The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-07-18
BRYAN AND cLEvEr,

+ 'NSVELANO.
! The resentment which w..
Bryan cherishes against w.. william
land becomes daily more 'O'e' G
and he courts every onnor-,,- aP'a
press it. More's the Div 5 ,alI'g
creating a gulf between thu 'a''s
of free silver and his forr rg Cham
ers. Not for an instant DO suP
dulge the thought that rro w 'ae7
friend Of the west or the land
pie, nor would they be found 't i'll
voting for delegates TO- ~ I'll ca
Democratic convention ua
support the ex-presfdart.
recognize the fact that if ny u'
is to win, it must be as
party. presenting the srrang+s 10
clpllne that rolled ND q me- .D
votes for Samuel j. Tfdea ' sDs I.
ed him to an Office he was fra anr
withheld from occupying ''uIe
Let them deny it ever co
lS as they have done time ~. sl'Il
both of these Democratic s s+s.' az |
cherish in their heart of b ,.a.s'2
conceit that one is the choice u,
Democracy for the nomination VI
other is not. We're the choice
left to personal merit if fs
to predict that Bryan wonId .ou'
the support Of the common neon,
his party, because he can bos+
the needs and aspirations Of n.
ducers of capital and becsr.a
the avowed enemy of mono,,n.
capital Even a mediocre gift NJ =.
tory, providing the candidate :.
est, wins votes from the Drolot.
OF all political parties. This HON
how much better equipped is tbo
Ver-tongued orator of the PLATTE
exploiting campaigns than is bis i,
at Princeton, other things being o,..
Yet we cannot resist the convict.
that Cleveland is a man of Chr,
character, visible in the deed, a
which we admire him, as well q, ,
the deeds for which we alasA b-
Some things he has written and +.
tered which carried wisdom in t5a,
Hight. Those few words beginning
message to congress,-''it is not fl.
Dry but a condition which confn,.
ls"-today possess more sini6esrs
wen inliterature than BryaD's O4r
alton anent the crown of thorns ami
ross of gold, which sent conserstrs
nd bald-headed Democrats I'D in he
ir at the Chicago convention
Having written this much resUeet5,
he merits of Bryan and Cleveland ii
s return to where we began. If Den
Gratis hope to succeed, it must b
18th a united party. A united party
0mething impossible so long as !
vice defeated candidate persists IN
Dtruding his personality upon bis
'rmer supporters, suspects everybot
no doubts the wisdom of the Kanm
ity platform. and abuses the MAJ
no succeeded twice to the position
which his denouncer failed twice to
elected.
The mischief Of those Bryan tails
ID interviews is the sympathy ali
pport they attract to Cleveland, who
terly ignores them. The mischa
S also in the fact that Bryan le
dates any form of Democracy that
not Bryan Democracy, the same IS
1nciated in the Kansas City plat
m. He is blind to all else, yet Be6e
We him sincere and honest.
The hope of Democrats who dream
a winning campaign is the one that
.veland may be goaded to reply 70
ANS caustic denunciations, thu;
senting the spectacle Of two Den
ats as far apart in their views
e Douglas and Breckenridge
campaign which elected Lincol
lesson learned by Democrats tne'
uld prepare the way for some0oQ
er than Bryan or Cleveland Wla
It's the national convention Lei
one stick to his newspaper, let lS
r go fishing. at is a eOndiu0n
a theory, which confrOnts Us
J, Bryan. Vale, Cleveland.
lowledge humbleth the great MAJ,