La Junta tribune., 1904-10-22

said about the honesty Of Roosevelt and
the fact that be 10 not masqusradiag to
secure votea At first they vsrs an-
ciiusd to vote for Watson - Q rsbuks
20 the Parker gold Democrats. but oe
late many Of the former free silver nea.
particularly in the rural districts. have
esfsn Il into their heads that they oigAe
follow the precedent set for them IN
l6o0 by the gold Democratic wing. an1
Instead OF going TO Watson. 50 stfalghe
est 70 Roosevelt and thus make ths ~
oon ~ impressive - possible.
There was q great shout OF 10Y aDsa8
the Indiana Democracy when they rod
Watson's letter. and in more thas 80
community they cheered at the clever
manner In which he took o6 the hide
from the hypocrisy OF Alton b. Parker.
when be said.
VITA M. Parker IL is different. He = sst
. Je6er.onian Democrat; yet he seeks e
secure the support of JeGersonisna Hb
fosndIy lacking in true manhood ana IsaA-
ership. He was willing to stand upea TIE
New York State platform which Nj. Bsyan
position was 90 Indefinite. so foIy, % es-
tir~ly neutral that Mr. Bryan declared -
cheering thoaA nds that Parker vas "ahsc.
Iutely unit for the Democratic nomination.~
and that nobody but an artfui dodgee
could stand upon the New York platform
which 90 much res~mbled Its father. DavtA
u Hill
This clipping from watson's letter 10
being carried IN the p-ocs~ts Of thous-
auds Of loyal free silver Democrats. and
nesting In the same pocket with II b
little leaiet containing extracts showing
Mr.. Bryan's opinion of the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. The In
diana Democrats remember the sincerity
with which Brysn said in his speech as
Chicago last April. long before the con-
vsn,Ion At St. Louis:
Taking the New York platform ~ te1t,
can prove TO every unbiased mind that
Judge Parker is not . 1T man to Be- aeoi-
mated by the Democratic party. ee any
other party that stands for honesty and
fair dealing In politics. We have svidenes
suidirieut to convict Judge Parker e abos-
lutte unntn~ss for the nomination
While Mr. Bryan comes into the State
at the particular request of the Parker
managers. IL will not take him long 70
fad rhs sentiment Of the psopls. Thsy
will listen TO him hs they did Of old.
and they will cheer his magic ehoQusnes
TO the echo. Nonefheless they will rot
vote for Parker. because they know that
Bryan himself has been tricked and
estranged. They know that Mr.. Bryan
will support Parker only because he
deems !, his duty TO maintain his regu-
larity In the party. and thus still fur
ther TO shame the political traitors who
left their party in 1886. and who ere
now seeking to be returned to power
through the votes of Bryan and the
Bryan Democrats. whom they dsnouncsd
so freely only a few years ago - luna
tics and incendiary.
Mr.. Brysu's Purpsse.
The people here perfectly well under
stand what Mr.. Bryan means BY going
on the stump for Mr.. Parker. Most
of them look forward to still smother
regeneration Of the Democratic party.
following upon the crushing defeat Of
Parker next month. and they expect that
their splendid standard bearer will b.
the leader Of this final and successful
reorganization OF the Democracy. II was
personal triumph TO William Jennings
Bryan in the ST. Louis convention when
he secured the omission in the platform
o: any allusion TO the gold standard, and
his friends feel that he was personally
tricked and shamed by Judge Parker's
gold telegram. They fully agreed with
Bryan himself when he said In the Com
moner of July 18Th. in speaking about
Judge Parker's gold telegram:
Then his friends attempted TO secure q
gold plank which was oyerw helmingiy de-
feated In the convention. After he had Sc
cured the nominal ticn he injected his views
upon the subject ut time when he could
not be taken from the ticket without great
demorniizaticn. The nomination, therefore.
secured by crooked and Indefensible
methods II was plain and deliberate at
tempt to deceive the party.
None OF Mr.. Bryan's speeches In In
diana during his whiriwind tour Of the
State can by any possibility sface the
effect which has already been produced
by his own deliberate statements before
aud after the convention. These loyal
silver Democrats have learned only too
well that the men now in control of the
party despise Bryan as much A. ever
they did. and that, il Parker should b
elected, the loyal silver Democrats, who
represent the great mass Of the party,
would have no more to say In the ad-
ministration than they did during the
closing years of Grover Cleveland's term
in the White House.
Bryan's tour in Indiana will only ac-
centnats the love of the silver Democrats
for their leader. Ii will only make them
more determined IL punish the New York
ccterie which surrounds Parker for its
persistent attitude OF hostility to Bryan
and all his friends. The silver Demo
Gratis of Indiana are too amart to be
tricked by INSCRIPTIONS political man
ayers. and they will not vote for any can
didate who represents. as Parker does
to an extraordinary extent, the prevalene
eastern sentiment Of hitter hostility to
William Jennings Bryan and everything
be represents.
Look out for sensational s,ump In
the Democratic vote Of Indiana. Maize
mp your mind that the loyal Bryan Demo
Gratis have become tired Of being made
football for the unscrupulous eastern
men who have seized upon the manage
ment Of the party to the exclusion OF
every western idea and Of every western
man. The Democratic vote for Roose-
welt will Be large, the Democratic vote
for Watson will be much larger, bot the
Bryan Democratic vote. which win say
at homo on the 6th day Of Novsnbsr.
win astonish the natives.