Milford chronicle., 1904-10-21
RESENTMENT IN INDIANA IS VERY STRONG
Some Will Vote for PopuIist Watson, Others viii
Support President Roosevelt and Many
Win Stay Away From the Polls
on November g.
Especial CorrespondenceJ

ayers TO inaugurate a whrlWiud cam
pagn in this State, with William Jeu
uings Bryan as the star orator. and thei
still later decision to push him to tn
front constantly aud to double the mum
Der Of his speeches, has revealed at las
an extraordinary situation, which ha
thoroughly alarmed the leaders. Bryal
has been brought TO Indiana for the sol
purpose OF seeing if his personal intlu
ence could not be relied on to stop
wholesale rebellion on the part Of th'
old line Democrats Ii has been an opei
secret for some time. but until now th'
Democratic managers have constantly
denied it. that the rank and file Of tht
Indiana Democracy, the men who voted
for Bryan because they loved him. the
men who worked for silver because they
believed IN it, have been thoroughly dis
gusted with the one-siled reorganization
OF the Democratic party. 1t is TO bring
these men back into the fold that Bryan
mas been brought here, but it is not be
lieyed that the brilliant Nebraska leader
will do more than make periuuctory
speeches for Parker. because in every
country town are to be found leaflets ex-
pressing what Bryau's real opinions are,
and just what be thinks of Parker and
the desperate politicians who secured his
nomination at ST. Louis.
The old line Democrats of Indiana are
naturally n peculiarly loyal and straight
forward class Of men. They represent in
their party the bone and sinew of the
great manufacturing class. and more par
ticularly the thlughtful rurk-ribbed. in
telligeut portion OF the farming com
munity They voted for silver in 1895
and IN 1900 because they believed that
the system OF free coinage advocated by
Bryan and the great mass Of the Wes,
ern Democratic leaders would put an
end TO their poverty and give them Il
chance to compete on even terms with
the Wall street magnates, who they were
told, We're stealing away from the people
the wealth Of the country.
Object to Being Called Traitors.
Conditions have changed since then
Undeniabie prosperity has come to all
classes. and there is no longer u DISPOSE
ton to press the silver question to the
front. These old iue Democrats, how
ever do not relish the idea of being
called lunatics or traitors. ANA still less
do they relish the development of party
politics which has absolutely turned over
the control of the Democracy tu lhe very
men who h1ltei the party Ia 1895. They /
have never believed it right that the tail ]
should attempt to wag the dog. and they |
cannot forget here in Indiana that the I
men who are now seeking TO ostracize /
the faithful Democratic masses. and who /
are doing everything i'm their power To /
create a Wall street coutrol Of the Demo .
cratic party. are the same Oues who open /
ly, only eight years ago, left the Demo
cracy and voted direct for the Republi-
can candidate for the Presidency.
There are no more loyal Bryan Demo
Gratis in the country than those of In
diana. This is particularly true Of the
country districts. The people loved and
believed in their splendid leader, aud IT
is significant thing that when the
other States through the Mississippi val-
ley voted for Mckinley by an enormous
majority. Indiana kept the plurality
down TO narrow margin. Mr. Bryan
made campaign in this State that year
which made friends wherever he went.
1t is these warm friends and admirers
Of William Jennings Bryan who. in the
present campaign, have been disgusted
and insulted by the men who are now
In control OF the Democratic machine
They cannot forget that in 1896, here
~ this city of indianapolis, there was
leld a convention TO organize an indie {
pendent Democratic party. The gold
Democrats Of Indiana led the movement
lEainst Bryan. They were foremost in
irging the nomination of Palmer and ,
3uekner. They urged all gold Demo
rats 10 vote for these two old generals.
md not to cast a ballot for William
Jennings Bryan, who was denounced
much more severely by the gold Demo
rats than ever he was by the Republi-
ans. There was an appearance Of 10y
lty to the old party, because Palmer and
Suckner were both old-time Democrats "
nd they conducted their campaign on a
Democratic basis. Yet every one knows
THAT happened. The gold Democrats. y
lstead of maintaining a show of regu S
lrlty by voting for Palmer and Buck G
er voted by thousands for Mckinley o
The Palmer and Buckner vote in In
lana was a mere shadow, and did not a
egin to indicate the real strength Of the 1
olt q
Bryanites We're Generous. b
Throughout all the campaign Of 1896 b
he gold Democrats, not only in Indiana II
ut in the country at large, abused Bryan e
nd bryauism in t.e most savage terms. Il
-e received much better treatment from it
he Republicans who made their Fight OF
3 au honest basis. who flooded the coun- v
8 with literature in behalf of tue gold J.
aDdari. but who never assaled the %
slsoual character or rhe integrity of the ST.
slowed Democratic standard bearer. In cl
e convention at ST. Louis the gold IS
emoeratic men were in control. all ID
0ugh not ia the majority. There was gu
sentiment in the party that some kind
reorganization was absolutely neces- w
ry to success. The Bryan men were ci
Early in the majority. not only in the U
invention, but throughout the country. M
.t they were generous, aud they were N
ling to kill the fatted calf for the Of
odigal son. But they expected him q,
cat only his own share of the bar ST
eue. and had no notion that after he Bi
urned from his meager diet on the Is rs