Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-09-11

SEPT. II.
The st. Cloud Times, referring to
our remarks of last week, says:
Our esteemed contemporary seems to
be far and away off as to the Times
position. It is an everyday newspaper
custom to print the views Of other
dences Of public opinion. So far as
the World represents democratic senti-
ment is concerned. its readers are bet
ter able to Judge. That it yields a
powerful influence, there is no doubt
As to its prediction of the probable
result in Ohio, the returns will be the
best reply.
The Times has not Jumped on
any friends of Bryan will it.
We are, however, heartily tired of Mr..
Bryan g" jumping on every man. that
did not support him in 1'96 and 1900,
and insisting that all men be kept out
OF the party until they have done pen
ance.
We are in favor of fighting the
battle Of 1904 upon the platform which
the next National Convention shall
adopt and not upon the last two
which brought the party to defeat.
We are further in favor of welcom-
Ing to the ranks of the party all who
''strayed from the fold,' and not
building fences to keep them out.
We want to see all democrats &C. to-
gether in solid phalanx. Judging
from Mr.. Bryan utterances and the
other editorials in the Commoner, he
would exclude all who did not vote
for William Jennings Bryan. We
have the best of reason for believing
that we have here expressed the
opinionl Of Sixth district democrats.
Should the Herald see fit to COM
ment on our position, We trust it
will print the foregoing.
Certainly this editorial to a great
extent sustains the contention of
The Herald. The prediction Of
The Times for the school Of opinion
represented by the New York World,
Is manifest, and We regret that such
Is the case. The World virulently
opposed the democratic ticket in 1896
and 1900, not only because Of free Sill
YER, which was only q pretext, but be-
cause Of the general tone Of the two
platforms of the party. Those plat.
forms were too radical for ''demo-
Gratis" of the stamp of the World.
They lid not like Organism, - failing
to perceive that what they called
"Bryanism. was an expression Of the
real desires Of the mass Of the demo-
cratic party. Mr.. Bryan can only re-
tain power and influence in his party
80 long as he represents the views of
the great mass Of democrats. and no
longer. The Times says it is tired of
Mr.. Brayn's jumping on men who did
not suppot him in 1896 and 1900 Mr..
Bryan does not question the right any
man had, whatsoever he calls himself
politically, to vote for whom he
pleases. He does question the right,
and with good reason, Of men who
fought the party, coming forth and
proclaiming themelves it's regenera-
tors, and not only saying that they
are the only honest and true demo-
Gratis, but demanding that the mill
ions who followed Bryan shall hum
bly, confess their sins, and allow
these people, who showed their de-
mocracy by voting the republican
ticket, to seize the reins of party gov
eminent. The proposal is impudent
and preposteroue. At the last demo-
cratic state convention there were q
few, very few, delegates, who wan t.
ed no affirmation Of the Kansas City
platform, which contains. in rela-
tion to imperialism. as noble utter
ances in behalf of human freedom at
were ever written. But the temper of
the convention was altogether the
other way. The regeneration of the
democratic party dates from1S96, and
that is what bothers the would-be |
1egenerators of the present.
The Times judges the last two plat
forms by the fact of defeat of the can.
didates who stood upon them. If that
logic is good, the early republican
party ought to have changed it's plat
form after the defeat of fremont BY
Buchanan and dropped the slavery
question.
The Times wants those who strayed
5#5HE -sSs 4. 81 sis4s go