Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-06-04
[CoMMUNlcATsD.
wAsnrNoroN, june 2. 1908.


of the democratic party next year Z
Will the party be able to get togeth
er and once more present an united
front to the common enemy2 Those
are the questions now uppermost in
the minds of all patriotic democrats
in the country. This is the political
nerve center of the country. Tothis
city come all sorts and kinds Of
democrats as to Mecca and when
they get here it Is as natural for
them to talk politics as it is for wa
ter to run down hill. have used
the personal pronoun very little 10
this correspondence. My opinion
as an individual amounts to very lit
tie, but for the purposes OF this cor
respondence have talked to almost
every democrat who has visited this
city since the adjournment Of Con-
gress aud | have done so because |
wanted 10 present TO the readers Of
this correspondence the true condi-
tions Of the party gathered from an
intelligent consensus of opinion OBJ
tanned from the leaders Of the party
in the Congress and out Of it, and ]
want to give my readers the result
Of my research in that direction.
want TO say right now that there
is going to be harmony in the party
next year and that all factions are
going into the battle in serried ranks,
with visor down and lance ct rest,
all fighting as never before and for
a common cause.
All this scrapping and erimina-
ton and recrimination between the
so-called Bryan and Cleveland fac
tions Of the party at this time is
mere by-play. at least SO far as the
Cleveland faction is concerned. The
element Of the party which left the
regular organization in 1896 wants
70 get back and intends 70 get back.
This talk OF attempting to renomi-
nate Grover Cleveland is oil balder-
dash and tommyrot. That element
is simply fostering that kind Of talk
in order TO "tryout" the regular or
ganization democrats and endeayor
to show them the strength and pow
or they possess in the East, what
their detection has cost the party in
the past and how much they can BIO
worth IN the future. They are not
trying to ride tho party or dictate
20 it or reorganize it.
They only want recognition.
have warrant for these statements.
They come from the highest posi-
BILE authority. They came from one
Of the leaders OF the faction that re.
fused TO support the ticket in 1896.
have the same authority for the
statement that the so-ealled Cleve.
land faction Of the party is going 10
give the ticket the warmest and
heartiest support next year and that
that support will be given a candi.
date who is entirely satisfactory 10
the Bryan or regular element Of the
party. All they ask is reasonable
platform and they will support the
nominee with earncstness and enthu.
siasm.
They will do this for the one, sin.
gle and overpowering reason that
they want to defeat Roosevelt for
election. They know that this can
not be done with any man who is
not acceptable to the regular demo
Gratis who Loyalty supported the tick
ct in 1896 and 1900. and they want
TO win. In order to do this they are
willing TO follow instead of attempt.
ing to lead, but they do not want 10 |
be kicked in the face as they enter
the democratic door and il were fol |
ly for the regular democracy to bait |
them. They are afraid OF Roosevelt.
they do not want Roosevelt at any |
cost and they do not intend to have
Roosevelt. They will not ask for
that the so-called Bryan
wing OF the party, or, II you please,
the regular democracy, cannot grant
readily. ] think they would prefer
an eastern man who is acceptable 10
Mr. Bryan and the regular democ.
racy, and ] think this will be conced-
ed them. II so, then they will sup
port the ticketas loyalty as any good
democrat did in the years 1896 or
1900, and will help elect him tri
for Roosevelt is their
bette noir and they will 90 to almost
any length to beat him. Let the
regular democrats then stop berat-
ing the gold democrats and the men
who left the party in 1896, for they
will be with them In 1904 and on the ,
terms dictated by the regular or
Bryan democrats. There Is no oc-
sasion for republican smiles and /