Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Especial Correspondence
IudiauaDOliS. Ind. Oct.

DlngS Bryan as the star orator, anu lhcll
still later decision to push him to the
front constantly and to double the num-
her OF his speeches, has revealed at last
an extraordinary situation, which mas
thoroughly alarmed the leaders Bryan
mas been brought to Indiana for the sole
purpose of seeing if his personal miiu-
ence could not be relied on to stop a
wholesale rebellion on the part of the
old line Democrats. 1t has been an open
secret for some time, but until now the
Democratic managers have constantly
denied it. that the rank and file of the
Indiana Democracy, the men who voted
for Bryan because they loved him, the
men who worked for silver because they
believed in it, have been thoroughly dis
gusted with the one-sided reorganization
of the Democratic party. 1t is to bring
cheese men back into the fold that Bryan
has been brought here, but it is not be-
ieved that the brilliant Nebraska leader
will do more than make perfunctory
speeches for Parker, because in every
country town are to be found leaflets ex
pressing what Bryan's real opinions are,
and just what he thinks of Parker and
the desperate politicians who secured his
nomination at st. Louis.
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naturally peculiarly loyal and straight
forward class of men. They represent in
their party the bone and sinew of the
great manufacturing class, and more par
ticuarly the thoughtful, rock-ribbed, in
tellgent portion of the farming com
munity. They voted for silver On 1896
and in 1900 because they believed that
the system of free coinage advocated by
al ha 81 tha Napt
err Democratic leaders would put an
end to their poverty and give them n
chance to compete on even terms with
the Wall street magnates. who, they were
told, were stealing away from the people
the wealth of the country.
Object to Being Called Traitors,
Conditions have changed since then.
Undeniable prosperity has come to all
classes, and there is no longer a DISPOSE
ton to press the silver question to the
front. These old line Democrats, how
ever. do not relish the idea of being
called lunatics or traitors, and still less
do they relish the development of party
politics which has absolutely turned over
the control of the Democracy to the very
men who bolted the party in 1896. They
have never believed it right that the tai
should attempt to wag the dog, and they
cannot forget here in Indiana that the
men who are now seeking to ostraciz'
the faithful Democratic masses, and WHIT
are doing everything in their power Il
create a Wall street control of the Demo
cratic party are the same ones who open
~, only eight years ago, left the Demo
crazy aud voted direct for the Republi
can candidate for the Presidency.
There are no more loyal Bryan Demo
Gratis In the country than those of In
diana. This is particularly true of th
country districts. The people loved an
believed in their splendid leader. and
is significant thing that when tn
other States through the Mississippi val
ley voted for Mckinley by an enormou
majority, Indiana kept the pluralit
down to a narrow margin. Mr.. Brya
made a campaign in this State that yea
which made friends wherever he wen
Ii is these warm friends and admirer
of William Jennings Bryan who in tn
present campaign, have been disguise
and insulted by the men who are nov
In control OF the Democratic machine
They cannot forget that in 1896, her
in this city of indianapolis, there wa
held convention to organize an ind'
pendent Democratic party. The gol
Democrats of Indiana led the movemeI
against Bryan. They were foremost
urging the nomination of Palmer an
Buckner. They urged all gold Dem'
Gratis to vote for these two old general
and not to cast ballot for william
Jennings Bryan, who was denounce
much more severely by the gold Dem
Gratis than ever he was by the Republ
cans. There was an appearance of TO-
atty to the old party, because Palmer al
Buckner were both old-time Democra
and they conducted their campaign on
Democratic basis. Yet every one know
what happened The gold Democrat
instead of maintaining show of reg
larity by voting for Palmer and Buc
ner. voted by thousands for McKinle
The Palmer and Buckner vote in l
diana was a mere shadow, and dad N
begin to indicate the real strength of t
bolt
Bryanites Were Generous.
Throughout all the campaign of IS
the gold Democrats, not only in India
but in the country at large abused Bry
and Organism in the most savage tern
He received much better treatment frC
the Republicans who made their fig
on an honest basis, who flooded the cot
try with literature in behalf of the &
standard, but who never assailed I
personal character or the integrity Of
beloved Democratic standard bearer.
the convention at st. Louis the 6,
Democratic men were in control,
though not in the majority. There "
q sentiment in the party that some ki
of reorganization was absolutely nee
sary to success. The Bryan men w
clearly in the majority. not only in
convention, but throughout the count
Yet they were generous, and they W
willing to kill the fatted calf for
prodigal son. But they expected /
70 eat only his own share of the b
becue. and had no notion that after