Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-05
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1904.
BRYAN,s CHICAGO SPEECH.

BRYANS CHiCA1O ofEcCF.
The purpose of Mr.. Blyan'a Chiea-
40 speech was tWoioId FlrSt, tG
reach large number of tire Dem
cratic voters of the Mississippi valley,
and, secondly to critsc the action
of New York ID mocrats as expressed
in their platform at their recent con
yention As to the first proposition,
he mentions Illinois Wise nsin, Mich.
lean. Minnesota, Indiana and Ono,
The Democrats Of which states lie de-
sired to reach, as they had not yet
held their conventions to select dele
gates to the ST. Louis convention.
What are the facts as 10 these
states? Illinois, which went for
Cleveland in 1892 by 26993, gave IT,
496 plurality against the Democratic
ticket in 1896 and again in 1900 gave
a plurality against the Kansas city
platform ticket Of "a 924 votes. GleNe-
land carried Wisconsin in lS92 by
6544 and III 1896 on the free silver
issue, if gave a plurality Of l02 ST
against the Democratic ticket. Which
was increased III 300 to a=pI5HaHH Il
1oG.5S1 Democratic Indiana in 1877
gave Cleveland plurality OF 7125,
and in 1896 plurality Of 1S,fSI
for the Republican ticket, and II
1900 ii Went Rcpuh lean by 26,419
plurality Miehisan which gave Dos
Az against Cleveland il tNa24- feI-
lowed Whit a Republican plurality in
1896 : 56 SIS and AGAIN l900 of lo4
5S4 Ohio in 1892 Went Repuhli an
by a plurality of only TO- Not s, ana
in 1Sah it save 47.497 RypHbi an plll-
rality and in 1900 Il plurality of 69,-
036 And last fall Tom Johnson,
mayer Gts cleveland. tied up With Mi.
Bryan and persuaded the Democratic
convention of chat state to indorse
the Kansas City platform and he List
the state as a candidate for governor
by l13.S12 Minnesota went 1860
against cleveland IN 1892 and in 1896
53.s75 against Bryan and III 1909
1860
These figures which may be verified
any other reliable book of political
statistics, are cited To show the polit,
ical situation i'll the states which Mr..
Bryan went to Chicago to reach
As he "rcachcd" those states in 1896
and 1900 and the result was SO dis
astrouS To the Democratic party, II
would seem that Democrats of these
states ought not 10 follow his ,eader-
ship or advice any tar1hef. If they
submit to one m, sc reach from Mr..
Bryan or his side partner Mr.. Hearst
there would not be enough Demo
cratic votes in those states east at
this falls eleet!sn to wad shotgun
AS 10 Mi Rryan's second PROPOSE
ton. he is equally unfortunate. In
the first place. ii was in bad taste and
Nndemoctatic for NJ BRYAN o. any
other citizen Gt a sister state to so to
Chicags, or elsewhere tC. denounce the
action Of the y mocratS in New York.
II will be time enough for Mr. Bryan
TO find fault when the national con
vent on shall have spoken MI
Bryan says the New York platform is
dishonest. But what shall be said cf
his treatment of it in his Chicago
spe eeeh? BY some il would no doubt
be considered indecorous for inst a
plain ordinary mortal To charge MI
Bryan with being dishonest and re.
sorting tc' trickery in his comments
81 the New York platform. hence We
VIII say that his strietur on tie
Platform We're at least very adrotlly
pvt and ye'y unfair, One example
will suffice He starts out with what
he designates the first nlank. stnd;.
eusly overlooking what in : aIity is
the first plank. The platform began
il the-e words:
TIE Democrats OF New York
in renewaFs Il il rlodso !.
fidelity e The essential principles
CT Jef1erse rian Democracy as re-
pe@yedly enunciated in our national
and state platforms make these fur
ther declarations upon the national
issues Of the hour" etc
Then followed the further declara-