Milford chronicle., 1904-10-21
win Jeffersonians by a sham adherence to
JeffersOnian principles.
Many vim Vote for Roosevelt.

Democrats generally endorse what be
said about the honesty OF Roosevelt and
the fact that he is not disappearing to
secure votes A first they were in
cliued to vote for Watson as rebuke
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, 90 straight
out to Roosevelt and thus make the les
son as Impressive as possible.
There was Il great shout Of joy among
the Indiana Democracy when they read
/ Watson's letter, and in more than one
community they cheered at the clever
manner in which he took off the hide
from the hypocrisy Of Alton B. Parker,
when he said:
! With Mr. Parker it Is different He is not
! a Jeuersonian Democrat vet he seeks TO
/ secure the support Of Jeffersoniaus His
/ altitude Is thoroughly disiugeuuous. pro-
/ f0undy lacking I'm true manhood and lead
| ership. lie was willing to stand upon the
New York State platform which Mr. Bryan
denounced as a dishonest platform. His
position was so indefinite. so foxy so en-
! tlr'y neutral that Mr.. Bryan declared 10
cheeling thousands that Parker was "abso-
lutey unfit for the Democratic nomination"
and that nobody hut au artful dodger'
could stand upon the New York platform
which so much rescmbled its father, David
b. Hill
This clipping from Watson's letter is
being carried in the pockets of thOus-
ands Of loyal free silver Democrats, and
nesting in the same pocket with it is a
little Ieatlet 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-
vention at St Louis:
Taking the New York platform as a text,
! can prove to every unbiased mind that |
Judge Parker is not a tit man to be n0mi- I
mated 10y the Democratic party, or any
other PARTY that stands for honesty and /
falr dealing In politics We have evidence !
sufficient 10 convict Judge Parker Of abso- /
lute unhtness 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 tricked and
They know that Mr.. Bryan
will support Parker only because he
deems it 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 are
now seeking to be returned to power
through the votes Of Bryan and the
Bryan Democrats, whom they denounced
so freely only a few years ago as luna
ties and incendiary.
Mr.. Bryan's Purpose.
The people here perfectly well under
stand what Mr.. Bryan means by going
IN the stump for Mr.. Parker. Most |
If them look forward to still another ( {
regeneration of the Democratic party. Z
'oliowing upon the crushing defeat of y
Parker next month, and they expect that
heir splendid standard bearer will be !
he leader of this final ana successful y
of the Democracy. 1t was O
personal triumph to William Jennings
3ryan in the st. Louis convention when 1
le secured the omission in the platform S
Z any allusion 10 the gold standard and !
us friends feel that he was personally il
rtked and shamed by Judge Parker's
old telegram. They fully agreed with
'ryan himself when he said in the Com
loner of July 18th, in speaking about il
udge Parker's gold telegram: r
Then his friends attempted TO secure n d
Old plank which was overwhelmingly de- | II
Gated in the convention After he had Sc !,
ured the nomination he injected his views ''
pom the subject at 4 time when he could
of he taken from the ticket without great
generalization. The nomination, therefore ,
'as secured by crooked and indefensible a
icthods. It was a plain and deliberate at 1
smpt TO deceive the party h
None of Mr. Bryans speeches in In W
lana during his whirlwind tour of the V
tate can by any possibility efface the
feet which has already been produced p
Y his own deliberate statements before d.
nd after the convention. These loval III
liver Democrats have learned only too Il
ell that the men now in control Of the Il
lrty despise Bryan as much as ever
icy did. and that. if Parker should be Al
ected, the loyal silver Democrats. who Ii,
present the great mass of the party.
ould have no more TO say in the ad-
instration than they did during the
oSns years of Grover Cleveland's term B
the White House. ne
Bryan's tour in Indiana will only ac- IA
ntuate the love of the silver Democrats ar
y thtli 4ett4cts II VIII Only make them DG
ore determined TO punish the New York az
terie which surrounds Parker for its M
rsisient attitude Of hostility to Bryan or
ID all his friends. The silver Demo
ats Of Indiana are too smart to be M.
cked by INSCRIPTIONS political man. fo
ers, and they will not vote for any can On
date who represents. rs Parker does an
an extraordinary extent. the prevalent mr.
stern sentiment of bitter hostility to IN
illiam Jennings Bryan and everything of
represents.
Look out for a sensational slump in
e Democratic vote of Indiana. Make
your mind that the loyal Bryan Demo an
ITS have become tired of being made lin
otball for the inscriptions eastern "A
m who have seized upon the manage
mt of the party to the exclusion OF Ar
cry western idea and of every western
m. The Democratic vote for Roose-
t will be large, the Democratic vote
Watson will be much larger. but the Il
yam Democratic vote. which will stay a..
home on the Sth day of November. -,
l astonish the natives. ~;
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