Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-15
Efforts to Bring the Party to
Conservative Basis Sure to
Wreck 1T
MUST BE THE RADICAL ELEMENT
Its Main Support Must Come From the
Men of Radical Views and Party Out
of Power Is In General Made Up of
acknowledgements Proba
BILE.

Washington, Sept. 15.-The opinion
IS growing that the leaders controlling
he destinies of the democratic party,
We attempted the impossible In this
'npagn. For eight years. they say,
party has been a party of radical
II, and even before that the person
Of its leadership was such as to
AXE it Of that cast, regardless of
ltform declarations. 1t has been the
,rty out of power, the party of the
position, and in the very nature of
ings it must have been the radical
irty. To convert a party of radicals
to an ultra-cohservative party by
he capture of the delegates to its ma
lonal convention is not possible
hich fact, it is commended. is being
demonstrated in the present cam
align. and will be finally proved in No
e,nber
Some democratic voters will follow
he party name and fortunes, but there
must be a sloughing off of the radical
ote, which is always floating and in
dependent. The true> conservatives
will prefer to cast their fortunes with
the conservative party which Is now
in power, and the radicals will seek
refuge with the organizations of So
oialists and populists, as, In many
communities, they are already doing.
Following this movement to it's ulti-
mate conclusion, there are those who
see in the present trend of affairs the
beginning of the end of the historic
democratic party. That there is not
room for two conservative parties in
the country, is the basis for this belief.
Surprising, as is not improbable, that
an overwhelming defeat awaits the
democratic party in the present cam
paign, what will be the consequence?
A new party with new leaders and
new issues, Under any form of popu-
lar government an opposition party Is
a necessity. The natural divisions be-
tween two great parties is the d.
vision between radicalism and conser-
vatism.
Battle Of the Future.
A prominent and conservative re-
publican has recently expressed the
belief that, unless new party is form
ed. under wise and efficient leaders, the
next great contest In this country will
be between the republican party and
the socialists. This, 1t is stated. was
also the opinion of the late Senator
Hanna. However, this may be, 1T Will
probably be admitted that the capture
of the democracy by the forces of con-
seratism will bring about critical re-
volution in the organization of the par
try, from which it may not rocever.
Mr.. Bryan expects some sort OF
revolution within. the party as the
result of the present campaign, which
explains his regularity" He is sup
porting Parker and Davis because he
wants to be in position, following the
collapse of the party, to exercise pot :
ent influence in the work of reorganiz-
ing it. He has already made public
his plan of reorganization. including
government or state control of rail-
roads and telegraphs. and several 9TH
err populist doctrines. He looks upon
the present Welding together Of heter-
ogeneous elements as necessarily tenn
porary. The democracy Of the future,
he asserts, will be the party Of pro-
nounced radicalism, such as 1t was un-
der his eight years Of leadership.
The lack Of cohesion so noticeable at
democratic national headquarters In