The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
IN SLEEPS CLOTHING.
So-Called Democratic Papers that Stab
Democratic Candidates in the Back.
Wavnesville N q Anril 10

Waynesville, N. c., April 10.
10 the Editor: So many hard things
are beng said by Democratic papers
about the different men that seem to be
possible Democratic presidential timber
that If we are to take the press of the
country for our guides which is the usual
method OF people arriving at the proper
man, the Democratic party is at sea to.
day as to whom the great mass of the
party should begin to trail their guns on.
We expect nothing else from a Republic
| can paper than the abuse of Demo
} cratic possibility, or their praise of him,
whichever they think would be most det-
rlmental to his success. The Republican,
| papers very seldom follow the habit ol
abusing the various possibilities in the,r
own party TOR presidential recognition.
| All the names now before the country
| being considered by the Democrats for
/ the presidency are Cleveland, German,
/ Hearst and Parker. Not one OIL them but
is being daily roasted by large portion
OF papers that call themselves Demo
cratic. Bryan has received more abuse
| than any man that ever run on the
| Democratic ticket for President and yet
| polled more votes than any Democrat
| that has ever run by nearly a million
votes. and if the truth could be had he
is closer today to the humble homes and
! hearts OF the tolling mass of the true
Americans than any other living man, be
| he democrat or Republican, and Cleve-
| land is farther from the humble home
| than any man that was ever honored by
the mass of Democracy because he
proved a traitor to the votes OF nearly
seven million men and million more
men that supported Bryan than ever sup
ported him. So antagonistic has he made
| himself to the great multitude of the
Democratic party that 1t blights the pos
| sibility almost OF q man Tor 1t to be-
known that Cleveland believes in him as
Democrat, and the highest favor he
could do the party would be to come out
! openly and apologize for his betrayal OF
the people who honored him or go boldly
/ into the ranks of the Republican party,
| who would nominate him today by accli-
| nation it he would join them. Hearst 10
abused, not because he isn't straight
lined Democrat, not because he hash
perhaps done more powerful works In the
interest of Democracy with his papcrs
than almost all the elements IN the party,
but because ne is unknown save as sue
cessful newspaper man of this day ana
time Don't want him for president be,
cause he is rich and has made no speeches
i'll Congress. Speech-malllng is an easy
and a cheap thing, except somethingsb be
said. If he is not the brains of his edl
torials that have made his papers a mar
velous success, then he is not fit Tor the
nomination There is time enough yet
for him To be heard in person. Judge
Parker is not suitable because he Is sup
ported by David B. Hill and Cleveland.
A man who can bury the batchet between
Cleveland and Hill and get their joint,
| sincere endorsement. is marvel OF the
age. 1t is conceded that Jud e Parker
has ever been-a consistent and straight
lined Democrat, with not an utterance
that he is not so today and no sane
man could conceive the sincerity OF the
endorsement of Cleveland and Hill center
ing on the same man, already because
these two men, who wrecked the party
in two campaigns when they could have
saved it, have espoused the cause of Par
ker. Bryan is up in arms against him.
and thousands of votes will be Influenced
by Bryan. 1t looks on the face that with
out knowledge or personal cooperation
that Hill endorsed him to antagonize
Cleveland, and Cleveland endorsed him
to 90 Hill one better and antasoniZa the
great majority of the Democratic party.
and bring the influence or Bryan IN OPP
position to him along with 1t. So this,
with the contention that German became
an impossibility when he failed TO hold
the Senate in line for the defeat OF the
Panama treaty, leaves the reading Dem
acratie public looking in vain for the
Democratic papers Of the country to Civ
them light and unless the Democratic
papers name a man stronger safer than
Judge Parker then all of them should
quit their abuse at least OF men IKE
Hearst Parker and German, for Bryan
now belongs to the newspaper delegation.
These other men have all been true, tried
and loyal Democrats. True to their
country and the principals OF Democracy.
Certainly if nothing good can be SAID
I about them. then there are no other
known, public men in the Democratic
party that anything can be said shout.
The Democratic party OF the nation, when
it sends its delegates TO the National
Convention. they will formulate plat
form and find man that can stand on
| on it, just as they found Bryan, ii none
of these before the public VIII MI the
BILL and that man, II he true Demo.
| crat, will carr il out. 1t is settled
fact that the $4,000 men that voted Tor
Palmer and Buckncr and elected Mckin
! ley by doing it, will never favor true
Jeffersonian platform Those OF them
that have not repented belong in the Re
publican fold, and why not go there.
That 1873, lis will never rule the six and
one half million of good and true Demo
Gratis that they deserted in the most OF
perfume time in the history of Democracy
| for it to have taken control OF this gov
| ernmcnt, on the flimsey contention OF not
+! being able to support the man nominated
and the platform adopted and sustained
by the biggest Democratic vote ever caSt
/ III America. Guu IL bfity WIN
| without six and half million of us
surrender to them then they need never
| return | am disguised and so are thou'
sands on top OF thousands OF the straight
Democrats with the press of the country,
bidding for that class of harmony. The
Palmer and Buckner crowd elected Nc
Kinley. 1t is VIGOROUSLY known that
they made their deal for their reward
They got their reward bv Mckinley CIV
ing one of the most important offices IN
his Cabinet. the portfolio OF the Treas
ury to a so-called Democrat. and thou
sands of other offices. They got trust
and combine legislation. got their gold
standard legislation. Why now expect
to come back and ask Democracy to con.
TESS that they were right, and stultfy
l. every principle because every prinei-
pie of Democracy IS against trust legis
| lation and combines. Imperialism ana
conn1ercialism, and they will never sub
nit 10 it though the heavens fall. II
the Chicago and Kansas City platforms.
and one that will be very similar that
will he adopted at the next Convention,
don't suit the Palmer and Buckncr party