominated. he might divide the enem!
and even Democrats would have what littl,
consolation would come from receiving thei