The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-03-18
FOR PRESIDENT.


II IA only three and half months uu-
III the Democrats of the Nation Will
assemble in ST. Louis &c nominate their
candidate for President, and the country
Ia beginning to realize that time Is
messing. 1t is only seven weeks untii
The Democrats of Tennessee viii meet
.,a salect their delegates TO the ST.
Louis convention; it is meme TOO early
therefore for Tennessee Democrats to
heu;n IN think and consider who they
want, that thew may choose their deie-
gates accordingly.
Mr.. BRYAN and Mr.. Bryan's friends
realize that he is not an available man
sor the nomination. He has the largest
nersonal following of any man IN Ameri-
"a There are more people who believe
In him than in any other one man. In
,ha Judgment of many he is the truest
uatriot and brainiest statesman TINS
country has produced during his gener-
alton and time. He is the great tribune
NJ the common people. He is their
uncrowned KING. He is the relentless
enemy of their oppressors. And because
he will not bow unto Baal nor wor-
shin the golden calf he is opposed by the
money bags Of America. And because
Che uMoney Bags" under their several
aliases are combined against him, ne
raalizes and his friends realize that he is
not an available man for the nomina-
ton.
Crovar Clevelpud would be as oDnox-
,ous TO the Bryapites as Bryan would be
In the Clevelandites. He belongs to an
extreme wing of his party. He IS
hotter The last two national campaigns
he sulked in his tent and refused to fol-
low the flag Of his party. and by his ex-
ample contributed largely to the defeat
Of the Democratic nominee. His record
on the negro question is no better than
Roosevelt's. While Governor OF New
York he signed bill providing TOT
mixed schools-white and colored chill
tlren to sit side by side. And with ne
Official obligation whatever upon him &c
40 80, he invited negro man and MS
wife to his cleveland 81 wedding recep-
ton at the White House. A purely so.
cial function. where he had the perfect
right and was expected to Re exclusive
with his invitations. His second admin
istratlon was disastrous failure. After
making the race upon tariff reform
platform he refused to sign the only
tariff reform bill his party has been able
to pass in forty years. Lack OF conn
dence IN him and his administration
contributed in no small degree to one O
the worst financial papics the country
has ever suffered, and in addition to all
this he disrupted and utterly disor
0anized the Democratic party. Ane
yet, while we do not think he has hard
" the ghost of show for the nomina
tiop. we are frank to admit that as the
nominee he would make an exceedingl.
strong race. For the reason that ne
the chosen Prophet OF the Nugwumps
lind for the further reason that, being
gold bug and a moneycrat, he is popuia
IN Republican circles; and for the FUR
ther reason that, the Bryan men penn
better Democrats and more loyal
their party than Cleveland and his 10
lowers are, they would vote for the non
inee.
William r. Hearst Ia unthinkablt
His moral character is 80 low and az
graded. and his ability so mediocre
that his nomination would be disgrac
to the party, ,and his election nations
calamity.
German and Hill are political 'hs
beens."
Judge Alton B. Parker, of New Yorl
Is logically the man. He has as man
followers as any other aspirant, an
fewer enemies. He Is able and clea
and conservative. He can unite II
party, and he comes from New Yor|
The probabilities are he will be tn
nominee. And IL he is he will make Il
race quite strenuous enough to s''
even Teddy the Terrible.
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