The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-02-05
DEMOCRATSANDBRYAN
New Issues Versus Old Ones
at the Capital.
WHEN Observation-Disclosures POWER
The Country Not Always Swayed by
Political Wishes OF Its Congress
SiOnnI Representatives = They Adj
mire John sharp Williams.

Political wishes OF Its Congress
SiOnnI Representatives They Adj
mire John sharp Williams.
Washington. Feb. 81 Special. The
Democrats are cheerfully figuring on
the probable strength of William j..
Bryan at the coming national conven-
ton in ST. Louis. From the expressions
of leaders ii is To be inferred that most
OF them prefer to leave behind the is
sues raised in the campaigns of 1896
and 1900 but the question arises wheth-
er the rank and file of the party. the
men who make up the voting strength
are of the same opinion as the leaders
in congress, or do they still believe in
the candidate of the last two conven-
tions? Generally speaking, ii may be
asserted that the leaders, as represent
ed in congress. would be able to control
the delegates from their states This
would he true under ordinary circum-
stances. but if there is yet an underly-
ing sentiment favorable TO Bryan
among the people the leaders would be
endorsed in their state conventions.
who wish TO enter upon new issues,
and they would like To know how
strong this Bryan sentiment will be
and what effect il will have upon the
coming convention.
AS to Congressional Influence.
While it cannot be doubted that the
influence of the senators and represent
atives i'm southern states is always very
strong i'm shaping the policies and views
OF the delegates TO conventions from
those sections. it does not always fol
low that the people will heed the wishes
Of their congressional representatives
in making presidential candidates. This
is emphatically the case regarding the
Republican party. Ii the Republican
representatives, of the house in 1896
could have named the presidential can.
didate. Thomas Il. Reed would have
been chosen beyond any question. The
Republicans of the senate ut that time
were unqueStionably for Senator Ali
SON We all know how Mckinley
swept the country that year.
They Admire Williams.
1t has only been few months since
Representative Williams has been a
leader of the minority in the house, but
during that time he has won the high
admiration Of many of the Republican
members. That he is clever and
ready debater well informed political
student and resourcefu in everything
that pertains 10 the leadership of his
party is conceded by the Republicans
not only in full and attentive attend
ance when Williams speaks. but in
private conversation.
Battle of Point Pleasant.
Senator Scott has introduced and the
senate has passed a bill appropriating
$4,000 for monument 10 mark the
spot where Revolutionary battle was
fought between the colonial forces and
the Indians on oct 10, 11I4. Ii oc-
Cured at the junction Of the Ohio and
Kauawba rivers I'm what was then
Virginia and is now West Virginia
Several authors are quoted aS show ing
the Importance of the battle. among
them Theodore Roosevelt. who said in
his winning of the West
Certainly. i'm all the contests waged
against the northwestern Indians dur
ing the last half OF the eighteenth cen
fury. there was no other where the
whites inflicted So great Il relative loss
on their foes. Its results were most i'm
Dortaut II kept the northwestern
tribes quiet for the first two years Of
the Revolutionary struggle. and. above
all. il rendered possible the settling Of
Kentucky and the winning Of the west
Had il not been for Lord Dunmore'S
war il is more than likely that when
the colonies achieved their freedom
they would have found their western
boundary fixed at the Allegheny noun.
tainS"
The Preacher In Politics.
Senator Clapp has been dcIving into
the muSty records of the past to get
points bearing upon the case of Reed
Smoot. hwho has been compelled To de
fend his title To seat IA the senate.
The Minnesota senator has made the
curious discovery that in the early
DAYS fourteen states had laws forbid
ding ministers Of the gospel from hold
ing office. Such law would have left
Smoot out for his position as an apos-
tie is that Of minister of the Mormon
church. II was shown that i'm the pro
hbition against ministers there was no
fear Of their influence on public ar
fairs or that they might bring about n
partial union OF church and state. but
they were cXcldcd for their own bene-
III. on the ground that they would be
contaminated and become ungodly if
they were allowed to- hold Office The
states that had sucl laws were mostly
IN the south Maryland and Tennessee
were the last states 10 repeal them.
"Lsekeys of the Senate"
Under our system Of rules and prac-
tice." remarked Representative Lind Of
Minnesota. every member OF the house