The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-11
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IT IS ALMOST DIsCoURA0lN0.
 It Is almost discouraging to read some of the diatribes against Mir. Cleveland which are indulged In by some of the former supporters of Mir. Bryan-not dis couraging because they injure, the great Democrat or because they can weaken or stay the tide now setting in his direction, but because they are exhibitions or blind malevolence not creditable to those who are guilty of such alleged arguments. Take this from the generally sane. but politically addle-pated virginian-Pilot as a fair sample of alleged discussion:
 The case stands that the Democratic self, % quietly, @ so that the people viii not suspect, and accept as 2 Presidential nominee the man selected by the pur- chasers. Either German S..,sls Cleveland .iII 0r would would. % Anyway the bargain can be struck. The recent elections show that.
 The question, therefore. Is, Ks the Democratic Party. for saieT Events hunters are very hungry and the pros; pect is undoubtedly alluring. We snaii see what we shall see, and to the SUI dent of politics and public affairs the dAVGt0DmGny8 prove of absording interest. But for the Democrat to whom victory lacking tne salt of principle Is poor food, there IS as much ground for apprehension as TOT hope in the present situation. |, How is that for a newspaper which. on most other subjects. talks with good sense7 It practically long since turned Mir. Bryan and free coinage over to the undertaken, and on most political ques- tions it is sane and commendable in its utterances, but when 1t comes to speak of Mir. Cleveland the Berserker spirit always gets on top. For it is idle to deny that all the above opprobrium is directed at MT. Cleveland. The Virgin Pilot knows that Mir. Hill is not even possibility. that Mir. olney is hardly more and that MT. German stands little better show than the others. The papers sneers and insinuations are directed at Cleveland and him alone.
 To talk about the Democracy selling it. self because it proposes to nominate a Democrat in whom the entire country has confidence is discouraging nonsense. Even a newspaper as thoroughly preju- dice-ridden as our Norfolk contemporary ought to see that to nominate man of Mr. Bryan's sort, or a man he would endorse, or on a platform that he would approve, would be equivalent to issuing an invitation to the funeral directors to come in and take charge of the party. A contest under such conditions would be o cinfuI waata of time and ruOney for the result could not possibly be other than an emphasizing the verdict of two other unfortunate campaigns.
 There is no flor sale" about it. Any man who can see through a wide open door should be able to see that Democ- puts out a candidate in whom the coun- try will have, confidence, and upon a platform of Democracy. pure and un- defiled by any taint of Populism or Socialism. Talk about the Democracy selling itself to Wall Street, and making bargains with the money power. and all such gulf is not even good nonsense The virginian-PII should leave all such ef- forts to discredit MT. Cleveland and those who believe in him and with him to the Tray. Blanche and Sweetheart crowd who can get no higher in the line
 of discussion. There are yet some oi
 them left whose highest idea of political
 argument is to "cuss Cleveland" and
 our Norfolk contemporary is too intelli.
 gent to get down into such a pack oi
 small fry.