The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE CONCEALED
WEAPON EVIL AND OTHER MATTERS

overwhelming defeats-the second even
greater than the frst-Yhat must be the
effect of the platform-makers of 1904 taxi
ing their inspiration and their cue rather
from the platforms of 1896 and 1900. than
from those-let us say-of 1892 and 1874, on
which decisive victories were won?
Times change and men change with
them. Issues change and voters ehtnge
with them. The democratic party needs
votes On the lines of 1896 and 1900 itlost
them. Whenever it has revised those ines
1t has gained them. In spite OF ali these
lessons, are we to continue to accept Mr.
Bryan as our only Moses2 To take the
word and the law solely out of his mouth,
and under threat of the abandonmerf OF
truth, to enact over again the wretthed
chapter of accident and disaster. while,
with our eyes wide open, we traVei the
same old road to ruin?
rs free silver at the ratio OF is p l,
the only weapon with which democracy
may smte plutocracy? Is populism, So
eialism, fusonism the only resource ofthe
people against the money power? Doab-
solute Capitalization and the man on
horseback-that is to say the broico-
busting wound-be-man on horseback in
volve no other issue than an incident of
currency, which should never in the irst
place have been set up as the test of my
mans democracy? And finally, lest we
be id must we fall down and worship
Mr. Bryan, with all his manifest limta-
tions and imperfections as the greatest
general the loftiest statesman and he
purest patriot who has adorned American
politics since the formation Of parties?
ITO our mind. all this seems the vry
embodiment of political blasphemy he
very essence of worldly absurdity. and We
refuse to be party to It."
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Speaking of politics. the William r.
Hearst boom for the democratic nomiia-
ton seems to have gained a tremendous
impetus in the west. Mr.. Hearst has a
thoroughly organized campaign burelu.
and his several newspapers In New Yok,
Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angees
are booming him. Several thousand COM
try weeklies in the west are doing lie
wise. Mr.. Johnson, the democratic "a
tional committeeman from Kansas AID
Mr.. Walsh. the democratic national con
mitteeman from Iowa, are activity
at work for him in the several wet
ern states, and it is said that the denp-
cratic delegations to the st. Louis coz
vention from fully dozen western repip-
lican states will go for Hearst.
Mr.. Hearst feels that he is entitled 0
Tammanys support because his newsp-
per was the only one in the city of Nev
York that supported Tammany in the r.
cent city election. Tammany will, how
ever, not go for him, and it is not be
lieved that he can do anything toward
getting the New York delegation; an
without New York he could not, of course
be nominated. AS little as people thinl
of it, however, Mr.. Hearst will appear II
the st. Louis convention with a very large
number of delegates-probably one-fourth
of the total number.
Though Mr. Bryan has not said so in
so many words. he is certainly encour-
aging Mr. Hearst's candidacy, and marry
believe that before the convention meets
he will be an outright supporter of
Hearst