The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-23
The CLEVELAND MOVEMENT"

From the It became appar-
emf that Mr.. Bryan would not consent
to a compromise with the eastern
Democracy by which, however SWEEP
" the pill might be sugar coated.
Bryan and Organism would be eiml-
mated. II was settled that the reorgan
izers would adopt the course hat
would be most repugnant TO Mr.
Bryan and that would most effective
cut him of from the party. That II
the logic of the Cleveland revival.
Bryand and Organism had TO 90. II
they were willing to go peaceably, the
national convention would treat then
with sufficient consideration to name
a candidate for the presidency not abb
soiutely repugnant. So long as they
will not go peaeeably, they will be
given the bitterest dose in the Dem
ocratic medicine chest.
The Boston Herald. which has not
until now considered the Cleveland re-
yival polite, although a Cleveland pa
per, confesses the situation. "Bry-
anism," it says, has blighted the
party in a way that affords it no hope
OF anything but defeat in the next
presidential campaign" What then?
Let it slough off Organism. II it is
said that this is to go out half way
u meet defeat, W. answer that II
doesn't make defeat any surer in the
end. Organism has made defeat GER
tain and inevitable, without alterna-
tive. Let defeat be accelerated, then,
and out Of it let some advantage Tor
the future be plucked." The Herald s
conclusion is that the Democracy
can do this more effectively with
Mr.. Cleveland as their candidate than
in any other way. though Mr.. Cleve-
land may not find it to be consistent
with his duty to be used for such a
purpose"
The attitude of such papers as the
Herald, and or all the Cleveland
Democrats. towards Mr.. Bryan, is
amusingly illustrated by the follow
ing statements. The Herald says lit
is plain that no Democrat who is not
in sympathy with the views of Mr..
Cleveland can be chosen" and ii says
lit is plain that no Democrat satisfac-
tory TO Mr.. Bryan can be elected pres
ident." Why is ii plain? The Bryan
men say because Mr.. Cleveland and
his followers cannot be relied upon
to support the ticket. But this is a
point of view that is so foreign to
the eastern Democrats that they can
not even appreciate that it exists.
With them Mr.. Cleveland's refusal 10
support Mr.. Bryan was an act OF
statesmanship, but Mr.. Bryan's re-
fusal to support Mr.. Cleveland is an
act OF political folly or perfidy.
But the Herald sticks to its one
NNANB IN Oh thC HAOlc ID nut dL
unpleasant one. The Democratic
party is to be defeated in the mex
presidential election, and the only
question is as to how it shall be de-
feated." 1t asks again: Shall it be
defeated under Cleveland or under
Bryan? Snail it be defeated with
honor and with conditions of states
manship on its part in one case, or
shall it lose the day with only con-
tempt left for itself in the other.
This is a conundrum hat the Demo-
Gratis must solve for themselves. So
long as the assumption upon which il
is based is valid, the Republicans will
not bother their heads, whichever
way their friends decide TO go. De-
feat with honor or defeat with per-
fdy, are all one so long as there is
sire defeat.