Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-12
Weary Of Bryan.

Conditions have changed. and the
only hope for Democracy lies In frank
recognition of the changes that have
coine.-St. Joseph (Mo.) News and
Press.
Mr.. Bryan has outlived by. nearly
four years the period in which he could
successfully assume the role OF dicta-
tor of the party's nominees and dec
larations of policy.-Rochester Herald
(Dem)
/ Mr.. Bryan is a bad platform in him.
SELF Mr.. Bryan Is hostile to honest
money to property possessed by men
whom he does not like and who do not
vote for him. to the full payment Of
debts and to the maintenance Of good
order.-Chicago Chronicle Dem.)
If Organism be kept on top. Republi-
canism will have walkover. If
Democracy be put on top. Republican,
ism will have to fight for its political
life. Democracy must win over Bryan
and Organism before 1t can even affect
Ign Eagle (Dem.)
Bryan and Organism have brought
defeat to the party, because of their
declared hostility to every substantial
element Of the body polite. and their
declared panderirg to every grotesque
phantas,n In political economy. Worse
than that, they have brought many
Democrats a loss Of self-respect. and
even the hope Of success.-Trenton IN.
- True American. (Dem.)
Mr.. Bryan. no doubt. will continue to
go about the country giving entertain
ments as a chin harpist and asserting
what the Democratic party will do in
its national convention, but the fact is
Of the party. Mr.. Bryan has learned
nothing from two disastrous defeats
caused by an issue which the common
sense of the country repudiated.-New
Orleans States (Dem.)
The Republicans eagerly desire the
nomination of Mr.. Bryan: or, if they
can not get that, they desire a cam
paign in which his policies will control
the Democratic party and his principles
find expression in the Democratic plat
form. as in 1886 and 1900. 1t will be
sound policy for the Democratic party
to refroin from doing what the Repub-
lican party wants it to do.-Wilming-
ton (Del) Every Evening (Dem.)
Let him go it, said Grover C1eve-
land recently of the Nebraska man. and
he is ''going it" as fast as he can. A,
dispatch from Richmond. Va. says that
Senator in the Virginia Legislature,
who introduced a panegyric of Bryan
into an address before the State
Senate, caused quiet laughter all over.
the Senate chamber. There is a pros
pect that this disposition to laugh when
Bryar's name is mentioned will spread
all over the country.-Hartford Conn,
Times (Dem.)
The Chronicle gets papers each day
from every part Of the South. and it
has not yet seen a single Endorsement
| of Bryan's views as expressed in his
recent speech. On the contrary. the
opinion is unanimous that it would be
| ruinous to countenance them for a
| moment. Tits clustering pirate who
has jumped aboard the political ship
| AMI claimed possession of the pilot
| house. must be made to walk the
plank. Or there can be but one end
breakers, rocks and destruction.-Char-
| lotte IN. CO. Chronicle.
| 1t is very evident that the Democracy
! has been cured OF Organism and it is
clear that there will be no submission
at st. Louis to dicta issuing from the
parlor of Mr.. Bryan's Lincoln resi-
| dence. If Mr.. Bryan keeps on upon
his fatuous course he will be ridden
over very roughly in the convention
And therefore we hope he will keep on
We've got to get rid of him at some
time If the Democratic party is to have
a part in the Government, and it is
| evident that he will not depart in peace
| nor merge himself in the general sanity
Of his party; so let us proceed to put
him aside quickly and for all time
Louisville (Ky) Post (Dem.)