The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05

GROVER CLEVELAND.
Islands Right Where Presidential Light
ming May Strike Him)
and name Olney delegates to the ma
tional convention. The delegates are
almost all bought with offices or with
the hope of office. Sometimes they
change, but usually they remain true
to the individuals to whom they
pledge themselves. Lewis Cass, OF
Michigan. bought supporters with OF
fees, and he said: AN honest poll
tician is one who will stay bought"
Gathering in delegates more than
a year in advance is one of the new
tricks in politics which Mr.. Hanna
developed previous to 1896. Those
who are far-sighted enough to do
this Systematically have what Is
called "a good organization Ihas
is to say, that if one has an organ
lied army of ex-postmasters, all Oh
them hungering for political flesh
pots, he is political general with
whom one must reckon.
In the state of Pennsylvania tnefo
are 5000 postmasters and about l,oo0
deputy postmasters. These, with tho
other federal, and state office-holders,
make an organized army of ponticai
workers numbering upwards Oh H.
600 men, all of them working to re-
tain their positions, and all OF them
under the skillful direction of Sena-
tor Quay; and yet people WONDER
that Quay always succeeds.
Early in March, soon after his re-
entry into the senate, Senator COR
man, of Maryland, said to Champ
Clark. of Missouri: william Jen-
nings Bryan must be reckoned with.
While his friends may not constitute
the necessary two-thirds to nominate
in a national convention he will un-
doubtedly have more than major.
ity in the convention next year, ana
| will be able to dictate the PLATFORM
Whoever overlooks this all-importans
fact will find himself hopelessly In .
minority when the convention ge1
down to actual work"
From this it is apparent that MI.
German realizes, and fully unders
stands, that Mr.. Bryan is burrowing
also for delegates, although not Tor
the purpose of forcing his renomina-
ton. 1t means that the eloquent Ne
braskan intends to remain DOM
inant factor in his party. This also
means that as long as he lives MP.
Bryan will have hopes of getting the
prize for which he has twice SO brii-
iiantly contended. Here is story
about Mr.. Bryan which has never
been published:
During June, 1896, while the mar,
rator was at the crowded counter Of
telegraph office at the st. Louis CON
vention, sending special dispatches to
some large daily newspapers, :
} bustling big fellow crowded in, and
| received stiff punch from an ener
petic elbow. No resentment followed
. the blow, but, instead, the writer
, heard his name called cheerily By
one who said: won't you let poo
2 working man have chance to carr
4 his bread and butterT Looking up
c the narrator saw the smiling face o
d his old friend Bryan. Room wa
: made at once; Bryan's brief Telegram
o was written and sent to a small pa
!, per. which he said was paying hin
v sac Der week, and then he disaE
!; reared in the crowd. Three week
d later he was nominated for the pres
4 dency. There never was a better 4
e lustration of the possibilities in TIL
d great republic, for there never befor
was such a meteoric rise from penur
Y to position and political power.
It And so, while all of the others n
n borrowing for delegates to gain Ii
# presidential nomination, the astut
j. politician from Maryland says tn,
y "Bryan must be reckoned with
When it is recalled that Mr.. Gorma
y is the only man who has been able
70 lead his party to success in preside
IF tial campaigns, for well-nigh
N wears, it may be well for all of q
he other burrowers to hearken to
Ii words of wisdom. And it is wortl
of of note also that while Mr.. Gorm
IN thus respectfully takes off his hat
x Bryan that worthy in his weekly l
OF per says that German was regul'
L. but not too regular"
tot SMITH o. FRI