The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-03-04
THE EXISTING DIFFICULTY
Between Cleveland and Bryan TIE
Democratic Party Is In for
q Hot Time.


While tho republican party Is prepar.
inR for the Inevitable conflict. II H. not
only wise. but a pleasant relaxation. tu
take note Of the marshallng aud phn-
lahXing and the platformlzlng going on
IN the ranks Of the enemy. For pur-
poses OF illustration. says the Cincin.
natl Commercial Tribune. II mas be as.
shmcd that two gentlemen are ~ prom.
incn' IN the race for the nomination al
81. Louis that all Others. EVEN q. Fred
WINS. are distancCd and that tho ron
venilon will find that II could be much
happier with either were 'tothor dear
charmcr but away. hut between the
sage Of The Jarscy Flats and the Bound.
inE Orator Of the Platte. the convention
must choosc-olthcr choosing IN person
or bllndly accepting whomsocyor the
dominant gentleman may determine TO
cram down ltE gaping throat.
II Ia true that Mr. Bryan has been
twice licked. and that SIR. Cleveland has
plainly inilmatcd to ST. Clair McKolway.
III. D.. that presidential campaignsh have
lost their charms for him. Yet since
Mr. Cleveland has 40 recently said that
there Il nn opportunity for democratic
success In the coming presidential clcc-
tion." and since SIR. Bryan has caustlc-
ally supplemented tho statement by the
other statement that there g. an oppor.
tuni,y for success with anybody but
Cleveland, II may be fairly assumed that
tho battle b. ON and that II viii be- a
lght 90 q nuish-ot a nush.
Mr Cleveland further says that the
campaign Of 1896 was q dlaastsr. There
In Mr. Bryan comedies. since be was the
gentleman who met the disaster. hut In.
sista that Il was because 81 Cleveland
ism Mr. Cleveland Insists that FREQ fii-
yer was not only ophomorll In H. very
ossoncc. hut n crime In To- very nature.
Mr.. Bryan Insists that sixteen tn ono ~ an
eternal principle. vital and altogether
the one thing Oh which are Ia hang the
eternal gcgtiuics Of the democratic
party. Mr.. Cleveland insists that any
compromising with unsound money
would result aEnln In disaster. Mr..
bryan rotorta that Mr.. Clcycland'R COM
promise with g%uldbugism has taken
him 10 the very urthcst rear of dcmoc-
racy. aud that there he must ut In
s%.ekcluth aud ashes until his financial
sins have been pnrgcd and burned
away.
Mr.. Cleveland looks upon Mr.. Dry an
ns m archdtmagogue. though not quit.
80 plainly expressing himself. Mr..
Bryan regards Mr.. Cleveland with the
Scorn which none hut n ,irtuous demo
crat can feel for one who has ~monkeycd
after false financial gods until he has
become a vorltahlo ~octopian child OF
Wall strickland 30 II goes for quality
and for quantity.
II Mr. Cleveland should control tht
convention Mr. Bryan will bolt. II Mr..
Bryan should dominate the giddy thronP
at st. Louis Mr.. Cleveland will wash hi
hands Of the consequences and 60
a-iishlng. Scylla and Charybdis were a.
nothing io the democratic situation.
II Is either IN the belly Of The Cleveland
whale or the NAV OF the Bryan sharl.
Vet the democratic party somehow has
a faculty OF getting together. and the
wisdom ~ rcpublicnulsm Will be In the
selection OF a leader aud the adoption OF
a platform which viii make II q matter
oi Indifference whether the democrats
continue 10 split or to come together In
peace aud amity