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tons. 1t is to goad Bryan to ;

tions. It is to goad Bryan to a
natural fury.
Now Bryan has done his party
service, as he has by his party
been highly honored as few men en-
are. Twice the nominee 1or
president. he has-whatever may
be said against his wisdom
twice received the support, the
enthusiastic support, of six and
a half million Democrats. 1t is
folly to read him out of the
party now, it is absurd to humil.
late him and set at naught
his counsels. The declared de-
sire to treat him so is largely
responsible for his present angry
attitude which threatens to dis
rupt the party. We have no
sympathy at all with his demand
that the platforms of 1896 and
1900 be reaffirmed plank for
plank, word for word. But We
can very readily understand
how, being human, thesuggestion
to nominate the former nominee
who later refused his support to
Bryan is a taunJ and a dare to the
gentleman from Nebraska. II
Cleveland could sulk in '96, and
could not speak even in 1900,
why should Bryan be expected
meekly to submit to his nomlna-
ton now? to mention Cleveland,
therefore, is to drive Bryan to
an extreme that, if unreasonable
and unwise, is not past the un-
derstanding of men whc have
pride and good red blood.
The campaigns of 1886 and
1900 proved pretty conclusively
that the Democratic ticket can
not carry the country without
the assistance of that action of
which Mr.. Cleveland is general
| " referred to as representative.
There can be no doubt, on the
other hand, that the election of
1904 cannot be won without the
votes of those millions who sup.
ported Bryan in his two cam
paigns. Harmony, then. means
not the victory of one faction
over the other but the coming
together of both on a common
ground with due respect to each.
In bringing this about the
Democrats of the south can, and
should, take the lead. They
have remained true to the party
at all times-under all conditions
and all leaders-true not to the
party alone but to the political
theories upon which pure and
constitutional government has
rested and must rest. The
Democrats of the south have no
candidate to present, they will
support an eastern or a western
man who is sound IN doctrine
and strong in the regard of the
people, one whose name spells
principle as we'll as victory and
who will honor the party as the
party honors him. The southern
Democrats will refuse to be used
for the purposes of any person
or any faction striving to con-
troll the party; they are lookln g
for a leader who can lead and
whom all Democrats can honora
blv follow in the fight for "a
pure and constitutional govern
ment." They are not to be
ground between the upper and
the neither milestone nor kicked
from one side to the other as an
inanimate and unintelligent foot
ball. The 120 votes or more
which the south will cast IN the
electoral college are necessary
to the success of a Democratic
candidate and if the south is to
be solid" there it can as we'll
be solid when it comes to the
framing of the platform and the
naming Of the nominees. And
the south is conservative and
charitable, not radical nor sci
fish. It has no ''isms" or oddl-
ties-to present and no candidate;
it is desirous of securing a pure
and economical constitutional
government with president
and a congress who will main
tain the laws and the principles
of the republic.
The party and the country
must respect the south, and the
south must not allow itself to be
disregarded.-The State.