The state herald., 1904-10-21
win Jeffcrsonlans by sham adherence tt
Jeffersonnn principles.
Many Will Vote for Roo,cvelt.

WATSON ms Ilhuc many lTlenus Ny MS
letter of acceptance. and the Bryan
Democrats generally endorse what he
said about the honesty of Roosevelt and
the fnct that he is not ma squeraling to
, secure votes. At first they We're in
clincd to vote for Watson as o rebukc
to the Parker gold Democrats, but OF
late many of the former free silver men,
particularly in the rural districts, have
taken it into their heads that they might
follow the precedent set for them IN
1896 by the gold Democratic wing, and
instead of going to Watson, 20 straight
out TO Roosevelt and thus make the les
son as Impressive ms possible.
There was great shout Of JOY among
the Indiana Democracy when they read
WatsOn's letter. and in more than one
community they chaered at the clever
manner in which he took off the hide
from the hypocrisy OF Alton B. Parker,
when he said:
with Mr., Parker II is different. He Is not
Jeffersonan Democrat, yet he seeks TO
secure the support OF Jcffersonians. His
altitude Is thoroughly dlslngenuous, pro-
foundly lacking In true manhood and lead
ership. He was willing to stand upon the
New York State platform which Mr.. Bryan
denounced MS a dishonest platform His
position so Indefinite, So foxy, so ell
ilrcly neutral that Mr.. BRYAN declared to
cheering thousands that Parker was "nbso,
mtely unfit for the Democratic nomination.,
and that nobody but an nrtful dodger'
could stand upon the New York platform
which so much resembied Its father, David
Il. Hill
This CLIPPING from Watson's letter is
being carried in the pockets of thous-
auds of loyal free silver Democrats, and
nesting in the same pocket with it is II
little leatlet containing extracts showing
Mr.. Bryan's opinion of the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. The In
diana Democrats remember the sincerity
with which Bryan said in his speech at
Chicago last April, long before the con-
yention at st. Louis:
Taking the New York platform as n text,
] can prove to every unbiased mind that
Judge Parker Is not n fit man to be noml-
mated by the Democratic party, or any
other party that stands for honesty and
fair dealing In politics. We have evidence
sufficient to convict Judge Parker Of abso-
Lutte unitness for the nomination.
While Mr.. Bryan comes into the State
at the particular request of the Parker
managers, it will not take him long to
find the sentiment OF the people. They
will listen to him as they did of old,
and they will cheer his magic eloquence
to the echo. Nonetheless they will not
vote for Parker because they know that
Bryan himself has been trickei and
cstranged. They know that Mr.. Bryan
will support Parker only because he
deems ii 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 1896. and who ore
now seeking to be returned to power
through the votes of Bryan and the
Bryan Democrats. whom they denounced
SO freely only few years ago as luna
tics and incendiary.
Mr.. Brynn's Purpose.
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 another
regeneration of the Democratic party,
following upon the crushing defeat OF
Parker next month. and they expect that
their splendid standard bearer will be-
the leader Of this final and successful
reorganization OF the Democracy. 1t was
a personal triumph to William Jennings
Bryan in the st. Louis convention when
he secured the omission in the platform
os any nllusion TO the gold standard. and
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 n
gold plank which was overwhelmingly de.
feated In the convention. After he had Sc
cured the nomination he injected his views
upon the subject nt time when he could
not be taken from the ticket without great
decentralization. The nomination. therefore.
was secured by crooked and lndefensible
methods. II was y plain aud deliberate at.
tempt TO deceive the party.
None of Mr.. Bryan's speeches In In.
diana during his whirlwind tour OF the
State can by any possibility efiace the
effect which has already been produced
by his own deliberate statements before
and 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 as ever
they did, and that. IL Parker should be
elected, the loyal silver Democrats, who
| represent the great mass Of the party,
would have no more 10 say In the ad-
ministration than they did during the
closing years OF Grover Cleyeland's term
In the White House.
Bryan's tour in Indiana will only ac.
centuate the love OF the silver Democrats
for thcir leader. 1t will only make then,
more determined to punish the New York
cutcrie which surrounds Parker for Its
persistent attitude Of hostility to Bryan
and all his friends. The silver Demo.
Gratis OF Indiana are too smart to be
trickcd lT INSCRIPTIONS political man.
ayers, and they will not vote for any can.
dldaic who represents. as Parker does
TO an extraordinary extent, the prevalent
eastern sentiment Of mIter hostility 10
William Jennings Bryan aud everything
he represents.
Look out for n sensational sump In
the Democratic vote Of Indiana. Make
M your mind that tho loyal Bryan Demo,
Gratis have become tired NJ being made q
football for the INSCRIPTIONS eastern
men who have seized upon tho manage
mcnt OF the party to the exclusion OF
every western idea aud of every western
man. The Democratic vote FOR Roose
Welt will be large. the Democratic vote
for Watson will he much larger. but ,li,
Bryan Democratic vote. which will stny
at home on the sth day OF November
will astonlsh the natives.
PARkER's SILENCE.