The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-12
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Tom Taggart to buy 25 per cent of them outright. Again, the popula- tion of the northern part of the State has increased faster than that of the Southern part, and the northern half is largely Republican.
 Indiana was slowly becoming Repub-' licanized when in 1896 the money ques- tion came along and split up the parties. Probably 10000 Republicans went over to Bryan on the silver issue, most of them farmers. But 15,000 gold Democrats refused to vote for Bryan. Thus the balance was held level. Since the memorable campaign of 1896 these dtverging elements have for the most part returned to their original ale glance. That is to say. most of the gold Democrats are back in the old rank, and nearly all of the silver Republicans have re-entered the Republican fold.
 This year the Democrats will gain perhaps 5000 or 1000 votes from mem bers of their party who went astray on the silver question in 1896 and did not return in 1900. On the other hand, there are quite a number of gold Demo- crats, usually business or professional men. who are in the Republican party to stay. They are men of influence, and their example carries weight.
 By long odds @the most significant phase of sthe present campaign is the attitude of the Bryan radicals. It Is no exaggeration to say that from 10.- 900 to 15,000 ardent silver Democrats votes from Parker. One may safely assume that two-thirds or three-fourths of them will get in line on election day. And yet the fact remains the l'D Democracy is not united and cannot be united this year. These ardent followers of MT. Bryan are sore over the manner in which the reorganizers carried their point. It was done by Tom Taggart in Judge Parker's interest. Bryan and Hearst were swept aside. The faithful Bryan ites believe their hero has been badly treated. They believe plutocracy has taken control of their party. Many of them wish to register their protest at the polls. They want to make 1t plain that they cannot be thus overridden with impunity. What the gold Demo- crats did to Bryan in 1Ss6 they would now like to do unto Judge Parker, the candidate of the reorganizers.
 The Democratic managers in Indiana do not attempt to conceal the fact that ness-of their situation. They are moving heaven and earth to bring their men into line. Colonel Bryan himself Is about to make a whirlwind tour of the State, speaking five or six times a day for a fortnight He Is relied
 
 traces. The most interesting phase of the campaign in this State Is how and with what arguments MT. Bryan will endeayor to perform this task with how much or how little of sin oeEity and of his old-time enthusiasm and effectiveness. If his heart is in it. he can do much, for he is still the leader of leaders for more than one half of the Democrats of this State The Tear Of the Parker managers Is that Colonel Bryan's heart is not in the work; that he will not sound d clarion note; that he will damn with faint praise. Above all, they fear the peerless leader is at bottom of the same mind as thousands of his follow ers in Hoosierdom, and they believe like this: Parker is doomed to de- feat. anyway. We should make his overthrow. So complete that Colonel Bryan and not the Wall Street crowd will be in control. of the party after this year.
 No matter whether Colonel Bryan does we'll or does ill-whether he sounds the trumpet call or merely blows his own horn-it will make small diff fernce in the result There will re- main a residue of his followers who refuse to get in line. \ few--not many will vote for Roosevelt outright Some will go over to Tom Watson. and a few to the Socialist ticket. A large number of them will cast a blank bal lot on Presidential electors, and vote the stragiht Democratic ticket on State and local officers.
 solid. with the Democracy bound to lose few thousands of the Bryanites with nothing present In the public mind to lead to an upheaval. and witl Indiana a Republican State to start with one does not need to be a seventh tn rAGllt