The Washburn leader., 1904-07-23
THE CHRONICLE QUITS.


lines. This action is a big surprise In
view Of the Parker telegram. The
Chronicle has opposed Bryan for eight
years, and in the campaign of 1896
supported Palmer and Buckner. Un.
der the head. Chronicle is republi-
can," it says editorially:
When one thousand men represent
ing the democrats of the United
States, most of them chosen with much
difficulty as representatives Of what
is called conservative democracy, per.
NIT mere demagogue to bully them
into wrong-doing it must be that the
demagogue is greater than the party.
Two-thirds of the delegates to the
national democratic convention voted
for Judge Parker on the first ballot
the man whom Mr.. Bryan had traduced
for three months, the man whose
friends Mr.. Bryan had vilified, the
man who Mr.. Bryan had said should
not be nominated and could not be
elected.
Wnen a cowardly committee repre-
senting those delegates brought in a
platform which was silent on the mon
ey question not voice was raised in
expostulation or protest. While hun
dreds were ready to shout for Parker,
not one appeared in defense of elemen-
tary democracy.
Mr.. Bryan not only graciously per-
mits the democratic party to name a
candidate whom he has done his best
to defeat the advance, but he places
him on a platform with a hole in it
big enough to drop the entire party
through.
It is bad enough to have Mr.. Bryan
dominating radical democratic conven-
tions. When Mr.. Bryan is able to
silence a conservative democratic con-
vention the situation becomes intoler-
able. A mixture of William J. Bryan.
ism and David B. Hillism is insupport-
able. 4:
"The Chronicle is not in sympathy
with Mr.. Bryan's ideas. For eight
years it has refused to believe that Mr..
Bryan's ideas were acceptable to the
zeal democrats of the country: The
result 1t st: Louis appears to; end the
discussion. He and Hill are in control
and he and Hill have named the ticket
and made the platform: .;.:!:@% s..
A timid eastern democrat; who fend.
:ly, imagined that he could b noma-
mated: Assansunhhp~n has@beeat plAssad
on the ticket with An octogenarian fneee
'siiverite from West virginia and SUR
Piled with = platform which amounts
to IN Endorsement Of the platforms Of
Chicago sad. Kansas City. 'Ths popu.
listtc west; and the reactions ary south
are again In alliance; awi,tthaS new lead
er. It is true. but with no IL change in
principle and purpose The ticket
bears the stamp Of :porulism. There
is not 4 plank ii the platform which
was not modified by populism. n. Il -,
The democratic party Is attached to
Organism: It, #subsefvient to Bryan.
It has been persuadsd aginst its natdt.
al, ,inclinations: :tto nominate an ;tti.-
known candidate whom Bryan has
antagonized, but it,: has permitted
Bryan to do the rest. The democratic
party is Bryan and there is no reason ?
to suppose that its triumph under the
leadership Of man who voted twice
for Bryan and free silver, and boosted
OF 1t, would be anything else than q
triumph for Bryan.
Disagreeing fundamentally with this
leader and this party In most things
and agreeing with the republican party
in the essentials OF its creed, the
Chronicle today takes leave OF the
democratic party and allies itself With
the republicans. AS at present con:
stituted and led, the democratic party
LIS a menace to the peace and prosperi'
+ II and the integrity Of the United
States and the people. IT has discard
ed democratic principles and taken up
with the radicalism of populists and
| socialists, the obstructio and the
cowardice of wreckers and dema'
gogues. No good can come out Of It
with a blank for q candidate and q
blank for platform It will become
more and more contemplate In
strumentality for the exploitation o.
William J. Bryan and the school Of
demagogues following in his train.
The Chronicle believes that the re
publican party, while not. free Of fanlt
by any means, offers the American peo
pie At this time the only prospect 2 O }
eficient, intelligent and honest govern
ment that is anywhere to be seen, and
so believing, It will do what 1t can e
| . Sronoo axs nr3nrarlna and fO atrenQth