The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-05-26
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pect of great clash in the Demo
cratic convention. If the Brval
faction can win, the nominee vii
probably be Charlie Towne, whom
Hearst will support gladly rathe1
than to see the Hill-Belmont Grove
succeed. But if that crowd doe,
succeed we think the nominee viii
not be Judge Parker, but Grover
Cleveland. He is the man whom
the great money combines want,
and all the indications are that no
matter how he may be beating
around the bush, he wants it.
And it is useless to disguise the
fact that he would be very strong
candidate. The money behind him
is already filling the land with
clamors against the President, do
ing what it can to break down the
faith of the people i'll the President;
trying to scare the people with the
belief that he would, if reelected,
be strong candidate. We mean
it only III this sense. The men who
are backing him are ready to put
millions enough into the campaign
fund to purchase the corruptible
vote Of the States needed, III addi-
zion 10 the solid South to elect him.
Their great stumbling block is the
prospect OF the Bryan Hearst oppo-
sition.
If necessary they would notni-
nate candidate Of their own, and
that the South would then be solid
would be by no means certain
But something more important
chan the nominations will be the
platforms. The grasping of COM
Dined capital and the lawlessness
of some Of the Socialistlc and labor
organizations are both menace to
the country s peace. No sane man
desires to hamper any legitimate
use of capital, nor to interfere with
labor associations unless they trench
upon the rights of the people.
There is no right basis for either
except through subsection to just
laws. That is, indeed, the only
basis that society can rest i'll safety
on. Will either platform further
this need' If Mr. Bryan were to
frame a platform for the Democracy
it would be practically reproduc-
ton of his platforms of four years
ago one for himself, one for his
populistic friends and not essential
iy different i'll any vital point In
that case the campaign on the ore
side would be an appeal to all the
baser passions Of the people and
coarse abuse of Theodore Roosevelt.
If the Hill Belmont combine
succeeds the platform will be at
adrolt attempt to give every com
bine of capital, Republican and
Democratic alike, covert assurances
that they will not be disturbed, and
the object of the fight would be te
seat combined capital III its position
SO firmly that it could not be dis
turbed by aught less than revolu-
ton.
The Republican platform will
probably declare against all illegal
combines whether of money or OF
industrial or financial power. Ii
that event then the choice will be
merely between men. We have
seen enough of Mr. Cleveland to
know that were he again to become
President, he would favor the heavy
money battalions. On the tariff ne
would be as erratic as ever, for what
he thinks he knows OH the subject
ne absorbed from Senator and
Secretary Lamont, who was dis
ciple OF the absolute trade be-
liefs of John {. Calhoun. The
country knows, too, what might be
exr cted from Mr.. Roosevelt. The
pc lie know i'll advance that the
money power will spend millions
to defeat him, and we do not be
1ieve that there is labor organiza-