The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-24

late. and with assurances Of loyalty
70 himetalism. iulled suspicion ami
deceived the people He was elected
in 1892 largely y, the votes Of men
who neither lover or trusted him
Much as he desplsed the west. he
sought the support OF The west AS
early as December. 1891. he caused
word to be sent to his followers in
tha Dakotas. Minnesota. Nebraska and
Kansas that they should iuse with tine
.Populists The plan was maured by
the national committee in several of
these states with more or less com
.plete; the electoral vote was cast for
Weaver and had it been necessary
would have been given to- Cleveland
barring accidents. IL Nebraska The
Democrats. under orders from his
managers. voted for Weaver as the
best means of serving his interests.
Though elected as a bimetalist he
at once set about TO destroy silver as
standard money and to carry the
party with him. In this latter he fail
ed. and his gross conduct in exploit
ing the national credit for The advant-
age OF a Wall street syn icate. alien.
ated from him the whole Democratic
party From that hour he mas been
it's most untirlng. relentless. impiac-
able Zoe. and al Chicago, in 1896, the
party discarded and repuiiated him.
/ II he could. by any possibility, become
Its candidate for a fourth time no
matter who his opponent, he would
be utterly and disgracefully defeated
and the Democratic party would be
completely wrecked
"But he will never be nominated.
His name will not go before the con
vention. He is put forward as a
mere stalking horse; as a means Of
rsllying the disafected and disloyai
elements Of the party 20 a common
standard. while keeping The names Of
Iothers in the background whom they
lreaHy prefer Even with Wall street
aui the trusts at his back he canno-
lget a vote IN the national convention
from New York Tammauy is not run
by Wall street. and IL will never favor
Cleveland. The country districts are
led by David B. Hill He will never
favor Cleveland indiana win stand
by the platform and remember The
humiliation of Hendricks Ohio's
Democracy is ruled Tom Johnson, is
compact and resolute, even in defeat.
and remembers how Cleveland treat
ed the heroic Thurman. German will
try to control the south. and though
not a possibility himself viii see that
cleveland gets no comfort there. New
England will probably have a candi-
date of its own, and has no Nse for
cleveland.
In the west and middle portion Ct
the country and indeed all over the
country. the platform Democrats VIII
be in evidence. and there are nearly
seven millions Of them Bryan, ii
alive, viii be in the convention
Though the Republican and plutocrat
ic press smear at him, it will be found
that one blast upon his bugle were
worth thousand men,. The people
may be asleep, but they are not dead
The platform Democrats may not in
sist upon an exact repetition of every
thing which was in the last two plat
forms, but whatever changes are {,
be made. they will make themselves
they viii remember that traitors mus
take back seats in the work of re
construction
The platform Democrats have th'
organization. They represent the liv
ing, abiding ana eternal principles o
Democracy How can a few disloyal
disgruntled and treacherous insur
gents hope to usurp control OF tbs
great Democratic party? Who car
turn over the Democratic masses tC
the leadership of the trusts and Wal
street? Not even the leviathan o
monopoly. nor all the robber barons
trust magnates and grand larceneri
and exalted and propertied anarchists
in the country can ever do H."