The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-02
BRYAN HITS At CLEVELAND
No BoIter in 1896 Should be
Nominated, He Says.

Nominated, He Says.
An Attempt to Harmonic Him and the
"Real Democrats" He Declares,
SIS a Farce and a Fraud
The Candidates.
Lincoln, Neb., March 26.-In the
Commoner, W. j. Bryan will say to-
morrow:
THE harmony banquet given by
the Iroquois club, as was expected,
was a demonstration in honor oil
Grover Cleveland. This illustrates
the kind of harmony that is intend
ed when those who believe in Demo-
cratic principles arc invited to meet
at the banquet board the men who
still boast of their contribution to
Republican victories and stand ready
to repeat their offense unless they
are allowed to Republicanize the
Democratic party. Such harmony
is a farce and fraud.
Real Democracy and the plutocracy
OF the Cleveland brand will no more
mi THAN oil and water, and the Cleve-
land element insists upon being the
oil, it insists upon being on top lit
is in the barrel at all. More water
poured into such combination may
help to raise the oil, but the oil never
helps to raise the water.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES..
The Commoner has called attention
to the demerits Of some OF the candi-
dates suggested by the reorganizers
and it proposes to call attention to
the merits OF a number of men who
are worthy OF the Democratic nomi
nation.
AS has already been stated, there
is no lack OF presidential materia
among the Democrats who are really
welded to Democratic principles 1t
would be possible to find in every
state in the union men, sufficiently
honest, sufficiently able and sufficient
ly experienced to discharge the
duties OF the office Of President.
There are many men who have
never been heard OF before outside OF
their own states, who can poll two
or three million more votes than any
candidate named by the reorgan-
izers.
A man who has had no chance to
make a conspicuous record, but
whose record has been good 80 far
as made would be better candidate
than a man who has made a conspic-
uous record on the wrong side of
public questions. When campaign
is on, our party has business enough
on hand assailing Republican poll
cies and defending Democratic prin
ciples. 1t cannot afford to spend any
time trying to prove the Democracy
of it's candidates. And how shall We
know whether candidates Democ-
racy is beyond question? Not merely
by his profunctory support OF a
Democratic ticket, but by his OWL
convictions upon the issue involved
MAN WHO BoLTED IN 1896.
, "The efforts to put at the head o.
the Democratic party a man who
bolted in 1896, would be ludicrous i
, it were not serious. Would the Re
: publican party think OF nominating
r a man for president who supported
r the Democratic ticket in 1896? Some
: OF the silver Republicans who were
, with us six years ago have gone bach
3 to the Republican party,-but they
have not attempted to change thu
party's policies; they have simply
adopted their party's position on TIN
g money question.
!, The gold Democrats, on the othe
hand, are impudent enough to as
sumo not only that they are entitled
to leadership, but that they are en-
titled to it without in the least mod
r flying their views on the question
that separated them from thei
D party"