The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-06-06
The Outlook for 1904.

The Outlook for lSO4.
Our regular Washington correspondent
sends the following upon the outlook for
the Democratic party in 1904, and we
ask careful perusal of the same. 1t is
sincerely hoped that his representations
are true and that his statements may be
realized
Will there be harmony in the ranks of
the Democratic party next year? Will
the party be able to get together and once
more present an united front to the COM
mon enemy? 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. To
this city come all sorts and kinds of Demo
Gratis as to Mecca and when they get
here it is as natural for them to talk poll
tics as it is for water to run down hill.
Nv opinion as an individual Democrat
amounts to very little, but for the pur-
poses of this correspondence | have talked
to almost every Democrat who has visited
this city since the adjournment OF Con
gress. and have done so because | wanted
to present to the readers of this correspond
ence the true conditions of the party gath
cred from an intelligent coneensus of opin-
ion obtained from the leaders Of the party
in the Congress and out of it, and | want
to give my readers the result of my re-
search 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 at rest, all fighting as
never before and for common cause.
All this scrapping and elimination and
recrimination between the so-called Bryan
and Cleveland factions of the party at this
time is mere by-play, at least so far as the
Cleveland faction is concerned. The ele-
ment of the party which left the regular
organization in 1896 wants to get back
and intends to get back. This talk OF at
tempting to renominate Cleveland Is all
balderdash and tommyrot. That element
is simply fostering that kind of talk in or
der to 'tryout the regular organization
Democrats and endeayor to show them the
strength and power they possess in the
East. what their detection has cost the
party in the past and how much they can
be worth to it in the future. They are
not trying to ride the party or dictate to 1t
or reorganize 1t.
They only want recognition. have
warrant for these statements. They came
from the highest possible authority. They
came from one Of the leaders Of the faction
that refused to support the ticket in 1896.
| have the same authority for the state
ment that the so-called Cleveland faction
of the party is going to give the ticket the
warmeSt and heartiest support next year
and that that support viii be given can
didate who is entirely satisfactory to the
BRYAN or regular element of the party. All
they ask is reasonable platform and they
viii support the nominee with earnestness
and enthusiasm.
They win do this for the one, single
and overpowering reason that they want
10 defeat Roosevelt for election. They
know that this cannot be done with any
man who is not acceptable to the regular
Democrats who Loyalty supported the
ticket in 1896 aud 1900, and they want
TO win. In order to do this they are viii
ing to follow instead of attempting to lead
but they do not want TO be kicked in the
face as they enter the Democratic door
and it were folly for the regular Democ
racy to continue to bait them. They are
afraid of Roosevelt, they do not want
Roosevelt at any cost and they do not in
tend TO have Roosevelt. They will not
ask for anything that the so-ealled Bryan
wing Of the party, or, if You please, the
regular Democracy, cannot grant gladly.
think they would prefer an eastern man
who is acceptable to Mr. Bryan and the
regular Democracy, and | think this viii
be conceded them. If 50, then they wall
support the ticket as loyalty a. any good
Democrat did in the years Of 1896 or
1900, and viii help elect him triumphant
", for Roosevelt is their bette noir and they
will go to almost any length TO beat him
Let the regular Democrats then stop be-
rating the Gold Democrats and the men
who left the party in 1896, for they vii
be with them in 1904 and on the terms
dictated by the regular or Bryan Demo
Gratis. There is no occasion for Republi
can smiles and cocksureness at this time
They are up against it good aud hard.
There is no further occasion for Demo
cratic dumps, for the clouds are fast blow
ing over The party is in better fix to-day
than it has been since 1892. Al this
have told you is still an undereurrent and
has not come to the surface, bat it viii in
the near future and all will see it as plainly
as do. Democratic victory is in the air
Nights candles are burnt cut aud
jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty
mountain tops.