Cañon City record., 1904-10-27


letter of acceptance, and the Bryan
Democrats generally endorse what he
said about the honesty of Roosevelt and
the fact that he is not masquerading to
secure votes. At first they were in
clined 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 1t 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. 20 straight
ont to Roosevelt and thus make tie les
son as impressive as possible.
There was a great shout Of joy among
ths Indiana Democracy when they read
Watson's letter. and in more than one
community they chsered at the clever
manner in which he took on the hide
from the hypocrisy of Alton B. Parker,
when ne said:
WITH Mr. Parker it is different: he I. not
c Jeiersonian ,S Democrat yet ne seeks ,,,o to
altitude is thoroughly disingenuous. pro
foundly lacking In true manhood and lead
New York State ate platform n 70 which % M. s Bryan @
denounced as dishonest platform His
position was so indefinite, so foxy, 90 en-
cheering thousands that Parker was "ahso-
lutely unit for the Democratic nomination"
and that nobody but an artfnl dodger"
which so much resembled its father. David
B. HILL
This CLIPPING from Watson's letter /.
being carried In the pockets Of thous-
ands Of loyal free silver Democrats, and
nesting in the same pocket with II Is
little leaflet containing extracts showing
Mr.. Eryan'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 a. q text.
judge % Parker GSs IL Is ss not % 1t man 70 % Ds no%i @
mated by the Democratic party. or any
other party that stands for honesty. and
suiiicient to convict Judge Parker q abso-
Lutte unftness 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
estranged. They know that Mr.. Bryan
will support Parker only because he
deems 1t his duty to maintain hia regu-
larity In the party. and thus still fur
ther to shame the political traitors who
left their party In 1895, and who arc
now seeking to be returned to power
through the votes of Bryan and the
Bryan Democrats. whom they denounced
50 freely only a few years ago a. luna
tics and incendiary.
Mr. Hryau's Purposs.
The people here perfectly well under
stand what Mr.. Bryan means By going
on the stump for Mr.. Parker. Most
of them look forward to still another
regeneration of the Democratic party.
following upon the crushing defeat Of
Parker next month. and they expect that
their splendid standard bearer will BE-
the leader OF this tinal and successful
reorganization of the Democracy. 1t was
a personal triumph to William Jennings
Bryan In the st. Louis convention when
he secured the omission In the platform
OF any allusion TO the gold standard, and
his friends feel that he was personally
tricked and shamed by Judge Parker's
gold telegram. They fully agreed with
Bryan himself when he said In the Com
moner of July 18th. In speaking about
Judge Parker's gold telegram:
Then his friends attempted to sccure.
gold plank which was overwhelmingly de-
feated in the convention. After he had se-
cured the nomination he injected his vtews
upon the subject Mt time when he could
not be taken from the ticket without great
decentralization. The nomination, Therefore,
secured by crooked and indefenslble
methods. 1t was a plain and deliberate at
tempt to deceive the party.
None OF Mr.. Bryan's speeches In In
t,s Ii -. r...I - A.
State can by any possibility efface the
effect which has already been produced
by his own deliberate statements before
and after the convention. These loyal
silver Democrats have learned only too
well that the men now in control Of the
party despise Bryan as much AZ ever
they did, and that, II Parker should be
elected, the loyal silver Democrats, who
represent the great mass of the party,
would have no more to sny in the ad-
ministration than they did during the
closing years of Grover Cleveland's term
in the White House.
Bryan's tour in Indiana will only ac-
centuate the love of the silver Democrats
for their leader. 1t will only make them
more determined to punish the New York
coterie which surrounds Parker for its
persistent attitude OF hostility to Bryan
and all his friends. The silver Demo
Gratis of Indiana are too smart to be
trickcd by INSCRIPTIONS political man
ayers, and they will not vote for any can
didate who represents, as Parker does
to an extraordinary extent, the prevalent
eastern sentiment of bitter hostility to
William Jennings Bryan and everything
he represents.
Look out for sensational slump In
the Democratic vote Of Indiana. Make
up your mind that the loyal Bryan Demo
Gratis have become tired of being made a
football for the unscrupulous eastern
men who have seized upon the manage
ment of the party to the exclusion OF
every western idea and Of every western