Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-05-18

IL is the opinion of the reorganizer
class of the Democratic party who
pretend TO speak for the entire
party that the words of Mr.. Bryan
will help instead of hurting the
Parker boom for the presidential
nomination, on the ground that
MIR. Bryan has lost his influence
with the rank and file of the Dem
ocratic party and that the people
who voted for him i'm two cam
paigns will desert him and once
more return To "the safe and sane
Democracy" which finds its highest
expression in the echoes that well
up from Wall Street, entrenched
in which are all the buccaneers Of
the commercial main-the preda-
tory rich, who are leagued with
the Republican party and own it,
and through that ownership have
converted the Federal government
into a bureau which issues letters
of marque under which they prey
upon the people.
And behind the leaders of this
gang which decries Mr.. Bryan and
his ideas of real Democracy. is
every merccnary politician to
whom party success means only
personal advantage. To get into
Office no matter how or on what
terms is the one desire that con
sumes the average man who says
that MIR. Bryan no longer has any
influence IN the Democratic party.
On the other hand there are men
who are tried and true Democrats
and who never have been found
wanting when the tocsin of war
sounded, who say that the letter
and expressions of Mr.. Bryan will
put a crimp in the Parker boom,
especially in the West. until it will
curl up like a cut worm. They say
that any man who believes that
MIR. Bryan has lost his influence i'm
the Democratic party and It's coun-
ellis. that he still is not potent
factor therein, will reckon without
their host. That the great mass of
the people still believe in Mr..
Bryan and his honesty of purpose
and that they will follow him i'm
his fight to keep the Democratic
party from again returning To It's
wallow in Wall Street which was
the scene of the betrayal of the
people under the last Cleveland
administration. They say that the
line of demarkation is plainly
drawn: that it now must be Parker
and a return 10 the days of the last
Cleveland administration with the
MorganS and the Belmonts i'm the
saddle and leading, the cohorts
of Democracy, a RepublicaniZed
Democracy. or William Randolph
Hearst and the Democracy of the
people and by the people and for
the people, against the trusts and
the predatory rich and the special
privileged class. They say that
whether Mr.. Bryan desires it or
not the result of his words must
naturally inurc TO the benefit of
MIR. Hearst's candidacy aS there is
no other man or candidate with the
great following possessed by Mr..
Hearst. That the thing has now
narrowed down To Parker if the
people want the trusts and Wall
Street TO run the country and con
tinue to rob the people, or Hearst
if the people want real Democracy
and victory that will mean some
thing of value to them and death
to the criminal trusts.
These are divergent opinions
here boiled down. Take your
choice.
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