The independent., 1904-01-28

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Williams and Willis j. Abbot have
not entered into this combination.
They are standing aloof, but will vote
and work in the national convention
to down the Cleveland crowd. At
present they have no faith that 1t can
be done, in such way as to make the
democratic party real reform party.
They talk about a bolt from the ma
tional convention and there is no
question that if the national conven-
tion 'goes back on the Kansas City
record is such as to make his course
doubtful, that there will be a bolt.
One of this party, very high in the
ranks, says that the two-thirds rule in
democratic national conventions will
prevent any nomination until one or
the other faction does bolt. This man
said that the conditions pointed a sit
uation something like that when the
democratic convention met just pre-
vlous to the war, voted for days with
out making a nomination and then
broke UP into three or four factions
and made Lincoln minority presi-
dent.
The truth is that neither the repub-
lican nor the democratic party can
poll its full vote in New York al the
next presidential election. If the
Bryan wing gets the convention the
Cleveland democrats will not vote the
ticket, and If Cleveland wins there
are thousands Of democrats even in
this state of plutocracy who will not
vote the ticket. If Hanna wins, there
will be some republicans-who viii! not
vote the republican ticket and if
Roosevelt wins there are thousands
whose interests are with the trusts,
banks and railroads who will not
vote it.
There can no longer be any doubt
that every plutocratic interest in this
state, and in other states as we'll is at
work to secure the nomination OF
Hanna. There have been several gath
erings here in the last week, besides
that of the seventeen railroad pTesi-
dents, perfecting plans to nominate
Hanna. Money has been put up in
enormous amounts and agents are at
work in every state in the Union
striving to get Hanna delegations to
the republican national convention.
There are more plutocratic interests
actively at work for Hanna than ever
before combined on one man. The
banks are for him. the trusts are for
him, the railroads are for him, the
subsidy schemers are for him, and ev-
cry CRATER and obtainer of special
privileges of every sort is for him.
One man said: 1T is doubtful il the
Booker T. Washington dinner will
hold the negro delegations from the
south for Roosevelt What the me-
groes want is Offices. The position
taken by Roosevelt that the negroes
must have equal qualifications for Of
flee to that of white men does not
suit them. Hanna will promise to ask
no such disagreeable things of them"
1t is fact that good many promi-
nent men in the democratic party are
planning bolt That cannot be de-
MED. Some of them are actuated by
the loftiest motives. Others who have
been beaten by the Cleveland bolt are
determined to pay him back in kind.
Many Of these men had but one
chance in all their lives. They can
never have another. They will get
their revenge if it is possible.
The situation here demonstrates the
wisdom of the action taken at the
Denver conference. Every populist in
the land should put on his full armor.
Populist principles are conquerine the
whole world. The last hope of plutoc-
racy-the sustaining of two nearly
equal parties, both of which will be
subservient to its wishes-is about to
disappear. Even the control OF the
press will not effect it. Wills ]. Alb
bot in recent article in the Book
Lovers Magazine talks rather freely
about bolt from the democratic ma
tional convention. Mr.. Bryan's speech
at the Lincoln banquet is taken by
that class OF men here as an assnr-
ance that there will be no compromise
with plutocracy. and they argue that
II he stands TO that. he will be with
them.
Push the Old Guard enrolment In
every voting precinct. When the war
begins let us have our army fully or
ganized and ready for battle. IT.